The Children's Education and Development option is only available at the Brantford Campus in conjunction with the Contemporary Studies major.

The CED Option is designed to provide students taking the Contemporary Studies program with a supplemental course of study focussing on children's issues, with particular emphasis on developmental and educational issues. Combined with the Contemporary Studies program, the option provides students with a well rounded interdisciplinary understanding of contemporary subjects and issues as they relate to children, children's issues and child development. All students in the program participate in field placements in which they work with children. Successful completion of the CED Option is a good background for future work in child-related fields.

For graduation, students must have a minimum GPA of 6.0 computed on all courses in the option.

Required Courses:

PS100* Introduction to Psychology

SY100* Introduction to Sociology

PS275 Developmental Psychology I: Infancy and Childhood

CT333 Children's Education and Development Practicum

One and a half additional credits chosen from the following:

EN201 Children's Literature

PY239 Explorations of the Self

PS222 Behaviour Modification

PS260 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

PS270 Social Psychology

PS276 Developmental Psychology II: Adolescence and Young Adulthood

PS283 Educational Psychology

PS379 Psychology of Exceptional Children, Youth and Adults

SY201* Sociology of the Family

SY316* Sociology of Education

Faculty of Arts Faculty of Arts – Programs and Courses

Official electronic version updated on February 4, 2002

M. Watson, Editor Course Timetable