# Child and Adolescent Development (Associate in Arts for Transfer)

Butte College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Child Development/Family Relations

Source: https://butte.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/25398/28408/28096/28069/28251

**About the Program**

**Program Goal:** Transfer

**GE Pattern(s):** Cal-GETC

**Program Code:** 35197.31AA-T

Students completing Associate Degrees for Transfer are guaranteed admission to the CSU system. Please see the beginning of the “Academic Programs” section for details.

This program teaches students to embrace a practitioner-scholar model that inspires and supports the development of knowledge, skills and dispositions essential to fostering healthy growth and learning of children and families in a diverse society, including leadership and advocacy, for children up to age eighteen.

**Program Learning Outcome(s):**
Upon successful completion of the program, the student will be able to:

1.  Synthesize research-based theories including principles and practices of child and adolescent development and learning.
2.  Utilize critical thinking skills to analyze, evaluate, and make decisions concerning complex contemporary issues and the interactions among individuals and across societies.
3.  Utilize scientific methodologies to research human development from infancy through adolescence.
4.  Exhibit the ability to use evidence based assessment systems and curriculum planning systems to support children's learning and development.
5.  Knowledge of development in all learning domains from conception through adolescent, including knowledge about typical and atypical development.
6.  Demonstrates the ability to promote developmentally, culturally and linguistically appropriate strategies to address diverse approaches to learning.

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Required courses:** | | 19 |
| CDEV C1000 | Child Growth and Development | 3 |
| PSYC C1000 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| **Select one:** | | 4 |
| STAT C1000 | Introduction to Statistics | 4 |
| STAT C1000E | Introduction to Statistics | 4 |
| **List A (Select three courses from at least 2 groups)** | | 9 |
| **Group 1** | | 15 |
| ANTH 4 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| CDF 12 | Child, Family, and Community | 3 |
| SOC 8 | Introduction to Marriage, Family and Intimate Relationships | 3 |
| SOC 20 | Introduction to Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| SOCI C1000 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| **Group 2** | | 3 |
| PSY 15 | Lifespan Psychology | 3 |
| **Group 3** | | 4 |
| BIOL C1000 | Introduction to Biology with Lab | 4 |
| **Group 4** | | 6 |
| CDF 40 | Observation and Assessment | 3 |
| CDF 63 | Introduction to Early Childhood Education Curriculum | 3 |
| **Total** | | **19** |