Non-CSUDH Approved Electives
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Approved non-CSUDH Electives in Child Development
Child Development majors may use any of the following courses from the colleges and universities listed
to fulfill their Elective requirement for the major. Courses must be completed with a grade of “C” or
better. Students who elect to use a course from another college or university may NOT choose a
comparable CSUDH course(s) as an elective due to the overlap in course content. Please refer to the
“CSUDH Course #” column below to assess which courses at CSUDH may NOT be taken if the student
elects to transfer a specific course from another college or university.
If you have taken coursework elsewhere that is not listed below and you think could meet the Elective
coursework requirement, the course must be approved by your faculty advisor. To have a potential
course substitution evaluated, please submit the following materials to the Child Development Program
Office: (1) a completed Course Substitution Form, (2) a copy of the course description from the college’s
catalog, and (3) a copy of the original course syllabus so the substance of the course can be evaluated.
Before you submit a course substitution form, please verify that the course in listed on the transfer
credit page of your degree audit. Courses that do not appear on your degree audit and incomplete
submissions will not be considered. Not all courses are eligible for substitution.
To have your non-CSUDH courses applied to your elective requirement, please contact Student Services
at (310) 243-2120 to make an advisement appointment with your academic advisor. Please bring a
completed Non-CSUDH Electives Approval Form to your appointment. If you have submitted a course
substitution form, you must wait until all courses have been approved before making your appointment.
California Community Colleges
The California Curriculum Alignment Project (CAP) was developed by the Community Colleges of
California to create standards in the field of ECE and assure consistency in student learning outcomes
across campuses. Standards were created for 8 Core courses (CAP 8 Core). Four of these courses
articulate with your CDV Core Curriculum. The remaining four courses may be used as CDV Electives.
Students who transferred from a Community College in California and their career objective is Early
Childhood Education (ECE) may transfer the following CAP 8 Core courses:
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CAP 2 – Child, Family and Community
CAP 6 – Health, Safety, and Nutrition
CAP 7 – Teaching in a Diverse Society
CAP 8 – Practicum in Early Childhood Education
In order to transfer, all courses MUST be CAP Approved and CSU Transferable. Please visit the Child
Development Training Consortium website for a list of Community Colleges and their courses that are
CAP Approved, http://www.childdevelopment.org/cs/cdtc/print/htdocs/services_cap.htm. Please
check www.assist.org for updated information on CSU transferability. If one or more of the courses
above are both CAP Approved and CSU Transferable, you may petition to have that course count as an
elective. If the course in not CAP Approved or CSU Transferable, it will not be accepted. No additional
ECE courses taken at the Community College will be approved.
Non-CSUDH Approved Electives
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4-Year Universities
Students who elect to use a course from another college or university may NOT choose a related CSUDH
course(s) as an elective due to the overlap in course content. Please see the *CSUDH Course # column
below for related CSUDH courses.
California State University, Long Beach
Course #
Course Title
SOC 346
Race, Gender, and Class
Units
3
*CSUDH Course #
CDV 363
California State University, Los Angeles
Course #
Course Title
ART 400
DAN 400
EDSP 400
Elementary Classroom Visual Arts
Creative Dance in the Elementary Classroom
Foundations of Special Education
ENG 430
MUS 400
TA 400
Children’s Literature
Elementary Classroom Music
Creative Drama for Elementary Classroom
Units
3
3
3
3
*CSUDH Course #
ART 301
DAN 440/KIN 447
SPE 460, SPE 480,
SPE 481
ENG 350
MUS 340
THE 337
California State University, Northridge
Course #
Course Title
CADV 451
CADV 460
AAS 450
Alternative Approaches to Discipline
Race, Ethnicity, Gender, & Culture in Development
Asian American Child and the Schools
Units
3
3
3
*CSUDH Course #
CDV 363
California State University, Sacramento
Course #
Course Title
ART 137
CHDV 139
FACS 159
Art for Exceptional Children
Educational Play: Theory & Practice
Adulthood an d Aging in Human Development
Units
3
3
3
*CSUDH Course #
ART 301
PSY 352/SOC 316
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Course #
Course Title
NUTR 121
Human Nutrition
Units
*CSUDH Course #
3
University of New Mexico
Course #
Course Title
LLSS 443
Children’s Literature
Units
3
*CSUDH Course #
ENG 308