Overview

We educate our students to be specialists in this essential area of pediatric health care. Ultimately, they serve as advocates for and resources to young patients and their families, helping them to cope with the challenges of hospitalization, illness and disability.

Key Features

Our Child Life program represents a collaboration between the College of Charleston and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).

Coursework takes place at the College and practicum experience takes place at MUSC – home to one of the largest child-life departments in the state of South Carolina, treating more than 10,000 children on an annual basis.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Psychological Aspects of Illness, Trauma, and Hospitalization

Advanced Child Development

Death and Dying

Research Methods

Therapeutic Play for Child Life Specialists

Family Issues

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

42 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Charleston, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.7

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Other requirements

General requirements

Clear, personal statement regarding educational and career goals

Bachelor’s degree with minimum GPA of 2.75 overall and recommended GPA of at least 3.0 in the final 60 hours of undergraduate coursework

Recommended GPA of 3.0 in a major related to child life (child development, psychology, sociology or education, etc.)

Official transcript from all academic institutions

Official GRE scores (at least 153 verbal, 144 quantitative, and 4 analytical writing)

Three letters of recommendation, preferably from academic sources

Minimum 100 hours of formal volunteer experience with children, preferably in a child life setting and documented in writing by the supervisor

Completion of at least 18 credit hours (six classes) in courses related to infant child, and adolescent development, multicultural child and family issues, childhood medical conditions, health communication, developmental psychology, health psychology, and/or child life theory

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

7920 USD / year

≈ 7920 USD / year
Out-of-State

7920 USD / year

≈ 7920 USD / year
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In-State

7920 USD / year

≈ 7920 USD / year

Living costs

Charleston

United States

1270 - 2210 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Delivered

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