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Childhood Studies

Childhood Studies

Guide the next generation towards a brighter tomorrow

with a Childhood Studies degree from BSU

The undergraduate major in Childhood Studies is designed for students who want to develop knowledge and skills necessary for careers working with children and families in a wide variety of settings. 

It is unique in its focus on understanding children and childhood from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Childhood Studies brings together knowledge about children and youth from infancy through the age of legal majority as seen from the perspectives of the arts, humanities, social and natural sciences, medicine, education and the law. 

As a Childhood Studies major, students develop valuable skills in preparation for work with children in settings such as private and state-funded programs, department of social services, family resource centers, children’s museums or recreation centers. 

An interdisciplinary program

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Enhance your understanding

Further your understanding of childhood studies with a broad-based examination of childhood grounded in the liberal arts, a strength that helps BSU's program stand apart from others in the region. 

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Excellent pre-professional preparation

For students interested in graduate school in psychology or education, in law (e.g. child and family advocacy), or in various health related areas (e.g. medicine, nursing) involving children we offer excellent pre-professional preparation.

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Advocate for social justice

Improve children’s lives through the study of children's identities in relation to constructs of race, class, sexuality, gender, culture, and ethnicity and the role of social institutions in their lives.

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