The Youth Development graduate certificate program allows students to understand, integrate, and apply conceptual approaches to youth development, including asset building, positive youth development, community youth development, risk, and resiliency. K-State offers two graduate certificates in youth development: Youth Development Professional and Youth Development Administration. Using a strengths-based approach, the program helps students learn how to support youth to make them socially, emotionally, and cognitively competent adults. To complete the program, a student must complete 12 credit hours of coursework plus a 1-credit fundamentals course.
Kansas State University offers bachelor’s degree completion programs, master’s degrees, a Ph.D. degree, and certificate and endorsement programs through distance education technologies that allow you to complete your education while working full time and remaining in your community. K-State is a Big 12 University and is dedicated to providing a quality learning experience, affordable tuition rates, and a reputation as an accredited, nationally recognized distance education provider.