Civic Leadership Minor

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(24 creditss)

The civic leadership minor prepares active, engaged citizens who devise and implement responses to complex contemporary issues through grassroots activism and leadership in political, philanthropic, and business sectors. The program is intellectually and experientially based, giving balanced attention to theoretical understanding and civic capacity building.

Required courses (15 credits):

PHIL 201 - Ethics and the Good Life 3 credits
PSCI 107 - United States Diversity: Contemporary American Issues 3 credits
PSCI 201 - Introduction to American Politics 3 credits
PSCI 330 - Introduction to Public Administration 3 credits
WS 450 - Student Activism in Theory and Practice 3 credits

Electives(9 credits):

Internship or fieldwork or

RCSM 485 - Community Development and Nonprofit Organizations 3 credits

and:

Approved electives open to any major (3-6 credits):

Students who take 6 credits of internship/fieldwork/RCSM 485 will take 3 credits of approved electives; students who take 3 credits of internship/fieldwork/RCSM 485 will take 6 credits of approved electives.

COMM 311 - Interpersonal Communication 3 credits
COMM 312 - Introduction to Persuasion Theory 3 credits
COMM 416 - Cross-Cultural Communication 3 credits
COMM 455 - Organizational Communication 3 credits
COMM 466 - Public Relations Case Analysis 3 credits
COMM 470 - Public Relations Campaign Planning 3 credits
COMM 483 - Gender Communication 3 credits
COUN 415 - Group Dynamics Laboratory 3 credits
CRIM 222 - Police-Community Relations 3 credits
ENVI 356 - Water and Environmental Health 3 credits
ENVI 460 - Conservation and Sustainability of Natural Resources 3 credits
ENVI 420 - Urban Geography 3 credits
ENVI 418 - Political Geography 3 credits
HIST 404 - Internship in Public History 3 credits
HLTH 210 - Principles of Environmental Health 3 credits
HLTH 352 - Environmental Laws and Administration 3 credits
PHIL 306 - Business Ethics 3 credits
PSCI 305 - State and Local Government 3 credits
PSCI 308 - The Judicial Process 3 credits
PSCI 495 - Internship in Political Science 3-9 credits
PSCI 497 - Field Work in Political Science 1-6 credits
PSY 270 - Psychological Orientation to Social Psychology 3 credits
PSY 340 - Cognition in Everyday Life 3 credits
RCSM 150 - Introduction to Nonprofit Management 3 credits
RCSM 462 - American Humanics Management Institute 1 credits
SOWK 130 - Introduction to the Fields of Social Welfare 3 credits
SOWK 240 - Family and Child Welfare 3 credits
WS 200 - Introduction to Women’s Studies 3 credits
WS 475 - Fieldwork in Women’s Studies 3 credits

Note:

Students may petition for courses not listed above to count for approved elective credit.

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