CIV- Civitas
CIV 110 First Year Seminar
This course will emphasize becoming an engaged, reflective, and responsible citizen of our campus community. The course will introduce first-year students to the liberal arts and to the Core’s theme of Engaged Citizenship and serves as the foundation for Civitas II and other Core courses. Students will develop skills in open-inquiry, respectful dialogue, and critical reading, as well as written and oral communication.
Approved Civitas 110 courses include:
- Be the Change You Wish to See (4)
- But Not a Drop to Drink (4)
- Chemical Soup (4)
- Citizens or Subjects (4)
- Civitas: Cradle to Citizen (4)
- Education and Engaged Citizenship (4)
- Eidos & Koinonia (4)
- Exploring Ethics in Science (4)
- Ford vs Ferrari: Citizen Leadership Through Rivalry (4)
- Freedom to Read: Reading’s Role in Citizenship (4)
- Gaming to Connect (4)
- Have Passport, Will Travel (4)
- Infectious Diseases that Changed the World (4)
- Leap to Engaged Citizenship (4)
- Meeting at the Divide (4)
- Music: Rhythm + Drumming= Engaged Citizenship (4)
- Music as a Catalyst for Change, Healing, and Growth (4)
- Star Wars, Stoicism, and Citizenship (4)
- Storytelling and Change (4)
- The Maddeningly Complicated World of Healthcare (4)
- Think Like a Poet (4)
- Us and Our Environs (4)
- Us and Them (4)
CIV 210 Second Year Seminar
The course will focus on a problem or question related to creating a more just society. The problem or question can apply at the national or international levels, but it could also have some connection to work we can do in our local communities. Some form of community engagement is an expectation. The course will serve as a common sophomore experience and will reinforce the student learning outcomes and written and oral skills introduced in Civitas 110.
Approved Civitas 210 courses include:
- Citizenship without Equity (4)
- Community Citizen Science (4)
- Food Justice (4)
- Hip-Hop and American Injustice (4)
- Judaism and International Relations (4)
- Latinos in U.S. Popular Culture (4)
- Learning and Living Sustainably (4)
- Lies! Disinformation in the Digital Age (4)
- Poverty and Promise in Latin America (4)
- Science Fiction as Social Discourse (4)
- Science is for Everyone (4)
- Technology and Citizenship (4)
- The Energy Landscape (4)
- War and Society (4)