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Mar 14, 2025
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Civic Leadership Minor
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Coordinator: Kara Dillard
Phone: (540) 568-3979
Email: dillarkn@jmu.edu
The minor program will provide students with the civic knowledge, skills and judgment to be engaged citizens that impact the world. It intends to prepare students to be civic leaders in addressing today’s most pressing problems, ranging from income inequality, social justice, economic development, threats to democracy and human rights, global justice, and climate change. Embedded within the traditional academic fields of all of JMU’s colleges, the minor provides trans-disciplinary problem solvers and civic leaders.
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Core Course Requirements
Students completing the internship or project for three credits must then complete an additional course in the elective categories for a total of 12 elective credits. Required Course: 3 Credit Hours
Choose one of the following options: 3-6 Credit Hours
Core Course Requirements Total: 6-9 Credit Hours
Restricted Electives: 9-12 Credit Hours
Students must take at least three credits from each of the following three elective categories outlined below. Category 1: Critical, Historical, Legal and Political Foundations of Civic Leadership: 3 Credit Hours
Understanding the critical, historical, legal and political foundations of civil society, civic behaviors and leadership for the common good. Students must select at least three credits from the following courses: Category 2: Civic Science and Technology: 3 Credit Hours
Understanding the role of science, technology, and how to use science-based design thinking and development to improve civil society and civic life for the common good. Students must select at least three credits from the following courses: Category 3: Practicing Community Civic Leadership: 3 Credit Hours
Developing and practicing the skills needed to improve civic life for the common good. Students must select at least three credits from the following courses: |
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