Requirements

The Core: 34 Hours

All majors at Harding are required to complete the 47-hour Core Liberal Arts  program. The following Core requirements are met within the content of the major:

• BIOL 1200  and MATH 1200  satisfy 6 hours of Inquiry, Investigation, and Reasoning.
• FCS 2050 , FCS 3400 , and PSY 2010  or SOC 2030  satisfy 7 hours of Self and Society.

Major: 72 Hours

FCS Program Core: 7 Hours

• FCS 1000 - Family and Consumer Sciences as a Profession Credit Hours: 1
• FCS 2050 - Families in Global Society Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 4250 - Administration, Leadership, and Management Credit Hours: 3

Child Life (65 Hours):

• BIOL 1200 - Human Structure and Function Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 2070 - Child Growth and Development Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 2510 - Family Relationships Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 2671-2673 - Field Experience Credit Hours: 1

• or FCS 2682 - Field Experience Credit Hours: 2  

• or FCS 2683 - Field Experience Credit Hours: 3  

• (3 credit hours must be earned to meet program requirements.)

• FCS 3150 - Adolescent Development and Crisis Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 3220/3220L - Guidance in Early Childhood Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 3300 - Medical Terminology Credit Hours: 1
• FCS 3400 - Family Financial Management Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 3490 - Pediatric Nutrition, Health, and Safety Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 3520 - Infant/Toddler Development Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 3730 - Child Life Theory and Practice Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 3740 - Child Life Clinical Experience Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 3780 - Therapeutic Perspectives of Play Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 4020 - Professional Ethics Credit Hours: 2
• FCS 4260 - Human Sexuality Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 4300 - Parenting Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 4650 - Research in Family and Consumer Sciences Credit Hours: 2
• MATH 1200 - Elementary Statistics Credit Hours: 3
• PSY 2010 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• SOC 2030 - General Sociology Credit Hours: 3
• SWK 3950 - Child Abuse and Neglect Credit Hours: 3
• SWK 4020 - Death, Loss, and Grief Credit Hours: 3
• SWK 4100 - Human Diversity Credit Hours: 3

Remaining Bible/Electives: 14 Hours

See Bible Class Enrollment policy here.  

Total Hours: 120