Children's Studies Major, Bachelor of Arts (BA): Plan of Study

The following plan of study is for a student with zero credits. Individual students may have different factors such as: credit through transfer work, Advanced Placement, Running Start, or any other type of college-level coursework that requires an individual plan.

Courses may be offered in different terms and not all courses are offered every term, checking the academic schedule is paramount in keeping an individual plan current. There may be some courses that have required prerequisites not listed in the plan, review the course descriptions for information. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.

All Undergraduate students are required to meet the Undergraduate Degree Requirements.

This major requires the completion of the World Language requirement. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree must complete two years of a single language in high school or one year of a single language in college.

First Year
Fall QuarterCr.Winter QuarterCr.Spring QuarterCr.
ENGL 1015ENGL 2015Natural Science BACR 115
Humanities & Arts BACR 115MATH 1075Humanities & Arts BACR 215
Social Science BACR 115Social Science BACR 215Diversity - graduation requirement15
 15 15 15
Second Year
Fall QuarterCr.Winter QuarterCr.Spring QuarterCr.
Natural Science BACR 215Elective - minor, or general elective5Elective - minor, or general elective5
Elective - minor, or general elective5Elective - minor, or general elective5Elective - minor, or general elective5
Elective - minor, or general elective5Elective - minor, or general elective5Elective - minor, or general elective5
 15 15 15
Third Year
Fall QuarterCr.Winter QuarterCr.Spring QuarterCr.
CDST 3005CDST 3034CDST 3044
CDST 310 (Global Studies - graduation requirement)5CDST 3304CDST 3865
CDST 4025CDST 4045CDST 4035
 Elective - minor, or general elective5 
 15 18 14
Fourth Year
Fall QuarterCr.Winter QuarterCr.Spring QuarterCr.
CDST 4234CDST 4224CDST 4155
Children’s Studies Elective25CDST 4815CDST 490 (Senior Capstone - graduation requirement)5
Children’s Studies Elective25Children’s Studies Elective25Children’s Studies Elective25
 14 14 15
Total Cr. 180
1
University Graduation Requirements (UGR) and Breadth Area Course Requirements (BACR) courses may be less than 5 credits and additional credits may be required to reach the required 180 total credits needed to graduate.  Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.
2

Children's Studies Elective–choose four courses from the approved list.