Empower the next generation of change makers. Volunteers work with youth in communities
on projects that promote engagement and active citizenship, including gender awareness,
employability, health and HIV/AIDS education, environmental awareness, sporting
programs, and info technology.
If you choose Youth in Development, take three of these courses:
- ANTH 280 Anthropology of Gender
- ANTH 317 Society, Culture, and History
- ANTH 390 Social Inequality & Identity
- EDUC 220 Educational Psychology
- GEND 267 Intro to Gender Studies-Social Sci
- GEND 268 Intro to Gender Studies-Humanities
- HIST 214 Poverty and Welfare in America
- PHIL 310 Feminist Thought
- PHIL 315 Ethics of Friend, Kin & Community
- POLI 100 Issues: HIV/AIDS
- POLI 224 Family Law
- POLI 276 Ethics and Politics of Development
- POLI 300 Feminist Political Thought
- POLI 325 International Law and Organizations
- POLI 326 International Human Rights
- POLI 380 Gender, Sexuality & American Politics
- POLI 390 Race and American Politics
- PSYC 240 Childhood and Adolescence
- PSYC 245 Adult Development and Aging
- PSYC 400 Psychology of Gender
- RELI 330 Religion, Gender and Sexuality
- SOCI 250 Sociology of the Family
- SOCI 255 Gender in Film & Television
- SOCI 270 Race and Ethnicity
- SOCI 285 Topics in Social Justice/Movements
- SOCI 310 Gender and Sexuality
- SOCI 317 Society, Culture and History
- SOCI 360 Social Change/Social Movements
And build 50 hours of related off-campus field experience through an
activity such as:
- Miller Center Mission Trip, Internship, or Service Fellowship (community
development-related)
- An official Hendrix internship (community development-related)
- Undergraduate Research (off-campus only; community development-related)
- Court Appointed Advocates with 20th Judicial District
- Roosevelt Policy Development Seminar (community development-related)
- Teaching or counseling in at-risk youth programs
- Activities that involve planning, organizing, assessing community needs,
counseling, and leadership, in areas such as education, youth development, health
and HIV/AIDS, the environment, and/or business