Political and Civic Engagement Program
Certificate in Political and Civic Engagement
Students on Summer 2018, Fall 2018, or Spring 2019 requirements PACEACRT
Requirements
The certificate requires at least 22 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
- Introductory Course. One (1) course:
- PACE-C 250 Leadership and Public Policy
- PACE-S 250 Honors Leadership and Public Policy
PACE-C 250 Leadership and Public Policy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary introduction to American public leadership and policy making. Explores theoretical and empirical work on American politics and civil society from the local community to the nation\'s capital. Introduces skills of effective political and civic engagement.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of PACE-C 211, PACE-C 250, or PACE-S 250.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
PACE-S 250 Honors Leadership and Public Policy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- For students in the Hutton Honors College. Interdisciplinary introduction to American public leadership and policy making. Explores theoretical and empirical work on American politics and civil society from the local community to the nation's capital. Introduces skills of effective political and civic engagement.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of PACE-C 211, PACE-C 250, or PACE-S 250.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Career course. One (1) course:
- ASCS-Q 295 Design Your Life and Career
- ASCS-Q 296 College to Career II: Navigate Your Arts and Sciences Experience
- POLS-X 299 Careers for Political Science Students
- SPEA-V 252 CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING
ASCS-Q 295 Design Your Life and Career
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Uses design-thinking principles and framework as a way to approach important life decisions with mindfulness and creativity. Includes exploration of majors and careers of interest as well as development of a plan to continue this exploration throughout the college years.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
ASCS-Q 296 College to Career II: Navigate Your Arts and Sciences Experience
- Credits
- 2
- Prerequisites
- At least sophomore standing
- Description
- Explores the relationship between academic and extracurricular choices and life after graduation. Students assess their skills, develop a portfolio to highlight them, and create a plan to address gaps. Focuses on a paradigm of job searching that emphasizes research and highly customized, focused application materials.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of the following: ASCS-Q 296, BUS-T 275, or SPEA-V 252.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
POLS-X 299 Careers for Political Science Students
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Through presentations and discussions with IU alumni with professional careers in law, government, business, non-profits and research institutes, international service, polling, and other fields, introduces various career options available to political scientists as well as how to write a resume and excel in interviews for such opportunities.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of two credit hours.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
SPEA-V 252 CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Issue Forum. One (1) course:
- PACE-C 200 Issue Forum
- PACE-C 440 Forum Discussion Leader
PACE-C 200 Issue Forum
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Dialogue and deliberation activities structured as a half-day forum during which participants interact with an expert panel and discuss a current controversial issue previously selected by PACE student leaders. Includes a pre-forum assignment, active participation in the forum, and a post-forum response paper.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credit hours in PACE-C 200 and PACE-C 400.
PACE-C 440 Forum Discussion Leader
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- Consent of program
- Description
- Training in facilitation of democratic deliberation as preparation for leading small group discussions for the PACE Issue Forum. Includes training, practice, service at the Issue Forum, and debriefing meeting. Final reflection paper required.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credit hours.
- Electives. May be taken before adding the certificate.No more than 6 credit hours may be taken from one department (for instance, POLS or MSCH or SPEA). Electives Course List
- PACE-C 100 Leaders and Leadership
- PACE-C 300 Issues in Political and Civic Engagement
- PACE-C 350 Leadership, Social Movements, and Modern American Politics
- College of Arts and Sciences electives
- AAAD-A 205 Black Electoral Politics
- AAAD-A 407 African American and African Protest Strategies
- AAAD-A 408 Race, Gender, and Class in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- AAAD-A 420 Transforming Divided Communities and Societies
- AAAD-A 427 Cross-Cultural Communication
- AAAD-A 481 Racism and the Law
- AMST-A 201 U.S. Movements and Institutions (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ANTH-E 388 Ethnicity, Class, and the Model U.S. Citizen
- ANTH-E 432 Cultures of Democracy
- CJUS-P 307 Policing Democracies
- CJUS-P 314 Law and Social Science
- CJUS-P 340 Law and Society: The Cross-Cultural Perspective
- CJUS-P 370 Criminal Law
- CJUS-P 375 American Juvenile Justice System
- CLLC-L 120 Politics, Identity, and Resistance (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CLLC-L 320 Collins Symposium (Approved topics: "PAIN, DEATH & LAW" (TPC 11))
- COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- COLL-C 105 Critical Approaches to the Natural and Mathematical Sciences (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- COLL-P 155 Public Oral Communication
- COLL-S 104 Freshman Seminar in Social and Historical Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ECON-E 115 Everyday Economics
- ECON-E 201 Introduction to Microeconomics
- ECON-E 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics
- ENG-L 208 Topics in English and American Literature and Culture (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ENG-R 212 Communicating Sustainability
- ENG-R 222 Democratic Deliberation
- ENG-R 224 Persuasion
- ENG-R 228 Argumentation and Public Advocacy
- ENG-R 321 Rhetoric, Law, and Culture
- ENG-R 339 Freedom of Speech
- ENG-R 340 The Rhetoric of Social Movements
- ENG-R 342 Rhetoric and Race
- ENG-R 348 Environmental Communication
- ENG-R 396 The Study of Public Advocacy
- ENG-W 240 Community Service Writing
- GEOG-G 185 Environmental Change: The End of the World as We Know It?
