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The Bachelor of Arts in Child Development (BACD) program is designed to prepare students for a career in early childhood education including teaching at the Preschool, Transitional Kindergarten, Kindergarten or 1st-3rd grades, leading church education programs, serving and leading on a mission field, or coaching. Students will focus their learning on early literacy skills for children ages 4-8 years old, exploring the social sciences, natural sciences, humanities, and the arts through the lens of education and teaching. This degree also has the option to earn Early Childhood Education (ECE) units, where one can work as a preschool assistant teacher, preschool teacher, or preschool program director or work toward a Preschool to 3rd Grade Teaching Credential for the State of California (*Pending CCTC approval).

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CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Bachelor of Arts
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Jessup’s School of Education develops educational leaders who reach with compassion, teach with excellence, and learn for lifelong impact. In partnership with, and by the grace of Christ, the school develops educators for leadership and scholarship regionally, nationally, and internationally in order to make a difference in the lives of those they serve.

Please Note: This program is not yet approved for veteran educational benefits. Please contact our Veterans Services Specialist at [email protected] for more information.

56 UNITS (includes 12 units of Student Teaching)

15 WEEK SEMESTERS

ROCKLIN CAMPUS
ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Bachelor of Arts in Child Development (BACD) program is designed to prepare students for a career in early childhood education including teaching at the Preschool, Transitional Kindergarten, Kindergarten or 1st-3rd grades, leading church education programs, serving and leading on a mission field, or coaching. Students will focus their learning on early literacy skills for children ages 4-8 years old, exploring the social sciences, natural sciences, humanities, and the arts through the lens of education and teaching. This degree also has the option to earn Early Childhood Education (ECE) units, where one can work as a preschool assistant teacher, preschool teacher, or preschool program director or work toward a Preschool to 3rd Grade Teaching Credential for the State of California (*Pending CCTC approval).

Learning Outcomes

• Engage and support all young children in learning.
• Create and maintain an effective environment for young children’s development and learning.
• Understand and organize core curriculum for young children’s learning.
• Plan instruction and design developmentally appropriate learning experiences for all young children.
• Assess and document young children’s development and learning.
• Develop as a professional early childhood educator.
• Demonstrate effective literacy and mathematics instruction for young children.
• Develop dispositions that exhibit the character of Christ.