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  • Human and Community Development
    1303 Hart Hall
    Davis, CA 95616
    Tel: (530) 754-4109
    Fax: (530) 752-5660
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  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Child Development

Application Deadline

  • 2013 ADMISSION
  • Priority: Dec. 15
  • Final: Mar. 1

    2013 FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec. 15
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Dec. 1

Degrees Offered

  • M.S. Plan I
  • M.S. Plan II

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Curriculum vitae or resume
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • GRE scores
  • Official transcripts
  • Personal History Statement
  • Statement of Purpose

Degree Requirements

Administrative Bylaws

Students gain advanced knowledge of child development during infancy and adolescence; human evolution; cross-cultural development; cognitive development and learning; brain and behavior; nutrition and behavior; perceptual development; social-emotional development; language and intellectual development; memory systems; physiological correlates of behavioral development; and research methods in human growth and development necessary for careers in educational program-delivery, teaching or further graduate study.

This program is an interdisciplinary Graduate Group.

For more information, visit the Child Development website.

Contacts

Program Chair
Katherine J Conger Human & Community Development (530) 754-7518
Academic Advisers
Katherine J Conger
(Adviser: Primary Contact) 		Human & Community Development 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 754-7518
Lawrence V. Harper
(Adviser: General) 		Human & Community Development 9/1/12 - 3/31/13 (530) 752-3624
Lisa M. Miller
(Adviser: General) 		Human & Community Development 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 752-3955
Adrienne Nishina
(Adviser: Admissions Only) 		Human & Community Development 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 752-7003
Beth A Ober
(Adviser: General) 		Human & Community Development 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 752-6934
Lenna Ontai
(Adviser: General) 		Human Development 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-6410
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Jennifer Gouine Human Development/Child Development (530) 754-4109
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Jean Telford Graduate Studies (530) 752-9292