Youth Culture & Development

Catalog description

This course will examine the cultural contextual factors that affect youth from a holistic perspective within and outside the family unit. The course will provide an understanding of the cultural heritage of differing family structures and types. Students will explore the social and educational processes experienced by youth through in-depth reading, writing, discussion, critical listening, viewing of contemporary videos, and interviews with youth and families. Students will be encouraged to think critically about society and culture, gain further knowledge of how different cultural youth groups fit historically into society, and examine the results of how history has shaped the current cultural climate of the U.S.