- GEOG-G 208 Environment and Society
- HISP-S 208 The Language of Leadership
- HIST-A 222 Law in America
- HIST-A 383 Rock, Hip Hop, and Revolution: Popular Music in the Making of Modern America, 1940 to the Present
- HIST-D 201 Democratic Revolutions since 1980
- HON-H 237 Law and Society
- HON-H 238 Politics and Communication
- INTL-I 204 Human Rights and International Law
- INTL-I 206 Peace and Conflict
- MSCH-C 212 Screening Race and Ethnicity
- MSCH-D 413 Global Screen Cultures
- MSCH-F 204 Topics in Media, Culture, and Society (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- MSCH-F 445 Media, Culture, and Politics (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- MSCH-J 300 Communications Law
- MSCH-L 322 Media Policymaking
- MSCH-L 424 Media and the Constitution
- MSCH-S 312 Politics and the Media
- MSCH-S 414 Public Communication Campaigns
- PHIL-P 145 Liberty and Justice: A Philosophical Introduction
- PHIL-P 375 Philosophy of Law
- PHIL-P 376 Leadership and Philosophy
- PHIL-P 393 Biomedical Ethics
- POLS-Y 100 American Political Controversies
- POLS-Y 103 Introduction to American Politics
- POLS-Y 105 Introduction to Political Theory
- POLS-Y 109 Introduction to International Relations
- POLS-Y 202 Politics and Citizenship in the Information Age
- POLS-Y 211 Introduction to Law
- POLS-Y 212 Making Democracy Work
- POLS-Y 249 Religion, Politics, and Public Policy
- POLS-Y 301 Political Parties and Interest Groups
- POLS-Y 304 Constitutional Law
- POLS-Y 305 Constitutional Rights and Liberties
- POLS-Y 306 State Politics in the United States
- POLS-Y 307 Indiana State Government and Politics
- POLS-Y 308 Urban Politics
- POLS-Y 313 Environmental Policy
- POLS-Y 315 Political Psychology and Socialization
- POLS-Y 317 Voting, Elections, and Public Opinion
- POLS-Y 318 The American Presidency
- POLS-Y 320 Judicial Politics
- POLS-Y 324 Gender and Politics
- POLS-Y 325 African American Politics
- POLS-Y 326 American Social Welfare Policy
- POLS-Y 353 The Politics of Gender and Sexuality
- POLS-Y 360 United States Foreign Policy
- POLS-Y 376 International Political Economy
- POLS-Y 379 Ethics and Public Policy
- POLS-Y 381 Classical Political Thought
- POLS-Y 383 Foundations of American Political Thought
- POLS-Y 384 Developments in American Political Thought
- POLS-Y 386
- PSY-P 484 The Science of Moral Judgment
- REL-D 250 Religion, Ecology, and the Self
- REL-D 340 Religion and Bioethics
- REL-D 350 Religion, Ethics, and the Environment
- REL-R 170 Religion, Ethics, and Public Life
- SOC-S 215 Social Change
- SOC-S 217 Social Inequality
- SOC-S 311 Politics and Society
- SOC-S 312
- SOC-S 326 Law and Society
- SOC-S 335 Race and Ethnic Relations
- SOC-S 360 Topics in Social Policy
- Electives Outside the College
- BUS-G 316 SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE
- BUS-G 406 BUS ENTERPRISE & PUBLIC POLICY
- BUS-L 250 LAW AND THE ARTS
- BUS-L 302
- BUS-T 175 KELLEY COMPASS 1
- BUS-T 275 KELLEY COMPASS 2
- BUS-Z 404 EFFECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS
- BUS-Z 447 LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK AND DIVERSITY
- LSTU-L 203 LABOR AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM
- LSTU-L 385 CLASS, RACE, GENDER AND WORK
- POLS-Y 319 The United States Congress
- POLS-Y 329 Racial and Ethnic Politics in the United States
- SPEA-A 450 CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN ARTS ADMINISTRATION
- SPEA-A 459 PUBLIC POLICY AND THE ARTS
- SPEA-E 476 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND REGULATION
- SPEA-H 124 OVERVIEW OF THE U.S. HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
- SPEA-H 324 HEALTH POLICY
- SPEA-S 124 HONORS - OVERVIEW OF THE U.S. HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
- SPEA-S 160 HONORS - NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY
- SPEA-S 161 HONORS - URBAN PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
- SPEA-S 220 HONORS - LAW AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
- SPEA-S 362 HONORS - NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
- SPEA-S 378 HONORS - POLICY PROCESSES IN THE UNITED STATES
- SPEA-S 405 HONORS - PUBLIC LAW AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
- SPEA-S 435 HONORS - NEGOTATIONS AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
- SPEA-V 160 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY
- SPEA-V 161 URBAN PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
- SPEA-V 184 LAW AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
- SPEA-V 221 NONPROFIT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR
- SPEA-V 252 CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING
- SPEA-V 264 URBAN STRUCTURE AND POLICY
- SPEA-V 362
- SPEA-V 378 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROCESSES
- SPEA-V 380 INTERNSHIP IN PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
- SPEA-V 381 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- SPEA-V 388 AMERICAN HUMANICS INTERNSHIP
- SPEA-V 405 PUBLIC LAW AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
- SPEA-V 406 PUBLIC LAW AND THE ELECTORAL PROCESS
- SPEA-V 412 LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS
- SPEA-V 435
- SPEA-V 450 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- SPEA-V 473 MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP, AND POLICY
- SWK-S 102 UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY IN A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY
- SWK-S 251 HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY
- SWK-S 300 SELECTED TOPICS IN SOCIAL WORK (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- SWK-S 352 SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY AND PRACTICE
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An interdisciplinary introduction to concepts of leaders and leadership. Includes research, comparison and analysis of different leaders and leadership styles; examines how the history and theories of leadership evolved; and covers how leaders thrive in different cultural settings, typically in strong relationship with followers.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Intensive study and analysis of selected political or civic engagement issues. Topics will vary and will be listed in the online
