儿童发展和家庭研究理学学士课程提供两种课程途径：幼稚园前的出生和家庭与青年。在“通过幼儿园诞生”选项中，您将研究在家庭和学龄前环境中幼儿的社交，情感，智力和身体发育。您将学习构建幼儿环境，在这里幼儿可以发展终身学习的技能。该计划为各个年龄段的幼儿提供广泛的现场经验。“家庭和青年”选项涵盖了人类的成长与发展，青春期的发展，人类的性行为，家庭问题与互动，青年的关注与问题以及相关主题。您将学习在各种社会服务和基于社区的环境中与青少年和家庭一起工作，并在社区机构获得应用经验。
The BS in Child Development and Family Studies offers two curriculum pathways: Birth through Pre-Kindergarten and Family and Youth. In the Birth through Pre-Kindergarten option, you will study the social, emotional, intellectual and physical development of young children in the family and preschool contexts. You'll learn to construct early childhood environments where the young children can develop skills for lifelong learning. The program provides extensive field experiences with various ages of young children. The Family and Youth option covers human growth and development, adolescent development, human sexuality, family issues and interaction, youth concerns and issues and related topics. You'll learn to work with adolescents and families in various social service and community-based contexts and get applied experience at community agencies.