Course · CHD489

Child Development Practicum

A child development course at Arizona Christian University.

Credits
3 Credits
Level
Undergraduate
Format
Supervised practicum
Typical Terms
Fall, Summer

Course Description

This course provides practical experience for the child development major. Practicum experiences will allow the student to serve in a setting that focuses on the intellectual, social, emotional, and biological development of children, as well as allowing for the student to participate in the planning, design and delivery of child life or child advocacy services. Child development students will complete one 135-hour practicum in a setting closely related to expected career settings with the option of a second practicum. All child development practicum experiences will include coursework requiring weekly application assignments and interaction with the professor and fellow students in online discussions.

Prerequisites

Corequisites

  • None

Learning Outcomes

1

Engage the Course Material

Build a working understanding of child development practicum as the course's central subject.

2

Apply Discipline Methods

Use the methods, vocabulary, and frameworks of the discipline to address course problems.

3

Connect Course Content

Connect this course's content to broader work in the discipline and related fields.

4

Demonstrate Course Competencies

Demonstrate the specific competencies the course is designed to develop.

Biblical Worldview Connection

A Biblical Worldview treats the work of mathematics and teaching as careful, honest engagement with what's true and with the students who learn from it.

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