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of six credit hours in PACE-C 200 and PACE-C 300.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Case studies of leaders and social movements across the political spectrum and their impact on politics in twentieth- and early twenty-first-century America. Introduces social movement and leadership theories and how they illuminate these studies. Provides opportunities for students to develop their own leadership skills.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The course will explore black participation in the formal structures of American government and in the processes by which these structures are accessed. Black participation in local, state, and federal government arenas will be focused upon, and the political benefits to the black community of these involvements will be assessed.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An examination of the historical roles, structures, the impact of black protest strategies, and the origins of black movements to assess their impact on communities in Africa and in the diaspora.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of the influence of race, gender, and class from a perspective of power and culture. Use of interdisciplinary sources, including essays, fiction, art, and social science research to examine how different social groups vie for representation, self-definition, and power in different social and cultural settings.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Histories, theories, policies, and citizen, state, corporate, nonprofit sector models of transforming past and present societies divided by race, ethnicity, gender, class, caste, tribe, and religion through restorative and distributive justice movements and policies such as civil rights, affirmative action, reparations, and reconciliation tribunals.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey study of national, cultural, and cross-cultural persuasion in theory and practice.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 427 or CMCL-C 427.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Contemporary racial problems in American society with regard to law and constitutional principles of basic freedoms and associated conflicts. Effects of societal norms and impact of racism.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of a social movement, an institutional structure, or an otherwise clearly delimited arena of social regulation and public activity. Constructing, deconstructing, reconstructing an object of social study. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Considers how people's identities influence the ideals and practice of citizenship. Focuses in particular on identities based on ethnicity and class. Examines how ethnicity and class shape discourses of citizenship found in the media and in political and legal spheres.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 388 or CMCL-C 346.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the role of culture in how democracies are practiced. Ethnographic focus varies and includes cross-cultural comparisons of political speech, voting, and democratic representation in different cultures. Particular attention is paid to the dilemmas surrounding the exportation of democracy, especially to the Middle East, Africa, South Africa, the Pacific, and the Balkans.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 432 or CMCL-C 446.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Policing an open society is a challenge that demands protecting as well as safeguarding individual liberty. Examines the issues of democratic policing by focusing on the U.S., India, and other democracies where plural, diverse and multi-religious populations present an extraordinary challenge of governance by democratic means.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Structure and operation of law, legal systems, and legal processes across both civil and criminal justice; the potential role of social science in aiding in understanding that law's creation and implementation, and the potential need for change.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CJUS-P 202 or CJUS-P 314.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Roles of legal institutions and processes in social and cultural systems. Cross-cultural examination of the foundations and contexts of legal forms and content and their relation to social, economic, and political systems and institutions. Analysis of legal impact, legal change, and legal development.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Definition of common crimes in the United States and factors involving the application of criminal law as a formal social control mechanism. Behavior-modifying factors that influence criminal liability and problems created when new offenses are defined.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Structure and operation of the juvenile justice system in the United States, past and present. Analysis of the duties and responsibilities of the juvenile police officer, the juvenile court judge, and the juvenile probation officer.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Topical or "hands-on" introduction to social and historical issues not normally covered by individual departments. Subjects vary each semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The arts, sciences, and professions in their larger contexts. Subjects vary each semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 103 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the arts and humanities Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-C 103 or COLL-S 103.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE CAPPcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 104 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the social and historical studies Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-C 104 or COLL-S 104.
- Fall 2024CASE CAPPcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 105 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the natural and mathematical sciences Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-C 105 or COLL-S 105.
