Bachelor of Arts in Child and Adolescent Development: Concentration in Youth Work and Out of School Time – Child and Adolescent Development Associate Degree for Transfer Roadmap

This is a sample pathway for students who transfer to San Francisco State University in the current bulletin year with an AA-T in Child and Adolescent Development. Six units in the major (CAD 210 and CAD 260) and all lower division GE requirements have been satisfied. Check with a major advisor about the most appropriate course sequence. Degree completion guaranteed in 60 units; see the Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) section for more information.

Plan of Study Grid
First Semester		Units
CAD 300	Professional Roles and Careers in Child and Adolescent Development	3
CAD 400	Community Youth Development	3
CAD 410	Applied Child and Youth Development	3
CAD 450	Understanding and Working with Diverse Families	3
Youth and Context Course - Select One from List Below ¹		3
	Units	15
Second Semester
CAD 500GW	Action Research Methods in Child and Adolescent Development - GWAR	3
FCS 321 or PSY 430	Adolescents and Families or Adolescent Psychology	3
Special Topics Course - Select Two ³		6-8
Upper Division GE: UD-B, UD-C, or UD-D		3
	Units	15
Third Semester
CAD 625	Children, Youth, and Public Policy	3
Special Topics Course - Select One ³		3
Upper Division GE: UD-B, UD-C, or UD-D - Take Two		6
U.S. and California Government		3
or University Elective if US/CA Government met before transfer
	Units	15
Fourth Semester
CAD 600 & CAD 601	Child and Adolescent Development Internship Seminar and Child and Adolescent Development Internship ⁴	3
RPT 400	Programming Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Experiences	3
US History		3
or University Elective if US History met before transfer
University Elective - Take Two		6
	Units	15
	Total Units	60

Youth and Context
AFRS 678 Urban Issues of Black Children and Youth (3 units)
C J 475 Intervention Policies in Juvenile Justice (3 units)
C J 485/LTNS 485 Latina/o Youth, Crime, and Justice (3 units)
RRS 480 Youth Culture, Race and Resistance (3 units)
SOC 452/C J 470 Juvenile Justice (4 units)

Youth Development Courses
CFS 321 Adolescents and Families (3 units)
PSY 430 Adolescent Psychology (3 units)

Special Topics (choose three courses, each from a different category)
A. Health
FCS 428 Children and Families with Violence, Abuse, and Neglect (3 units)
H ED 315 Drugs and Society (3 units)
LTNS 500 Latina/o Community Mental Health (3 units)
B. Sexuality and Gender Identity
BIOL 330 Human Sexuality (3 units)
PSY 456 Psychology of Human Sexual Behavior (3 units)
SOC 469 Gender and Society (4 units)
C. Recreation
RPT 210 Growth through Art and Leisure (3 units)
RPT 380 Developmental Play Processes (3 units)
RPT 440 Urban Recreation and Parks (3 units)
D. Social Services
C J 470 Juvenile Justice (4 units)
S W 302 Introduction to Social Service Organizations (3 units)
S W 350 Services to Children, Youth, and Their Families (3 units)
E. Racial and Ethnic Identity Development
AA S 218 Asian American Culture (3 units)
AFRS 525 Black Child Development (3 units)
LTNS 485 Latina/o Youth, Crime, and Justice (3 units)
AIS 470 American Indian Ethnicity: Problems in Identity (3 units)

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CAD 600 and CAD 601 must be taken concurrently

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Complementary Studies
The Complementary Studies Requirement is automatically fulfilled when completing the Child and Adolescent Development degree. However, students may need to take additional units to reach the minimum of 120 units for graduation.

To Do at SF State:

Enough total units to reach 120 minimum for graduation; 40 units minimum at the upper division level; to include the following:

University-Wide Requirements: 9-15 units

American Institutions (0-6 units): US History, US Government, California State and Local Government requirements if not taken before transfer
Upper division GE, areas B, C and D (9 units): Courses required for the major may double-count if approved for UD GE.
Students entering this major with the AA-T in Child and Adolescent Development are not required to fulfill SF State Studies requirements.
Complementary Studies is satisfied by taking the required minimum of 12 units in disciplines other than CAD.

CAD Major (Concentration in Youth Work & Out of School Time): 42-44 units

[CAD 210 met in transfer]

Major Core (21 units): Includes GWAR.
Concentration (21-23 units)
A minimum grade of C or better required for all courses in the major.

University Electives: 6 or More units

Depends on course choices made at the community college, how transferred units are applied to the requirements above, and course choices at SF State. Some courses may meet more than one requirement, e.g., both in UD GE and the major.