Welcome
Welcome to the Department of Child and Family Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. Our department focuses on understanding childhood development within the context of family function in a multicultural environment. Department coursework is designed to help students understand child growth and development from a physical, socio-emotional and cognitive perspective. Students are trained to think critically about child and developmental processes and apply their training to real life situations through a variety of fieldwork opportunities.
2008 Graduate Students Michelle Taylor, Gena Rosario, Veronica Cabello, Rosa Moreno, Joycelyn Ward-Richardson, Melissa Castruita, Claudia Escobedo and Holly Buckley.
The department offers four undergraduate options, a minor in Child Development and a Masters Degree program. These programs prepare students to work in a variety professional settings as educators, child life specialists and counselors and advocates. The baccalaureate in Child Development lays the groundwork for advanced study in such fields as Early Childhood Education, Human Development, Counseling and Social Work.