Community Change
Minor or Integrative Studies Concentration Only
The Community Change Studies (CCS) minor or concentration prepares students to fill the need for talented, skilled individuals to work on issues of poverty, race and community-building.
Our interdisciplinary approach offers students the tools to be critical thinkers, team builders, organizers and agents of positive, social change in a range of careers and in their lives.
Students work on local and campus issues, and explore topics such as social and political power; race, culture, class and gender; the history of social movements; and listening skills, relationship building and critical analysis.
A minimum of 18 credit hours of upper-level coursework is required
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core: | 6 | |
| Organizing and Leadership | ||
or HHS 350 | Comm Organizing for Health | |
| Senior Capstone in Community Research | ||
| Select 3 credit hours of approved community-based research in any of the following: academic service learning course (ASL), independent study, internship. 1 | 9 | |
| Comparat. American Identities | ||
| Power & Privilege in Southeast Michigan | ||
| Immigrant Cultures and Gender | ||
| Project Management and Leadership Skills | ||
| Writing for Civic Literacy | ||
| Public Comm and Culture Stdies | ||
| Justice, Crime and Environment | ||
| Heterodox Economics | ||
| Ecological Economics | ||
| Comm Organizing for Health | ||
| Women Leadership/Social Change | ||
| Civil Rights Movement in Amer | ||
| Labor in America | ||
| Immigration in America | ||
| Urban Politics | ||
| Environmental Politics | ||
| Organizing and Leadership | ||
| Revitalizing Cities | ||
| Urban Sociology | ||
| Political Sociology | ||
| Inside Out Prison Exchange | ||
| Public Argument and Advocacy | ||
| 20th Century Public Argument | ||
| Gender and Globalization | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 15 | |
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Please visit the Academic Service Learning (ASL) webpage for approved ASL courses.
- A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required for the minor/concentration. The GPA is based on all coursework required within the minor (excluding prerequisites).
- The use of transfer credit, field placements, internships, seminars, S/E graded courses, and independent study/research courses is limited to 3 credits in a 12 credit hour minor/concentration and 6 credits in a 15 credit hour and above minor/concentration.
- Courses within a minor/concentration cannot be taken as Pass/Fail (P/F).
- Minors requiring 12 credits may share one course with a major. Minors requiring 15 credits or more may share two courses with a major. This does not apply to concentrations for the Integrative Studies major.