CAFS at California State University, Bakersfield

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CAFS coursework.

• CAFS 3110Infant and Toddler Developmentopens 3 courses (1 directly)
• CAFS 3140School Aged and Adolescentopens 3 courses (0.5 directly)
• CAFS 4000Introduction to Research Methodsopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• CAFS 4100Research, Assessment and Evaluation of Children and Familiesopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate CAFS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 22 CAFS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 12 more CAFS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on CAFS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in CAFS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at CAFS 4908

  1. CAFS 2000Fundamentals in Developmental Theory
  2. CAFS 3110Infant and Toddler Development
  3. CAFS 4000Introduction to Research Methods
  4. CAFS 4100Research, Assessment and Evaluation of Children and Families
  5. CAFS 4908Senior Seminar and Capstone

• 2 courses deep, ending at CAFS 3620

  1. CAFS 2620Philosophy for Children
  2. CAFS 3620P4C: Practicum

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CAFS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CAFS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

CAFS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the CSUB campus feed.