# UC Davis Graduate Studies

**Source**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/programs/gchd
**Parent**: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/departments-programs-degrees/child-development/child-development-ms/

# Child Development

## About the Program

### Learn More About the Program

[Visit the Program](https://humandevelopment.ucdavis.edu/)

[Email the Program](mailto:kyberardi@ucdavis.edu)

The graduate program in Child Development is part of the Human Development Graduate Group. This program is a multi-disciplinary, two-year program leading to a Master of Science degree and offers students an in-depth examination of cognitive and socio-emotional development from infancy through adolescence and provides a foundation for careers in program delivery (e.g., Early Childhood; 4-H; Youth Development), teaching at the community-college level, or further graduate study. The curriculum emphasizes a balance of supervised practical experience, theory, and methodology rooted in the belief that educators and practitioners alike must have solid disciplinary foundations.

Degree Type

Interdisciplinary Graduate Group

Degrees Offered

M.S. Plan I \
M.S. Plan II

Lead Dean

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Degree Requirements

[2023](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/4258)

[2022](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/4117)

[2010](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/2860)

Administrative ByLaws

[2023](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/4245)

Major Code

GCHD

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## Admissions and Fellowship Information

Admission Requirements

[UC Davis General Admission Requirements](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/applying-uc-davis)
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[Program Admissions Requirements](https://humandevelopment.sf.ucdavis.edu/admission-information-ms-child-development)

Admission Deadlines

General: Dec 1, 2025\
Space Available: Mar 1, 2026\

Internal Fellowship Deadlines

Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec 1, 2025\
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2026

### Admissions Actions

[Request Admissions Info](https://apply.grad.ucdavis.edu/register/?id=9c9a7154-1f83-4dfa-a1c8-e60f719b1b81)

[Apply for Admission](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/node/841)

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## Program Contact Information

### Primary Program Contacts

Graduate Program Coordinator

**Program Coordinator**\
 Kimberly Berardi
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(530) 754-4109 | [kyberardi@ucdavis.edu](mailto:kyberardi@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Program Chair

**Graduate Group Chair**\
 Siwei Liu
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[sweliu@ucdavis.edu](mailto:sweliu@ucdavis.edu)

### Additional Contacts

Program Contacts

**Advisor: Admissions and General**\
 Meng Huo
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Child Development \
[mmhuo@ucdavis.edu](mailto:mmhuo@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Lenna Ontai
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Child Development \
(530) 752-6410 | [lontai@ucdavis.edu](mailto:lontai@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Kali Trzesniewski
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Child Development \
[ktrz@ucdavis.edu](mailto:ktrz@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Studies Contacts

**Senior Academic Advisor**\
 Sarah Hamid
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(530) 754-2355 | [shamid@ucdavis.edu](mailto:shamid@ucdavis.edu)