Human Development and Family Sciences, M.S.: Youth Development Concentration

About the Human Development and Family Sciences: Youth Development Concentration Master’s Program

Through the Innovative Digital Education Alliance (IDEA, formerly GPIDEA), the department offers an online Master of Science in Human Development and Family Sciences with a Concentration in Youth Development. The 36-hour master’s degree includes 28 credit hours of coursework and 8 hours of a practicum, project, or thesis. All courses are taught by distance and in collaboration with multiple universities through the IDEA consortium. Once admitted to a home institution, students can take courses from any of the institutions with credit applied toward the appropriate degree The IDEA youth development program is designed to prepare professionals who are working directly with adolescents and young adults or are involved in education and research related to youth.