40:827:201
Public Service as a Calling (3)
Designed to nourish students' current and future commitments to the common good. Students will explore their personal values with respect to leadership, service, and diversity through critical analysis of social issues, reflection, and practice. By the end of the course students should be able to articulate an understanding of public service and apply theories and models of service and leadership to an issue of their choosing.
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40:827:202
The Urban Experience in the United States (3)
Seeks to foster the development of self-reflective, culturally aware, and responsive community participation. Students will better understand the complexities of urban communities, including the impact that oppression, power, and privilege have on urban communities and on each of us individually. Students will be encouraged to examine topics such as environmental health, employment opportunities, transportation networks, subprime mortgages, gentrification, etc.
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40:827:301
Ethical Public Service (3)
Examines selected ethical problems and dilemmas facing public servants, including conflict of interest, confidentiality, deception, the appearance of impropriety, official disobedience, whistle-blowing, human rights, and the moral responsibilities of leaders and citizens.
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40:827:302
The Global Urban Experience (3)
Introduces students to the cultural, social, political, economic, and environmental elements of life in the developing world. It will survey and critique dominant perspectives on international community development including: modernization, dependency, world systems, historical culturalism, and sustainable development. This course will also introduce students to international community development issues in the developing world such as poverty, health care, education, human rights, and foreign aid; and to competing theoretical perspectives on development and change. Students will be encouraged to examine topics such as sustainable development, child soldiers, and the world HIV/AIDS crisis.
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40:827:304
Volunteerism as Public Service (3)
Focuses on how nonprofit human service organizations develop the processes and structures of community planning and utilize volunteers. Students will have the opportunity to develop basic knowledge and skills in community service strategies, tactics, and techniques, including the "art" of volunteerism.
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40:827:330
Service-Learning Internship I (4)
Designed to provide students field experiences with community agencies to link academic work with meaningful community service that will benefit both the agency and the student. Agencies will benefit with the infusion of enthusiastic students to assist in the delivery of services to their clients, and students will develop a deeper understanding of their role as leaders in their communities as well as increase their civic and citizenship skills. The director of the undergraduate major will work in conjunction with the Career Development Center of Rutgers-Newark and other campus units to place students in a viable internship.
Prerequisite: 40:827:202 or 302.
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40:827:331
Service-Learning Internship II (4)
Designed to provide students field experiences with community agencies to link academic work with meaningful community service that will benefit both the agency and the student. Agencies will benefit with the infusion of enthusiastic students to assist in the delivery of services to their clients, and students will develop a deeper understanding of their role as leaders in their communities as well as increase their civic and citizenship skills. The director of the undergraduate major will work in conjunction with the Career Development Center of Rutgers-Newark and other campus units to place students in a viable internship.
Prerequisites: 40:827:202 and 302.
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40:827:402
The Art of Public Service (3)
Focuses on aspects of public service as they are portrayed in the arts, literature, and various media. Traditionally, the arts have long been considered a vital part of public service as they enhance the general cultural climate of the communities in which they are based. Often vital issues are portrayed through artistic means as alternative methods to communicate community values and desires for change. This course will examine the impact and power of a range of artistic media on public service.
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40:827:404
Philanthropic Public Service (3)
Designed to help students learn more about philanthropy as public service. The course will focus on philanthropic initiatives at the individual, institutional, and community levels and how these initiatives have reshaped communities. The course will also explore the concept of "engaged philanthropy": a much more hands-on and long-term method of giving than conventional philanthropy; what types of people get involved in public philanthropy; what motivates those people; and how philanthropy contributes to the lives of both the recipients and sponsors.
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40:827:406
Public Service as Responsible Citizenship (3)
This course is about people living together in democratic communities and the particular role community service plays in support of those communities. Community service in a wide variety of settings has become a significant way in which we accomplish public goals. This course critically examines the community service approach to "public work" and seeks to understand how service might be more effective in improving community life. Students will learn basic strategies and tactics utilized by individuals, groups, and organizations to maintain and improve the quality of life in their communities.
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40:827:408
Leadership for the Service Professions (3)
Builds upon the skills and knowledge successful college graduates learn through their many years as students, including: collaboration, leadership, active citizenship, multicultural understanding, reflective thinking, critical analysis, and the ability to be a change agent in their community. This course provides students with an understanding of public service providers and those in professional fields that reach out to communities through the provision of some type of public service. Provides students with issue-oriented perspectives on public service that are potentially of interest to them.
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