{"id":3611,"date":"2024-09-26T09:51:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T14:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/education\/?page_id=3611"},"modified":"2024-09-26T09:51:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T14:51:04","slug":"child-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/education\/child-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-three-fifth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:10px;--awb-padding-right:10px;--awb-padding-bottom:10px;--awb-padding-left:10px;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:60%;width:calc(60% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.6 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A BS degree in Child Development leads to a career working with infants, toddlers and preschoolers. Through our courses students will learn to support the development and learning of young children. This path provides a variety of options in the early childhood field without having to acquire a teaching certification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Available Funding <\/strong><b>&#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are several avenues of funding available to help paraprofessionals obtain their bachelor\u2019s degree (e.g., TEACH grant, United Way Success by 6, Grow Your Own).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Education courses must be passed at a C or higher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-two-fifth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:4px;--awb-padding-right:10px;--awb-padding-bottom:10px;--awb-padding-left:10px;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:40%;width:calc(40% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.4 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div 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style=\"--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-icon-size:13px;--awb-content-font-size:12pt;--awb-icon-alignment:left;--awb-hover-color:#f9f9f9;--awb-border-color:#cccccc;--awb-background-color:rgba(255,199,0,0.3);--awb-divider-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.5);--awb-divider-hover-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.5);--awb-icon-color:#ffffff;--awb-title-color:#89385b;--awb-content-color:#000000;--awb-icon-box-color:#333333;--awb-toggle-hover-accent-color:#3a3a3a;--awb-title-font-family:&quot;Oswald&quot;;--awb-title-font-weight:400;--awb-title-font-style:normal;--awb-title-font-size:18px;--awb-title-line-height:1.5;--awb-content-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;\"><div class=\"panel-group fusion-toggle-icon-boxed\" id=\"accordion-3611-1\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-e478880510522fd10 fusion-toggle-no-divider fusion-toggle-boxed-mode\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_e478880510522fd10\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e478880510522fd10\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-3611-1\" data-target=\"#e478880510522fd10\" href=\"#e478880510522fd10\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Child Development<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"e478880510522fd10\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_e478880510522fd10\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.missouriwestern.edu\/undergraduate\/business-professional-studies\/education\/child-development-bs\/index.html#requirementstext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view the course requirements in the MWSU Course Catalog.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-d90455d518ce0d260 fusion-toggle-no-divider fusion-toggle-boxed-mode\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_d90455d518ce0d260\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"d90455d518ce0d260\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-3611-1\" data-target=\"#d90455d518ce0d260\" href=\"#d90455d518ce0d260\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Sample Degree Plan<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"d90455d518ce0d260\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_d90455d518ce0d260\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Mapping your degree plan is important. Consult with your academic advisor to create a plan and monitor it regularly.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.missouriwestern.edu\/registrar\/ug\/EDU\/SP-BS-Child-Development.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B.S. Child Development<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3611","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-20 00:26:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3613,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3611\/revisions\/3613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}