List of Competencies Ordered by Number of Courses Achieving Them

Frequency is in parentheses. Last updated March 27, 2015.

Note: Doesn’t include competencies listed as “other possible CU competencies” on draft syllabi

(1) B10CGI-2AD – Advocacy for Self and Others(1) B10LL-3Col – Collaboration(1) MM2 – Uses social media strategies(1) G1- Analyzes and Documents Prior Learning(1) G2 – Plans for Financing Education(1) G3 – Develops and Maintains a Personal Learning Plan(1) B10FI-2Ad – Advocacy for Self and Others(1) B10FI-3Col – Collaboration(1) B10FI-5Cr – Creativity(1) B10FI-10Res – Resilience(1) B10CGI-1AC – Accountability(1) B10CGI-4COM – Communication(1) WC2 – Applies Ethics and Rules of Standard English in Workplace Communications

(2) ST-O1 - Applies Organizational Theory(2) M1 – Applies Mentoring Theories(2) M3 – Applies Effective Coaching Skills(2) LD2 – Understands Collective Bargaining(2) WC1- Writes in a Variety of Workplace Genres(2) WC3 – Discovers and Proposes Grants(2) B10CGI-5Cr – Creativity(2) B10CGI-10Res – Resilience

(3) B10LL-2Ad – Advocacy for Self and Others(3) B10FI-9Ref – Reflection(3) B10CGI-3COL – Collaboration

(4) B10LL-8PS – Problem Solving(4) PN2 – Develops and Publicly Shares Story of Us(4) B10LL-5Cr – Creativity(4) B10LL-1AC – Accountability(4) LD1 – Applies the History of U.S. Labor and Economics to Present Day Polices and (4) AL3 – Designs and Implements a Collaborative Network(4) B10FI-1AC – Accountability(4) B10FI-8PS – Problem Solving(4) GL3 – Places Action Research Project in a Global Context(4) B10CGI-8PS – Problem Solving

(5) PD1 – Analyzes Audience(5) PN3 – Develops and Publicly Shares Story of Now: (5) QR1 – Posing Problems(5) B10LL-7IAL – Integrated and Applied Learning(5) MM1 – Analyzes media messages:(5) PAR-COMM3 – Engages in Action Research

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(6) B10LL-10Res – Resilience(6) PD3 – Applies Skills of Argument and Persuasion(6) QR2 – Solving Problems(6) ER2 – Testing Hypotheses.(6) B10LL-4Com – Communication(6) M2 – Practices Simultaneous Leadership and Learnership(6) AL2 – Defines and Solves Problems(6) B10FI-4Com – Communication(6) B10CGI-9Ref – Reflection

(7) B10CGI-6CT – Critical Thinking(7) CW-1 – Uses Personal Experience to Examine the Workplace(7) DF3 – Collaborating Across Geographic Boundaries(7) PAR-C2 – Engages in Action Research(7) B10CGI-7IAL – Integrated and Applied Learning

(8) B10FI-7IAL – Integrated and Applied Learning(8) MM3: Analyzes and Reaches Audience(8) SR3 – Demonstrating Civic Engagement

(9) ER1 – Designing Inquiries(9) PD2 – Frames Issue(9) ST-C3 – Applies Participatory Techniques(9) GL1 – Welcomes Difference and Diversity(9) PN1 – Develops and Publicly Shares Story of Self(9) PAR-COMM2 – Facilitates Stakeholder Discussion

(10) DF2 – Communicating Ideas(10) PAR-S2 – Preparing for Research(10) DF1 – Gathering Information(10) QR3 – Communicating Quantitative Evidence(10) ST-O3 – Designs, Implements, and Evaluates Changes(10) RF1 – Plans for, Analyzes, and Learns From Failure(10) PAR-COMM1 – Analyzes Power Structure

(11) CW-2 – Applies Sociological and Anthropological Concepts of Work(11) ETH1 – Applying Ethical Decision Making(11) PAR-C1 – Identifies Power Structure

(12) ST-S2 – Setting Personal Goals(12) B10LL-6CT – Critical Thinking

(13) AL1 – Applies Theories of Leadership(13) B10FI-6CT – Critical Thinking(13) ER3 – Communicating Empirical Evidence

