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The Childhood Studies Minor in Case's College of Arts and Sciences is an exciting educational opportunity for undergraduate students interested in a wide array of issues concerning children and the experience of childhood. This interdisciplinary minor focuses on the life stages of infancy through adolescence and includes interests in parenting, gender, the life course, and the place of children in society and culture.
The undergraduate minor requires 15 hours of course work in at least two different departments. Students may take practicum courses that provide knowledge-based and hands-on experience working with children in day care, hospitals, and educational settings. Students may also request approval to take independent study courses in any academic discipline suited to the student's interest in childhood studies. Students may count up to 6 credit hours toward another major. This is possible for more than one major, but with a maximum of 6 credit hours per major.
The following faculty members currently provide academic advising to students interested in a minor in Childhood Studies:
Elizabeth Short, Ph.D
Professor of Psychology
Director, Armington Program for the Study of Moral and Social Values in Children
E-Mail: elizabeth.short@case.edu
Phone: (216) 368-2815
Examples of courses included in the Childhood Studies Minor are:
ANTH 306. Anthropology of Childhood and the Family (3)
Child-rearing patterns and the family as an institution, using evidence from Western and non-Western cultures. Human universals and cultural variation, the experience of childhood and recent changes in the American family. Prerequisite: ANTH 102.
ANTH 309. Family Violence and Child Abuse (3)
The prevalence and causes of intrafamial violence. Spouse abuse, child abuse, adolescent abuse, sexual abuse, parent abuse, and sibling violence. Major theoretical positions on the occurrence of these behaviors in light of information from both Western and non-Western cultures. Prerequisite: ANTH 102.
ARTH 300. Childhood Through Art (3)
This course will explore the imagery of children in art from its beginnings in ancient Egyptian sculpture up to the present with photographs by Mapplethorpe and Sally Mann. In order to develop a critical awareness of how children are portrayed and how the viewer is manipulated, students will study specific works of art in the Cleveland Museum of Art as well as examples from contemporary visual culture.
CHST 301. Child Policy (3)
This course introduces students to issues in child policy. Local, state and federal child policy will be considered. Topics will include, for example, policies related to child, poverty, schooling, child welfare, and children's physical, and mental health. Students will learn how policy is developed and how research informs policy and vice versa., Prereq: One social sciences course.
CHST 302. Experiential Learning in Child Policy (3)
Focus on state and federal legislation impacting children, youth, and families. Course includes an experiential learning component at the state or federal level and a travel experience to either Columbus or Washington, D.C., to learn first hand how policy is formed.
CHST 398. Child Policy Externship (3-6)
This course provides students with externships in child policy. These externships give students an opportunity to work directly with professionals who design and implement policies that impact the lives of children and their families. Agencies involved are active in the areas of childcare, education, juvenile justice, and physical and mental health. Students apply for the externship. Selected students are placed in a local child policy agency. An individualized learning plan is developed in consultation with the Childhood Studies Program faculty, the supervisor in the agency, and the student. This course is a 3 credit hour course and may be taken twice for a total of 6 credit hours. Prereq: CHST 301 or consent, permit required.
CHST 399. Independent Study (1-6)
Students may propose topics for independent reading and research.
COSI 313. Language Development (3)
Language acquisition theory and stages of development of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and phonology in children. Contributions of biological, social, cognitive and environmental factors to process of language development. Open to majors and non-majors. Recommended prerequisites: Child Psychology.
NTRN 328. Child Development and Health (3)
Growth and development of the child from prenatal through adolescence, including individuality, maturation, and biological needs.
PSCL 230. Child Psychology (3)
Basic facts and principles of psychological development from the prenatal period through adolescence. Prerequisite PSCL 101.
PSCL 231. Child Psychology Practicum (1)
The course will involve three hours per week of practicum experience at either the Church of the Covenant day care center or the Mental Development Center School. Student will be given an orientation to child development in the context of a preschool program. Prerequisite: PSCL 101; Coreq: PSCL 230.
PSCL 329. Adolescence (3)
Psychological perspectives on physical, cognitive, and social development.
PSCL 335A. Seminar and Practicum: Preschool and Daycare (3)
Supervised field placement and attendance at staff conferences in various child and adolescent settings. Regular seminar meetings. Prerequisite: PSCL 230
PSCL 335C. Seminar and Practicum: Hospitalized Children (3)
Supervised field placement and attendance at staff conferences in various child and adolescent settings. Regular seminar meetings. Prerequisite: PSCL 230
PSCL 339/SOCI 339. Seminar and Practicum in Adolescence (3)
This course provides an opportunity to work in situ with adolescents from the inner city of Cleveland. It enables the student to have a socially relevant experience while tutoring and mentoring teenagers who are having difficulties with school performance. (Syllabus attached)
PSCL 393. Experimental Child Psychology (3)
The development of behavior from birth to adolescence. Growth of basic processes such as perception, learning, memory, intelligence, and language in the light of current theoretical models. Prerequisite: PSCL 101.
PSCL 344. Developmental Psychopathology (3)
This course will focus on the interplay of biological, psychological, familial, and social determinants of disorders, ranging from autism to delinquency and bulimia. Prerequisites: PSCL 230 or PSCL 321.
SOCI 320. Delinquency and Juvenile Justice (3)
The primary focus of this course is on acquainting the student with the nature and the extent of juvenile delinquency. Accordingly, theoretical approaches to delinquency causation and the prevention, control, and treatment of delinquent behavior in society are addressed. Important aspects of juvenile justice procedures, policy, and practice are examined, and the early history of the juvenile justice system and the many changes occurring over the years are discussed. Prereq: SOCI 112B.
SOCI 361. The Life Course (3)
Individual experiences and transitions over the life course are considered as the result of societal, cultural, psychological, biological, and historical influences. Developmental issues of childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle years and late life are discussed in the context of social expectations, challenges, and opportunities. Emphasis is placed on theoretical readings.
Please check the Searchable Schedule of Classes at the Registrar's website for which of these courses will be offered each semester -
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