Introduction to Child and Youth Studies
Theories, methods and issues involved in studying children and youth from a multidisciplinary perspective. Topics may include the history of childhood, family life, peer relations and children and youth with special needs.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to students admitted to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), CHLH, BA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), BA Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate), BPhEd (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate), BPhEd (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), BSc (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) and BSc Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) until date specified in Registration guide.
Special Topics
Topic will vary depending on the needs of the program and availability of a faculty instructor.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA(Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors.
2010-2011: Child and Youth Studies in Aboriginal Contexts
Theories, methods and issues involved in studying children and youth from a multidisciplinary perspective. Topics may include the developmental psychology, history of childhood, family life, peer relations and children and youth with special needs within an aboriginal education context.
Lectures, seminar, 96 contact hours.
Restriction: open to BEd-Primary/Junior (Aboriginal) majors.
Cognition and Learning
(also offered as EDUC 2F01)
Psychological approaches to cognitive, behavioural, and social development. Cognitive processes in learning and instruction (i.e., assisting students to use appropriate cognitive processes on specific academic tasks). Cognitive theories applied to school subject areas including reading, writing, mathematics, science.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to BA CHYS (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) students with a minimum of 6.0 overall credits and to BECE students and certificate in Education Studies until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 1F90, PSYC 1F90 or permission of the Department.
Research Methods in Child and Youth Studies
Introduction to applied, qualitative and quantitative approaches in the multidisciplinary study of children and youth, emphasizing theoretical foundations, research design, data collection, and analysis.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 1F90.
Special Topics
Topic will vary depending on the needs of the program and availability of a faculty instructor.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors.
2010-2011 Development in Aboriginal Contexts
Basic concepts and contemporary issues in the development of the child and youth focusing on Aboriginal contexts. Topics may include processes in cognitive and social-emotional patterns of change, education and development, diversity within development and alternative theories. Developmental theory and research provides the conceptual framework focusing on Aboriginal contexts.
Lectures, seminar, 96 contact hours.
Restriction: open to BEd-Primary/Junior (Aboriginal) majors.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 1M95.
Note: students may not concurrently register in CHYS 2P10 or PSYC 2P12. This course will draw upon relevant work or volunteer experience. Students must have completed 60 hours of work or volunteer experience within education or community-based settings that serve children and youth prior to enrolling in the course.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 2P10 (2F10) and PSYC 2P12 (2F12).
Child and Youth Development
Basic concepts and contemporary issues in the development of the child and youth, including processes in cognitive and social-emotional patterns of change. Developmental theory and research provides the conceptual framework.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), BA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), BA Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate), BPhEd (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate), BPhEd (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), BSc (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), BSc Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) and CHLH majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 1F90.
Note: students may not concurrently register in PSYC 2P12.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 2F10, 2M01, PSYC 2F12 or 2P12.
Principles of Service-Learning Practicum
Emphasis on applying service-learning theories and principles within a community/educational placement and examining the placement experience within multidisciplinary perspectives.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), BA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), BA Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate), BPhED (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate), BPhEd (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), BSc (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), BSc Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) and CHLH majors or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 1F90.
Corequisite(s): CHYS 2P10, 2P35 or 2P38.
Note: a half-day placement per week is required for all students. Placements are available in a variety of settings. School placements for students not enrolled in a Concurrent Education Program are not guaranteed and will depend on availability. School placements are arranged by the Associate Administrative Director, Concurrent Education Programs. Non-school placements are organized by the Child and Youth Studies Course Co-ordinator. Transportation to placement is a student responsibility. Students having school placements require Identification Cards issued by Ontario Education Services Corporation (OESC) based on a satisfactory police record check. Application packages for OESC are available at http://www.oesc-cseo.org. Students in non-school placements will be required to make arrangements for a standard police check. For placement purposes, proof of freedom from active tuberculosis may be required. This course is designed to promote the bridging of disciplines. Failure to submit the completed, signed, placement verification form (Attendance Record) will result in a grade of F for the course.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 2F10.
