Childhood Studies is a rising academic field exploring the complex, lived-experiences of children through a multidisciplinary lens. Consider critical questions regarding difference, power, privilege and subjectivity while appreciating children as agents of culture and worthy of rights.
Open to all UVM undergraduates, the Childhood Studies (CHS) Minor offers a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to understanding and appreciating children and the social and cultural constructions of childhood. Individualize your academic experience through core courses and elective courses while drawing on the expertise of faculty from across the university.
Activate Your Learning
- Explore current challenges facing children locally, nationally, and globally.
- Recognize your role as social justice advocate in promoting thriving children, families and communities.
- Apply knowledge and theory in the real world through civic learning and service learning.
- Engage with current research.
- Function as an agent of positive social change and justice.