Master's Degree - Youth Development

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2024 Summer Course Info
Foundations of Youth DevelopmentYouth, Sports & Society*Positive Youth Development in Community SettingsYouth Mental Health*
2024 Fall Course Info
Foundations of Youth DevelopmentYouth Professionals as Consumers of ResearchYouth DevelopmentAdolescents and Their FamiliesAdolescent Health & Sexuality*Youth-Adult RelationshipsYouth PolicyDesign and Evaluation of Youth ProgramsYouth Development Personnel and Program Management
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Course Information
Youth in Cultural Contexts*
Course Description
This course examines cultural context factors that affect youth from a holistic perspective within and outside the family unit. The course provides understanding of the cultural heritage of differing family structures and types. Students explore social and educational processes experienced by youth; this exploration includes through in-depth reading, writing, discussion, critical listening, viewing of contemporary videos, and informal interviews with youth. Students are encouraged to think critically about society and culture, to gain further knowledge of how ethnic groups fit historically into society, and to examine the results of how history has shaped the current cultural climate of the U.S.
Contacts
Instructor

Francisco A. Villarruel
Office: 514-432-7298
Fax: 517-432-2953
fvilla@msu.edu

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

Until it hurts: America's obsession with youth sports and how it harms our kids
Mark Hyman
Edition: 2009
ISBN: 978-0807021880
Publisher: Beacon Press

Seen and Heard: Teenagers Talk About Their Lives
Mary Motley Kalergis
Edition: 1998
ISBN: 978-1556708343
Publisher: Stewart Tabori & Chang

Enrique’s journey: The story of a boy’s dangerous odyssey to reunite with his mother
Nazario, S
Edition: 2007
ISBN: 78-08120-7178-1
Publisher: Random House

Course Access
 
Approximately three weeks before the semester begins, the Registrar's Office enrolls the student in the class and assigns them a student number (PID) and 4 digit passcode (PAN). These are sent to the student in two separate emails using the email address listed in ExpanSIS. The student must use the PID and PAN to activate their MSU email address. After 24-48 hours, the student can access the class through the course management system. The course information pages are sent multiple times to any and all e-mail addresses listed for the student in ExpanSIS.
Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Faculty
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Reuel Drilon is a student in the gerontology and aging studies program.As a non-traditional college student in my early 50s, living and working in the Pacific Island of Guam, choosing the right program for graduate studies was very important to me. The process of selecting the right program was intentional – it had to offer a diverse student population, professors with real-life experiences, a safe space to share cultural perspectives, and a curriculum that offered classes that were aligned with students’ educational and professional goals. The Great Plains IDEA program met and exceeded all my expectations. Concepts from every course have been applied in my profession to the extent that it has aided in the expansion of our services and the population we serve. As I reflect on these successes, I attribute much of it to the genuine care of the GP IDEA professors who were as passionate about the success of each student as they were in the subjects they taught. GP IDEA was definitely the right program for me!

– – Reuel C. Drilon, Gerontology and Aging Studies Graduate Student,
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