The Civic Life Seminar engages with foundational questions of civic life and supports students in developing and practicing skills that are needed for active citizenship. At the heart of these activities is the need to work with others to tackle problems in communities we care about, and so students will become well-versed in principles of collective action, communication, and the science of collaboration. Weekly meetings will involve a mix of reading, presentations by guest speakers, discussion, and reflection. As part of the Minor in Civic Life, students take this seminar class for two semesters. Those taking it for the first time will engage in several relatively-short community engagement activities in which they practice putting ideas from the class into practice. Those taking it for the second time will be taking it as a capstone class, and be required to independently develop, implement, and present a more extensive community engagement project.
