Civic Engagement Minor

Three Core Courses:

• PHI 202 - Ethics (1)
• SOC 101 - Sociological Thinking (1)
• ANT 101 - Cultural Anthropology (1)
• Any 100 or 200 level Politics course except POL 182   

One Course in Critical Thinking/Research Methods:

• STA 201 - Statistical Methods I (1)
• PHI 203 - Logic and Critical Thinking (1)

One Course Concerned with Efforts to Address Societal Issues

This category includes courses such as:

• ANT 222 - Applied Anthropology: Environment, Culture, and Sustainability in Appalachia FEE (1)
• ECB 261 - Global Environmental Economics (1)
• ENG 111-3 - Topic: Intersectional Feminism (W) (1)
• ENG 331 - British Literature of the Romantic (1)
• ENG 345 - Late Nineteenth Century American Literature (1)
• ENV 101 - Environmental Perspectives (1)
• EST 123 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies (1)
• GSS 393 - Global Feminisms (1)
• HIS 154 - Making of Modern America (1)
• HIS 255 - American Lives (1)
• HIS 354 - U.S. Social History Since 1940 (1)
• PHI 224 - Environmental Ethics (1)
• POL 182 - Public Policy (American Politics & Public Policy) (1)
• POL 330 - Women and Politics: A Cross-National Perspective (International Relations & Comparative Government) (1)
• POL 332 - Human Rights (International Relations & Comparative Government) (1)
• POL 333 - International Organizations (International Relations & Comparative Government) (1)
• POL 334 - Strategies to Alleviate Poverty (International Relations & Comparative Government) (1)
• POL 346 - Political Economy of Developing Countries (International Relations & Comparative Government) (1)
• POL 361 - Race, Sex, and the Constitution (American Politics & Public Policy) (1)
• POL 363 - Campaigns and Elections (American Politics & Public Policy) (1)
• POL 366 - Constitutional Law: Rights and Liberties (American Politics & Public Policy) (1)
• POL 367 - Urban Politics and Policy (American Politics & Public Policy) (1)
• POL 368 - Environmental Politics and Policy (American Politics & Public Policy) (1)
• POL 371 - Wilderness Politics and Policy (American Politics & Public Policy) (1)
• REL 362 - Holocaust and Response (1)
• PSY 276 - Multicultural Psychology (1)
• SOC 248 - American Indians: Culture, Activism, and Social Justice (1)
• SOC 255 - Media and the Public Mind (1)
• SOC 343 - Women and War (1)
• SOC 348 - Race and Ethnic Relations: Identity, Activism, and Social Justice (1)

One Course in Applied Civic Engagement

This category includes courses such as the following when they include a substantive applied civic engagement component:

• CIV 280 - Internship (1)
• CIV 380 - Internship (1)
• HIS 240 - Public Memory and Public History (1)
• HIS 364 - Documentary Imagination-Depression (1)
• PSY 380 - Internship (Human Services Practicum) (1/4, 1/2, or 1)
• PSY 395 - Human Services Practicum and Seminar (1)

In Addition to the Course in Applied Civic Engagement

A minimum of 25 noncredit hours of civic engagement involvement over the course of at least two semesters including volunteering, activism, and other civic engagement opportunities. At the end of each semester, a student is required to submit a reflective essay assessing these experiences in light of their academic minor program to the Civic Engagement Office, the Civic Engagement Committee and his/her faculty advisor for the minor. The Civic Engagement Committee will notify the Registrar once this requirement is completed.