Our mission is to create a student-centered, world-class educational system that focuses on offering quality, market-relevant programs to lifelong learners.
Since 1971, National University has been dedicated to meeting the needs of hard-working adults by providing accessible, affordable, and achievable higher education opportunities. Founded by retired U.S. Navy Capt. David Chigos, we now educate to grow and change, but our commitment to our values remains constant. National University’s values include:
Quality: Provide an exceptional student experience, from initial contact to degree completion and engagement as alumni.
Innovation: Cultivate innovation and invest in the latest developments that will have a positive impact on our students
Collaboration: Create cooperative work relationships, enabling us to develop the best services, learning solutions, and academic pathways for our students.
Diversity: Embrace differences in race, gender, age, ability, and geography as a part of our academic fabric and appreciate those differences as drivers of change.
Access: Offer Flexible, convenient, and affordable courses and programs for any qualified and motivated lifelong learner.
The field of child and adolescent development is incredibly diverse and can offer many career directions — whether it’s working with the helping professions, industry, government, and for-profit or nonprofit organizations. The Master of Science in Child and Adolescent Developmental Psychology program helps prepare you for a career with or advocating for, children, adolescents, and their families.
Throughout your studies, you’ll have an opportunity to take an in-depth look at developmental stages and explore how the impacts of family, school, peers, society, and culture intertwine and affect the development of children and adolescents.
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