Diversity and Development
Theoretical aspects of development of children and youth with exceptional needs. Topics may include cognitive, physical and psychological/emotional differences.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), CHLH majors and CODC Certificate students until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 1F90.
Childhood, Youth and Society
(also offered as SOCI 2P38)
Historical, cross-cultural and sociological perspectives on the relationship between childhood, youth and society. Topics include children and youth in schools, communities, popular culture and state policy.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), SOCI (single or combined) and CHLH majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 1F90.
Literacy in Childhood and Youth
(also offered as LING 2P99)
Exploration of selected issues in literacy development. Topics may include reading, writing, the impact of information technology on literacy development in the Canadian or global context.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): LING 1F94 or PSYC 1F90.
Culture and Mental Health of Children/Youth
Environmental risk factors on the etiology and trajectories of childhood and youth behavioural/emotional disorders. Emphasis on the influence of culture, gender, and race/ethnicity.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P10 (2F10).
Qualitative Research Methods in Child and Youth Studies
Qualitative research design and analysis. Topics include participant observation, interviewing, archival research, discourse analysis, ethics.
Lectures, tutorial, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P10 (2F10), 2P35 and 2P38.
Theories of Development and Socialization
(also offered as PSYC 3P11)
Interdisciplinary exploration of child and youth development and socialization, including the foundational literature in psychology, sociology and anthropology, as well as contemporary and critical interpretive theories of childhood and youth.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and PSYC (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90 or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P10 (2F10) or PSYC 2P12 (2F12).
Emotions in Children and Youth
Multidisciplinary consideration of theoretical and applied issues in the development of emotion, including interaction between cognition and emotion, and the role of motivation. Topics may include emotion theories, theory of mind, empathy, motivation, disorders, and cross-cultural perspectives.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P10 (2F10).
Quantitative Research Methods in Child and Youth Studies
Practical, theoretical and ethical issues in quantitative research design including computer applications and analyses.
Lectures, tutorial, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P10 (2F10); one of CHYS 2F50, GEOG 2P10 and 2P12, PSYC 2F23, SOCI 2P11 and 2P13
Learning Disabilities
Current theoretical, methodological and remedial approaches to learning disabilities in children and youth. Cognitive and social aspects of learning disabilities.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P35.
Note: CODC students may register. Contact the Department.
Learning Disabilities: Laboratory
Supervised experience in analysis and evaluation of informal assessment and treatment strategies to be used with children at-risk for learning disabilities.
Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 3P20.
Psychology of Parenting
(also offered as PSYC 3P23)
Determinants, varieties and consequences of parenting focusing on psychological research findings in contemporary parenting/parenthood issues. Topics include different styles of parenting, parent-child relationships, child maltreatment, parenting children with different temperaments and parenting in ecological contexts.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), CHLH, PSYC (single or combined) majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90; CHYS 2P10 (2F10) or PSYC 2P12 (2F12).
Development of Peer Relationships
Influences of peer relationships on cognitive, social and emotional development. Topics may include social competence, social influence, aggression and bullying.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P10 (2F10).
Note: students may not concurrently register in CHYS 3P77.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS (PSYC) 3P77.
Introduction to Infants and Preschoolers with Special Needs
Issues in the assessment of children, as well as preventative and early intervention strategies. Variety of assessment techniques including testing, observation and rating scales.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), CHLH and PSYC (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P35.
Note: CODC students may register. Contact the Department.
Policies of Childhood and Youth: Canadian Perspectives
Canadian initiatives in child welfare, education, health and children's rights within a broader global context. Roles of national and local governments, non-governmental organizations, professionals, adults and children.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P38.
Policies of Childhood and Youth: The Rights of the Child
Canadian and global initiatives in child provision, child protection and child participation before and after the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P38.
Embodiment of Children and Youth
How the physical body is experienced and performed in the lives of children and youth.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P38.
