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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CIV 101 Intoduction to Civic Engagement

3 Credit(s) PGR
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.