Course Requirements

Admission to the program requires prior completion of:
  • At least one course in infant, child, and adolescent development (0-18 years of age) 
  • 15 credit hours related to the following areas (5 additional 3-credit classes)
    • multicultural child and family issues
    • childhood medical conditions
    • health communication
    • medical terminology
    • developmental psychology
    • health psychology and/or child life theory

Additional course recommendations:

  • medical ethics
  • anatomy and physiology

Please note: It is required that students complete at least one course in child development (0-18 years of age) to apply to the program. If the child development course is not specifically titled “Child Development," the applicant may be required to provide a course syllabus that supports that at least 75-80% of course coverage focused on ages 0-18 years. A variety of other classes can be used to meet the remaining 15 credit hours of coursework requirements.

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