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Duluth Campus
Childhood Nature Studies B.A.Sc.D Applied Human Sciences
College of Education and Human Service Professions
The focus of Childhood Nature Studies is supporting all children’s learning, well-being, and unfolding capabilities through an interdisciplinary, nature-based lens. Quality childhood environments, relationships, and experiences, including nature-based experiences, are integral to healthy development and lifelong well-being, as well as to vibrant, socially just, and sustainable communities. This program entails a nature-based, interdisciplinary foundation of theory and practical skills, preparing graduates to work in synergy with professionals across care, education, health, mental health, social service, and environmental/conservation sectors toward providing equitable, coherent, and nature-rich experiences, environments, and services for all children.
Students in this program will have the opportunity for:
1 - studying childhood development from an eco-bio-developmental framework, the foundations of healthy development, and the potential for nature to support children’s learning, unfolding capabilities, and life-long well-being;
2 - learning to effectively engage in quality interactions with children and families and provide developmentally, and culturally appropriate experiences for children that support their learning and development, as well as further family and community relationships;
3 - gaining experience in designing and using nature-rich, playful learning environments, such as nature playscapes, early childhood nature play programs, and nature preschools;
4 - integrating theory and practice through immersion experiences, reflection, networking, and action research; and
5 - studying abroad in countries known for innovations in nature-based learning and development.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
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website.
General Requirements
Program Requirements
Learning in Community (1 cr)
Requirement will be waived for transfer students with at least 30 credits taken post high school, for UMD students who started in a UMD collegiate unit where this is not required, and upon request for first-year students with 30 PSEO credits.
UST 1000 - Learning in Community
(1.0-2.0 cr)
or
EHS 1000 - Into the World
[GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
or
ES 1000 - Global Cultural Perspectives on Environmental Sustainability
[GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
or
LING 1000 - Language and Culture in the U.S. What does it Mean to Speak American
[CDIVERSITY]
(3.0 cr)
or
PSY 1100 - Living Your Best Life: Applying Positive Psychology
[CDIVERSITY]
(3.0 cr)
Child Development (21 - 22 cr)
Lower Division (11 cr)
ECH 2025 - Brain Development: Environments and Relationships
[SOC SCI]
(3.0 cr)
PSY 1003 - General Psychology
[LE CAT, SOC SCI]
(4.0 cr)
PSY 2021 - Developmental Psychology
[LE CAT, LECD C, SOC SCI, CDIVERSITY]
(3.0 cr)
Nature-Based Practices (15 - 16 cr)
Lower Division (8 - 9 cr)
ENED 1500 - Children, Nature and Sustainability
[SUSTAIN]
(3.0 cr)
Social and Community Contexts (12 - 13 cr)
HLTH 3101 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
Take 3 or more course(s) totaling 9 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
EDUC 4381 - Teaching Indigenous Students
(3.0 cr)
·
EDUC 5230 - Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 2023 - Marriages and Families Worldwide
[LE CAT, GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
·
SOC 1201 - Sociology of the Family
[LE CAT8, LECD CAT08, SOC SCI, CDIVERSITY]
(3.0 cr)
·
SW 1000 - Introduction to Social Welfare
[SOC SCI]
(3.0 cr)
·
SW 1619 - Race, Class, and Gender in the United States
[LE CAT, LECD C, RACE JUST]
(3.0 cr)
·
WS 2101 - Women, Race, and Class
[LE CAT8, LECD CAT08, SOC SCI, CDIVERSITY]
(3.0 cr)
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Credits: | 1.0 -2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EHS 1000/UST 1000/ ES 1000 |
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Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
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Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | SpEd 3103/5103 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ENED 2300/REC 2300 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
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Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EDUC 3381/EDUC 4381 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
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Typically offered: | Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
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Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 6.0 -12.0 [max 12.0] |
Grading Basis: | S-N or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |