Details for Youth Issues

Awards offering Youth Issues

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

• Bachelor of Applied Social Science
• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Applied Social Science
• Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business
• Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
• Bachelor of Business
• Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Ministry
• Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Theology
• Bachelor of Ministry
• Bachelor of Theology

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Understand the issues for youth in contemporary Australian Society and how they are perceived by both young people and the adults around them;
2. Recognise how these issues impact on the lives and choices of youth and if there is a societal flow-on effect;
3. Research the elements of larger Australian/global culture that impact on these issues – positively or negatively;
4. Develop strategies for working non-judgementally and empathically with young people around issues relating to gender, sexuality and social identity and maintain appropriate professional boundaries.

Subject Content

• Elements of youth culture
• The influence of cultural views on the development of value system
• The influence of media on youth culture
• The Bible’s relevance to youth issues

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Onsite (face-to-face)
• Online (eLearning)
• Intensives
• Extensives

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis College.

Assessment Methods

• Youth Observation Group Presentation (25%)
• Minor Essay (25%)
• Individual Presentation (50%)

Prescribed Text

• White, R., Wyn, J., & Robards, B. (2017) Youth and society (4th Ed.) Oxford University Press Australia.

Please consult your instructor prior to purchasing any textbooks.