儿童发育是对儿童从受孕到青春期的身体，社会情感和认知生长和发育的研究。该专业的目的是在儿童发展方面提供良好的学术课程，并使学生在各种学校和社区环境中与儿童和家庭一起工作。儿童发展专业的学生从事小学教学，学前教学和管理，儿童保育和课余工作，父母教育，社区大学教学等职业，或与各种咨询，社会服务和社区机构合作。本科专业还为学生准备儿童发展，基础或特殊教育，人类发展，社会工作或咨询方面的研究生课程。
Child Development Individualized concentration is an interdisciplinary program made up of the core academic child development courses and 14–15 units of electives, from a wide variety of fields, such as education, art, public policy, nursing, or criminal justice, just to name a few. This major is flexible to allow students to design their program to closely align with personal and career objectives. The program handbook and Web site include a current list of approved electives. However, the students should select their electives in consultation with a major advisor.