Practical and Theoretical Issues in Child and Youth Work
Introduction to key issues in policy and programmatic responses, philosophy, values, roles, ethics and tasks.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P38.
Children, Youth and Popular Culture
Influences of popular culture, including film, television, music, performing arts, video games and literature.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P38.
Developmental Disabilities: Issues of Inclusion
Philosophical and practical issues of inclusion of the child and youth with disabilities in the family, schools and the community.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P35.
Note: CODC students may register. Contact the Department.
Children, Youth and Families
Research on children and youth in families from historical, comparative and contemporary perspectives. Topics may include theories of the family, comparative family relations, issues of social change and policy and their impact on children and youth in the context of family life.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P38.
Note: students may not concurrently register in SOCI (WISE) 2P21.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SOCI (WISE) 2P21.
Children, Youth and the Law
Introduction to the ways in which children and youth are regulated through the law in Canada. Exploration of various statutes and provisions relating to education, sexuality, family violence, mental health, and the youth justice system.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P38.
Macro Factors Affecting Youth Crime
Multidisciplinary perspectives in understanding youth in conflict with the law. Role of macro factors in the commission of offences, including unemployment, systemic discrimination based upon gender, race and sexuality, and media constructions of youth.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P38.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 2F90.
Micro Factors Affecting Youth Crime
Topics may include peers and violence, girls and crime, mental health issues, family violence, restorative justice and rights-based interventions.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P38.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 2F90.
Behavioural Challenges of Children and Youth
Factors influencing behavioural challenges presented by children and youth, within a multi-modal paradigm. Use of case examples to illustrate the model from the perspective of assessment and intervention.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P35.
Note: CODC students may register. Contact the Department.
Gender and Sexuality in Childhood and Youth
(also offered as SOCI 3P44 and WISE 3P44)
Historical, cross-cultural and sociological approaches to the development of gender identities and sexuality amongst children and youth. Topics include the role of families, schools, peers and state policies.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), SOCI and WISE (single or combined) majors, SOCI or WISE minors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): one of CHYS 2P38, SOCI 2P11 and 2P13, WISE 2P90, 2P91.
Foundations of Behaviour Analysis and Therapy
Basic learning principles and concepts focusing on research, education, clinical practice and everyday life.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P35.
Note: not open to students who have completed PSYC 2P45 (2F45) and students may not concurrently register in PSYC 2P45 (2F45). CODC students may register. Contact the Department.
Applications of Behaviour Analysis and Therapy
Diverse habilitative and rehabilitative work with children, youth and families focusing on research, education, clinical practice and everyday life.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 3P47 or PSYC 2P45 (2F45).
Focus on Early Childhood Education I
(also offered as EDUC 3P50)
Early childhood education programs for children from birth to age eight. Topics include the historical and societal influences on early childhood education, program models derived from theories of learning and child development and research on the effectiveness of these programs.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) students with a minimum of 9.0 overall credits and to BECE and Certificate in Educational Studies students until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P10 (2F10) or permission of the instructor.
Early Childhood Education II
(also offered as EDUC 3P52)
Methods in early childhood education programs for children from birth to age eight. Topics include curricula, instructional strategies and evaluative techniques.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 4 hours per week.
Restriction: open to BECE students or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 3P50.
Note: students have a school placement and require Identification Cards issued by Ontario Education Services Corporation (OESC) based on a satisfactory police record check. Application packages for OESC are available at oesc-cseo.org
Autism
Nature, epidemiology, assessment, treatment and research of Autism and the other Autistic Spectrum Disorders focusing on research, educational and clinical practice.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P35.
Note: CODC students may register. Contact the Department.
Child Language Acquisition: Early Stages
(also offered as LING 3P61 and PSYC 3P61)
Theories, research and methods in early language development. Linguistic stages in the development of child language at the level of grammar and meaning (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics). Discourse as an indicator of the socialization process. Effect of interaction with care givers. Early bilingualism.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): LING 1P92 and 1P93 or PSYC 1F90.