- Fall 2024CASE CAPPcourse
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Prepares students in the liberal arts to communicate effectively with public audiences. Emphasizes oral communication as practiced in public contexts: how to advance reasoned claims in public; how to adapt public oral presentations to particular audiences; how to listen to, interpret, and evaluate public discourse; and how to formulate a clear response.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-P 155, ENG-R 130, CMCL-C 121, or CMCL-C 130.
- Fall 2024CASE POCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Freshman standing
- Description
- Introduction to college-level projects chosen from social and historical studies fields. Students will learn how scholars frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches in a small-class experience with a faculty member. Writing and related skills are stressed. Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-C 104 or COLL-S 104.
- Fall 2024CASE CAPPcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- Cannot be counted toward a major, interdepartmental major, or minor in economics
- Description
- Establishes the foundation necessary to achieve economic literacy by providing an introduction to economic concepts and institutions encountered in daily life: credit markets, inflation, interest rates, taxes, retirement savings, insurance, and the fundamental economic principles underlying these markets.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Scarcity, opportunity cost, competitive and non-competitive market pricing, and interdependence as an analytical core. Individual sections apply this core to a variety of current economic policy problems, such as poverty, pollution, excise taxes, rent controls, and farm subsidies.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ECON-E 201 or ECON-S 201
- Description
- Measuring and explaining aggregate economic performance, money, monetary policy, and fiscal policy as an analytical core. Individual sections apply this core to a variety of current economic policy problems, such as inflation, unemployment, and economic growth.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected works of English or American literature in relation to a single cultural problem or theme. Topics will vary from semester to semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once for credit.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- 'Sustainability' is the capacity to negotiate environmental, social, and economic needs and desires for current and future generations. Traces historical and global discourses of sustainability; defines key terms and frames sustainability; engages related concepts of democracy, citizenship, and community; and develops critical thinking, research, and communication skills.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 212 or ENG-R 212.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Principles and practices of deliberation that enrich democratic culture in civic affairs.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 222 or ENG-R 222.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Motivational appeals in influencing behavior; psychological factors in speaker-audience relationship; contemporary examples of persuasion. Practice in persuasive speaking.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 324 or ENG-R 224.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Reasoning, evidence, and argument in public discourse. Study of forms of argument. Practice in argumentative speaking.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 228 or ENG-R 228.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the range of ways in which rhetoric, law, and culture intersect in the production and maintenance of social and political community.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 321 or ENG-R 321.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An examination of the concept of freedom of speech as a historical, philosophical, legal, and rhetorical concept.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 339 or ENG-R 339.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces rhetorical theories and practices which inform and are informed by the study of social movements. Topics vary and focus on a specific social movement or a range of social movements.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum total of 6 credit hours in CMCL-C 340 and ENG-R 340.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the relationship between rhetoric and race, including the possibilities and implications entailed by an understanding of race as a rhetorical artifact, and rhetoric as a necessarily raced phenomenon.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 342 or ENG-R 342.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This class is grounded in the perspective that symbolic and natural systems are mutually constituted and therefore, the ways we communicate about and with the environment are vital to examine for a sustainable and just future. The focus of the class may vary to engage topics such as environmental tourism or environmental disasters.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 348 or ENG-R 348.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of great rhetorical works in English. Focus on understanding the nature and role of public discourse in addressing significant human concerns.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 406 or ENG-R 396.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Completion of the English composition requirement
- Description
- Integrates service with learning to develop research and writing skills requisite for most academic and professional activities. Students volunteer at a community service agency, write an assignment for public use by the agency, and perform coursework culminating in a research paper on a related social issue.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- How has the global environment changed? How are we influencing Earth's natural processes, now and in the future? Learn about climate change, resource consumption, and land use change.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Just as we shape the environment, the environment shapes us. From globalization to food production to climate change, learn how humans and environments interact.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SLcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the sociolinguistic usage of language as an instrument of power in the establishment of leaders and leadership. Studies language in different domains: the use of language by politicians, the language of media and leading media figures, ideologies toward language and socioeconomic class, its use in law and business. Students acquire tools to analyze language and its sociolinguistic implications.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course will examine the American legal system from the Revolution to the present. It will use trials, judicial opinions, statutes, stories, films, and other materials to study criminal prosecutions, private law suits, constitutional conflicts, and other critical parts of the American legal experience. The basic goals of the course are to help students understand why law has had a powerful role in the development of American society and the consequences of the American reliance on law.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Role of popular music in the social, cultural, political, economic, and technological history of the modern United States. Examines a broad range of musical cultures including rhythm and blues, country, rock and roll, modern jazz, pop, folk, soul, funk, and hip hop. Focus on role of popular music in shaping democracy and power, including class, gender, race, and generation relations.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- In recent decades democratically-oriented revolutions have occurred in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, Latin America, Africa, East and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. What accounts for this phenomenon? What common ideas and practices link them? Why were some more successful than others?
