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Community Engagement Minor

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College of Arts and Sciences


Community Engagement

The Community Engagement Minor is an interdisciplinary program designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills that enable them to solve the problems facing their community. Using a blended theoretical and practical framework, this innovative hands-on approach to service learning emphasizes practical experience, civic responsibility, and real-world application to address community problems.

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Core Concepts of Community Engagement

Community Development

  • Foster community growth
  • Address community problems
  • Promote sustainable development

Volunteerism & Service Learning

  • Hands-on experience
  • Service learning opportunities

Leadership

  • Leadership skills
  • Ethical decision-making
  • Strategies for effective community leadership

Real-World Experience

  • Practical experience with public and private organizations
  • Internship opportunities
  • Community connections

Social Advocacy

  • Strategies for creating inclusive communities
  • Advocating for the disenfranchised through empathy and understanding
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Program Information

The community engagement minor is an interdisciplinary minor consisting of 18/19 credit hours. The program consists of 7 hours of core courses Beyond the core courses, students take an additional 3 hours in internship and an additional 8/9 hours in approved courses for the minor.

Core:

  • INTS 1030: Introduction to Community Engagement
  • INTS 3030: Advanced Community Engagement
  • INTS 4030: Community Engagement Portfolio

Please see the Course Catalog for further information on elective and internship courses and course descriptions. Please not that departmental pre-requisites must be satisfied for some courses.

 

 

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Why should you minor in Community Engagement?

While the minor complements any UTC major as it prepares students to engage in critical thinking and real-world application, a minor in Community Engagement can open doors to a variety of career opportunities including, but not limited to:

  • Community Outreach Coordinator
  • Social Worker
  • Urban Planner
  • Policy Analyst
  • Community Health Advocate
  • Nonprofit Management
  • Ministry
  • Criminologist
  • Law
  • Community Organizer
  • Public Relations Specialist
  • Grant Writer
  • Accountant

The minor will help students develop soft skills desirable to employers such as leadership, communication, problem solving, and cultural competency. While many of our minors will explore a variety of careers from social work to engineering, our goal is to create lifelong community advocates that will give back to their community.

College of Arts and Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences