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Jun 08, 2025
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Community Youth Development Major with Inclusive Early Childhood/Childhood Education Major
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The Bachelor of Arts in Community Youth Development rigorously prepares students to provide trauma-informed, culturally-responsive and whole-child-focused services to children and youth and/or to enter graduate studies in a comparable field. The program fosters high quality “on the spot” and “in the moment” critical thinking that demonstrates a deep appreciation of the risk and protective factors which impact the social, psychological, cognitive, and spiritual lives of young people. A hallmark of the CYD program is the importance of mindfulness and reflection of the practitioner.
Students seeking initial certification at the early childhood and childhood levels may double major in Community Youth Development and Inclusive Early Childhood/Childhood Education. All Inclusive Early Childhood & Childhood Education students are required to have a cumulative GPA of 2.7 or higher in order to advance into Junior-level education coursework.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Increase the CYD graduates’ sense of confidence, competency, competitiveness, and credentialed status for employment, professional advancement, and graduate studies in professions that serve children and youth.
- Enrich students’ ability to integrate knowledge gained from their liberal arts and sciences education with an application to their pre-professional experiences.
- Facilitate students’ ability to bridge theory with practice through active participation in community-engaged learning with youth and their adult advisors.
- Develop students’ trauma-informed competencies to interact with child and youth from a whole child approach that respects the resiliencies, strengths, and leadership capabilities of children and youth.
- Guide students in the enhancement of their introspection and reflective skills as they explore personal values, ethics, and subjective understandings related to service delivery with children and youth from diverse backgrounds.
- Increase students’ knowledge and skills to plan, implement and evaluate age-appropriate, culturally relevant and youth centered programs.
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Core Curriculum Requirements
All Nazareth students complete Core Curriculum coursework as part of their degree requirements. The Core provides a foundation in the liberal arts and sciences while guiding students to pose and explore their own intellectual questions. See Academic Policies and Procedures for specific core curriculum requirements. CYD Foundation and Core Courses
CYD Internship Requirement
Students must complete both the CYD and Inclusive Education internship requirements listed below: CYD - Additional Required Courses
Take one of the following courses: - SOC.Q 101 - Introduction to Sociology Credits: 3
- PSY.Q 110 - Introduction to Psychological Science Credits: 3
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Take one of the following child/adolescent development courses: - PSY 221 - Development I: Infancy and Childhood Credits: 3
- PSY 224 - Adolescence and Early Adulthood Credits: 3
- HHS 201 - Interprofessional Perspectives on Play and Development Credits: 3
(HHS 201 is not an option for students who are also majoring in Inclusive Education) - SWK 305 - Theory and Human Development Credits: 3
Take one of the following diversity, equity, and inclusion courses: - ANT 313G - Gender and Society Credits: 3
- ANT 318G - Cultural and Social Change Credits: 3
- ENGL.Q 125 - Global Identities Credits: 3
- ENGL.Q 127 - Power of Narrative Credits: 3
- LIT.Q 206 - Youth Exploring the World Through Literature and Film Credits: 3
- LIT 318 - Bledi-Bledi: Ethnic Youth, Hip-Hop Culture and Contested Cultural Identities in Contemporary France Credits: 3
- PSY 251 - Psychology of Gender Credits: 3
- PSY 315 - Mind in Context Credits: 3
- PSY 352 - Culture and Psychology Credits: 3
- RES 378 - Social Justice and Spirituality: Rising Voices from the Margins Credits: 3
- RES 381 - Peace and Justice Credits: 3
- RES 385 - Liberation Movements: Empowerment, Solidarity, and Praxis Credits: 3
- RES 498 - Social Justice, Self-Discovery, and the Ripple Effect Credits: 3
- SOC 250 - Individual and Society Credits: 3
- SOC 410 - Racism, Intersectionality, and Social Justice Credits: 3
- SWK 309G - Human Rights and Justice Credits: 3
- SWK 324 - Cultural Diversity and Social Work Credits: 3
- Any Equitable Spaces courses (repeatable - must complete three credits total)
EQS 101 Special Topics: Equitable Spaces Credits: 1
EQS 102 Special Topics: Equitable Spaces Credits: 1
Note: Courses cannot be used to fulfill more than one requirement within the CYD major (e.g., cannot count as an additional course as well as a youth & culture course).
