| Course ID: | POLS 4645E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Applied Civic Engagement |
Course
Description: | Through online and experiential learning, students explore
definitions of civic engagement as it relates to democratic
citizenship and its historical context, identify and demonstrate
methods of civic engagement that encourage civic life
individually and within a community, and understand limits of
engagement in society. |
| Oasis Title: | Applied Civic Engagement |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
| Prerequisite: | POLS 1101 or POLS 1105H or POLS 1101E |
Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | • Participate in experiential learning throughout the course.
• Develop working knowledge of civic engagement scholarship as
it relates to political science and other related fields.
• Recognize and analyze personal values, experiences, and
potential for becoming civically and politically engaged.
• Demonstrate methods of civic engagement individually and in
community.
• Identify engagement opportunities with a particular issue and
relate local, national, and global social policy to the issue.
• Relate personal academic interests with civic interests and
plan steps to pursue these interests simultaneously. |
| Topical Outline: | • What is civic engagement? What are the main ideas associated
with civic engagement?
• Why civic engagement?
• What is the historical context of democratic citizenship in
the United States, and how do different notions of democracy
influence ideas of engagement?
• What are the limits to engagement? |