The University of Montana is proud to offer an innovative master's degree in Global Youth Development (GYD). The GYD degree is designed for students who wish to engage in culturally-relevant volunteer work or paid employment in the realm of child and family assistance. This unique degree program offers students graduate instruction in human development from a psychological and counseling perspective, and is intended to prepare students to engage in cross-cultural volunteer work or paid employment with young people and/or families.Masters Degree in GYD includes one year of full-time instruction at the University of Montana, a significant period of time engaging in faculty-approved internship work, and a final portfolio, professional project, or thesis. All internships will typically be 1-2 years in length and must involve working with cultures other than one's own. Finding and arranging this internship is the student's responsibility.