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.