Child life track courses

Coursework for the Master of Arts in Family and Consumer Sciences: Child Life Track

(32 credit hours; 34 credit hours if adding a Child Life Practicum):

1. The Child Life Track includes a minimum of 32 semester hours, half or more of which must be in courses at the 6000-level or higher, and at least two hours of FCS 7100, Independent Research.

2. Students who have taken undergraduate or graduate coursework that meets the ACLP academic eligibility requirements for certification as a child life specialist may select alternate graduate courses with the approval of the Graduate Advisor.

  • FCS 5510: Families and Hospitalization I, three credit hours
  • FCS 5520: Families and Hospitalization II, three credit hours
  • FCS 5530: Advanced Child Life Practice, three credit hours
  • FCS 5540: Therapeutic Play for Pediatric Populations, three credit hours
  • FCS 6510: Child Development Theories and Practice, three credit hours
  • FCS 6530: Families, Loss and Bereavement, three credit hours
  • FCS 6600: Studies in Family Relationships, three credit hours
  • FCS 5680: Gender, Culture, and Families, three credit hours
  • FCS 6010: Basic Research (3 credit hours)
  • FCS 7100: Independent Research, two credit hours
    or FCS 7000 Thesis, six credit hours
  • FCS 6220: Practicum/Internship in FCS (child life), two-six credit hours
    (Child Life Practicum - two credit hours; Child Life Internship - three credit hours)

Students typically apply to competitive internships sites though acceptance into competitive internship site is not guaranteed