Understanding Children's Minds
Developmental perspectives on children's thinking: theory of mind, problem solving, language, memory, representation, humour, sarcasm, story-telling, narratives and disabilities.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P10 (2F10).
Note: students may not concurrently register in PSYC 3P60.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC 3P60.
Children and Youth in the Digital Age
(also offered as PSYC 3P74)
Multidisciplinary perspectives on the use and impact of digital media: immersive worlds, social networking, cyber-bullying, world wide web applications, communication patterns, boundaries and responsibilities within cyberspace.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), PSYC (single or combined), BA Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) and BSc Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P10 (2F10) or PSYC 2P12 (2F12).
Social Development
(also offered as PSYC 3P77)
Social competence, aggression, friendship and other topics in social development from a variety of developmental perspectives. Methodological and intervention issues relevant to the study of social development.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90; CHYS 2P10 (2F10), PSYC 2P12 (2F12) or permission of the instructor.
Note: students may not concurrently register in CHYS 3P24.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 3P24.
The Health of Children
(also offered as CHSC 3P80)
Exploration of the biological, psychological and sociological determinants of children's health from multiple perspectives
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), BMED, CHLH, CHSC, HLSC and PHTH majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P10 (2F10) or CHSC 1F90.
Family Conflict and Violence
(also offered as SOCI 3P83)
Conflict within modern family relationships. Contemporary research on spousal violence, power and decision-making, sexual abuse and child abuse. Socio-historical factors contributing to increased family stress. Institutional and interpersonal strategies for reducing family conflict.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), SOCI (single or combined) majors and SOCI minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90.
Development of Conscience and Self-Regulation
How conscience develops, when it first emerges, and the implications of the development of early conscience for children's future adjustment. Historical, theoretical and applied shifts in focus from single components of conscience and self-regulation to the current emphasis on their integration.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P10 (2F10).
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 3V80 or 3V90.
Children and Youth With Special Needs
Theoretical and applied issues in assessment and intervention; Topics may include field work relationships, ethical issues, participant observation, and issues in program development, application and evaluation.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (PrimaryJunior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): one of CHYS 3P20, 3P26, 3P35, 3P43, 3P47, 3P60.
Note: a community placement is required. Enrolment will be limited to the availability of an appropriate match between a student and a child/youth. Transportation to placement is a student responsibility. A current police check (including a vulnerable sector check) is required. Cost associated is a student responsibility. For placement purposes, proof of freedom from active tuberculosis may be required. Failure to submit the completed, signed, placement verification form (Attendance Record) will result in a grade of F for the course.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 3F94.
Childhood, Youth and Equity Issues
Research on contemporary children and youth focusing on how age and generation intersect with social class, race and gender. Topics include children's rights, child poverty and equity strategies.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P38.
Childhood and Youth Through the Ages
Historical conceptions of children, childhood, youth and development, and their relation to contemporary theory and research.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P10 (2F10) or 2P38.
Racism and Constructions of Race
Historical and current construction and effects of race and ethnicity in the lives of children and youth in Canada and globally.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P10 (2F10) or 2P38.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 3P85 or 4P05.
Contemporary Issues in Childhood and Youth Studies
Current research in the area of child and youth cultures. Topics may include the ethnography of childhood, youth and popular culture.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P38.
Conflict, Contradictions and Development
(also offered as PSYC 3Q33)
Conflict in early human development including the understanding of the causes, management and outcomes of conflicts. Cognitive and social strategies used to resolve conflicts.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and PSYC (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P10 (2F10), PSYC 2P12 (2F12) or permission of the instructor.
Directed Studies
Program of study or research practicum not available among the regular course offerings, designed in consultation with the faculty member directing the course.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits and approval of the co-ordinator.
Note: arrangements must be agreed upon with the co-ordinator prior to registration. Normally taken in conjunction with an honours thesis.
