Mar 28, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 [Archived Catalog]

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UC 2120 - Theories & Praxis of Civic Engagement & Leadership


This course focuses on understanding leadership, civic engagement and social change in the global, national and local contexts. We utilize the loci of our identities to frame the meaning we derive from leadership and civic engagement.

Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to Identify a contemporary leadership theories and illustrate how those theories and issues can contribute to informed citizenship.
  • Students will be able to assess the citizen’s role in an always evolving, culturally diverse world of community and individual rights as well as responsibilities in relation to leadership.
  • Students will be able to formulate and present personal philosophy and values in relation to leadership.
  • Students will be able to construct and apply the concept of civic engagement and strategies for enhancing civic engagement and advancing social justice in diverse contexts.
  • Students will be able to exhibit their leadership capacities and skills for fostering civil discourse and effective professional practices in the nonprofit and civil society sector.
  • Students will be able to identify the key civic values, attitudes and expectations that motivate them personally as well as others to engage in civic action and leadership.



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