What's Happening in Chadds Ford, PA…

Penn State Brandywine located in Media recently began offering a minor in youth development and social justice.

The program requires 19 credits and uses an interdisciplinary approach to enable students to learn about the factors that enable young people to develop as assets to their communities and how they can collaborate with their communities, social institutions, families, and peer groups. Brochure printing can be used to provide more details about such new minors and their requirements.

Assistant professor of human development and family studies, Kristen Goessling, created the minor working with the Penn State Center in Philadelphia. Goessling said that the minor aligns with her service, research, and philosophy of education, which is to raise awareness and enable freedom of thought.

Three new required courses were developed for the minor. An additional existing course on adolescent development needs to be taken so that a foundational knowledge in youth development is established. Students can choose two electives in subject that align with their professional goals. Earth science, criminal justice, sociology, and psychology are among the elective subjects from which the students can select courses.

The minor will enable students to develop the knowledge, skills, and experience to support young people, adolescents, and their communities and enable them to collaborate with people of different perspectives and diverse backgrounds.