Donald Rodgers, Director
The mission of the program in community service and policy is to help students build knowledge about the important role of nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, and volunteerism in generating policy responses to significant social problems, and to combine classroom and experiential learning to better prepare students to make effective contributions to their communities.
A minor in community service and policy consists of six course credits from two different categories and at least three different disciplines plus an approved internship. The internship must be pre-approved by the director.
Category One – Students are required to take three course credits from at least two different disciplines from the following:
ANTH 250 Immigration and the Immigrant Experience
ANTH 263 Whose Amazon?
ANTH 365 Race and Ethnic Relations
ECO 234 Development Economics
ECO 242 Natural Resource/Environmental Economics
ECO 280 Health Economics
HIST 261 Women in America
HIST 282 The Quest for Civil Rights, 1945 to Present
HIST 327 Latin American Social Revolutions
HIST 366 United States: 1945 to Present
PHIL 205 Ethics
PSCI 230/330 Globalization
ENVS 230/330 Globalization
PSCI 332 International Human Rights
PSCI 317 Public Policy
PSCI 430 Comparative Political Development
PSY 255 Health Psychology
PSY 222 Environmental Psychology
PSY 330 Educational Psychology
PSY 410 Stigma and Prejudice
PSY 340 Cultural Psychology
SOC 350 Women in American Social Movements
Other courses may be appropriate and relevant to students’ specific interest and may be included with director’s approval.
Category Two – Students are required to take three course credits from at least two different disciplines from the following list:
BA 250 Social Enterprise
BA 250 Corporate Social Responsibility
BA 261 Financial Accounting
LEAD 120 Introduction to Leadership (1/2 credit)
LEAD 240 Studies in Leadership (1/2 credit)
LEAD 250/350 Special Topics in Leadership
MATH 120 Elementary Statistics
SOC 270 Social Science Research Methods
PSY 360 Industrial/Organizational Psychology
SPCH 112 Public Speaking
SPCH 222 Interpersonal Communication
SPCH 352 Organizational Communication
SPCH 455 Intercultural Communication
SSCI 120 Social Science Statistics
Other courses may be appropriate and relevant to students’ specific interests and may be included with director’s approval.
260 Intermediate Directed Study in Community Service and Policy
(Variable course credit)
460 Advanced Directed Study in Community Service and Policy
(Variable course credit)
490 Independent Study in Community Service and Policy
