
INVST Community Studies
Electives
INVST Community Studies offers a collection of academic classes designed
to complement each other in developing CU-Boulder students as engaged
citizens and future leaders. All INVST Community Studies courses educate,
equip and inspire students in distinct ways. Each course has Curriculum
Essentials that identify the specific knowledge, skills and experiences
that we promise to fulfill.
In each course, students will experience a sense of community in the
classroom. We limit our course enrollment so that we can enhance
connections among students, deepen opportunities for learning and be responsible
to the Community Partners we're
serving.
Below is the list of academic classes open to all students:
INVS 1000: RESPONDING TO SOCIAL
AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS THROUGH SERVICE LEARNING
By
integrating theory with required community service, students explore
how problems are shaped by cultural values and how alternative value
paradigms affect the definition of problems in areas such as education
and the environment. Students
examine different approaches to solving problems and begin to envision
new possibilities. Approved for Arts and Sciences core curriculum: Ideals
and Values.
INVS 3000: INNOVATIVE APPROACHES
TO CONTEMPORARY ISSUES THROUGH SERVICE LEARNING
This
course explores creative approaches for solving complex social and
environmental issues, with a focus on peace and population. Students
analyze the root causes of issues in theoretical and historical contexts,
and develop their understanding of effective and innovative approaches
to change. This course has a requirement of community service. Approved
for Arts and Sciences core curriculum: Contemporary Societies. Recommended:
Upper-division status.
INVS 3041: SELF AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Explores human
development from a psychosocial perspective, focusing on the interplay
between psychological patterns and social forms. Issues
such as self-image and social consciousness are studied within the
larger context of individual and collective forces leading to transformation. Same
as SOCY 3041. Prereqs. SOCY 1001 and either SOCY 2001, 3001 or 3011,
or instructor consent.
INVS 3100: MULTICULTURAL LEADERSHIP: THEORIES,
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
This course focuses on leadership
theories and skills necessary for effectiveness in multicultural
settings. Students gain understanding of traditional
and culturally diverse approaches to leadership and change through comparative
analyses of western and non-western theories and practices. Community
service required. Same as ETHN 3200. Approved
for Arts and Sciences core curriculum: Cultural and Gender Diversity. Recommended: Upper-division
status.
INVS 3302: FACILITATING PEACEFUL COMMUNITY CHANGE
Students
gain knowledge and skills that enable them to become effective organizers
and facilitators of community goals. Learners focus
on understanding the processes of community building, with a multicultural
emphasis. Students are encouraged to apply concepts to life experiences
and to examine themselves as potential change agents. Same as
WMST 3302.
INVS 3402 (4033): IMPLEMENTING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
This
course examines grassroots democracy as a means for creating comprehensive,
solution-based strategies to address social and environmental problems. Students
develop an understanding of the use of democracy for positive social
change, identify how changes are initiated within movements, and learn
the theory and practice of effective and responsible change efforts.
INVS 4041: THE CREATIVE SELF
Experimental approach
to the creative process that fosters experimentation outside of conventional
patterns of thinking and expression, and explores the use of imagination
and creative thinking in problem-solving, writing, and art. Same as SOCY 4041. Prereqs. SOCY 1001 and either SOCY
2001, 3001 or 3011, or instructor consent.
INVS 4302: CRITICAL THINKING IN DEVELOPMENT
This
course requires students to critically evaluate explanations, presented
in assigned or optional readings or in student papers, on the success
or failure of development. Learners look at policy proposals for
facilitating development. Prerequisite: ECON 2010 and
2020, PSCI 2012 and one upper-division PSCI, or instructor consent. Same
as PSCI 4732 and similar to PSCI 4012. Approved for Arts and Sciences
core curriculum: Critical Thinking or Contemporary Societies.
Some of the curricular content of the INVST Community Leadership Program is based upon the work of Seana Lowe Steffen, Ph.D.,
Contact our Administrative Assistant by calling 303-492-7719 to ask questions
about course registration.
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