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儿童研究文学士

Earning Your Degree in Childhood Studies at BSU: A Unique Interdisciplinary Approach

住在 社会工作学院, ladbrokes立博中文版 has launched a new childhood studies degree program designed to prepare you for a range of careers. BSU的 distinctive interdisciplinary path leads to your BA in childhood studies and it includes the study of arts, 人文学科, 科学与教育. You’ll accumulate the necessary interdisciplinary theory, 研究 and skills to address the diverse and complex nature of children’s needs, which prepares you to enter a variety of fields, 从咨询, 教育的公共政策和社会服务.

The childhood studies BA and minor allow you to learn with dedicated and diverse faculty across disciplines in small, 每班25名学生. 给n your interdisciplinary access to experts in the areas of 英语, 音乐, 教育, 社会工作, 心理学, 刑事司法等等, you can determine which field best fits your interests and goals while earning your BA in childhood studies.

儿童研究学位课程亮点

Dr. Susan Eliason sitting at a classroom table talking to students

在学习中保持成长

Our ever-evolving childhood studies degree maintains an interdisciplinary approach via actively engaged faculty members serving on the Childhood Studies Advisory Group. 由苏珊·埃利亚森副教授领导, an educator who boasts 30 years of experience teaching pre-K through college-level students, the group reviews new course proposals and program developments to bring you an up-to-the-minute 教育 that prepares you to engage with modern children post-graduation.

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100%在线完成课程

Choose from day or night classes and in person, online or hybrid classes. BSU的 继续教育学院 offers a completely online program that gives you maximum flexibility to complete the program.

A BSU student teacher stands at front of an Elementary school classroom while 2 students work on a map of the United States

用另一个专业补充这个项目

Consider combining this program with another program at BSU as a dual major. Childhood studies is a great complement to any of these programs, including elementary and early childhood 教育, 社会工作, 英语, 心理学, 健康研究和刑事司法, 等.

Program of Study for Childhood Studies 专业 and 未成年人

当你获得童年研究学士学位时, you’ll take core courses such as Research Methods and Service Learning to explore childhood for children from birth to age 18. Childhood studies students have the advantage of choosing electives across disciplines in areas from natural sciences to 人文学科. You’ll be immersed in a variety of fields like anthropology, 社会学, 特殊教育, 剧院, 英语 and communication sciences and disorders.

You’ll also gain hands-on learning and applied knowledge in senior seminar courses designed to 研究 and analyze an aspect of childhood, 产生一个创造性的项目, portfolio or paper for presentation or publication. 实习 and study abroad experiences are also encouraged and available.

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Program details from 2023-2024 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog

“我选修了儿童研究辅修. It was a blast getting to participate in World Children's Day. 它让我明白了很多. I have decided I am going to go back for my master’s in school counseling!”
安吉丽Lheureux-Dauphin

儿童研究专业

The childhood studies degree program at ladbrokes立博中文版 prepares you for a wide array of careers across many fields, 包括教育, 公共政策, 社会服务, 青年编程, 医疗保健和艺术.

在我们的童年学习计划中, you’ll gain understanding of local and global issues facing children across cultures — and acquire strategies to affect change, 通过倡导, 研究, 法律体系或教学. You may also decide to pursue graduate school for counseling, 刑事司法, 法律, 教育, 公共管理或社会工作.

BSU graduates who incorporated the childhood studies minor into their undergraduate degrees have held job titles such as:

  • 辅导员
  • 应用行为治疗师
  • 社会工作者
  • 老师
  • 项目助理经理
  • Out-of-school-time教育家

根据美国.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs for preschool teachers are expected to grow

18%

by 2030. Meanwhile, a 社会工作er’s median salary is $50,390 as of 2021.

a female student in an Elementary Education class at BSU

Continue your 教育 beyond your 儿童研究文学士

If you’d like to earn a graduate degree after you complete your 儿童研究文学士 program, BSU提供许多研究生课程, 包括:

  • Counseling, Mental 健康 Counseling Concentration, MEd
  • Criminal Justice, Restorative and Transformative Justice Concentration, MS
  • Early Childhood, (PreK-2) Educational 领导
  • 英语,创意写作,文学硕士
  • 健康 Studies 健康, 健康/Family and Consumer Sciences PreK-12 (Initial Licensure)
  • 临床心理学硕士
  • Reading, Language, Literacy and 文化 Concentration (Non-Licensure), MEd
  • Secondary Education, Postbaccalaureate Licensure (APB, PB)
  • 社会工作,城市生活垃圾