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Law is not merely the normative framework creating order or fairness in public and private institutions. Among other things, it defines relationships among friends, creates predictability in city bus routes, and influences children's moral character. This course considers law beyond the ordinary bounds of the courtroom and lawmaker's chamber.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines communication as a vehicle for conveying political opinion, for forging political identities, for testing political and public ideas, and for understanding how political actors differentiate themselves in the public arena.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on human rights discourse and the role international law, treaties and conventions play in addressing these rights globally. Course is interdisciplinary in theory and method.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines concepts of nationalism and state ideology that shape the world's collective identities and contribute to conflicts nationally and internationally.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Critically examines how race and/or ethnicity are mediated through screen and audio-visual media (including film, video, television, radio, internet) and their cultural contexts. Using humanities approaches, topics might focus on representations and debates within mainstream, art, or alternative media. May address histories of race, racism, and racial justice. Screenings may be required.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 201 or MSCH-C 212.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Covers electronic media\'s role in altering perceptions of time, space, locality, and identity. Explores changing economic, political, and cultural relations in the global media environment. Topics vary and may include global media events, trans-border information flows, cultural differences in media forms and practices.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Relationship between communication media and a range of social institutions, practices, and beliefs. Course may focus on a particular medium and/or period (e.g., television and family, film and the Cold War, censorship and the media). Topic varies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CMCL-C 204 and MSCH-F 204.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the role of media in the political process. Topic varies and may include censorship and free speech, social movements, politics of representation.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CMCL-C 445 or MSCH-F 445.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- A grade of C- or higher in MSCH-C 101 or consent of instructor
- Description
- Explores history and philosophy of laws pertaining to free press and free speech. Covers censorship, libel, contempt, obscenity, right of privacy, copyright, government regulations, and laws affecting the Internet and social media. Stresses responsibilities and freedoms in a democratic communications systems.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of MSCH-H 300 or MSCH-J 300.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- A grade of C- or higher in MSCH-C 207; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Overview of basic U.S. law and government. Specific analysis of who makes U.S. media policy, how it is done, and its effects. Course includes a case study of recent policymaking that varies each semester.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- A grade of C- or higher in MSCH-C 207 or MSCH-C 213; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Surveys the constitutional foundations of telecommunications law and policy in the United States. Primary focus on the philosophies informing the freedom of speech and press traditions, the First Amendment and how it applies to electronic media, and government regulations purporting to promote First Amendment values.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the relationship between media and modern politics. Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of MSCH-S 312 or TEL-T 312.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- A grade of C- or higher in MSCH-C 213; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Theoretical backgrounds of media campaigns; analyses of persuasion strategies, campaign goals, communication media, audiences, and campaign effectiveness. Case studies of campaigns for social action; original analysis of specific campaigns.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of MSCH-S 414 or TEL-T 414.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Fundamental problems of social and political philosophy: the nature of the state, political obligation, freedom and liberty, equality, justice, rights, social change, revolution, and community. Readings from classical and contemporary sources.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: 3 credit hours of philosophy
- Description
- Selective survey of philosophical problems concerning law and the legal system. Topics include nature and validity of law, morality and law, legal obligation, judicial decision, rights, justice, responsibility, and punishment.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Allegiance to a philosophical vision of "the right" and "the good" seems to be an important foundation for successful leadership. This course aims to study the connections between leadership and philosophy, by focusing on diverse and illuminating case studies of philosophically-informed leaders such as George Washington, Mahatma Gandhi, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A philosophical consideration of ethical problems that arise in current biomedical practice, e.g., with regard to abortion, euthanasia, determination of death, consent to treatment, and professional responsibilities in connection with research, experimentation, and health care delivery.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores various controversies in American politics, from the motivations of the American Founders to debates about civil rights and liberties and other public disagreements. Examines what types of arguments have been used in public debate about these controversies and how such arguments can be made effectively.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the nature of government and the dynamics of American politics. Origin and nature of the American federal system and its political party base.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Perennial problems of political philosophy, including relationships between rulers and ruled, nature of authority, social conflict, character of political knowledge, and objectives of political action.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of POLS-Y 105 or POLS-Y 215.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Causes of war, nature and attributes of the state, imperialism, international law, national sovereignty, arbitration, adjudication, international organization, major international issues.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of POLS-Y 109 or POLS-Y 219.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the influence of the news media on citizen preferences and behavior in the information age. Analysis of the forces shaping the media, the relation between the media and politics, and the effect on citizens. Topics include decision making and development of critical skills in response to the information age.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to law an aspect of government and politics, and as a means of dealing with major social problems. Students will study legal reasoning, procedures, and materials, and may compare other nation's legal systems. The course usually includes a moot court or other forms of simulation.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Nature and justifications for democratic politics and the problems confronting democracy today. Demise of liberalism in America; rise of identity politics and its significance; racial inequality and the problems of deliberative democracy; problems of political alienation and participation.