Civic Engagement Minor

Explore how political and community engagement can influence policy decisions and solve public problems. From attending a protest or rally to calling an elected official to volunteering for a campaign, there are many different ways individuals can be engaged civically.

Courses teach students about how social change occurs, how members of a community can work together and how individuals can affect public policy issues. This minor offers answers to the long-standing question “can one person really make a difference?”

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Curriculum

To broaden your knowledge about public participation in the United States, we will focus on the theories of democratic participation, social equity and collaborative governance in institutions, while utilizing participation techniques to solve public policy problems in an experiential setting.

Required Course:

PUBAFRS 2110 Introduction to Public Affairs

Choose One Course:

PUBAFRS 2120 Public Service and Civic Engagement
PUBAFRS 5120 Social Change Advocacy: Organization, Mobilization, and Activism

Choose one from the following list:

PUBAFRS 4510 Law and Public Affairs
PUBAFRS 4020 Contemporary Issues in Governance: Washington, D.C.
POLITSC 3912 Political Leadership
POLITSC 4152 Campaign Politics
POLITSC 4160 Public Opinion
POLITSC 4164 Political Participation and Voting Behavior
POLITSC 4165 The Mass Media and American Politics
SWK 3201 Social and Economic Justice
SWK 5015 Social Work and the Law

Choose one course from the following list:

PUBAFRS 2130 Leadership in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors
PUBAFRS 2150 Introduction to Nonprofit Organizations
PUBAFRS 2170 Equity, Justice and Public Service
PUBAFRS 4021 Policy Analysis Application: Washington, D.C.
PUBAFRS/AFAMAST/COMPSTD 5240 Race and Public Policy
PUBAFRS 5250 Poverty, Inequality and Public Policy
POLITSC 4127 Governing Urban America
COMLDR 3530 Foundations of Personal and Professional Leadership
COMLDR 3535 Toward Cultural Proficiency
COMLDR 4430 Leadership in Teams and Community Organizations
CRPLAN 3500 The Socially Just City
ENR 3500 Community, Environment and Development
SOCIOL 3463 Social Stratification: Race, Class and Gender
SWK 4503 Generalist Practice with Larger Systems

Choose one from the following list:

PUBAFRS 4191.01/.02/.03 Internship in Public Affairs
EDUCST 5880.04S Inter-professional Education: Collaboration in Urban Communities
ESHESA 2571S Leadership in Community Service
ENGLISH 4567S Rhetoric and Community Service: A Writing Seminar
WGSST 3385 Women in Political Leadership
Approved Service Learning Class
Approved Internship Credit from Other Department

Additional Program Detail

Declaring the Minor

To add a minor at the Glenn College, contact the advising office.
The minor coursework must be approved by the Glenn College. Once the minor program is filed in the college office, any changes to coursework must be submitted for approval.
The minor program form must be filed by the time the graduation application is submitted to a college/school counselor.

Credit Hour Requirements and Transfers

Requirements:

This program is not required for graduation.
A minimum of 15 credit hours are required for completion.
A minimum of six credit hours must be at the 3000 level or above.

Transfers:

A student is permitted to count up to six total hours of transfer credit and/or credit by examination toward the minor.

Overlap

Three credit hours may be overlapped between this minor and a major or another minor.
G.E. overlap is permitted up to six total hours

Requirements for completion

Grade requirements for earning a minor:

Minimum C- for a course to be listed on the minor.
Minimum 2.00 cumulative point-hour ratio required for the minor.
Coursework graded Pass/Non-Pass cannot count on the minor.
No more than three credit hours of courses graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory may count toward the minor.

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Civic Engagement Minor

Curriculum

Additional Program Detail

Declaring the Minor

Credit Hour Requirements and Transfers

Overlap

Requirements for completion

For More Information

Contact:

Glenn College minors help you make a major impact.

Civic Engagement Minor

Curriculum

Required Foundational Courses (six credit hours)

Political Engagement (three hours)

Community Engagement (three credit hours)

Experiential Requirement (three credit hours)

Additional Program Detail

Declaring the Minor

Credit Hour Requirements and Transfers

Overlap

Requirements for completion

For More Information

Contact:

Glenn College minors help you make a major impact.