Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) - Minor

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21 credits

2.0 GPA required.

C grade or better required in minor courses.

Students are expected to adhere to program ethical standards.

Overview

The Child Advocacy Studies curriculum focuses on experiential, interdisciplinary, ethical, and culturally sensitive child-focused content that provides a common knowledge base for advocacy and response to social issues.

If you have been arrested, charged, or convicted of any criminal offense, you should investigate the impact that the arrest, charge, or conviction may have on your chances for employment in the field you intend to study or on your chances to obtain field experiences or internship opportunities.

Required Courses (12 credits)

CAST 301 - Perspectives on Child Maltreatment and Child Advocacy (3 credits)
CAST 302 - Global Child Advocacy Issues (3 credits)
CAST 401 - Professional and System Responses to Child Maltreatment (3 credits)
CAST 402 - Responding to the Survivor of Child Abuse and Survivor Responses (3 credits)

Required Field Experience (3 credits)

Choose one:

CAST 477 - CAST Capstone Experience (3 credits)
◎ EDST 460 - Elementary Education with Early Childhood Student Teaching (1-16 credits)
◎ EDST 464 - K-6 Student Teaching (1-16 credits)
◎ EDST 465 - Student Teaching - Senior High School K-12 Specialty (1-16 credits)
◎ EDST 469 - Global Student Teaching (1-18 credits)
◎ EDST 470 - Middle Level Student Teaching (1-5 credits)
NURS 443 - Professional Practice III (1-3 credits practicum)
◎ NURS 454 - Immersion in Nursing Practice: Senior Capstone (4 credits practicum)
◎ SPED 441 - Student Teaching for Developmental Disabilities (15 credits)
◎ SPED 446 - Student Teaching for Learning Disabilities (15 credits)
SPED 455 - Early Childhood Special Education Student Teaching (12-15 credits)
SPED 475 - Secondary Practicum for ABS (3 credits)
SPED 477 - Student Teaching for ABS (15 credits)

Note

Field experience in Criminal Justice, Psychology, or Social Work may fulfill the requirements for CAST 477 if the field experience involves substantial work with children. The CAST program director will review the field experience placement and make a determination regarding fulfillment of the field experience requirement on an individual basis.

Electives (6 credits)

CAST 403 - Child Exploitation, Pornography, and the Internet (3 credits)
CAST 404 - Examining Child Poverty (3 credits)
CAST 405 - Gender, Violence, and Society (4 credits) (2 credits lab/2 credits theory)
CAST 406 - Child Advocacy Research Studies (3 credits)
CJS 314 - Juvenile Justice (3 credits)
EDFD 460 - Multicultural Youth, Children, & Families Part I: Early Childhood and Elementary (2 credits)
EDFD 461 - Multicultural Youth, Children, & Families: Part I: K-12 and 5-12 (2 credits)
EDFD 462 - Multicultural Youth, Children, and Families Part II (1 credit)
LGLS 381 - Legal Studies Topics and Issues (3 credits) (Family Law)
NURS 421 - Nursing of Childbearing Families (2 credits)
NURS 422 - Nursing of Childrearing Families (2 credits)
PSY 250 - Developmental Psychology (3 credits)
PSY 373 - Cross-Cultural Psychology (3 credits)
SOCW 420 - Child Welfare (3 credits)
SPED 300 - Children and Youth with Exceptionalities (3 credits)
WGSS 220 - Intersections of Privilege and Power (3 credits)
WGSS 225 - Advocacy and the Advocate (3 credits)
WGSS 405 - Gender, Violence, and Society (4 credits)

Course(s) Unique to Minor

WSU policy requires a minor contain at least one course unique to the minor and not used in major or additional requirements. See Degree Audit for details.

Legend

◎ = Oral Intensive

◆ = Math/Critical Analysis Intensive

△ = Writing Intensive

✽ = Physical Development and Wellness Graduation Requirement