{"id":2156,"date":"2022-06-15T16:38:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T20:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-psychology\/?page_id=2156"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:59:23","slug":"minor-in-childhood-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-psychology\/programs-of-study\/minor-in-childhood-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor in Childhood Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"about-the-program\">About the Program<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The minor in Childhood Studies allows you to specialize your learning and explore the childhood experience through the lenses of psychology, sociology, literature, criminal justice, education, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"core-courses\">Core Courses<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Child Psychology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Foundations of Special Education: Development Across the Lifespan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Juvenile Justice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Children&#8217;s Folklore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-in-page\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.monmouth.edu\/undergraduate-catalog\/wayne-d-mcmurray-humanities-social-sciences\/psychology\/childhood-studies-minor\/\">View Curriculum &amp; Sequence Charts<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"200\" height=\"214\" style=\"object-position: 46.765% 45.815%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/Robyn-Holmes.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Robyn M. Holmes, Ph.D.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/robyn-m-holmes\/\">Robyn Holmes, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Professor;<br>Associated Faculty History\/Anthropology;<br>Director, Play, Culture, and Development Lab;<br>Coordinator of the Childhood Studies Minor<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Psychology<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">James and Marlene Howard Hall, 140<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 571-3508\">732-571-3508<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:rholmes@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Robyn'>rholmes@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Program The minor in Childhood Studies allows you to specialize your learning and explore the childhood experience through the lenses of psychology, sociology, literature, criminal justice, education, and more. 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