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YNL Minor Requirements
The YNL minor complements many different majors on campus and includes 25 credit hours of that 19 hours are core classes and 6 credit hours of electives. The core classes include YNL 290 Current Trends and Issues, YNL 350 Program Administration, YNL 351 Leadership Development, YNL 400 Internship, YNL 450 Senior Seminar, and YNL 502 Financial Administration. The electives can be chosen from a pre-determined list that complements the minor.

 

Youth& Nonprofit Leadership Minor
(25 Credit Hours)
Curriculum Planning Outline

The YNL minor consists of 6 semester hours of restricted electives and 19 semester hours of core classes.

ADMIN/COMM

ACC 200  Principles of Accounting I (3)
COM 161  Intro to Public Speaking (3)
COM 181   Intro to Interpersonal Communication (3)
COM 385  Organizational Communication (3)
CSC 199  Computer Concepts & Applications (3)
EC0 140  Contemporary Economics (3)
ENG 325  Technical Writing (3)
FCS 441  Family Resource Management (3)
JMC 168  Mass Media and Society (3)
JMC 391  Public Relations Principles (3)
JMC 394  Intro to Advertising (3)
MGT 350  Fundamentals of Management (3)
MGT 550  Human Resources Management (3)
MKT 360  Principles of Marketing (3)
OSY 215  Business Communications (3)
REC 303  Community Leisure Organizations (3)
REC 405  Organization & Admin of Recreation (3)
SOC 335  Sociology of Formal Organization (3)
YNL 580  Special Problems (3)

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

REC 207  Intro to Recreation for Special Populations (3)
SED 230  Survey of Exceptional Children (3)

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

BIO 112  Field Biology (4)
EDU 515  Intro to Environmental Education (3)
GSC 500  Recreation Geography & Planning (3)
GSC 524  Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
HEA 191  Personal Health (3)
HEA 500  Human Sexuality (3)
HEA 570  Education of Drug Abuse Prevention (3)
NUR 447  Stress Management (3)
OSH 101  Emergency Medical Training (7)
REC 202  Recreation Program Planning (3)
REC 207  Intro to Recreation for Special Pop. (3)
REC 311  Outdoor Adventure Activities (3)
REC 515  Leisure Ed, In Therapeutic Recreation (3)
REC 520  Leisure and Aging (3)
REC 540  Outdoor Recreation of Special Pop. (3)
REC 575  Therapeutic Recreation Programming (3)

SOCIOLOGY/PHILOSOPHY

PHI 202  Ethics (3)
PSY 261  Child Psychology (3)
PSY 262  Adolescent Psychology (3)
PSY 595  Culture, Language, Personality (3)
SOC 331  The Family (3)
SPA 105  Intro to Hispanic Culture (3)
SWK 201  Social Work and Social Welfare (3)
_______  Other

19 Semester Hours of Core Coursework:
YNL 290  Trends and Issues in Youth and Human Services (3)
YNL 350  Program Administration in Youth and Human Service Organizations (3)
YNL 351  Leadership and Support Systems in Youth and Human Service Organizations (3)
YNL 400  Youth and Human Service Agency Internship (6) *
YNL 450  Senior Seminar (AHMI)  (1)
YNL 502  Financial Resource  Development (3)

* Must have completed two 3-hour YNL courses prior to internship; one must be YNL 350.

Please call 809-3808  or e-mail Dr. Weis at roger.weis@murraystate.edu with questions related to the choice of courses or for more information on American Humanics.