Leadership & Community Engagement

Leadership & Community Engagement is on the Education track. Students interested in Leadership & Community Engagement might also enjoy further options listed below that incorporate the same key features.

   
Real World Experience

   
Study of Leadership Skills and Competencies

 
Commitment to Societal Advancement

 
Social Justice Lens

 
Collaborative Problem Solving

 
Study of Public Policy

 
Focus on Community Engagement

  • The Elementary Education Major is designed to dramatically change schooling for the underserved students of Colorado and the nation. The program aims to prepare reflective, ethical, anti-racist and inclusive elementary (K-6) teachers who are committed to making the world more equitable and just, through their work in public schools.

  • The Certificate in Peace, Conflict and Security Studies is designed to help students explore why conflict and violence occur, and to develop practical, nonviolent skills to analyze, intervene and resolve conflicts in their personal life, in their communities and between countries.

Characteristics it possesses

    Real World Experience
    Study of Leadership Skills and Competencies
  Commitment to Societal Advancement
  Social Justice Lens
  Collaborative Problem Solving
  Study of Public Policy
  Focus on Community Engagement

  • The purpose of the Leadership Track is to equip students with essential leadership skills and competencies. Leeds students who complete this track acquire research-based knowledge and hands-on experiences that enable them to become principled, productive leaders who can energize, relate, and innovate.

  • LGBTQ studies interweaves complex theories and analysis into the study of sexuality and gender. Students are given an opportunity to deepen their knowledge and understanding of societies and cultures and to relate that understanding to lived experience.

Characteristics it possesses

    Real World Experience
    Study of Leadership Skills and Competencies
  Commitment to Societal Advancement
  Social Justice Lens
  Collaborative Problem Solving
  Study of Public Policy
  Focus on Community Engagement

  • The Communication major provides students with the resources to understand how communication processes create our social worlds, the abilities to analyze those processes and the practical skills to communicate in their professional, personal and civic lives. Students learn how to design innovative messages, build quality personal and professional relationships, and elevate their critical thinking skills.

  • The Leadership Studies Minor prepares tomorrow's leaders to ethically lead through a combination of academic coursework, self-reflection and team projects.

Characteristics it possesses

    Real World Experience
    Study of Leadership Skills and Competencies
  Commitment to Societal Advancement
  Social Justice Lens
  Collaborative Problem Solving
  Study of Public Policy
  Focus on Community Engagement

  • The Sociology major focuses on the scientific study of human social behavior, specifically looking at how society influences individuals, and how individuals influence society. Students explore a large array of social topics and phenomena using the sociological imagination.

  • The Education Minor provides a deep study into how political, cultural, social and historical dynamics shape both policy and practice in education, as well as opportunities to focus on particular areas of education as a field of study and practice.

Characteristics it possesses

    Real World Experience
    Study of Leadership Skills and Competencies
  Commitment to Societal Advancement
  Social Justice Lens
  Collaborative Problem Solving
  Study of Public Policy
  Focus on Community Engagement

  • International Affairs majors begin their studies with a survey of the most compelling global issues of the day and then go on to detailed analyses of international relations and economics. Courses also focus on problems of international development, the environment, international economic relations and United States foreign policy.

  • The Certificate in European Union Studies (CEUS) allows CU-Boulder undergraduates in a range of social science and humanities programs to gain skills and understanding around the European Union (EU). Students will also participate in co-curricular activities to augment their understanding of the development, focus, functioning and future of the EU. Upon completion of this program, students will have a demonstrated understanding of the European Union; its politics, history, institutions, economics, policies, member states, relations with the US, role in the world, and much more.

Characteristics it possesses

    Real World Experience
    Study of Leadership Skills and Competencies
  Commitment to Societal Advancement
  Social Justice Lens
  Collaborative Problem Solving
  Study of Public Policy
  Focus on Community Engagement

  • The Social Responsibility and Sustainability track identifies how business professionals can promote responsible corporate governance practices to create lasting positive social impact. The track will introduce students to values-based decision making and business practices. Course work in leadership and governance will provide students with skills and knowledge to create positive social impact in an organization. Students will be prepared to provide practical solutions for the social and environmental complexities of modern business.

  • Anthropology is the study of people, both ancient and modern, in their cultural, biological and environmental contexts. Anthropologists get to ask and answer the big questions about humanity. Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going? A minor in anthropology allows students to explore the foundations of anthropology and its subfields: archaeology, biological anthropology and cultural anthropology.

