Minor in Civic Education and Community Leadership

Interdisciplinary Minor

 

The Civic Education and Community Leadership minor consists of 21 credit hours of course work designed to: (1) provide students with an interdisciplinary curriculum that promotes leadership and community service; (2) build on the college's service learning mission; and, (3) broaden campus efforts to build partnerships with local and state community organizations.  The learning objectives associated with the minor include developing students' knowledge and understanding of civic leadership and community engagement, communication and advocacy, management and organizational behavior, local and regional affairs, economic development, politics and governance, and social justice and social change.

 

Because interdisciplinary perspectives are necessary to solve most public policy problems, 12 different disciplines across the campus - anthropology, communication studies, economics, English, geography, history, management, philosophy, psychology, political science, social work, and sociology - offer courses in the program.  Students completing this minor will be assigned a faculty adviser from one of these departments. In addition to the requirements listed below, a grade of C or above is required in all courses applied toward the minor.  For further information, interested students should contact the coordinator of the minor, Dr. George Serra, Director of the Political Science Department's Center for Legislative Studies.

 

Course Requirements

 

Foundation Course (3 credit hours)

It is recommended that students complete the foundation course before completing the other components of the minor.

 

POLI 201    Foundations of Citizenship and Community Leadership

 

Experiential and Service Learning Course (3 credit hours)

Any of the following courses will satisfy this requirement if: (1) a substantial portion of course content is related to issues pertaining to civic education and community leadership and, (2) the student has gained written approval from the chairperson of the department offering the course and the coordinator of the minor.  Students should gain written approval prior to completing an experiential or service learning course to ensure that it will satisfy this requirement of the minor.

 

POLI 498, COMM 498, ECON 498, ENGL 498, GEOG 498, HIST 498, MGMT 498, PSYC 498, SCWK 498, SOCI 498

 

AND/OR

 

Any course other than POLI 201 that contains a substantial service learning component.  Students should consult with their faculty advisor for the minor to identify such courses.

 

Area Requirements (15 credit hours)

 

Students must take one course from each of the following areas.  A special topics course or an independent study offered by any of the departments listed below will satisfy a distribution area if: (1) a significant portion of course content is related to the distribution area and, (2) the student has gained prior approval from the chairperson of the department offering the course and the coordinator of the minor.  Students should gain written approval prior to completing a special topics course or an independent study to ensure that it will satisfy this requirement of the minor.

 

In fulfilling the distribution area requirements, students may not take more than two courses from the same department, and at least three of the courses must be at the 300-400 level.  No course can count toward satisfying one of the distribution area requirements and the experiential and service learning requirement listed above; students must choose whether they want a course to satisfy a distribution area requirement or the experiential and service learning requirement.

 

Communication and Advocacy

 

COMM301     Introduction to Public Relations

COMM360     Argumentation and Advocacy

COMM365     Introduction to Intercultural Communication

ENGL200     Personal and Public Writing

ENGL202     Business Communication

ENGL201     Technical Writing

ENGL302     Technical Writing II

ENGL396     Rhetoric and Style

 

Leadership, Management, and Organizations

 

ANTH415     Anthropology of Education

ECON375     Labor Economics

ECON430     Managerial Economics

HIST462     American Labor History

MGMT130     Principles of Management

MGMT140     Human Resources Management

MGMT303     Organizational Behavior

MGMT340     Labor Relations

MGMT375     Personnel Development

POLI279     Introduction to Public Administration

POLI399     Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector

POLI495     Administrative Law and Regulation

PSYC313     Industrial and Organizational Psychology

SOCI332     Sociology of Organizations

 

Local and Regional Affairs

 

ANTH426     Seminar: New England Ethnic and Regional Communities

ECON350     Urban Economic Problems and Policies

GEOG353     Urban Geography

GEOG462     Principles of Urban and Regional Planning

GEOG463     Applications in Urban Planning

HIST464     New England Textile Communities: Social and Economic History

POLI277     American Government: State and Local

POLI376     Urban Politics

SOCI306     Cities and People: Urban Sociology

SOCI426     Seminar: New England Ethnic and Regional Communities

 

Politics, Economics, and Governance

 

ANTH331     Political Anthropology

ECON101     Principles of Microeconomics

ECON102     Principles of Macroeconomics

GEOG350     Economic Geography

GEOG355     Political Geography

GEOG431     Environmental Regulations

HIST443     United States History: The Early National Period

PHIL322     Philosophy of Law

POLI340     Law and Economics (cross listed with ECON 340)

POLI341     Constitutional Law and Politics: The Powers of Government

POLI372     Legislative Process and Procedure

POLI375     American Political Parties and Interest Groups

POLI380     Public Opinion and Mass Political Behavior

POLI390     Public Finance

POLI391     The American Presidency

POLI479     Public Policy

POLI495     Administrative Law and Regulation

 

Social Justice and Social Change

 

ANTH115     Anthropology of Race, Class, and Gender

ANTH208     Anthropology of Women

ANTH204     Global Human Issues

ANTH305     Culture Change

ANTH319     Contemporary Native Americans

ANTH435     Seminar: Global Feminism

GEOG333     Environmental Justice

HIST453     United States History: Progressive Era

HIST465     African-American History

HIST466     Women in American History

INTD240     Critical Perspectives in Women's Studies

PHIL235     Human Rights and Human Liberties

POLI342     Constitutional Law and Politics: The First Amendment

POLI343     Constitutional Law and Politics: Liberty and Equality

POLI389     Racial Politics in the United States

POLI476     Women and Politics

PSYC310     Social Psychology

SCWK250     Introduction to Social Welfare

SCWK270     Social Work Issues of Diversity and Oppression

SCWK333     Social Work with the Aged and Their Families

SCWK350     Social Welfare Policy

SCWK415     Social Services in Alcohol and Substance Abuse

SCWK432     Social Work Practice with Communities and Individuals

SOCI103     Social Problems

SOCI104     Social Human Issues

SOCI304     Social Inequality

SOCI312     Discrimination and Prejudice

SOCI315     Race and Ethnicity in America

SOCI316     Collective Behavior and Social Movements

 

 

Last Modified: October 7, 2009