Childhood and Youth Studies: Approaches and Methods

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Overview

Subject area

MALS

Catalog Number

78900

Course Title

Childhood and Youth Studies: Approaches and Methods

Description

The second core course of the Childhood and Youth Studies track allows for a more in-depth focus on theory and method, with sustained attention to the ways in which researchers in the field frame research investigations and develop research questions. Students will also engage with the history of the study of children, childhood and adolescence from the nineteenth century to the present day. The course builds on the historical study of children and childhood in the first core course of the track, to encompass sociocultural approaches to childhood, field-based studies with children encountering various kinds of problems, educational and other interventions, and Policy Perspectives on Childhood.

Typically Offered

Offer as needed

Academic Career

Graduate School Graduate

Liberal Arts

Yes

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Requisites

030893

Course Schedule