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ICS 27
Grassroots Democracy: Leadership and Power
Course Description
Applied and theoretical training for students of social justice, this course is a multidisciplinary exploration of social change and popular democratic action with a focus on the meaning and development of political power in modern democracies. Topics to be explored include: gender and race sensitive approaches to leadership style, institutional and mass forums for civic engagement, mass recruitment and mobilization, consciousness development, democratic ethics, and strategic and tactical action.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will develop models for understanding and evaluating effective leadership in contemporary and historical democratic social movements, including but not limited to community organizing, electoral campaigns, non-profit and social service organizations, and non-governmental organizations.
- Students will compare and appraise the contemporary and historical micro and macro social dynamics in which democratic grassroots leaders have usually operated.
- Students will demonstrate the capacity to participate in political processes and leadership techniques common in the effective exercise of democratic social movements.
Course Details
- Units
- 4 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
- Weekly Lab Hours: 0
- Gen Ed
- General Education Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Transferability
- Transferable to both UC and CSU
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
- Also Listed As
- POLI 17
Requisite and Advisory
- Advisory(ies)
- EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5
- Prerequisite(s)
- Corequisite(s)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
- Not open to students with credit in the cross-listed courses.
- Not open to students with credit in the Honors Program related course.