90-Credit Hour Online Bachelor of Applied Science in Childhood Development
Program Overview
At MoWest, you can earn a degree in Child Development in as little as three years. A career in Child Development leads to working with infants, toddlers and preschoolers. This 90-credit degree path allows you to fast track your career, with a variety of options in the early childhood field without having to acquire a teaching certification.
Program Highlights
- No teaching certificate required
- Completion Time: 3 years or under
- Career-focused applied learning experiences
- Experienced faculty with over 30 years of experience
What Will You Learn?
As a MoWest student you will learn the key domains of Child Development (Physical, Cognitive, Language, and Social & Emotional Development), the key stages of development (Newborn/Infant, Toddler, Preschool, School-Age and Adolescence) and the factors affecting development (Biology and Genetics, Environment and Relationships).
Tuition, Fees and Time Frame
Knowing what to expect is important when planning for college costs. For more information, check our Tuition and Fees page.
Classes are 7 weeks. 6 start dates a year lets you start on your terms. Finish your degree in 3 years or less if transferring in credit from prior institutions. Students may transfer up to 60 credits and could have as little as a year left of coursework.
Scholarships
MoWest offers the Black and Gold Scholarship, an automatic scholarship for first year and transfer students. Students who qualify can earn up to $4,750 for freshman or $1500 for transfer students. This scholarship is there to make earning your degree more affordable and within reach. For more information on the Black and Gold Scholarship, visit our webpage today.
MoWest also offers over 200 institutional scholarships with only one application. The MoWest General Scholarship Application opens October 1 and closes April 4.
Credit Hour Cost
$328/hr
Duration
3 Years or Less
Admission Requirements
Students 19 Years or Younger
Applicants who demonstrate a 2.5 cumulative high school GPA will be eligible for regular admission to the University.
Applicants who don’t meet the automatic admission guidelines may be admitted as a Griffon Pathways student. The Griffon Pathways program is designed to help students strengthen academic skills needed for success at MoWest.
Students 20 Years or Older
Applicants who meet one of the following criteria will be granted automatic, regular admission to the University:
- High school graduate with 2.0 GPA or higher
- 75 HiSET or higher
- 680 GED or higher (no sub score lower than 150)
- 21 ACT (1060 SAT*) or higher
Applicants who don’t meet the automatic admission guidelines may be admitted as a Griffon Pathways student. The Griffon Pathways program is designed to help students strengthen academic skills needed for success at MoWest.
Transfer Requirements
Transfer students are admitted based on their academic records from all regionally accredited institutions they have previously attended. Any student with less than a 2.0 cumulative GPA for coursework at all previous colleges/universities will be evaluated according to the Table of Academic Standards in the University Catalog to see if they are admissible. Transcripts must be sent from college/university that credit is granted through. Find out what credit transfers with our Griffon Transfer Credit Calculator.
Students with less than 24 credits must provide final high school transcript (or HiSET/GED results)
Students who have completed an Associate of Arts degree (AA), a bachelor’s degree, or the Missouri 42-hour general education block (must be noted on the transcript or other official document) from a regionally-accredited institution, are considered to have satisfactorily completed MoWest’s general studies requirements. Completion of general studies requirements does not waive departmental major pre-requisites.
Program Requirements
Students will be required to complete 42 credit hours of Missouri General Education Core 42 Courses, as well as all of the listed Education courses.
General Education Core 42 Classes
Students must take 42 credit hours of Core 42 Courses. These are general education classes that are needed in order to meet degree plan requirements. While students may choose what Core 42 courses they pursue, the following are required for this program:
- ENG 104 College Writing and Rhetoric
- ENG 108 College Writing and Research (ETC200 Technical Writing option)
- COM 104 Oral Communications
- SOC 110 Introduction to Sociology
- PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology
- GS Humanities and Fine Arts (3 courses)
- GS Math
- GS Natural Sciences
- GS Social Science
Childhood Development Core Classes
The following are required Childhood Development courses:
- EDU 150 Psychological Development of Children and Adolescents for Educators
- EDU 300 Introduction to Early Childhood
- EDU 313 Family, Community, and School
- CRJ 110 Introduction to Juvenile Justice
- PSY 240 Lifespan Developmental Psychology
- EDU 357 Introduction to Early Childhood Special Education
- EDU 315 Psychology and Education of the Exceptional Child
- EDU 348 Language Development
- SOC 330 The Family
