Courses Offered in Civic Engagement

This course introduces students to the history, key concepts and frameworks of civic engagement in a democracy. Students explore university-community relationships, power structures, the role of a civically engaged member of a community and how individuals and groups create and sustain social change. Using both traditional and community engaged scholarship, students critically examine a variety of social justice issues and the role of multiple stakeholders and research in addressing these problems. Three lecture hours per week.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Pers Growth & Responsibility

This course invites students to develop their writing skills as they advocate for issues of importance to them and to North Shore communities. Students will study, analyze and create forms of writing to advocate for social change to a variety of public audiences including letters to the editor, social media communications, news releases and position papers. These projects will prepare students to write in academic contexts, the workplace, policy settings and the civic sphere. This class fulfills W-I requirement in the general education curriculum. Three lecture hours.

3.00 credits

This course fulfills these general education curriculum requirements: Written Communication-Level I

This course provides a capstone research experience for Civic Engagement Minors. The course requires students to undertake an in-depth research project under the direction of a faculty member related to civic engagement and/or to participate in community-based research. Open only to students in the Civic Engagement Minor. Prerequisites: CIV101 Introduction to Civic Engagement, WII

3.00 credits