Course Information
Positive Youth Development in Community Settings
University: |
Michigan State University |
Course Number: |
YTH 520 |
Credit Hours: |
3 credit hours - $565 per credit |
Start/End Dates: |
August 30, 2017 - December 06, 2017 |
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
Yuya Kiuchi
Office: 517-355-7680
Fax: 517-432-2953
kiuchiyu@msu.edu
Campus Coordinator
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Disability Support Services
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Textbooks
Postive Youth Development through Sport: 2nd Edition
Holt, Nicholas, L.
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 113-8891819
Publisher: Routledge
The Young Are Making Their World, Essays on the Power of Youth Culture
Kiuchi, Yuya and Villarruel, Francisco, A.
Edition: 2016
ISBN: 978-0786498840
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc.
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.