OLS 134 - Social Change in America

2 CR

Students examine cases of social change to understand how and why change occurs. Students identify and issue and make a plan to initiate or continue with others toward social change in their community.

Prerequisite(s): OLS 111, OLS 113, OLS 114 and Acceptance into the program.

Course Outcomes

Define characteristics of social change
Identify the underlying causes and basis for social change
Identify the means that various groups take to achieve social change
Identify factors that can inhibit social change
Compare causes, goals, and outcomes of significant movements in America
Apply outcomes of social change movements to personal experiences
Compare and discuss accounts and perspectives of people engaged in social change
Evaluate local issues and identify ways to perform social change around issues
Develop a plan to create change around an identified local issue
Organize and carry out a service project around an identified local issue

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