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Convenience to Fit Your Life
HYBRID FORMAT
For those who prefer in-person learning, PLNU is partnered with community colleges across San Diego County, bringing professors directly to a campus near you one night a week, with the rest online. Additionally, you won’t have to worry about enrolling in new classes or adapting to a new schedule each semester. For the CDEV hybrid format, only the second 60 semester units of coursework are available through PLNU.
Our curriculum is designed with busy, working adults in mind with two formats of study: hybrid (including in-person classes two nights a week), or entirely online. Whichever study option you prefer, your coursework is designed to be flexible to your needs and help you balance your other life commitments.
ONLINE FORMAT
If you prefer the flexibility of online learning and the ability to set your own schedule, the online format is for you! Students applying for the online CDEV program can start the program with as little as zero college credits completed. In the online format, PLNU offers all general education, elective, and pre-requisite courses needed for completion of the CDEV program (courses are fully online). With entry points every eight weeks, you can start whenever you're ready!
With a Bachelor of Arts in Child Development from PLNU, you'll be prepared for meaningful work.
Options for serving children & adolescents include:
Preschool teacher or director at a public, private, or charter school
Child life specialist
Head Start teacher
First Five specialist or care coordinator
Early intervention specialist
Behavioral therapist
Children's or youth ministry leader
Parent educator
Foster care provider
Social service worker for children and adolescents
What is the Child Development program & what can it do for you?
Are you fascinated by human development and relationships? Do you want to help children reach their full potential? If you have college credits but haven't fully earned your bachelor’s degree, PLNU’s child development (CDEV) degree completion program is designed for you. We’ll partner with you and together help make a meaningful difference for families of all types, including yours.
Completing your bachelor’s degree in child development at PLNU will give you a strong understanding of typical and atypical development and how to help meet the needs of children and families. You'll become the best possible champion for children by understanding the complex family and social systems that surround them. PLNU offers a convenient format tailored to accommodate your work and life commitments — so you can earn your child development degree in as few as 15 months.
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Get the tools and education you need to be a valued leader.
Directly interact with colleagues and professors to gain an in-person knowledge that you can tangibly apply in real-life settings.
Realize your unique vision through concentrations.
Grow as a Whole Person
ETHICS-BASED
PERSONAL COMMUNITY
TAILORED CURRICULUM
“With this degree from PLNU, you will be uniquely prepared to meet the needs of children, adolescents, and families. You will be equipped with practical application skills to address needs in a wide variety of professional settings.”
Susan Decristofaro Rogers, M.A.
PLNU ALUMNI TESTIMONIALS
PURSUE A MEANINGFUL CAREER IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
Who Said Convenient Can't be Caring?
BACHELOR OF CHILD
DEVELOPMENT
HYBRID | ONLINE
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PLNU’s Bachelor of Child Development.
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