Community Engagement, Minor
Program Description
The minor in Community Engagement is an interdisciplinary program designed to provide students with the skills and creativity to solve problems in their own communities, and to develop students’ own sense of self collective efficacy. The Community Engagement program allows students to build their civic agency, their interpersonal, leadership, and advocacy skills, as well as their academic skills such as critical analysis, appreciation for diversity, and an enhanced understanding of community issues and challenges. The program is ideal for students seeks academic and hands-on opportunities to make a measurable difference in improving the quality of life for citizens in the community and region.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate an appreciation for diversity
- Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively
- Demonstrate an enhanced understanding of community issues and challenges
- Demonstrate the ability and confidence to take initiative to become involved citizens
- Understand knowledge relating to community engagement principles
- Demonstrate an ability to critically analyze problems occurring within society
Program Curriculum
Requirements:
Required Courses:
CEN 200 Introduction to Community and Civic Engagement 3 Credits
CEN 201 Practicum in Community and Civic Engagement 1 Credit
Total Credit Hours: 8 Credits
ONE course from the following
At least 6 credits from any of the following
(in consultation with CEN facilitator):
ANTH 170 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 3 Credits
ART 465 Studio Topics 1-3 Credits
BIO 132 Introductory Ecology 3 Credits
BIO 133 Laboratory in Introductory Ecology 1 Credit
COMM 215 Introduction to Interpersonal Communication 3 Credits
COMM 343 Communication and Social Influence 3 Credits
COMM 451 Environmental Communication 3 Credits
CRM 230 Law Enforcement & Society 3 Credits
CRM 240 Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice 3 Credits
ECON 200 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credits
ECON 321 The Economics of Social Issues 3 Credits
WRT 370 Creative Nonfiction I 3 Credits
AST 278 The Night Sky 3 Credits
ENT 330 Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation 3 Credits
GERO 101 Introduction to Gerontology 3 Credits
HIST 302 Introduction to Public History 3 Credits
JRN 200 Introduction to Journalism 3 Credits
JRN 370 Global News in Context 3 Credits
JRN 371 Reporting Cultural Diversity 3 Credits
MGT 295 Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior 3 Credits
MGT 403 Ethical and Social Issues for the Manager 3 Credits
MUS 211 Ethnomusicology 3 Credits
PHIL 144 Moral Issues 3 Credits
PS 230 American State and Local Government 3 Credits
PSY 125 Environment & Behavior 3 Credits
PSY 250 The Psychology of Community Service 3 Credits
PSY 420 Cross-Cultural Psychology 3 Credits
PSY 430 Intergroup Relations 3 Credits
PSY 380 Psychology of Dying and Death 3 Credits
ART 465*, ECON 321*, ENT 301* HIST 403*, HIST 405*, JRN 370*, JRN 371*, MGT 403*, PSY 125*, PSY 250*, PSY 420*, PSY 430*, PSY 380*
* = Indicates prerequisite and/or permission required.Total Credit Hours: 17-18
Other courses, as approved by the appropriate department chair and the Community Engagement Committee using the Community Engagement course rubric.
(Optional and upon invitation only): The 2-credit course CEN/FYE 301, which may be taken more than once. The course is open only to students with a GPA of 3.0 and higher, and a nomination from a CEN course instructor.
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