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Springfield College Course Info

Springfield, Massachusetts

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YDEV 492

Researching and Evaluating Youth Programs

This course develops students research and analytical skills as we examine methodological frameworks for planning and implementing qualitative and quantitative social research and evaluation of youth programs. Topics include: ethical issues; understanding research and evaluation reports; developing research and evaluation designs; constructing and implementing data collection procedures; and methods of analyzing and sharing findings. Students design and implement their own outcomes evaluations of local youth programs

Units: 3.0

Prerequisites:
SOCI 250 - Youth in Society
at_least
SOCI 133 - The YMCA Past, Present, and Future
at_least
SOCI 388 - Special Topics in Sociology
at_least
SOCI 341 - Group Work
at_least
SOCI 322 - Racial and Ethnic Relations
at_least
SOCI 410 - Poverty and Wealth: Class in Society
at_least
SOCI 190 - Community Service
at_least
SOCI 347 - Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare
at_least
SOCI 312 - Genders and Society
at_least
SOCI 433 - YMCA Management
at_least
SOCI 492 - Social Research and Program Evaluation
at_least
SOCI 420 - Media and Society
at_least
SOCI 210 - Social Problems
at_least
SOCI 486 - Fieldwork in Sociology
at_least
SOCI 240 - Global Social Issues
at_least
SOCI 101 - Introduction to Sociology
at_least
SOCI 220 - Families in Society
and
YDEV 101 - Introduction to Youth Development
at_least
YDEV 387 - Pre-Internship Seminar
at_least
YDEV 186 - Pre-Practicum and Seminar in Youth Development
at_least
YDEV 330 - Programming for Diverse Youth Populations
at_least
YDEV 270 - Youth Development Across Contexts
at_least
YDEV 486 - Supervised Internship in Youth Development
at_least
YDEV 340 - Advanced Strategies in Youth Practice
at_least
YDEV 180 - Organization and Management of Youth Programs