Characteristics it possesses

    Study of Leadership Skills and Competencies
  Commitment to Societal Advancement
  Social Justice Lens
  Collaborative Problem Solving
  Study of Public Policy
  Focus on Community Engagement

  • By examining how race and the interrelated categories of ethnicity, gender, class, indigeneity and sexuality impact the lives of people, the Department of Ethnic Studies encourages students to look at their inherited/political/social/cultural positions in society to create a new social reality in an ever-changing global society.

  • The social innovation certificate teaches students how to design and execute evidence-based strategies for advancing human welfare. The program offers a range of courses to help students explore complex social issues and be able to conceive sustainable solutions

Characteristics it possesses

    Study of Leadership Skills and Competencies
  Commitment to Societal Advancement
  Social Justice Lens
  Collaborative Problem Solving
  Study of Public Policy
  Focus on Community Engagement
 

  • The Political Science major offers instruction in the scientific study of politics and provides students with the skills necessary for a lifetime of inquiry, engagement and analysis. Courses explore various facets of the political world, including the fields of American government and politics, comparative politics, public policy, political theory, empirical theory and methodology, and international relations.

  • Religious studies students get to wrestle with big questions about the meaning of life, the power of politics and the media to shape our understanding, and the way societies and individuals invoke higher powers to explain the unexplainable. Students learn about a variety of religious beliefs in the context of gender and sexuality; interreligious interaction; law and politics; and religion and violence.

Characteristics it possesses

    Study of Leadership Skills and Competencies
  Commitment to Societal Advancement
  Social Justice Lens
  Collaborative Problem Solving
  Study of Public Policy
  Focus on Community Engagement

  • Women and gender studies allows students to explore women, gender and sexuality in relation to race, class, national identity and ability. Students discover the ways gender and sexuality work in diverse communities and in different cultural and historical contexts.

  • The Animals and Society certificate builds on a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field devoted to the critical examination and evaluation of the relationships between humans and nonhuman animals, whether historical or contemporary, factual, fictional, or symbolic, beneficial or detrimental.

Characteristics it possesses

    Study of Leadership Skills and Competencies
  Commitment to Societal Advancement
  Social Justice Lens
  Collaborative Problem Solving
  Study of Public Policy
  Focus on Community Engagement

  • Sustainable planning and urban design examine issues of sustainability and social justice in communities, cities and regions around the world. Heavily centered around community engagement, this major allows students to focus on a variety of topics, such as housing, environmental planning, transportation planning and urban design. Students examine these topics through a combination of design, policy and management perspectives.

  • The Undergraduate Certificate in Global Gender and Sexuality Studies provides students with an opportunity to study how individuals and groups from diverse gender, racial, ethnic, national, class and sexual backgrounds live in and engage with the world and how processes of global change affect gender relations locally, nationally and internationally.

Characteristics it possesses

  Commitment to Societal Advancement
  Social Justice Lens
  Collaborative Problem Solving
  Study of Public Policy
  Focus on Community Engagement

  • Journalism majors develop skills in information gathering, storytelling and analysis across a variety of platforms—including television, social media, mobile devices, radio and print—using an ever-expanding variety of media tools and technologies.

  • The certificate in Care, Health and Resilience prepares undergraduates for working in the helping professions: nursing, medicine, counseling, teaching, community services, ministry, emergency management and related fields. It emphasizes the practices and knowledge expected of paid care providers, ranging from the ability to nurture clients' physical, emotional and social well-being to helping people thrive despite life-altering circumstances. It also addresses the experiences and challenges of professional caregivers, and it advances one of the campus’s three strategic imperatives, which is to "Positively Impact Humanity."

Characteristics it possesses

    Real World Experience
  Social Justice Lens
  Collaborative Problem Solving
  Study of Public Policy
  Focus on Community Engagement

  • Asian studies students gain unique insight into a region of the world that is highly important in world politics, business and the arts. Students in the program become adept writers, thinkers and cultural leaders, uniquely equipped to enter a society and job market that value these skills.

  • The Business Minor introduces students to the fundamentals of business through classes in marketing, management, finance and accounting. In addition to these topics, students choose one of the five “track” options in which they’d like to further explore. Options include Innovation, Analytics, Entrepreneurship, Global Business or Real Estate.

Characteristics it possesses

    Real World Experience
    Study of Leadership Skills and Competencies
  Commitment to Societal Advancement
  Collaborative Problem Solving
  Focus on Community Engagement