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Twin Cities Campus
Youth Studies B.S.School of Social Work
College of Education and Human Development
Youth studies is an interdisciplinary program that prepares students for practice and scholarship. Faculty conduct community-based action research and evaluation on youth issues, programs, policies, and services. The major emphasizes civic engagement for young people marginalized in their communities.
Coursework focuses on everyday lives of young people, working with urban, marginalized, and other youth populations, and international/global perspectives and youth civic engagement.
Youth studies courses move students into the community through regular site visits, program observations, service-learning placements, international exchanges, and internships. Students are supported by culturally competent academic advising and one-on-one student-elder partnerships with faculty, staff, or community leaders. Qualified graduates may pursue graduate study in social work, education, or public policy.
Program requirements for the majors at the College of Education and Human Develop fulfill a number of the University's required Liberal Education cores and themes. Students have multiple options for fulfilling remaining LE requirements.
The courses listed below fulfill the remaining Youth Studies B.S. LE requirements and are designed explicitly to align with CEHD's mission by providing foundational skill development and preparation for advanced coursework in Youth Studies. Courses include: PsTL 1112, PsTL 1131, PsTL 1135, PsTL 1163, PsTL 1231, PsTL 1251, PsTL 1312, PsTL 1365W, PsTL 1366, PsTL 1367W, and PsTL 1368.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
Students must complete
4 courses
before admission to the program.
Freshman and transfer students are usually admitted to pre-major status
before admission to this major.
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
Required prerequisites
Youth Studies: Preparatory Requirements
YOST requirement
YOST 1001 - Seeing Youth, Thinking Youth: Media, Popular Media, and Scholarship
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
Sociology requirement
PSTL 1211 - Sociological Perspectives: A Multicultural America
[SOCS, DSJ]
(4.0 cr)
or
SOC 1001 - Introduction to Sociology
[SOCS, DSJ]
(4.0 cr)
Statistics requirement
PSTL 1004 {Inactive}
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
STAT 1001 - Introduction to the Ideas of Statistics
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
EPSY 3264 - Basic and Applied Statistics
[MATH]
(3.0 cr)
Social science requirement
CPSY 2xxx
or
POL 1xxx
or
FSOS 1xxx
or
GEOG 1301W - Our Globalizing World
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
psychology
PSTL 1281 {Inactive}
[SOCS]
(4.0 cr)
or
PSY 1001 - Introduction to Psychology
[SOCS]
(4.0 cr)
or
anthropology
ANTH 1003W - Understanding Cultures
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(4.0 cr)
or
ANTH 1005W {Inactive}
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(4.0 cr)
General Requirements
All students in baccalaureate degree programs are required to complete general University and college requirements including writing and liberal education courses. For more information about University-wide requirements, see the
liberal education requirements.
Required courses for the major, minor or certificate in which a student receives a D grade (with or without plus or minus) do not count toward the major, minor or certificate (including transfer courses).
Program Requirements
Foundation Courses
YOST 2101 - Urban Youth and Youth Issues
[DSJ]
(4.0 cr)
YOST 2241 - Experiential Learning
(4.0 cr)
YOST 3001 - Introduction to History & Philosophy of Youthwork
[HIS, DSJ]
(4.0 cr)
YOST 3032 - Adolescent and Youth Development for Youthworkers
(4.0 cr)
YOST 3101 - Youthwork: Orientations and Approaches
(4.0 cr)
College Communication Courses
COMM 1101 - Introduction to Public Speaking
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
or
PSTL 1461 {Inactive}
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
OLPD 3324W - Writing in the Workplace for Education and Human Development Majors
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
or
YOST 3325W - Project-Based Writing For Education and Human Development Majors
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
or
ENGL 3027W - The Essay
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
or
WRIT 3562W - Technical and Professional Writing
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
Professional Core
Take 9 credits from the following Professional Core:
YOST 3031 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
YOST 3234 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
YOST 3235 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
or
YOST 3240 - Special Topics in Youth Studies
(2.0-8.0 cr)
or
YOST 4301 - Communicating With Adolescents About Sexuality
(3.0 cr)
or
YOST 4314 - Theater Activities in Youthwork and Education
(2.0 cr)
or
YOST 4315 - Youthwork in Schools
(4.0 cr)
or
YOST 4316 - Media and Youth: Learning, Teaching, and Doing
(2.0 cr)
or
YOST 4317 - Youthwork in Contested Spaces
(3.0 cr)
or
YOST 4319 - Understanding Youth Subcultures
(3.0 cr)
or
YOST 4321 - Conversational and Relational Practices with Young People
(3.0 cr)
or
YOST 4322 - Work with Youth: Families
(2.0 cr)
or
YOST 4323 {Inactive}
(2.0 cr)
or
YOST 4401W - Young People's Spirituality and Youthwork: An Introduction
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
or
YOST 4402 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
or
YOST 4403 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
A sub-plan is not required for this program.
Honors UHP
This is an honors sub-plan.
Students admitted to the University Honors Program (UHP) must fulfill UHP requirements, in addition to degree program requirements. Honors courses used to fulfill degree program requirements will also fulfill UHP requirements.
Current departmental honors course offerings are listed at: http://www.honors.umn.edu/academics/curriculum/dept_courses_current.html
Honors students complete an honors thesis project in the final year, most often in conjunction with an honors thesis course, or an honors directed studies, or honors directed research course. Students select honors courses and plan for a thesis project in consultation with their UHP adviser and their departmental faculty adviser.
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | FSoS 1211/PsTL 1211 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Soc 1001/Soc 1011V/Soc 1012W |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 3264/EPsy 5261 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 1301W/Geog 1301V |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | PSTL 1281/Psy 1001/Psy 1001H |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 1003W/Anth 1003V |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | YoSt 2241/YoSt 5241 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | YoSt 3032/YoSt 5032 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | YoSt 4325/YoSt 5325 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | FSoS 2105/FSOS 4105 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Comm 1101/Comm 1101H/PSTL 1461 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | PSTL 3325W/V/YoSt 3325W/V |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EngC 3027W/EngL 3027W |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Writ 3562V/Writ 3562W |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 2.0 -8.0 [max 10.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | YoSt 3240/YoSt 5240 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | YoSt 4301/YoSt 5301 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | YoSt 4314/YoSt 5314 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | YoSt 4315/YoSt 5315 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | YoSt 4316/YoSt 5316 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | YoSt 4319/YoSt 5319 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | YoSt 4321/YoSt 5321 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | YoSt 4322/YoSt 5322 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | YoSt 4401/YoSt 5401 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 8.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |