{"id":294,"date":"2024-11-11T15:52:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T20:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/programs\/community-youth-and-education-studies-major-minor\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:56:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:56:04","slug":"community-youth-and-education-studies-ba","status":"publish","type":"clarku_program","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/major\/community-youth-and-education-studies-ba\/","title":{"rendered":"Community, Youth, and Education Studies, B.A."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element hero-program has-background\" style=\"background-color:#2c5234;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;grid-template-columns:auto 60%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"intro has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a95bfc72d4c4f0ad5fc960e1742662ec\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);font-size:1.4rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">The community, youth, and education Studies (CYES) major provides you with a strong background in youth, urban studies, and education. You will become an effective voice for social justice. You will examine how school and community programs can transform current inequities by engaging young people and their families, and help to change their social reality through educational spaces and youth programs.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-degree_type wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/?degree_type=major\" rel=\"tag\">Major<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/?degree_type=minor\" rel=\"tag\">Minor<\/a><\/div><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Majors-Community-Youth-Educations-Studies-880x550-1.jpg\" alt=\"professor teaching class\" class=\"wp-image-172 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Majors-Community-Youth-Educations-Studies-880x550-1.jpg 880w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Majors-Community-Youth-Educations-Studies-880x550-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Majors-Community-Youth-Educations-Studies-880x550-1-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top sidebar-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>CYES recognizes that activism begins at home, and prepares you to merge your classroom learning with action&nbsp;\u2014 on Clark\u2019s campus and in the Worcester community. With guidance from faculty, you\u2019ll address systemic inequality near and far, while examining your own identity and place in the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-c53c594d wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--warm-gray);border-left-width:0.17rem;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);flex-basis:33.33%\"><div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Explore Community, youth and education studies<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow has-deep-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ff10b8a202efcbee60170915afc3c27d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/education\/\">Department<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow has-deep-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-709b5fef1e00963253fd0edda87287db\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/education\/people\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow has-deep-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-be9d4db403a7e58c56e97b5d06f549ba\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/curriculum-and-careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/Community-Youth-and-Education-Studies-Major-Map.pdf\">Major Map<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.clarku.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=35&amp;poid=7215&amp;returnto=2879&amp;_gl=1*etcgu9*_gcl_au*MzE5NzY1MTg5LjE3NTI0OTY0MDc.#communityyouthandeducationstudiescourses\">All Community, Youth and Education Courses<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1340\" height=\"893\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1817\" alt=\"a student teacher in the classroom\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/minor-in-teaching.jpg\" style=\"object-position:62% 42%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"62% 42%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/minor-in-teaching.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/minor-in-teaching-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/minor-in-teaching-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/minor-in-teaching-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1340px) 100vw, 1340px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#7a7575\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-study-community-youth-and-education-studies-at-clark\">Why study community, youth, and education studies at Clark?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-checkmark-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li>Complete a digital portfolio over the course of your major that outlines your accomplishments and work for change, as well as a final reflection and practice project that you\u2019ll present before you graduate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engage in real, systemic community action the moment you step on campus \u2014 whether by participating in an afterschool arts and poetry program or volunteering with English language learners in Worcester.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contribute to new knowledge through your own community-based action research, and work with leading professors to examine critical issues ranging from the achievement gap to mass incarceration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn in a program featured as a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/clarknow.clarku.edu\/2017\/11\/07\/aacu-highlights-clarks-civic-responsibility-by-design-model-in-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Civic Responsibility by Design<\/a>\u201d case study on the Association of American Colleges &amp; Universities website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull roomy has-white-color has-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2049437ebb334cc261c1279634468f09 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-clarku-block-tabs clarku__tabs_0cfdd367 outline is-style-default\"><ul class=\"clarku__tab-labels\" role=\"tablist\" aria-label=\"tabbed content\"><li id=\"\" class=\"clarku__tab-label active\" role=\"tab\">Apply<\/li><li id=\"\" class=\"clarku__tab-label\" role=\"tab\">Request Info<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"clarku__tab-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-child-tab clarku__tab-panel\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"Apply\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fb200d29 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center intro has-large-font-size\">Are you ready to take the first step?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/undergraduate-admissions\/apply\/\">Apply Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-child-tab clarku__tab-panel\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"Request Info\"><p>Sign up to receive information on academics, student life, and the undergraduate admissions process.