Bachelor in Child Development
Our Child Development Programme aims to educate prospective child development professionals with productive, questioning and critical thinking and 21st-century skills who attach importance to the concept of lifelong learning, social services and scientific ethics.
Within this framework, we offer students education that enables them to: treat children and their parents with love, respect, show them great interest and tolerance and appreciate them; follow the multiple intelligence theory to provide children with an educational atmosphere helping them learn through experience; offering a supportive theoretical and practical educational plan for children in 0-18 age group, as well as those in 0-6 age group both showing normal development and those with special needs, and therefore serve children, families, educationists, and society; prepare materials necessary for children’s habits and needs, acquire the skills and knowledge required to meet children’s needs, and take precautions against potential problems. And last but not least, we provide our students with education enabling them to become “child development professionals”.
Program Specific Requirements
- None.
Career Opportunities
- Our graduates will be able to work in: Public or private pre-school institutions affiliated to the Ministry of National Education, Pre-school classes opened in public and private primary schools and other schools such as vocational high schools, Public or private nurseries, children’s support centres, nursing homes for young people with disabilities, nursing and rehabilitation centres, family counselling centres and kindergartens, Special education and rehabilitation centres, Psychological counselling and guidance centres, Family education and counselling centres, Community health centres, family health centres and centres for maternal and child health and family planning affiliated to the Ministry of Health, private institutions and public or university hospitals, Children and youth centres affiliated to municipalities or the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Children’s branch of the Directorate General of Security offices, Non-governmental organisations for family and children such as UNICEF, Scientific research centres, Hotels, tourist facilities and children’s clubs in shopping centres, Playgrounds in sports centres, Juvenile courts and children’s homes for education of the Ministry of Justice, Private consulting companies (as parent instructors), and Children’s publishing firms, toy design and manufacturing companies (as designers). Additionally, our graduates can pursue a Master’s and Doctoral Degree, and work as research assistants, lecturers, or faculty members at universities.