Our concentration in child life prepares you to pursue a career assisting pediatric patients and their families in health care settings. Child life students learn to apply child development and family practices to meet the needs of their target audience. Our coursework aligns with the curricular emphases of the Child Life Council, the certifying organization for the profession.
Child Life Specialist
About The Program
Department: Department of Early Childhood, Youth, and Family Studies
Credits Required: 120
Possible Occupations
- Child Life Specialist
Indiana Median Salary: $41,172
Dual Credit Courses
For onsite courses, please refer here to see if the course is offered at your high school.
Online
These courses are available online through Ball State University:
CORE Classes
- COMM 210 - Fundamentals of Public Communication
- ENG 103 - Rhetoric and Writing (English Composition I)
- ENG 104 - Composing Research (English Composition II)
- MATH 125 - Quantitative Reasoning
- MATH 165 - Calculus I
- FIN 101 - Personal Finance for Fiscal Wellness
- THEA 100 - Introduction to Theatre
- JOUR 101 - Media and American Society
- PHIL 100 - Introduction to Philosophy
- RELS 160 - Introduction to Religion in Culture
- HSC 160 - Fundamentals of Human Health
- PHYC 110 - General Physics I
- ISOM 125 - Introduction to Business with Integrated Computer Applications
- PSYS 100 - Introduction to Psychological Science
- SOC 100 - Principles of Sociology
- PHIL 202 - Ethics
- HSC 180 - Principles of Community Health
- FCFC 250 - Family Relations
Major-Specific
- EDPS 254 - Psychology of Early Childhood
- EDPS 270 - Human Development Across the Lifespan
- FCED 150 - Basic Concepts of Secondary Education in Family Consumer Sciences