Master's Degree - Youth Development

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Spring 2021 Course Information

Adolescents and Their Families

University:

University of Missouri

Course Number:

HDFS 8234

Credit Hours:

3 credit hours - $590 per credit

Start/End Dates:

January 19, 2021 - April 30, 2021

Course Description

This course covers adolescent development as it relates to and intertwines with family development; it examines reciprocal influences between adolescents and their families. The study highlights working with youth in relation to the family system.

Contacts

Instructor

Melissa Herzog
Office: 573-884-9845
herzogm@missouri.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

Smooth Sailing or Stormy Waters?: Family transitions through adolescence and their implications for practice and policy
Harold, R., Colarossi, L., and Mercier, L.
ISBN: 0-8058-6305-2
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

American Psychological Association (2020)
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association
Edition: 7th edition
ISBN: 978-1433832161
Publisher: Washington, DC: American Psychological Association

Course Access

Canvas at Mizzou

Approximately two weeks before the first day of class at MU, the Mizzou Online student services department will email course access information to students for courses taught by MU. Using the instructions and information in the email, students will be able to access their myZou account. Students will then be able to activate their MU email account and access Canvas at Mizzou. Instructors may restrict course access until the first day of class.

Returning students will be sent information on how to access this information and reset their password if they have forgotten it. Students are loaded into the course site one week before the start date of the class; however, instructors may restrict course access until the first day of class.

Students needing assistance accessing their account should contact the IT Help Desk at techsupport@missouri.edu or 573-882-5000.

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

University Members

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In addition to the flexible learning environment and knowledgeable faculty, another benefit that’s been a pleasant and unexpected surprise are the meaningful connections I have made with other students from all over the country. Not only have I had the opportunity to learn from their distinct experiences and individual perspectives related to development, but there are classmates that I now consider to be friends and have even had the privilege of meeting in person.
– – Janice Edwards, Community Development Student,
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