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the effects of religious belief, behavior, and institutions on political processes and public policy. Implications of religion as an alternative source of public legitimacy in contemporary societies. Topics may include controversies or developments in American, comparative, or international politics.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Theories of American party activity; behavior of political parties, interest groups, and social movements; membership in groups; organization and structure; evaluation and relationship to the process of representation.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- American political powers and structures; selected Supreme Court decisions interpreting American constitutional system.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Extent and limits of constitutional rights; selected Supreme Court decisions interpreting American constitutional system.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Comparative study of politics in the American states. Special emphasis on the impact of political culture, party systems, legislatures, and bureaucracies on public policies.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Constitutional foundations, political development, organizational and functional process and growth, and current problems of Indiana government. Readings, case studies, problems.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Political behavior in modern American communities; emphasizes the impact of municipal organization, city officials and bureaucracies, social and economic notables, political parties, interest groups, the general public, and protest organizations on urban policy outcomes.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the processes of social decision reconciling human demands on the natural world with the ability of nature to sustain life and living standards. Analyzes the implications for public policies in complex sequential interactions among technical, economic, social, and political systems and considers the consequences of alternative courses of action.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of the relationship between personality and politics. Use of major psychological theories and concepts to understand the attitudes and behavior of mass publics and political elites.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Determinants of voting behavior in elections. The nature of public opinion regarding major domestic and foreign policy issues; development of political ideology; other influences on the voting choices of individuals and the outcomes of elections; relationships among public opinion, elections, and the development of public policy.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of the American presidency both in historical setting and in contemporary context. Topics such as presidential elections, roles and resources of the president, structures and processes of the presidency, presidential leadership and behavior, relationships of the presidency and other participants in policy making.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the American judicial system in the contemporary context. Analysis of the trial and appellate courts with a focus on the United States Supreme Court. Topics include analyses of the structure of the judicial system, the participants in the system, and the policy making processes and capabilities of the legal system. The course concludes with an assessment of the role of courts in a majoritarian democracy.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of women in contemporary political systems, domestic or foreign, with emphasis on political roles, participation, and public policy. Normative or empirical examination of how political systems affect women and the impact women have on them. Topics vary semester to semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the African American political condition, with special emphasis on political thought and behavior. The course analyzes not only how the political system affects African Americans, but also the impact African Americans have on it. Themes for this course may vary.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Values and social welfare policy. Development, current status, politics and proposals for reform of social security and private pensions, income maintenance policy, health care, and housing. The future of the welfare state.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of how different social, economic, and political practices have influenced the construction of gender and sexuality outside of the United States. Examines the interplay between gender relations and characteristics of public and private institutions.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of institutions and processes involved in the formation and implementation of American foreign policy. Emphasis is on post-World War II policies.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Theories about the interaction between the international economic and political systems are the subject of this course. Works from each of the main traditions -- liberal, Marxist, and statist -- will be assigned. Specific topics covered will include (among others): the politics of trade, aid, foreign investment, and international monetary affairs; theories of dependency and imperialism; the politics of international competition in specific industries; the stability/ instability of international economic regimes.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course examines the ethical responsibilities of public officials in democratic societies. It explores such topics as the meaning of moral leadership, the appeal to personal conscious in public decision making, and the problem of "dirty hands" among others. A special concern is how institutional arrangements affect moral choices.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An exposition and critical analysis of the major political philosophers and philosophical schools from Plato to Machiavelli.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the evolution of American political ideas from colonization through ratification of the Constitution and its implementation.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the evolution of American political ideas under the Constitution of the United States, and its promises and problems.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- At least one course at the 300-level or higher in Psychological and Brain Sciences or Cognitive Science
- Description
- Surveys scientific research into the psychology of moral judgment. Contributing disciplines include social, cognitive, developmental, and evolutionary psychology, anthropology, ethology, brain science, and artificial intelligence. Investigates the psychological mechanisms of moral judgment. Not a course about normative religious or philosophical ethics.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Deep ecology seeks fundamental transformations in views of world and self. It claims that there is no ontological divide in the forms of life and aims for an environmentally sustainable and spiritually rich way of life. This course is an introductory examination of Deep Ecology from a religious studies perspective.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of REL-D 250 or REL-R 236.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines questions about human nature, finitude, the meaning of suffering, and appropriate uses of medical technology in the face of natural limitations, such as disease and death, that humans encounter. Issues include prenatal/genetic testing, transhumanism, enhancement technologies, cloning, euthanasia, and organ transplantation. Judeo-Christian and cross-cultural perspectives on illness are considered.