<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"form_51beae3e-1ae2-4dd3-a17f-be423f51f3e5\">Loading\u2026<\/div>\r\n<p><script async=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apply.clarku.edu\/register\/?id=51beae3e-1ae2-4dd3-a17f-be423f51f3e5&output=embed&div=form_51beae3e-1ae2-4dd3-a17f-be423f51f3e5\">\/**\/<\/script>\r\n<style>#form_description { display: none; 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Schooling<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p><p>Through critical engagement with Hollywood film representations of education, you\u2019ll learn to identify dominant educational ideologies and analyze film as both a product and producer of American society and culture.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n<div class=\"clarku-course\">\n\t<figure>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/woven-textiles-300x200-jpg.avif\" class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Woven American textile showing both middle eastern and Central American cultural influences\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/woven-textiles-300x200-jpg.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/woven-textiles-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/woven-textiles-jpg.avif 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"course-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ct pill diversity-inclusion\" title=\"Diversity &amp; Inclusion\">D&I<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ct pill program-of-liberal-studies\" title=\"Program of Liberal Studies\">PLS<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<div class=\"course-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eyebrow\">HIST 016<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">American Race and Ethnicity<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p><p>The U.S. is a tapestry of racial and ethnic groups. Using first-person accounts, explore the influence of diverse populations and cultures on American history, from colonial times to the present.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns stagger-left no-gap abut-end is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover abut-end has-true-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-abd7f2b331b3c2943ef31f4996c218c2\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:32rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-gray-100-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-6f90b940 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">curriculum<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As a CYES major, you\u2019ll pass through three gateways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Entrance to the program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advancing to candidacy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A praxis (reflection and action) project and portfolio defense<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Admission into the program is based on your commitment to work alongside members of the community and\/or youth, enact change in community contexts, and explore the relationships between theory and practice.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">requirements<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-small-font-size is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.clarku.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=35&amp;poid=7215&amp;returnto=2879&amp;_gl=1*1ef011n*_gcl_au*NTQzNzY1MjQyLjE3NDg5NjkzMjc.#majorrequirements\">major<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.clarku.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=35&amp;poid=7216&amp;returnto=2879&amp;_gl=1*flq949*_gcl_au*NTQzNzY1MjQyLjE3NDg5NjkzMjc.#minorrequirements\">minor<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover abut-end has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c0f5fb531eb63b7a112fd971913ffaca\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:30rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-gray-600-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-73b89f41 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-white)\" class=\"eyebrow has-drop-shadow has-text-align-left\">Career communities<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-shadow has-heading-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">At Clark you\u2019ll get more than a great education;&nbsp;you\u2019ll also be prepared for a long, productive career and life of consequence. And once you\u2019ve completed your degree, you can join other Clark alumni who have gone on to work for great organizations and attend some of the best graduate schools in the world. The following communities may be of interest:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left arrow has-drop-shadow has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-60d281ad3531f4ee1450bfb8f5f34834\">Non-Profit, Human Services, and Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left arrow has-drop-shadow has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aa6bdecd95e498f831fc052a824d8ea9\">Government, International Affairs, and Law<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover abut-end has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-b0b7d32912c147387e3772674e6e752c\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:32rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-light-blue-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-3f8c44ea wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">career outomes<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Activist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjustment Counselor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coach<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community Organizer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community\/Adult Educator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Career\/College Counselor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lawyer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media Producer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peace Corps Volunteer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public Policy Advocate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public Health Worker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Refugee Worker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Entrepreneur<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Worker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teacher<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Union Organizer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Urban Planner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Volunteer Coordinator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Youth Worker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-37d695921763b8a3291c1e00b0392d00\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:32rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-deep-red-background-color has-background-dim-90 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-da470a24 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-white)\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Building your foundation<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Clark Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The Clark Experience brings together the exceptional education you\u2019ll receive in the classroom and so much more. 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