POSC 332 - Yes We Can! Advocacy and Action

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; Social Justice
Study of collective action in American Politics. Examination of influencing policy makers through various forms of political advocacy including lobbying, petitioning, and protesting. Discussion of the role of grassroots organizing and how to translate advocacy to action. Community engaged learning through collaboration with local organizations.

Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-D - Upper Division Social Sciences, Overlay - Social Justice
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Critically think about the role they play in advancing social justice through use of practical application of democratic theories. This will be achieved through the course project where students will be applying democratic theories to mobilize communities.
Develop a deeper understanding of civic engagement and the intrinsic value of being an agent of change. This will be achieved through the community engagement component of the course where students will work with community organizations to work towards a common goal to empower communities.
Gain written and oral competency and collaborative and practical skills of course concepts, empirical analysis, and applying theories of political issues and activism. This will be achieved through the course project where students will be collaborating with their peers to create an evidence-based political action tool kit.

UD-D. Upper-division Social Sciences Learning Outcomes

analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

Social Justice Overlay Learning Outcomes
Social Justice Overlay #1: Use a disciplinary perspective to analyze issues of social justice and equity.
Social Justice Overlay #2: Describe the challenges to achieving social justice.
Social Justice Overlay #3: Identify ways which individuals and/or groups can contribute to social justice within local communities, nations, and/or the world.