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Youth Development Graduate Programs

Graduate Certificate - Youth Program Management & Evaluation Course Information

Positive Youth Development in Community Settings

University:
Michigan State University Michigan State University logo
Course Number:
HDFS 861-730
Credit Hours:
3 credit hours - $622 per credit
Start/End Dates:
January 12, 2026 - May 01, 2026

Overview

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

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 IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

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Textbooks

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association
Edition: 7th
ISBN: 9781433832178
Publisher: APA

The Young Are Making Their World, Essays on the Power of Youth Culture
Kiuchi, Yuya and Villarruel, Francisco, A.
Edition: 2016
ISBN: 9780786498840

Youth development: Principles and practices in out-of-school time settings
Witt, P.A. & Caldwell, L.L.
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 9781571679154
Publisher: Sagamore Venture

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.

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University Contact

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