Students work with preschool children for eight hours per week at the Purchase College Children's Center, located on campus. The academic component of the practicum is coordinated through weekly class meetings that relate the students' experience with children at the Center to issues in child development.
Note:This course (a) fulfills a requirement for the certificate program in early childhood development, offered by the School of Liberal Studies & Continuing Education; (b) does not count as one of the psychology electives for psychology majors.