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Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Policy at Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University, United States

Programme overview

Builds content knowledge in literacy, children's learning and development, and poverty as they relate to early childhood outcomes, for policy work on the earliest years.

Faculty: Peabody College of Education and Human Development  |  Department: Leadership, Policy and Organizations  |  Duration: 12 credit hours, taken alongside the home degree  |  Study mode: part-time  |  Intake: Fall  |  Location: Nashville, TN, United States

What you will study

12 credit hours: Foundations of Early Childhood Policy plus three electives such as Literacy Development, Foundations of Learning and Development and Integrated Early Childhood Curriculum.

Career pathways

Policy work in government agencies and advocacy organisations, or school-based programme development and evaluation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Open to students holding a bachelor's degree who are currently enrolled in a master's or doctoral degree program at Vanderbilt University.

Intake: Fall

Duration: 12 credit hours, taken alongside the home degree

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