California State University–Los Angeles
About the Program
The Department of Child and Family Studies focuses on understanding childhood development within the context of family function in a multicultural environment. Department coursework is designed to help students understand child growth and development from a physical, socio-emotional and cognitive perspective. Students are trained to think critically about child and developmental processes and apply their training to real life situations through a variety of fieldwork opportunities.
Program Overview
| Area | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Human Development | 70% | |
| Family Studies | 30% |
Address & Contact Information
Undergraduate Program
- Intimate Relationships in Our Diverse Society
- Child Development
- Selected Topics in Child Development
- Observational Techniques for the Study of Children
- Infant Development
- The Young Child
- Urban Families: Contemporary Issues
- Middle Childhood and Adolescence
- Issues in Child Abuse, Neglect, and Family Violence
- Marriage and Family Dynamics
- Administration of Preschool and Day Care Programs
- Parenting
- Divorce, Remarriage and Children
- Ethnic Identity and Awareness in Children and Families
- Hospitalized Child/Child Life Program
- Administrative Leadership in Early Childhood Programs
- Parent-Child Development Over the Family Life Cycle
- Family Dynamics and Parenting
- Social Dynamics of Parenting
- Approaches to Parent Education
- Group Dynamics for Parent Education
- Parenting in High Risk Situations
- Families, Children and Crisis
- Personal and Family Financial Management
- Men, Women and Children in Transition
- Psychology of Cognitive Development
- Special Topics in Child Development
- The Family and the Law
- Communication Behavior in Childhood
- Directed Field Experience
- Senior Seminar
- Senior Honors Thesis
- Undergraduate Directed Study
Graduate Program
- Studying Children: Theories and Methods
- Infants and Toddlers-Development and Care
- Children under Transitory Stress
- Working with Parents
- Research Methods in Child and Family Studies
- Selected Topics in Current Issues and Research in Child Development
- Seminar: Child and Family Development
- Graduate Field Work
- Comprehensive Examination
- Graduate Directed Study
- Thesis or Project
Master's Level
CFLE Information
NCFR recognizes schools offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs with course work that follows the Standards and Criteria required for approval as a Provisional Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE). NCFR approval allows the school to offer their graduates the opportunity to apply for Provisional Certification using the Abbreviated Application process. The CFLE Checklist represents the courses that meet the CFLE criteria at that school. Students must complete all the courses on a checklist in order to qualify to apply for the CFLE designation through the Abbreviated Application process.
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