Youth Leadership
This major will provide students with a balanced integration of theoretical concepts, professional skills, and passion in order to prepare each individual to work with children, teenagers, and their families in a church or para-church setting.
In addition to meeting the Providence mission and purpose, this major will enable each graduate to: demonstrate essential knowledge needed for youth-related vocations; identify and utilize context-specific skills for serving the needs of young people and their families; understand the special needs and characteristics of young people and their families in contemporary culture; and critically evaluate a variety of approaches to serving the needs of youth and their families.
General Requirements
All students in degree programs are required to take a minimum of courses in a variety of general arts and sciences so as to enable them to acquire an adequate foundation and context for their chosen area of studies, and to develop a critical appreciation of scholarship in general. These general requirements, along with the related co-curricular expectations of all regular Providence University College students, are designed to equip students to fulfill the mission and purposes of Providence University College.