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CSCS 125

COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE

3 credits.

Examine contemporary issues with an emphasis on the role that individuals and communities play in achieving positive social change. Develop the mindsets and communication skills necessary to work in diverse community contexts. Specific themes may shift based on current events, but often include education reform, racial justice, health equity, alternative economies, food systems, and sustainability.

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Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze community issues and contemporary social movements from human ecological & multicultural perspectives Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify stakeholders and describe the possibilities, values, and limitations of strategies for achieving social change objectives Audience: Undergraduate 3. Link historical and contemporary scholarly authors as it relates to Community-Based and Action-Oriented research Audience: Undergraduate 4. Recognize how power, privilege, and social identity influence the ways diverse individuals and groups experience (and influence) social change Audience: Undergraduate 5. Reflect on how social identities, community contexts, and relative privilege impact the ways they experience and/or agitate for social change Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze community issues and contemporary social movements from human ecological & multicultural perspectives Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify stakeholders and describe the possibilities, values, and limitations of strategies for achieving social change objectives Audience: Undergraduate 3. Link historical and contemporary scholarly authors as it relates to Community-Based and Action-Oriented research Audience: Undergraduate 4. Recognize how power, privilege, and social identity influence the ways diverse individuals and groups experience (and influence) social change Audience: Undergraduate 5. Reflect on how social identities, community contexts, and relative privilege impact the ways they experience and/or agitate for social change Audience: Undergraduate

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