Civic Media and Community Engagement

Feinstein School of Humanities, Arts and Education

The Civic Media and Community Engagement minor provides students 专业 experience in serving their communities while improving their oral and written communication, 批判性思维, 媒体制作, 以及读写能力, which are important for career success.

学生可以:

  • Work hand-in-hand with local communities and organizations 
  • 计划, 开发, 执行, and evaluate different types of programs, 项目, 和产品信息, 教育和吸引公众
  • Gain hands-on experience in analyzing and communicating complex technical research
  • 学习技术, 专业, leadership and collaboration skills in directly applied and engaged manners
  • Research and find solutions to real social problems, many of them extremely complex, such as: 
    • 如何解决住房危机
    • How to improve our capacity to welcome refugees
    • How to adapt local communities to the consequences of 气候变化
    • How to mitigate toxic and hazardous pollution through environmental justice
    • 还有更多

The minor consists of classes designed as multidisciplinary, 协作, experiential and community-engaged 学习 experiences from beginning to end. The core classes are sequenced in a way that students will have multiple opportunities to complete the minor. The sequence also addresses the new Gen. Ed. 学习的主题.

的职业道路

The  Civic Media and Community Engagement minor is the perfect combination of sought-after skills and hands-on experiences to prepare our students for highly  gratifying careers in their field of choice.

毕业生在以下方面取得成功:

  • Civic engagement, education, and information for governmental agencies (i.e. FEMA, EPA, state departments, local governments); international organizations (U.N., UNESCO, WHO, UNICEF, IPCC, Amnesty International, 等.), and regional and local community organizations (i.e. United Way, American Heart Association, Sierra Club, SPCAs, The NAACP Legal Defense Fund, 等.)
  • Intragovernmental and public diplomacy
  • 公私伙伴关系
  • Global, national and local foundations and charitable organizations (i.e. 福特基金会, 麦克阿瑟基金会, 罗德岛基金会, 食物银行和厨房, 免费诊所, 公共避难所, 等.)
  • Religious, political and ideological organizations (i.e. churches, temples, mosques, think tanks, partisan and nonpartisan media, 等.)
  • All nonprofit organizations and civic educational programs
  • Organizing and civic engagement for public health, 气候变化, 社会正义, 以及人权运动, 等.
  • Organizational and corporate communication (i.e. Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability)
  • 新闻和公民媒体(一.e. investigative podcasts, public service journalism, civic education and information outlets, 等.)
  • 公共关系, 社会营销, 社交媒体, 以及教育活动策划, 娱乐, 艺术, 等.
  • Mediation, depolarization, and conflict resolution institutions and firms
  • 公共人文与艺术
  • 娱乐和体育媒体 

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