Children and Youth Studies

Offered by the Department of English, the Associate in Arts degree in Children and Youth Studies offers a holistic and comprehensive perspective on children and young people. The program also provides a diversity of career opportunities that are available for working with or for children. This program provides students with the education and background to pursue further graduate and professional training and careers related to children and young people. Examples of some of the many career paths that students can take with a degree in Children and Youth Studies include child life specialist, children publishing industries, education, juvenile justice, etc. Students completing this program can transfer seamlessly into the B.A. degree in Children and Youth Studies at Brooklyn College/ CUNY without the loss of credits.