Course Information
Positive Youth Development in Community Settings
University: |
Iowa State University |
Course Number: |
YTH 520 |
Credit Hours: |
3 credit hours - $565 per credit |
Start/End Dates: |
January 18, 2018 - May 04, 2018 |
Course Description
This course uses a strength-based or asset-based approach to community youth development and encompasses individual development (i.e. positive youth development) and adolescents’ interrelationships with their environments. Emphasis is placed on research, theory, and practice applied to communities throughout the U.S. Students will explore existing models, read theoretical and applied literature, and examine current community efforts as a basis for understanding community youth development.
Contacts
Instructor
Meghan Gillette
Office: 515-294-7050
meghang@iastate.edu
Campus Coordinator
For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.
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Disability Support Services
To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.
Textbooks
Recreation and youth development
Witt, P.A. & Caldwell, L.L. (Eds.).
Edition: 2005
ISBN: 978-1-892132-57-4
Publisher: Venture Publishing, Inc
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association
Edition: 6th
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Community programs to promote youth development
Eccles, J. & Gootman, J.A. (Eds.)
Edition: 2002
ISBN: 978-0-309-10590-3
Publisher: National Academy Press
Course Access
In the three weeks prior to the start of class, students will receive course information and access instructions via email from the Iowa State campus coordinator,
Iowa State Online.
The email will include instructions for how students can set up their Iowa State Net-ID and password which is needed to log into Iowa State’s Canvas system. It typically takes 1-2 business days after setting up a Net-ID before students can log into Iowa State’s Canvas. Courses may not be visible in Canvas until the first day of class.
If students experience problems registering for a Net-ID, they can contact the Iowa State Solution Center for assistance at 515-294-4000. Students will need their 9-digit ISU university ID (provided in the ISU campus coordinator email) for the Solution Center to assist them. The Solution Center is open evenings and weekends. View the
Solution Center's hours of operation.
Exam Proctor
This course does not require an exam proctor.
Synchronous Components
This course does not include synchronous components.