LIBA - Community Leadership & Civic Engagement Curriculum
The Community Leadership and Civic Engagement (CLCE) concentration is an interdisciplinary concentration within Stockton’s existing Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies (LIBA) degree. It is designed for students interested in becoming leaders and shapers of community, governmental, cultural, environmental, or humanities-based institutions.
It incorporates a core set of General Studies classes with a range of disciplinary courses across the university that allows students to operationalize their LIBA learning plan in community-engaged ways. Through a combination of courses, service learning, independent study or internship experiences, students can take advantage of experiential learning opportunities in Atlantic City and County, translate academic learning into real-world experiences, and develop the knowledge, skills and values central to community leadership and engagement.
The CLCE concentration under LIBA requires students to take two courses required of all LIBA students. (Note: both courses have cognates in the CLCE curriculum.)
- GEN 1032/2250 Introduction to Liberal Studies
- GEN 2248 Perspectives on Civic Engagement OR GEN 3851 Service Learning
Students in the LIBA CLCE concentration will work closely with their preceptors and faculty mentors, as the current LIBA structure requires, to devise an individualized program of study that includes a selection of 4 additional core courses from the list below, classes which emphasize the knowledge, skills and values of engagement, leadership and service.
Select up to two courses at the 2000-level, and at least two courses from the 3000/4000-level electives below, for a total of four courses.
- GEN 1043 Tools for Social Change (cognate for GEN 2248)
- GEN 1046 The Urban City (cognate for GEN 2250)
- GSS 1080 Race, Place and Public History (cognate for GEN 2250)
Critical Thinking and Social Problem Solving
- ANTH 2245 Race, Ethnicity and Immigration
- GAH 2350 Black Men in America
- GAH 2405 Dissent in America
- GAH 2273 Bob Dylan
- GEN 2101 Leadership Strategy and Change (Service Learning only)
- GEN 2358 Women, Gender and Sexuality
- GSS 2119 Law for Life
- GSS 2428 Digital Writing and Social Change
- GSS 2480 The Sixties
- GSS 2251 Nonprofits and Your Community
- GSS 3615 Place Matters
- POLS 3648 Topics: Democracy, Dissent and Disobedience
- SOCY 3255 Black Lives
- SOCY 3628 Urban Sociology
Communities and Culture in Southern New Jersey
- GAH 2275 Introduction to American Studies
- GEN 2119 Jersey Shore Public History
- GEN 2510 Atlantic City: Research Methods
- GNM 2275 Understanding the Impact of Shipwrecks
Leadership Theory and Practice
- GEN 3158 Purpose-Driven Leadership
- GSS 3119 Deviance and Leadership
- GIS 3673 Understanding Global Learning
- PSYC 3285 Industrial and Organization Psych
Campaign/Project Design/Experiential Learning
- GEN 3851 Service Learning (cognate for GEN 2248)
- GEN 3242 Farm to Table: The Backyard Homestead
- GIS 3307 Why Poetry Matters
- GIS 3686 Disability Rights Around the World
- GNM 3342 Conservation Photography
- GSS 3184 Community Schools: Urban Change Agents
- ENVL 3310 Environmental Planning* (pre-req or waiver)
- ENVL 3311 Regional Planning* (pre-req or waiver)
- SUST 3320 Business and Sustainability
3000-4000 Level Elective
CLCE Senior Seminar or Project
Students may also propose a Service Learning other community-based project occurring through another GIS course or 4000level course.
- GIS 3669 Women in Protest
- GIS 4480 International Tourism and Development (w study tour)
- GIS 4626 The Medical Humanities
- GIS 4652 Atlantic City: Past as Prologue
- GIS 4648 Women in Leadership
- GIS 4653 Identity, Culture and Imagination GIS 4655 Greek to Me (w study tour)
- GIS 4658 Global Challenges and Solutions
- GIS 4661 Stockton Votes
