Child Life Specialist Preparation Certificate

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This certificate is ideal for you if you are seeking a career as a Child Life Specialist and helps you meet the first academic, steps towards certification. It is also beneficial if you are seeking skills and understanding that can be employed in a variety of settings such as hospitals, child advocacy centers, schools, camp and bereavement programs, women’s shelters, hospice, trauma centers, and more. Students from any major may complete the certificate which is particularly well suited if you are pursuing a major in Family & Consumer Sciences Child Life and Family Studies.

This certificate is administered by the School of School of Health Sciences and Wellness .

Consists of 31 credits.

Take all the following required courses:

BIOL 287 - Essentials of Human Anatomy 4 cr. (Prerequisites for this course include: BIOL 101 or BIOL 110 or BIOL 160 )
FCS 295 - Ethics and Professional Development in Human Services 3 cr.
HD 350 - Child Life Principles and Perspectives 3 cr.
HD 361 - Development and Guidance of Children 3 cr.
HD 367 - Intentional Intimacy and Family Systems 3 cr.
HD 455 - Child Life and Therapeutic Play 3 cr.
HD 466 - Development and Guidance of Adolescents 3 cr.
HPW 465 - Grief and Loss 3 cr.
HS 295 - Medical Terminology 3 cr.
HS 360 - Research Design and Methods for the Health Sciences 3 cr. (prerequisites for this course include: HS 301 or MATH 255 or concurrent registration)