CYD Foreign Languages Requirement
Completion of two semesters of a foreign language is required for a Bachelor of Arts in Community Youth Development combined with Inclusive Early Childhood/Childhood Education. Youth and Culture Concentration
Choose three courses (additional options available) Note: Courses cannot be used to fulfill more than one requirement within the CYD major (e.g., cannot count as an additional course as well as a youth & culture course. Required Courses for Inclusive Early Childhood/Childhood Education Majors
Inclusive Early Childhood/Childhood Education Major Requirements Sample Program
| FIRST YEAR | | Fall Term | Spring Term | | ENGW 101 Exposition | 3 | ENGW 102 Argument and Research | 3 | | ACS 101 Academic and College Success | 1 | PEQ in Science plus lab (PEQ-3) | 4 | | CYD 201 Youth Development in Community Settings | 3 | Foreign Language plus lab | 4 | | Foreign Language plus lab | 4 | PEQ - Math (4) | 3 | | SOC.Q 101 Introduction to Sociology or PSY.Q 110 Introduction to Psychological Science (PEQ-1) | 3 | PEQ - Literature (5) | 3 | | FYS PEQ - History (PEQ-2) | 3 | Health & Wellness | 0 | | TOTAL CREDITS | 17 | TOTAL | 17 | | SECOND YEAR | | Fall Term | Spring Term | | Youth and Culture Concentration Courses #1 and #2 | 6 | CYD 301 Guidance and Engagement Techniques with Youth: Real Strategies | 3 | | PSY 221 Development I: Infancy and Childhood or PSY 224 Adolescence and Early Adulthood or SWK 305 Theory and Human Development | 3 | SPF 204 History and Philosophy of Education | 3 | | CYD 303 Plan, Implement and Evaluate Youth Services | 3 | Youth and Culture Concentration Course #3 | 3 | | PEQ - Religious Studies (6) | 3 | EDIN 205 Foundations of Inclusive Education | 3 | | EDIN 101 Developmental Learning in School: Early Childhood | 1 | CYD 401 Trauma-Informed Youth Development: Historical and Cultural Impacts | 3 | | EDIN 102 Developmental Learning in School: Childhood | 1 | EDIN 103 Developmental Learning in School: Adolescence | 1 | | | | CYD 090 Introduction to Professional Practice in Youth Development Seminar | 1 | | TOTAL CREDITS | 17 | TOTAL | 17 | | THIRD YEAR | | Fall Term | Spring Term | | EDIN 310 Inclusive Instructional Methods | 3 | INCH 380 Construction of Meaning in Mathematics And Science | 3 | | INCH 320 Emergent Literacy and Language Development | 3 | INCH 390 Literacy, Language Arts, and Social Studies | 3 | | EDU 475 Health Education, Child Abuse, and Violence Prevention Workshop | 0 | EDU 485 Harassment, Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Discrimination in Schools: Prevention and Intervention (DASA Training) | 0 | | CYD 484 Community-Based Youth Development Internship | 3 | CYD 480 Community-Based Youth Development Capstone | 3 | | LST 301 Language, Literacy, and Culture | 3 | DEIB/Integrative Studies course (2 - liberal arts) | 3 | | Integrative Studies course (1 - liberal arts) | 3 | Liberal Arts Elective | 3 | | PEQ - Philosophy (7) | 3 | CME 050 Core Milestone Experience | 0 | | | | CYD 499 Community Youth Development Integrative Portfolio | 0 | | TOTAL | 18 | TOTAL | 15 | SUMMER A AFTER THIRD YEAR
(Summer Tuition Required) | | INCH 425 Designing and Implementing Positive Learning Communities | 3 | INCH 411 Field Work and Practicum in Inclusive Education Settings | 3 | | FOURTH YEAR | | Fall Term | Spring Term | | EDIN 435 Assessment for Learning | 3 | INCH 490 Current Issues in Inclusive Education | 3 | | INCH 470 Reflective Seminar on Teaching, Collaboration and Building Collaborative Partnerships | 3 | Liberal Arts electives (includes 3 credits Social Studies) | 6 | | INCH 480 Student Teaching | 6 | Liberal Arts elective (Science) | 3 | | | | Liberal Arts elective (Math) | 3 | | | | PEQ - Visual & Performing Arts | 3 | | TOTAL | 12 | TOTAL | 18 | | Notes - Students in Bachelor of Arts degree programs must complete 90 credits of liberal arts coursework.
- NYS certification standards require that students complete 6 credits in each of the following subject areas, with a minimum grade of “C” or higher in each course: English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.
- Students may use a major course to fulfill one Integrative Studies (IS) course requirement.
- A minimum GPA of 2.7 is required before moving into INCH coursework (fall semester, third year).
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