Occupational Child Care Minor

1. Required Courses (23 to 24 hours)

ED 3500 - Young Children, Their Families, and Their Society Credits: 3 hours
FCS 2020 - Field Experience Credits: 1 to 3 hours
FCS 2100 - Human Sexuality Credits: 3 hours
FCS 2660 - Personal Nutrition Credits: 3 hours
FCS 4150 - Effective Parenting Credits: 3 hours
FCS 5750 - Administration of Child Development Centers Credits: 3 hours
HPER 1700 - Introduction to Leisure and Recreational Services Credits: 3 hours
or
HPER 2760 - Outdoor Education Credits: 2 hours

Select Either

ED 2500 - Human Development Credits: 3 hours
or
FCS 2140 - Child Development Credits: 3 hours

2. Related Work Experience

A total of 4000 hours of recent and relevant work experience in the child care related industries (within the past 5 years) is required for vocational certification. A total of 2000 of these hours may be completed in an equivalent directed supervised enrollment in FCS 2020.