Tennessee Tech University is poised to become the only public university in Tennessee offering a Master of Science in Child Life.
Recently approved by Tech’s Board of Trustees, the master’s program will help meet rising demand for specialists trained to support the emotional, developmental and psychosocial needs of children and families facing serious medical or traumatic experiences.
For professionals like Katy Hoskins, who graduated from Tech in 2015 with a bachelor’s in child life and is a certified specialist at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, the need for advanced education in the field has never been greater…