Youth development leadership curriculum
Core course sequence
CI 5952—The Everyday Lives of Youth - 3
credits
The
everyday lived experiences of young people are used as a reality base
from which to understand the range of ideas, social institutions, and
organizations that reflect the ways societies and cultures seek to know
and influence youth.
CI 5954—Experiential Learning: Theory & Practice - 3 credits The course covers principles and practices of experiential learning; analysis of students' own learning processes; and exploration of how experience is used in educational settings.
CI 5956—Organizational Approaches to Youth
Development - 3 credits
Within the framework of healthy youth development, students learn about
the history, philosophy, and tradition of formal and non-formal systems
responsible for youth programs and policy.
CI 5958—Community: Context for Youth Development
Leadership
- 3 credits
An examination of current issues and policies related to
the role of the work place, the family, and the community in the healthy
development of youth.
CI 5960—Seminar in Youth Development
- 4 credits taken in one credit increments [credit
will not be granted if credit received for WCFE 5451]
Faculty and cohort members join in self-designed small groups and
occasional large group sessions to discuss issues of leadership and
practice. Seminars are intentionally designed to achieve clear goals,
are contract-based, and require group members to report on earning and
experiences. They may be initiated by students or faculty.
CI 5962—Field Experience:
Youth Development - 4 credits
The field experience is your opportunity for learning, documenting, and
contributing to youth and the community. The purpose of the field
experience is for you to provide yourself with opportunities for
professional mastery and for personal development.
Field Experience Proposal
form
[.doc]
Elective courses - 10 credits
Interdisciplinary work based upon professional interest. These may be
selected from any department in the University.
The portfolio
The portfolio is a demonstration and personal assessment of individual
learning and leadership in youth development work and in the YDL
program. Successful completion of the portfolio presentation is the final
requirement of the YDL program.
Program total = 30 semester credits minimum
Revised October 2009