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of relationships between religious worldviews and environmental ethics. Considers environmental critiques and defenses of monotheistic traditions, selected non-Western traditions, the impact of secular \"mythologies,\" philosophical questions, and lifestyle issues.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of REL-D 350 or REL-R 371.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores religious convictions and their consequences for judgments about personal and social morality, including such issues as sexual morality, medical ethics, questions of socio-economic organization, and moral judgments about warfare.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to theoretical and empirical studies of social change. Explores issues such as modernization; rationalization; demographic, economic, and religious causes of change; and reform and revolution.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Why are income, wealth, and status distributed unequally? Is social inequality good for society? Explores the economic basis of social class, education, and culture; social mobility; social inequality in comparative and historical perspective.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interrelations of politics and society, with emphasis on formation of political power, its structure, and its change in different types of social systems and cultural-historical settings.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Social origins of social bases of legal decision-making, and social consequences of the application of law.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Relations between racial and ethnic minority and majority groups; psychological, cultural, and structural theories of prejudice and discrimination; comparative analysis of diverse systems of intergroup relations.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics announced each semester; examples include environmental affairs, urban problems, poverty, and population problems.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated four times for credit with a different topic.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 1.5–1.5 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 1.5–1.5 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course offers students the opportunity to study the legislative branch of American national government. It includes the structure and process of the Senate and House of Representatives, the roles of parties, interest groups, and lobbyists, the legislative process, and the relations of Congress with the other branches of government.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of minority group politics in the United States. The course examines the socioeconomic position and political history of various demographic groups and highlights key public policy debates central to the future of ethnic politics and race relations in the United States. Compares theories of racial formation in the context of a political system predicated on majority rule.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
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- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 0–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
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- None
- Credits
- 3–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
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- None
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- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
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- None
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- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
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- None
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- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
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- None
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- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
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- None
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- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
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- None
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
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- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
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- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Internship. One (1) course:
- PACE-X 473 Internship in Political and Civic Engagement
- SPEA-V 380 INTERNSHIP IN PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
- SPEA-V 381 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PACE-X 473 Internship in Political and Civic Engagement
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of program
- Description
- Students will complete a mentored internship providing field experience in political and civic engagement. Includes an orientation session before and a structured evaluation afterward.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in PACE-C 410 and PACE-X 473.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
SPEA-V 380 INTERNSHIP IN PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
- Credits
- 0–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
SPEA-V 381 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Capstone Seminar.
- PACE-C 450 Capstone Seminar (Requires departmental consent after all other requirements for the certificate are completed)
PACE-C 450 Capstone Seminar
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Consent of program
- Description
- Required capstone seminar for students who have completed all other certificate requirements. Provides students with the opportunity to integrate academic study, experiential learning, and co-curricular activities, to demonstrate understanding of American political and civic life, and to document individual learning and development.
- Certificate GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
- At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the certificate.
- A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the certificate—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Exceptions to certificate requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.
PACE-C 100 Leaders and Leadership
PACE-C 300 Issues in Political and Civic Engagement
PACE-C 350 Leadership, Social Movements, and Modern American Politics
AAAD-A 205 Black Electoral Politics
AAAD-A 407 African American and African Protest Strategies
AAAD-A 408 Race, Gender, and Class in Cross-Cultural Perspective
AAAD-A 420 Transforming Divided Communities and Societies
AAAD-A 427 Cross-Cultural Communication
AAAD-A 481 Racism and the Law
AMST-A 201 U.S. Movements and Institutions
ANTH-E 388 Ethnicity, Class, and the Model U.S. Citizen
ANTH-E 432 Cultures of Democracy
CJUS-P 307 Policing Democracies
CJUS-P 314 Law and Social Science
CJUS-P 340 Law and Society: The Cross-Cultural Perspective
CJUS-P 370 Criminal Law
CJUS-P 375 American Juvenile Justice System
CLLC-L 120 Politics, Identity, and Resistance
CLLC-L 320 Collins Symposium
COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities
COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies
COLL-C 105 Critical Approaches to the Natural and Mathematical Sciences
COLL-P 155 Public Oral Communication
COLL-S 104 Freshman Seminar in Social and Historical Studies
ECON-E 115 Everyday Economics
ECON-E 201 Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON-E 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics
ENG-L 208 Topics in English and American Literature and Culture
ENG-R 212 Communicating Sustainability
ENG-R 222 Democratic Deliberation
ENG-R 224 Persuasion
ENG-R 228 Argumentation and Public Advocacy
ENG-R 321 Rhetoric, Law, and Culture
ENG-R 339 Freedom of Speech
ENG-R 340 The Rhetoric of Social Movements
ENG-R 342 Rhetoric and Race
ENG-R 348 Environmental Communication
ENG-R 396 The Study of Public Advocacy
ENG-W 240 Community Service Writing
GEOG-G 185 Environmental Change: The End of the World as We Know It?
