- Civic Action and Research, Jonathan Becker and Erin Cannan, Bard College Annandale, 300 level, 2 US credits / 4 ECTS. Tuesday 14:30-15:50 or Thursday 16:10-17:30 (Vienna Time).
In this upper level course, students who are leading a community engagement project deepen their understanding of civil society through participatory research and engagement that explores the structure of civil society organizations, the socio-political environment in which they operate, including the intersection between government and civil society, the root causes of social issues that they are attempting to address, and the context in which the community is addressing the issue. Students will also enhance their capacities and project management skills through a series of leadership workshops. Each student will be required to produce a project analysis which incorporates primary and secondary research, as well as interviews of key actors in the field. Projects should focus on one of five tracks: Climate Change, Disability Justice, Youth Engagement, Social Entrepreneurship, Inclusion and Gender Equity.
The course will culminate in the Get Engaged conference; a leadership and civic engagement oriented conference. Preference given to students involved in leading a civic engagement project, are involved in the Certificate Program or have taken the CE Network Collaboration Course, OSUN CE Course or equivalent or have received and implemented an OSUN microgrant or community action award. This is a 2 credit OSUN course. Select students can appeal for an accompanying two credit tutorial that would give them an option of completing four credits.
***TENTATIVE IN-PERSON SUMMER CONFERENCE DATES: JUNE 26-JULY 1, 2022***
Please apply before December 15 via this link. Full description of the course is available here.
