COMMS 232 2 - Civic Engagement & the Common Good

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3

While serving as volunteers with a Madison-area social service organization, students will develop an understanding of the values implicit in organizations of this sort and their importance to the broader community. Through classroom work and volunteer activities, students will learn the essential role of communication in an organization’s internal functioning and its relation to society at large. Among other activities, students will develop a significant public message (oral presentation, brochure, report, or web inclusion) related to some aspect of organizational communication. The volunteer time commitment will be 15 hours per student to be scheduled during the semester. Students will need to be available to spend at least 2 hours per visit. This time commitment does not include travel time between Edgewood and the organizational partner. Students may be assigned a variety of volunteer roles.

Prerequisite(s): Completion of COR 1 or COR 199 or COR 199 in progress; two full-time semesters of college credit, excluding retro credits, AP credits, and college credit earned while in high school.