• Child Development
• Education
• Family and Consumer Studies 

• Norman, Mary V. - Chair, Professor, Child Development
• Benavides, Julie, Instructor, Family and Consumer Studies/Child Development
• Dixon, Dorothy C., Professor, Family and Consumer Studies
• Ozuna, Dr. Margaret C., Professor, Family and Consumer Studies 
• Peralta, Christine, Professor, Child Development

• Armendariz, Phyllis G., Child Development
• Carillo, Pauline E., Child Development
• Drebskaya, Finna, Family Consumer Studies
• Garcia-Grinde, Frances G., Family and Consumer Studies
• Gates, Maureen D., Child Development
• Gayton, Martha M., Child Development
• Lopez, Genevieve, Child Development
• Martinez, Renee D., Child Development
• Meyers, Joan L., Child Development
• Minnix, Michele A., Child Development
• Rosen, Margo, Child Development
• Uribe, Maria G., Child Development
• Volkov, Renee M., Child Development
• Watanabe, Kathy, Child Development
• Zammitt, Marilyn, Family Consumer Studies
• Zitzmann, Dorothy M., Child Development

Child Development Programs: 

Note: All grades for Child Development Certificates must be "C" or better.   

Early Childhood Program, Teacher, Private Licensed - Certificate 1   
This program is designed for students who wish to become a teacher in a private Early Childhood Program. The certificate meets Title XXII Guidelines. The program requires six months work experience or completion of Child Development 22 and 23 or Child Development 81 and 82.  

Early Childhood Program, Director, Private Licensed - Certificate 2   
This program is designed for students who wish to become a director in a private Early Childhood Program. The certificate meets Title XXII guidelines.   

A certificate from the college is given to students completing the above units with a grade of "C" or better in each class. See Family and Consumer Studies Department for procedures. A director must be 18 years of age or older, have 4 years of teaching experience, and must complete the certificate requirements.   

Child Development - Certificate 3  
Contact department for information. 

Educational Aide Programs: 

East Los Angeles College, in cooperation with local educational agencies, enriches students for service as Education Aides assisting classroom teachers at the elementary school level. Three options are offered:  
              1. General  
              2. Special Education  
              3. Bilingual-Bicultural.  

Students take the core program and then select the option of their choice.  

Family Child Care Provider  
This program provides education and training for students preparing for employment in Family Child Care programs.  

Family & Consumer Studies Programs: 

Dress Making  
The Dressmaking Certificate leads to employment as an alterationist or dressmaker.  

Gerontology  
The program of Gerontology is the study of the process of aging, from conception to death, and the problems associated with aging and the aged in society. This program  is designed to prepare students for employment in the field of aging,   provide general education and training for government agencies  in meeting state regulations.  

Family and Consumer Studies 
The Family and Consumer Studies Certificate is designed for students wish to prepare themselves for a foundation with effective family living.  

Fashion Design  
The Fashion Design certificate leads to employment as a fashion designer or coordinator in the ready-to-wear industry or a custom dressmaking salon.  

Fashion Merchandising  
This certificate leads to employment in ready-to-wear industry stores, specialty shops, and wholesale fashion showrooms.  

Patternmaker  
The Patternmaker Certificate leads to employment as a patternmaker in the ready-to-wear industry or a custom dressmaking salon. 

Theatrical Costume Construction and Wardrobe Maintenance 
The Theatrical Costume Certificate Program leads to employment as a Theatrical Costume Designer, Wardrobe Coordinator or Costume Constructor and Maintenance position. 

Degree Programs: 

Child Development 
(Associate in Arts Degree) 
Grades for all courses must be "C" or better. 

Family and Consumer Studies 
(Associate in Arts Degree) 
Family and Consumer Studies or Home Economics is a diversified major leading to an Associate in Arts Degree and /or as transfer credit to a four-year college or university.  The major provides seven interest areas:  nutrition, foods, principles of clothing construction and fashion, textiles, consumer studies, marriage and family, child development and gerontology.  The major is designed for careers and training in new skills, enhancing one's home and surroundings, and for better use of one's personal and community resources.  It is for men and women wishing to bring creativity and enrichment into their everyday lives as well as for those men and women preparing for a career in the Family and Consumer Studies field. 

Transfer Programs: 

Child Development 
The interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts degree in Child Development includes a choice between two options:  Option I, which prepares students to work as administrators in preschools, day care centers, or youth agencies or to gain entry into professional areas other than teaching; and Option II, a diversified undergraduate program approved for examination waiver for the Multiple Subject credential. 

Students with a background in child development are able to pursue professional opportunities in many fields other than teaching, including production of children's films, books, and magazines; educational television; children's toys and educational software; and child advocacy at local, state, and national levels. 

Family and Consumer Studies 
Contact department for information.