Subject Matter Competency
Candidates may meet the subject matter competence requirement through one of the following two options:
(A) Possession of a BA degree or higher from a regionally-accredited institution of higher education with a degree major in any of the following:
- Child Development
- Child and Adolescent Development
- Human Development
- Early Childhood Education
- Child and Family Studies
- Early Childhood Studies
- Human Development and Family Science
- Family Science, or
- Child, Adolescent, and Family Studies.
(B) Completion of 24-semester units or the equivalent quarter units of non-remedial, degree-applicable coursework in child development or early childhood education.
Candidates who do not meet the subject matter competency requirement through their degree title and have not completed 24 units of early childhood education and/or child development courses may enroll in any of the preapproved courses listed on the Meeting Subject Matter Competency Chart at a local institution of their choice.