GEOG-G 208 Environment and Society
HISP-S 208 The Language of Leadership
HIST-A 222 Law in America
HIST-A 383 Rock, Hip Hop, and Revolution: Popular Music in the Making of Modern America, 1940 to the Present
HIST-D 201 Democratic Revolutions since 1980
HON-H 237 Law and Society
HON-H 238 Politics and Communication
INTL-I 204 Human Rights and International Law
INTL-I 206 Peace and Conflict
MSCH-C 212 Screening Race and Ethnicity
MSCH-D 413 Global Screen Cultures
MSCH-F 204 Topics in Media, Culture, and Society
MSCH-F 445 Media, Culture, and Politics
MSCH-J 300 Communications Law
MSCH-L 322 Media Policymaking
MSCH-L 424 Media and the Constitution
MSCH-S 312 Politics and the Media
MSCH-S 414 Public Communication Campaigns
PHIL-P 145 Liberty and Justice: A Philosophical Introduction
PHIL-P 375 Philosophy of Law
PHIL-P 376 Leadership and Philosophy
PHIL-P 393 Biomedical Ethics
POLS-Y 100 American Political Controversies
POLS-Y 103 Introduction to American Politics
POLS-Y 105 Introduction to Political Theory
POLS-Y 109 Introduction to International Relations
POLS-Y 202 Politics and Citizenship in the Information Age
POLS-Y 211 Introduction to Law
POLS-Y 212 Making Democracy Work
POLS-Y 249 Religion, Politics, and Public Policy
POLS-Y 301 Political Parties and Interest Groups
POLS-Y 304 Constitutional Law
POLS-Y 305 Constitutional Rights and Liberties
POLS-Y 306 State Politics in the United States
POLS-Y 307 Indiana State Government and Politics
POLS-Y 308 Urban Politics
POLS-Y 313 Environmental Policy
POLS-Y 315 Political Psychology and Socialization
POLS-Y 317 Voting, Elections, and Public Opinion
POLS-Y 318 The American Presidency
POLS-Y 320 Judicial Politics
POLS-Y 324 Gender and Politics
POLS-Y 325 African American Politics
POLS-Y 326 American Social Welfare Policy
POLS-Y 353 The Politics of Gender and Sexuality
POLS-Y 360 United States Foreign Policy
POLS-Y 376 International Political Economy
POLS-Y 379 Ethics and Public Policy
POLS-Y 381 Classical Political Thought
POLS-Y 383 Foundations of American Political Thought
POLS-Y 384 Developments in American Political Thought
PSY-P 484 The Science of Moral Judgment
REL-D 250 Religion, Ecology, and the Self
REL-D 340 Religion and Bioethics
REL-D 350 Religion, Ethics, and the Environment
REL-R 170 Religion, Ethics, and Public Life
SOC-S 215 Social Change
SOC-S 217 Social Inequality
SOC-S 311 Politics and Society
SOC-S 326 Law and Society
SOC-S 335 Race and Ethnic Relations
SOC-S 360 Topics in Social Policy
BUS-G 316 SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE
BUS-G 406 BUS ENTERPRISE & PUBLIC POLICY
BUS-L 250 LAW AND THE ARTS
BUS-T 175 KELLEY COMPASS 1
BUS-T 275 KELLEY COMPASS 2
BUS-Z 404 EFFECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS
BUS-Z 447 LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK AND DIVERSITY
LSTU-L 203 LABOR AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM
LSTU-L 385 CLASS, RACE, GENDER AND WORK
POLS-Y 319 The United States Congress
POLS-Y 329 Racial and Ethnic Politics in the United States
SPEA-A 450 CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN ARTS ADMINISTRATION
SPEA-A 459 PUBLIC POLICY AND THE ARTS
SPEA-E 476 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND REGULATION
SPEA-H 124 OVERVIEW OF THE U.S. HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
SPEA-H 324 HEALTH POLICY
SPEA-S 124 HONORS - OVERVIEW OF THE U.S. HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
SPEA-S 160 HONORS - NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY
SPEA-S 161 HONORS - URBAN PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
SPEA-S 220 HONORS - LAW AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
SPEA-S 362 HONORS - NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
SPEA-S 378 HONORS - POLICY PROCESSES IN THE UNITED STATES
SPEA-S 405 HONORS - PUBLIC LAW AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
SPEA-S 435 HONORS - NEGOTATIONS AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
SPEA-V 160 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY
SPEA-V 161 URBAN PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
SPEA-V 184 LAW AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
SPEA-V 221 NONPROFIT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR
SPEA-V 252 CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING
SPEA-V 264 URBAN STRUCTURE AND POLICY
SPEA-V 378 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROCESSES
SPEA-V 380 INTERNSHIP IN PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
SPEA-V 381 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SPEA-V 388 AMERICAN HUMANICS INTERNSHIP
SPEA-V 405 PUBLIC LAW AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
SPEA-V 406 PUBLIC LAW AND THE ELECTORAL PROCESS
SPEA-V 412 LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS
SPEA-V 450 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
SPEA-V 473 MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP, AND POLICY
SWK-S 102 UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY IN A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY
SWK-S 251 HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY
SWK-S 300 SELECTED TOPICS IN SOCIAL WORK
SWK-S 352 SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY AND PRACTICE
The certificate may be added to a degree by following the PACE Certificate application procedures. Students should discuss the course sequencing with program staff early in their studies at IU.
Students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. To be considered for the program, a student must:
- Have an overall GPA of 2.500 or higher
- Be currently enrolled in or have successfully completed PACE-C 250.
- Submit a brief online PACE application through the program website, including a short essay (no more than 500 words) explaining the student's interest in the program, including reflections on past political and civic engagement experiences and aspirations for future ones.
It is strongly recommended that students meet with the PACE academic advisor prior to applying to discuss the curriculum.