ProgramCIP 19.0711

Early Childhood and Family Studies

A program of study that focuses on the development and learning of children from birth to six years old within the context of the family. Includes instruction in child abuse and neglect, child and infant growth and development, early childhood education, early childhood language and literacy, early childhood math and science, early childhood special education, family literacy, family sociology, family and marriage relations, assessment and measurement, psychology, and psychopathology.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).