Plan of Study – Community Leadership

Note: A Semester Hour (s.h.) is a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (such as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester. Most courses are two, three or four semester hours.

Community Leadership: Cert Comp

Community Leadership: Certificate of Completion

Certificate Courses (Minimum of 13 semester hours required.)

PSC 1510 American Government (3 s.h.)

American political structure to include the organization, powers, functions and services of national, state and local government and their interdependence in seeking solutions to contemporary social, economic, and political issues.

SOC 1020 Introduction to Sociology (3 s.h.)

Foundations and principles of social order, social control, social institutions, and social life in America and other cultures. Focus on how people’s conditions, character, and life chances are influenced by organizations and institutions. Emphasis on critical thinking about practices and beliefs in a variety of social contexts.

SOC 1300 Introduction to Community Leadership (1 s.h.)

Introduce the skills needed for active civic engagement with the goal of positive community transformation. Exploration of civic engagement, community involvement, advocacy, and planned change.

SOC 3120 Diversity, Discrimination, and Social Justice (3 s.h.)

Issues of diversity, discrimination, and social justice with particular attention given to institutions that provide human services (sociology, criminal justice, nursing, gerontology, social work, psychology, education): how marginalized populations (e.g. race/ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, social class, medical/mental disability) are socially constructed; how these groups have been affected in the contexts of social stratification; institutional and structural discrimination; how economic, political, and cultural systems pose challenges to these marginalized groups; exploration of possible solutions.

SOC 4890 Seminar in Community Leadership (3 s.h.)

Obtain skills needed for active civic engagement with the goal of positive community transformation. Analysis of civic engagement and community involvement application in the role of community advocacy and planned change. Prerequisites: SOC 1300 and SOC 3120.

Recommended Support Courses

Recommended Support (Minimum of 3 semester hours recommended.)

RST 3100 Franciscan Values, Social Justice, and Service (3 s.h.)

Study of the life and legacy of Francis of Assisi as a prism for exploring social justice issues and the key Franciscan values not only essential to the Catholic perspective on the world and human existence, but also relevant to the perspectives of other religious traditions of the world. Analysis of the implications for addressing ecological responsibility and the call to justice, peace, and respect for all persons.