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Sociology: Youth Studies

With training in Youth Studies, you will recognize the ways that gender, race, ethnicity, social class, sexual orientation, and gender identity influence youth development and learn how to implement and evaluate preventative and positive youth development programs.

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Program HighlightsPrepares students to work in community and school programs designed to improve the experiences of youth.

Classes include the sociology of adolescence, childhood, family, education, youth deviance and youth welfare.

Capstone course includes a service-learning component in a local school or agency.

The Sociology program at CMU is the first and only program in the nation offering a youth studies concentration within the sociology major, as well as a youth studies minor.

Career Options » Foster Care Worker and Advocate » Juvenile Probation and Detention Center Case Worker

» Non-Profit Youth Program Worker and Director » Preschool or Daycare Center Manager » Public School Support Personnel » Recreational Program Director » School or Clinical Social Worker » Substance Abuse Counselor » Youth Counselor » Youth Services Director

Contact Information Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social WorkAnspach Hall 142Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 989-774-3160class.cmich.edu/sasw