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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.

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Graduate Certificate Required Courses: Youth Program Management & Evaluation 9 credit hours

There 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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CourseCreditsSpringSummerFallSpringSummerFallSpringSummerFallSpring
Foundations of Youth Development3Ali LuempertHeather KennedyMelissa HerzogTTUNDSUMUTTUUNLMUTTU
Design and Evaluation of Youth Programs3Yan Ruth XiaRobin Peiter HorstmeierUNLMUUNLMUUNL
Youth Development Personnel and Program Management3UNLScott MattesonUNLMISUUNLMISUUNL

Select One Course 3 credit hours

Build 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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CourseCreditsSpringSummerFallSpringSummerFallSpringSummerFallSpring
Youth Policy3Robin Peiter HorstmeierFrancisco A. VillarruelMUMISUMUMISUMU
Positive Youth Development in Community Settings3Yuya KiuchiMeghan GilletteMISUISUMISUISUMISU
Youth, Families & Technology*3MISU
Youth Mental Health*3Leanna McWoodNDSU
Youth Professionals as Consumers of Research3Richard FeistmanUNLISUUNLISUUNLISU