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3.00 Credits
Allows students to explore basic concepts of community: a group's history and change over time, the lines that divide communities, the physical movement of groups, the responsibilities of individuals within the community and the role community plays in social control. Students will begin to master the skills of selection and synthesis as they use historical documents, census data, community mapping, field observations, nonfiction and fiction to make observations about groups and compare their findings to the ways groups are depicted by outsiders.
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3.00 Credits
Voluntary association, voluntary giving and voluntary action directed toward the public good are, and have long been, important dimensions of American society.This course considers historic and contemporary issues in philanthropy and voluntarism and features archival research and agency internships. Students will gain knowledge, experience and awareness of the role of the nonprofit sector in Baltimore and throughout the United States.
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3.00 Credits
Nonprofit organizations are key to the functioning of civil society.The United States has one of the world's most vibrant nonprofit communities. In this practical skills course, students examine how to carry out the responsibilities of organizing and managing a nonprofit, with focus on organizations framed under 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Students will explore effective mission, incorporation and vision statements; board and staff roles and relationships; ethics; budgets and fund raising; and maintaining nonprofit status.This course helps students meet a number of American Humanics competency requirements. prerequisite: CSCE 301 or permission of the CSCE program director
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3.00 Credits
Using theory and practice, this course will emphasize the programs and policies that enhance the economic vitality of low- and moderate- income communities and organizations to provide an understanding of the basis for both economic and community development along with a basic set of practical tools to enable the student to work in the field of community development. This course features a service-learning component.
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3.00 Credits
Each student will develop an original project as a capstone to the Community Studies and Civic Engagement program, which will be tied to a 240-hour internship.Through this capstone endeavor, the student will integrate theory and practice in a project that will be designed in consultation with the CSCE program director. These two courses are corequisites- that is, they must be taken together in the same semester.
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3.00 Credits
Provides students with the opportunity to pursue a research topic or community service project in depth over the course of a semester. An interested student submits a proposal to a faculty member who agrees to be the adviser for the study.The faculty member and the student negotiate the terms of study and the requirements for the final product. prerequisite: permission of the program director
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3.00 Credits
An advanced interdisciplinary seminar that focuses on important books and issues and encourages independent thinking, clear presentation and an understanding of the concerns and methods of various disciplines. The course may be team taught; topic and instructor(s) may change from semester to semester. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. prerequisites: 3.5 GPA and permission of the Denit Honors Program director
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3.00 - 6.00 Credits
Directed individual instruction in an advanced project of the student's choice; the project must be academically related to this discipline. Each student works closely with a faculty director who guides his/her progress.The project must be of honors quality and must be finally approved by both the faculty director and a second faculty member. Course is eligible for a continuing studies grade. prerequisites: honors standing, 3.5 GPA and permission of both the Denit Honors Program director and the faculty director
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3.00 Credits
An examination of a selected topic or issue related to the research interests of CSCE faculty or a collaboration with a local nonprofit in a one-time community project. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
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3.00 Credits
Develops skills that are essential background for an intermediate algebra course.Topics include a brief review of fundamentals of arithmetic and pre-algebra. As much as possible, the course is applications oriented. Elementary algebra topics include real number operations, variable expression, polynomial operations, factoring of polynomials, operations with rational expressions, linear equations in one or two variables, systems of linear equations, linear inequalities, solving quadratic equations by factoring, properties of radical expressions and solutions of applications problems.
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