Texts:

Arnett, J. J. (2001). Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: A Cultural Approach. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.    http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/course/
1,4095,2982,00.html

Arnett, J. J. (2002). Readings on Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/course/
1,4095,2982,00.html

Bockneck, G. (1980). The young adult: Development after adolescence. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.

Note: A great number of life span development texts contain chapters on Young Adulthood of Early Adulthood that can serve as introductory topics when teaching a course on Emerging Adulthood. Below are some texts which contain such chapters:

Feldman, R. S. (2003). Development across the lifespan. Mahwah, NJ: Prentice Hall. 

http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/
1,4096,0130982814,00.html? type=TOC

Chapter13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood. Physical Development and Stress. Cognitive Development. College: Pursuing Higher Education, AND Chapter 14. Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood. Forging Relationships: Intimacy, Liking, and Loving During Early Adulthood. The Course of Relationships. Work: Choosing and Embarking on a Career.  

Santrock, J. (2002). Life-Span Development, 8^th Edition. McGraw-Hill.

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072414340/
information_center_view0/ table_of_contents.html

Chapter 14: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood, AND

Chapter 15: Socioemotional development in Early Adulthood 

Courses:

Emerging Adulthood
http://www.hs.ttu.edu/hd3317/emerging.htm
This is the link to Alan Reifman’s lecture component on emerging adulthood for his course, Problems of Adolescence at Texas Tech. This is a good source for anyone developing a lecture on emerging adulthood.

The Developmental Transition to Adulthood--Syllabus http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/n/x/nxd10/hdfs433.htm
This is a syllabus for Nancy Darling's course, The Developmental Transition to Adulthood.

Seminar on Emerging Adulthood
McDaniel EA Seminar
This is a link to Stephanie Madsen’s seminar on emerging adulthood taught at McDaniel College. This is an excellent, comprehensive syllabus with a singular focus on emerging adulthood.

Sites that offer support materials:

Developmental Psychology Image Bank Early Adulthood
by MacGraw-Hill
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/devel/ibank/early-a.htm
This website contains visual descriptions of 6 topics relevant to the early adulthood: cognitive stages of development, life contour of work, Sternberg's triangle of love, single-parent families with children under 18, death rates, and the proportion of women 20-40 who have not yet given birth.

This is a great website to include in a course on emerging adulthood.

Cognitive Functioning in Early Adulthood http://www.marybold.com/CogFunc.htm
This website focuses on cognitive functioning during early adulthood. Information is included on the following topics: cognitive growth, Gilligan, marrying ages, Schaie, crystallized intelligence, Gould, Perry, Steele, Erikson, intelligence, Pert, Sternberg, fluid intelligence, Kohlberg, postformal thought, triangular theory of love, Flynn Effect, Labouvie-Vief, practical intelligence, triarchic theory of intelligence, frontal lobes, Levinson, Reigel, WAIS, Gardner, Marcia, Reinke, Wechsler

Web Resources on Early Adulthood
By MacGraw-Hill
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/devel/common/
earlyadulthood.htm

Offers links on the following 4 topics: Physical Development, Social, and Cognitive Development, Faculty Resources, Student Resources

Early Adulthood
http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d46/psy/dev/early_adult/
This website, developed by Mesa Community College's Department of Psychology, provides ideas, summaries and links to other websites of this stage of human development, early adulthood.

Early Adulthood Series "The Prime of Life" (1999)
http://www.filmideas.com/titlepages/athrue/earlyadultx.html
Details a set of videos that cover 6 (1/2 hour each) topics relevant to emerging adulthood: physical development; cognitive development; love, marriage, and divorce; parenthood; the world of work; special problems 

Transition to Adulthood: A resource for assisting young people with emotional and behavioral difficulties, Edited by Hewitt B. Clark, Ph.D., & Maryann Davis, Ph.D.
http://www.brookespublishing.com/store/books/clark-544/index.htm From the publisher's website: "Finally, we have a book which brings together the vital research, wisdom, and knowledge addressing this complex phenomenon of transition for this special group. "Transition to Adulthood..." is unique in covering the developmental issues of adolescents with emotional and behavioral difficulties, while also providing a superb review of the research on specialized which have specialized in systems of care." —Laura Kastner, Ph.D.

Transition to Adulthood: Growing Healthy Canadians http://www.growinghealthykids.com/english/transitions/
adulthood/home/ home_par.html
This website presents 4 key indicators of positive adjustment during emerging adulthood: prepared for work; prepared for intimacy and family life, prepared to participate in community life, and prepared to handle their own health and well-being.

Articles:

"Caged Brats"
By T. Unsworth,
Sunday Times (3 May 1998), Magazine p.32-4, 36
The case of a 16-year-old Californian David Van Blarigan has raised the question of where the rights of parents end and those of a young adult's begin. Despite never being in trouble with police, he was 'kidnapped', taken 700 miles for a psychiatric assessment, then despatched to the Tranquility Bay boarding school in Jamaica, a 'behaviour modification school' or 'tough punishment camp'. The case has drawn attention to an industry that many had no idea existed - a group of companies that help facilitate the process by which parents send their children to such institutions. (Quotes from original text)

"The one where it ends"
by J. Colgan
Guardian (19 Jun 2001), pp.7 
A generation has loved, laughed and cried with Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Ross, Chandler and Joey. But now, after eight years, we've all grown up and the 'Friends' are leaving our screens. Pays tribute to the comedy that formed a backing track for young adulthood in the nineties. (Original abstract - amended)