Undergraduate Certificate in Infant and Toddler Care

This certificate is designed for students wishing to develop and upgrade knowledge and skills related to work with children under the age of three in child care and *educational settings.

*Note: Completion of the certificate work does not qualify graduates to apply for teaching licensure.

DEGREE AT A GLANCE:

    • Number of Credits
    • 18
    • Cost Per Credit
    • $ 250
    • Total Tuition*
    • $ 4,500
  • *(Before Transfer Credit)
 
 
 
 
 
Certificate Requirements
(18 Hours)
NAME
DESCRIPTION
CREDITS
CHFD210
Childhood Educational Development
3 hours

This course examines a variety of developmentally appropriate instructional strategies central to the education of children. Integrating a micro-systemic perspective that takes into account internal and external family dynamics, this course will focus on identifying theoretical and applied solutions to the choice of age-appropriate learning exercises

CHFD212
Infant and Toddler Programs
3 hours

This course examines the fundamentals of infant and toddler development, including planning and implementing programs in group care. It emphasizes meeting physical, social, emotional, and cognitive needs; scheduling, preparing age-appropriate activities, health and safety policies, record keeping, and reporting to parents.

CHFD308
Infant-Toddler Development
3 hours

This course is an examination of physical, cognitive, emotional and social development in the first 3 years of life. Course topics include developmental milestones, abnormal development and disease, parenting, family dynamics and appropriate care practices and environments from infancy through 36 months of age.

CHFD312
Special Needs Students
3 hours

This course focuses on theory and practical approaches to understanding and providing accommodations for students with special needs. Students will be presented with an overview of the characteristics of the most prevalent types of disabilities, as well as the laws that protect and best educational practices for children with disabilities. Students will examine the methods to teach, as well as the documents that provide the legal basis for meeting the needs for an appropriate education for this population.

COMM240
Intercultural Communication
3 hours

This course develops interpersonal, group, and presentational communication skills that are applicable in personal and professional cross-cultural relationships, and focuses on differences in values, message systems, and communication rules across cultural boundaries and in multicultural settings.

EDUC111
Observation Techniques
3 hours

This course examines formal and informal methods of gathering and analyzing data on children. The emphasis is on understanding developmental patterns and implications for diagnostic assessment and intervention.


Program Completion Rates, Median Debt, and More

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2010-2011 Program Completion Rate
Normal time to completion for full-time student1 year
Graduates who completed in this time100%1
1 Data may be “not available” if the program has no graduates during reporting period or if it has not been in existence the normal time for completion. If 0%, then graduates in the reporting period took longer than the average time, usually because they were part-time students. 91% of our students are employed full time and do not take a full-time course load.
Tuition & Fees as of October 1, 2011 Median Loan Debt of 2010-2011 Graduates
Tuition
(before any awarded transfer credit)
$4,500 Federal Loans3$0
Transfer Credit Evaluation fee
(if applicable)
$50 Private educational loans$0
Graduation fee$25 Institution financing plan$0
Books and supplies$02 
On-campus room and boardNot applicable 
2 The undergraduate book grant provides textbooks, e-books, and other course materials at no cost to students for courses being taken for academic credit. Students must obtain their own software when required for a course or program. 3 This figure does not include PLUS loans or TEACH grants converted to Unsubsidized Federal Direct Loans.

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This program is designed to prepare graduates to pursue a job in this field or related fields. Although career and professional development services are available to students and graduates, finding a job is the individual responsibility of the student. We do not guarantee that any student will be placed in any particular job, or at all.


Total Credits (18 Hours)
 

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