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

• Introduction to Youth Issues
• Adolescence - Development
• Youth Identity, Culture & Social Change
• Youth Wellbeing, Resilience, Participation / Citizenship
• Youth Risk & Complexities & Support
• Belonging & Participation: Family, School, Community (incl. Out of Home Care)
• Gender and Sexuality
• Community Factors and Inequality (incl. employment)
• Space, Place and Movement
• Indigenous Youth – Guest Speaker
• Public Presence and Networked Youth (incl. Social Media)
• Juvenile Justice, Crime and Violence 
• Alcohol and Other Drugs

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 University College.

Assessment Methods

• Presentation and Handout (30%)
• Major Essay (40%)
• Critical Reflection (30%)

Prescribed Text

• Santrock, J. W. (2018). Adolescence (17th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education

Please consult your instructor prior to purchasing any textbooks.