Civic Engagmnt/Community Leade

Catalog description

A capstone course for the minor in Civic Engagement and Community Leadership and the Social Sciences Concentration in Community Organizing. The course combines classroom instruction on issues related to community leadership, community planning, community organizing, fund raising, and nonprofit agency management. The goal of the course is to prepare students for a service learning project in collaboration with one of the University's partnering agencies in the Southeast Neighborhoods of Indianapolis. These service learning projects represent a capstone experience for students and projects would be required to provide something of lasting value to the community. Participation in the UIndy Service Learning Expo is a requirement of the course. (Cross-listed as SOC 401)