Special Topics Seminar
The topic will vary depending on the needs of the program and availability of a faculty instructor.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
2010-2011: Children and Youth in Indigenous Communities
Multidisciplinary exploration of North American and International perspectives on children and youth in Indigenous communities.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P10 (2F10) or 2P38.
2010-2011: Counselling Theories and Skills
Counselling theories applicable to a variety of research contexts, helping environments, and human growth and development issues. Topics include understanding helping relationships in the context of research and professional roles within child and youth studies, education, health, career, human resources, human management and social services.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and CHLH majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P10 (2F10).
Note: students may not concurrently register in PSYC 4P79.
students will not receive earned credit for CHYS 3V93 if PSYC 4P79 has been successfully completed.
Applied Research Project
Emphasis on applying service-learning principles within a community/educational placement to create a portfolio project.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits, approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 3P10 and 3P15.
Corequisite(s): CHYS 4P75.
Note: a placement is required for all students; placement to be a minimum of 60 hours over a minimum of 12 placement weeks. Failure to submit the completed and signed placement verification form (Attendance Record) will result in an F grade for the course.
Honours Group Thesis
Group research projects providing experience with different methods of data collection and analysis.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits, approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 3P10 and 3P15.
Corequisite(s): CHYS 4P70.
Note: students must hold a minimum 75 percent overall average in CHYS 3P10 and 3P15.
Honours Individual Thesis
Research project carried out under the supervision of a faculty adviser.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits, approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 3P10 and 3P15.
Corequisite(s): CHYS 4P70.
Note: students must hold a minimum 75 percent overall average in CHYS 3P10 and 3P15.
Development of Self and Identity
Multidisciplinary exploration of the development of self and identity in childhood and adolescence, focusing on classic and contemporary theoretical frameworks. Topics include distinction between self-as-subject and self-as-object, unity versus multiplicity in the self, and social construction of selfhood.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Peer Cultures
Survey of peer cultures emphasizing social structural and interpretive understandings of peer group formation and their impact on child and youth identity.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Approaches to Family Assessment and Intervention
Theoretical, research and clinical issues pertaining to assessment and intervention with families. Interventions include parent training, self-help groups and family counselling. Focussing on early identification and intervention.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 3P91.
Early Intervention and Prevention Systems
Examination of community and organizational systemic factors contributing to the prevention of problems, and aiding in early intervention in the lives of children and youth with special needs. Topics include examination of the nature of prevention, and the development and maintenance of coordinated service delivery systems.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Children in War Zones
Physical, social and psychological consequences of modern warfare on children as both victims and combatants.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 4V03.
Issues in Multiculturalism
Policy and practice around multiculturalism in Canada and globally. Topics include educational policy, developing perceptions of multiculturalism, cultural diversity and intercultural relations.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 4V07.
Children, Youth and Globalization
Political-economic and postmodern perspectives on globalization and its effect on children and youth.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Critical and Postmodern Theories of Childhood and Youth
Social construction of childhood and youth through approaches oriented toward critiquing and changing society as a whole. Focus on radical, emancipatory forms of inquiry into the relationship of children, youth and contemporary social issues. Theorists may include Foucault, Deleuze, Spivak, Marx, bell hooks, Hardt and Negri.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 4V02.
Theoretical and Practical Issues in Conflict Resolutions
Sociocognitive examination of theories and evidence-based practices of conflict resolution interventions. Focus on traditional and recent transformative approaches to resolving peer relational difficulties, and developmental outcomes of functional and dysfunctional resolution.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: CHYS 3Q33 highly recommended.
Issues in Diversity and Development
Contemporary issues of social policy and practice affecting the diversity and development of children and youth.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Issues in Childhood, Youth and Society
(also offered as SOCI 4P38)
Canadian and international research on childhood and youth in changing societies. Topics include globalization of childhood and youth, child labour, child welfare and Canadian policy.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and SOCI (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P38; one of CHYS 3P27, 3P28, 3P30, 3P31, 3P32, 3P38, 3P39, 3P44, SOCI 3P36, 3P70.
Sentencing and Punishment of Youth
Philosophical and legal foundations, objectives and process of sentencing and punishment of young offenders in Western societies. Gaps between sentencing theory and practice, and issues such as the roles of plea bargaining, mitigating and aggravating factors, victims, and adult sentences for youth.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite(s): one of CHYS 3P27, 3P31, 3P39, 3P40, SOCI 3P62.
Note: CHYS 3P39 recommended.
Risk-Taking in Youth
(also offered as PSYC 4P41)
Topics may include youth lifestyle choices, problem behaviour theory, risk and protective factors, competence, and developmental pathways in the context of community, family, peer, and intrapersonal factors.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 1F90 or PSYC 1F90; one of CHYS 3P09, 3P11, 3P12, 3P23, 3P24, 3P65, 3P74, 3Q33, PSYC 3P18.
Note: PSYC majors may register. Contact the Department of Child and Youth Studies.
Advanced Topics in Gender and Sexuality
Theories of gender and sexuality. Development of gender and sexual identities. Historical and cross-cultural investigations, institutional patterns, representations and inequality.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 2P38.
Advanced Topics in Applied Behaviour Analysis
Current research applications focusing on research, educational and clinical practice.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 3P48 or 1.0 credit from CHYS 3P20, 3P26, 3P35, 3P43, 3P47, 3P60.
Trauma and Abuse in the Lives of Children and Youth
Issues in identification, prevention and intervention in trauma and abuse of children and youth. Systemic analysis focusing on family, school and social influences on prevention and recovery.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Maturation and Development
(also offered as PSYC 4P56)
Influences of brain maturation on psychological development and vice versa.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), NEUR and PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 13.0 overall credits or 5.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): one of CHYS 2P10 (2F10), PSYC 2P12 (2F12), 2P36 (2F36).
Issues in Thinking and Development
Contemporary issues in learning and cognitive development. Topics may include memory, problem solving, creativity, collaborative thinking processes, moral reasoning and social cognition.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: CHYS 3P65 recommended.
The Craft of Research
Advanced issues in the planning, production and (re)presentation or research with children and youth. Topics include formulating research questions, addressing ethical concerns and writing research results.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits, approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 3P10 and 3P15.
Corequisite(s): CHYS 4F97 or 4F99.
Note: students not in Group or Individual thesis streams may register. Contact the Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 4P98.
Applied Research in Communities
Multidisciplinary exploration of applied research within diverse community contexts. Emphasis on relationship building, ethical issues, research modalities and service-learning applications.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits, approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 3P10 and 3P15.
Corequisite(s): CHYS 4F95.
Note: students not in Applied Research stream may register. Contact the Department.
Directed Studies
Program of study or research practicum not available among the regular course offerings, designed in consultation with the faculty member directing the course.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits, approval to year 4 (honours) and approval of the co-ordinator.
Note: arrangements must be agreed upon with the co-ordinator prior to registration. Normally taken in conjunction with an honours thesis.
Advanced Special Topics
2010-2011: Companion Animals and Children and Youth
Multidisciplinary consideration of the role of companion animals in the social and emotional lives of children and youth. Topics may include animal/child abuse, disability and therapy, empathy and self-esteem, coping and resilience, and sociocultural perspectives.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
2010-2011: Critical Disability Studies in Children and Youth
Key theoretical frameworks in the field of critical disability, including phenomenological, feminist and postmodern approaches.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
2010-2011: Advanced Counselling Theories and Skills
Interviewing and intervention skills appropriate to specific counselling modalities and applicable to a variety of helping professional roles; core skills associated with attending, responding, exploring and terminating stages within the context of relationship building pertaining to child and youth studies, education, career, social services, health and general human management needs and concerns.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite(s): CHYS 3V93, PSYC 4P79 or permission of the Department.