Course Information
Youth in Cultural Contexts*
| University: |
Michigan State University |
| Course Number: |
HDFS 862-730 |
| Credit Hours: |
3 credit hours - $565 per credit |
| Start/End Dates: |
January 18, 2018 - May 04, 2018 |
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
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
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.
