Youth Development Graduate Programs
IDEA's online youth program management & evaluation graduate certificate is a 12-credit hour program to help you build Positive Youth Development programs in your community that provide youth with opportunities to learn, lead, connect, and serve.
Graduate Certificate Required Courses: Youth Program Management & Evaluation 9 credit hoursThere are three required core courses for this graduate certificate. The courses can be taken in any order, with the exception of Foundations of Youth Development, a three-credit hour course that should be taken in your first semester. Foundations of Youth Development is offered every semester so you can start the program anytime. |
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| Course | Credits | Summer | Fall | Spring | Summer | Fall | Spring | Summer | Fall | Spring |
| Foundations of Youth Development | 3 | Heather Kennedy | Melissa Herzog | TTU | NDSU | MU | TTU | UNL | MU | TTU |
| Design and Evaluation of Youth Programs | 3 | Robin Peiter Horstmeier | UNL | MU | UNL | MU | UNL | |||
| Youth Development Personnel and Program Management | 3 | Scott Matteson | UNL | MISU | UNL | MISU | UNL |
Select One Course 3 credit hoursBuild your certificate to benefit your career goals by selecting one additional course from the list below. No course is a prerequisite for any other course so you may take this course at any time. |
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| Course | Credits | Summer | Fall | Spring | Summer | Fall | Spring | Summer | Fall | Spring |
| Youth Policy | 3 | Francisco A. Villarruel | MU | MISU | MU | MISU | MU | |||
| Positive Youth Development in Community Settings | 3 | Meghan Gillette | MISU | ISU | MISU | ISU | MISU | |||
| Youth, Families & Technology* | 3 | MISU | ||||||||
| Youth Mental Health* | 3 | Leanna McWood | NDSU | |||||||
| Youth Professionals as Consumers of Research | 3 | UNL | ISU | UNL | ISU | UNL | ISU | |||
