One of the best advantages of securing your AAS in Child Development is that you will be able to enter the workforce as a qualified Child Development specialist after receiving your degree. Lawson State also offers a certificate in this field as well. Many Child Development specialist work in day care centers, Kinder Kares, or create their own centers. The degree does qualify you for entry level employment in this career. Earnings are around $27K, but if you continue your education, you can enjoy salaries in the 60K range which is the national average for Kindergarten and Elementary school teachers.
Our Associate of Arts (AAS) two-year degree is 76 credits. To increase your earning power, many Child Development students continue their education. Although not a transfer degree (per se) some General Education classes do transfer and can be credited towards a 4-year degree in Early Childhood Education. Some Child Development majors eventually secure their bachelor's degrees in Education and teach.
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As previously noted, Child Development is a 2-year AAS degree designed for individuals who are trying to enter the workforce early.
If you are interested in a Transfer degee and would like to become a K-12 educator (and work for a local school district) you would select a different degree altogether, NOT Child Development To do so, you would complete your first 2 years at Lawson and then transfer your credits to a 4-year college and complete your Bachelor's degree, get your teacher's Certification and teach. To follow this track, opposed to the Child Development track, follow one of the transfer degrees paths below.
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Birmingham Campus
Building "B"
3060 Wilson Road, SW
Birmingham, AL 35221
Dr. Ann Guy, Child Development Instructor
Email: aguy@lawsonstate.edu
