CMAC - Community Action Minor

• Communities in theory and practice (select one or propose your own, with approval of Director):

  • CACT 101. Community Action Gateway: Envisioning Social Change

  • CTYP 101. Introductory Seminar in Urban Studies

  • URST 101. Introduction to Urban Studies

• Methods for community learning (select one or propose your own, with approval of Director):

  • CACT 102. Community Action Gateway: Building Knowledge for Social Change

  • LAAL 200. Action Research Methods in Hartford

  • MATH 207. Statistical Data Analysis

  • PBPL 220. Research and Evaluation

  • POLS 242. Political Science Research Methods

  • PSYC 221L. Research Design and Analysis (prerequisite: PSYC 101)

  • RHET 225. The Rhetoric of Broad Street

  • SOCL 201L. Research Methods in the Social Sciences (prerequisite: SOCL 210, MATH 107, or MATH 207)

  • URST 201. From Hartford to World Cities

  • URST 301. Community Development Strategies

• Concentration areas: Students choose a unifying theme for your community action interests, and describe how three courses you have selected address it. At least one course must have a community learning component, and they should come from at least two different departments or programs. Possible themes include: architecture, design, and community life; arts and community; community development and planning; community and public planning; communities in international context; community stories in words and pictures; culture and immigration; education and public policy; environmental policy and community action; human rights, local and global; public health and policy; or social movements and social change.

• Capstone: Seniors in the minor will complete a capstone that demonstrates integration of theory, practice, methods, and themes throughout the minor. Choose one of the following:

  • CLIC 301. Community Action Integrated Internship-students must arrange a one-credit internship for 8 hours/week with a community organization and design an academic writing component with the faculty sponsor (usually the Director)

  • CLIC 400. Community Learning Research Colloquium — open to students who are accepted into Community Learning Research Fellows program, with application deadline in spring (for fall semester)

  • LAAL 201. Hartford Research Project — open to students accepted in Action Lab (fall or spring)

How to declare: Use the Community Action Minor Advising Guide to start planning your courses. Contact the minor coordinator, Erica Crowley, Director of Community Learning, to discuss your plans.