Description
The purpose of this course is to help students build the leadership skills, knowledge, and habits necessary for civic engagement. To adequately prepare for a lifetime of civic engagement, students must grapple with foundational leadership questions relating to power, morality, and ethics. This course incorporates experiential/service learning, a proven civic education practice, that extends lessons beyond the classroom and into the community.
Designation
Diversification: Social Sciences — DS
Course Student Learning Outcomes (CSLOs)
- Analyze leadership potential based on a thorough examination of leadership style, vision, and values.
- Analyze core beliefs relating civic leadership to power, morality, ethics, and integrity.
- Examine the benefits and consequences of civic leadership.
- Apply social science approaches to civic engagement activities.