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Youth Development Graduate Programs

Graduate Certificate - Youth Development Specialist Course Information

Youth Development

University:
North Dakota State University North Dakota State University logo
Course Number:
HDFS 711
Credit Hours:
3 credit hours - $600 per credit
Start/End Dates:
January 09, 2023 - May 12, 2023

Overview

Course Description

This course introduces students to the developmental period of adolescence. Students examine this developmental period through the lens of theory and research of positive youth development. The course emphasizes how the developmental tasks of this life stage are influenced by (and influence) family and home, school, peers, and other contextual forces. Students critically examine theoretical and research literature and become familiar with major issues and transitions adolescents face as they successfully navigate this developmental stage.

Contacts

Instructor

Rachelle Vettern
Office: 701-231-7541
Fax: 701-231-8568
rachelle.vettern@ndsu.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

Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: A Cultural Approach
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Clark University
Edition: Sixth, Published 2017
ISBN: 978-0134596877
Publisher: Pearson

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association
Edition: Seventh
ISBN: 978-1-4338-3217-8
Publisher: American Psychological Association (2020), Washington, DC

Course Access

 
Approximately three weeks before the first day of class at North Dakota State University, campus coordinator Stacy Duffield will touch base with students via email.  She will encourage students to look for an email the week before classes start that will include instructions for accessing courses at NDSU.  
 
One week before NDSU classes begin, students will receive Stacy's email which includes their ID number, user ID name, and instructions for setting up their Blackboard account at NDSU.  Students may then set their own password and security questions, choose to forward emails to a different account and activate their NDSU Live account. 
 
Courses may not be visible to students until the first day of classes.

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Comments

Supplemental online journal articles & readings are required and are available from your campus library website &/or inter-library loan. These articles are listed by date of the class that article will be discussed in.

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