Youth and Community Engagement Minor

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Program Description

This program supports developing professionals from a broad range of fields in becoming able to support youth and community members in advocacy and organization to link authentic needs and professional fields. This minor can fit into or complement multiple majors depending on the electives selected. 

Students seeking the minor must successfully complete between 10 and 12 semester hours of required core courses (depending on the number of hours of urban field experience counted toward the core). Students must complete at least two approved elective courses with no more than three semester hours at the 2000 level. Other courses, including transfer courses, that address youth and families, urban issues, or urban education may be substituted for electives with the approval of an advisor. Students may have a maximum of 9 semester hours of overlap between the Youth and Community Engagement Minor and credits counted toward their major.

Admission Requirements

• Available to all Wright State students

Application Process

• Current Wright State Students:
• Submit Major/Minor Change Request form online in WINGS Express.
• (From the “Student and Financial Aid” tab, select “Registration and Records” from the menu and then select the “Major/Minor Change Request” option)

Program Learning Outcomes

• Understanding of social, economic, political and cultural aspects of urban communities
• Understanding of issues of inner-city schools and community organizations
• Knowledge of experiences and challenges of family and youth 
• Realization of the potential and challenges of civic engagement
• Develop organizational and leadership skills to address issues facing urban youth, schools and communities
• Develop skills and strategies for effective community engagement

For More Information

• Youth and Community Engagement Minor
• School of Education and Leadership
• College of Health, Education, and Human Services

Required Courses: 10 - 12 Credits

Student choose courses that complement their major most directly 

• ED 2800 - Cultural Humility for Working with Youth Credit Hour(s): 3
• URS 4450 - Community Development: Principles and Practice Credit Hour(s): 3
• SW 4700 - Social and Economic Justice Credit Hour(s): 3
• SOC 3600 - Social Inequality Credit Hour(s): 3
• ED 3250 - Urban Youth Credit Hour(s): 3
• URS 3250 - Urban Youth Credit Hour(s): 3
• AFS 4000 - Service Experience Credit Hour(s): 3
• SRV 4010 - Service-Learning Internship Credit Hour(s): 3

II. Electives: 6 - 8 Hours

Choose 6 - 8 credit hours (depending on the hours earned in the Required Core) from the following elective courses (with no more than 3 hours at the 2000 level)

• AFS 3990 - Special Topics Credit Hour(s): 3
• ATH 4030 - Urban Anthropology Credit Hour(s): 3
• BIO 3450 - Concepts in Life Science I for Educators Credit Hour(s): 4
• ED 2100 - Education in a Democracy Credit Hour(s): 3
• ED 3100 - The African American Experience in Education Credit Hour(s): 3
• GEO 3400 - Urban Geography Credit Hour(s): 3
• HST 4870 - Special Topics in History Credit Hour(s): 3
• PLS 3210 - City Politics Credit Hour(s): 3
• PLS 3250 - African American Politics Credit Hour(s): 3
• PLS 3260 - Black Women and Politics Credit Hour(s): 3
• PLS 4080 - Radical Black Thought Credit Hour(s): 3
• PLS 4300 - American Government Seminar Credit Hour(s): 3
• PSY 2510 - Stereotyping and Prejudice Credit Hour(s): 3
• SOC 3620 - Race and Ethnicity Credit Hour(s): 3
• SOC 4310 - Urban Sociology Credit Hour(s): 3
• SOC 4320 - Neighborhoods and Communities Credit Hour(s): 3
• SRV 2000 - Engaged Citizenship Credit Hour(s): 3
• SW 2720 - Multicultural Competence in a Diverse World Credit Hour(s): 3
• SW 4700 - Social and Economic Justice Credit Hour(s): 3
• URS 3000 - Introduction to Cities & Communities Credit Hour(s): 3
• URS 3100 - The American City Credit Hour(s): 3
• URS 3210 - City Politics Credit Hour(s): 3

Total: 18 Hours