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Understanding Youth: Youth Identity, Growth, Development

Description:
This course will examine the identity of youth along with theories and stages of youth growth and development. We will proceed from a variety of perspectives: historical, scientific, biological, psychological, sociological, political and personal. In addition, students will be expected to understand the global context of youth as an identity. The course is designed to first explore the knowledge of youth: youth as an age and as life stage, and the historical evolution of youth as a concept. The course will then move to using a bio-psycho-social, and then sociological framework of essentialist and constructionist theory to explore the marginalization of youth. Finally, the course will explore youth identity by examining youth cultures and subcultures social, political and economic. Course participation will require small and large group discussion, enhanced by readings and videos. Participants will be expected to share their own experience as adolescents and with adolescents both as individuals and in groups.

Section	Class Number	Weekly Schedule	Time	Instructor	Location
01	6262	TuTh	11:00 AM - 12:15 PM	Arches,Joan L	M03-0201	More Info