(14) PAR-S1 – Surfacing Assumptions(15) B10LL-9Ref – Reflection

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(15) CW-3 – Understands Community, National, and Global Systems Affecting Work: (15) ST-C1 – Applies Community Development Theory(15) PBR1 - Theories of Place(15) SR1 – Demonstrating Social Perspective

(16) SR2 – Appreciating Cultural Diversity

(17) ST-S1 – Conducting Personal Inventories

(17) ST-O2 – Diagnoses Problems

(19) PBR2 - Cultural Practices of Place

(20) GL2 - Analyzes Problems and Issues from a Global Perspective

(24) ST-C2 – Analyzes Cause and Effect

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List of Competencies with Courses per Competency

Note: Doesn’t include competencies listed as “other possible CU competencies” on draft syllabi

GATEWAY

(1) G1- Analyzes and Documents Prior Learning: Assesses college level knowledge acquired outside the traditional classroom.

1. Gateway

(1) G2 – Plans for Financing Education: Examines personal finances, determines need, explores options, and develops a plan for funding and repayment.

1. Gateway

(1) G3 – Develops and Maintains a Personal Learning Plan: Develops, maintains, and uses a learning plan to guide the accomplishment of personal and professional goals.

1. Gateway

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SELF

Systems Thinking

Systems thinking is a holistic approach to analysis that focuses on the way that a system's constituent parts interrelate and how systems work over time and within the context of larger systems. This deep understanding of personal underlying structures helps develop the self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation skills necessary for self-directed, lifelong learning.

(17) ST-S1 – Conducting Personal Inventories: Examines aptitudes, skills, values, and preferences to understand the personal DNA that influences decisions, behaviors, and productivity.

1.Introduction to Organizational and Community Development2.The City and Its Storytellers3.Teaching & Learning in Urban Contexts4.Collective Decision Making5.Contextualizing Work6.Creative Problem Solving7.Digital Storytelling and Listening8.Grassroots Community Organizing9.Imaging Identities: Autobiographical Narratives and the Representation of Others10. Integrated Studies in Liberal Arts: Public Speaking & Writing11. Integrated Studies in the Liberal Arts – Literature and Writing12. Leadership and Motivation13. Lifelong Learning Seminar14. Reframing Failure15. Political Unrest and Social Movements16. Public Speaking/Debates17. Gateway

(12) ST-S2 – Setting Personal Goals: Develops individualized academic, career, and personal development strategies. Sets development goals consistent with assessments and other feedback. Determines projects and activities with measurable goals, standards, and timelines.

1.Introduction to Organizational and Community Development2.Politics and Policies of Community Housing3.The City and Its Storytellers4.Sustainable Impact5.Strategic Thinking and Change6.Capstone Seminar for Organizational and Community Studies7.Digital Storytelling and Listening8.Expository Writing9.Lifelong Learning Seminar10. Reframing Failure11. Public Speaking/Debates12. Gateway

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Quantitative Reasoning

Quantitative Reasoning is understanding and using quantitative measures and inferences that allow one to function as a responsible citizen, productive worker, and discerning consumer.

(5) QR1 – Posing Problems: Regards mathematics as a way to reason and conceptualize, posing and defining problems for quantitative analysis.

1.Statistics for Problem Solving2.Sociology Integrated Seminar3.Capstone Seminar for Organizational and Community Studies4.Globalization and Education5.Quantitative Skills for Liberal Arts

(6) QR2 – Solving Problems: Solves quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations.

1.Community Knowledge and Research Methods2.Statistics for Problem Solving3.Sociology Integrated Seminar4.Capstone Seminar for Organizational and Community Studies5.Globalization and Education6.Quantitative Skills for Liberal Arts

(10) QR3 – Communicating Quantitative Evidence: Expresses sophisticated arguments supported by quantitative evidence, communicating both the reasoning and results.

1.Community Knowledge and Research Methods2.Statistics for Problem Solving3.Sociology Integrated Seminar4.Capstone Seminar for Organizational and Community Studies5.Community Assessment6.Globalization and Community7.Globalization and Education8.Life Science Methods9.Quantitative Skills for Liberal Arts

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Empirical Reasoning

Empirical Reasoning is using available empirical evidence (facts and data gathered through observation and experimentation) to make sound decisions under conditions of uncertainty—e.g., choosing medical treatments, deciding whether to support policy, determining guilt or innocence as juror—and to evaluate the empirical claims of others.

(9) ER1 – Designing Inquiries: Designs inquiries that rely on empirical evidence and testable theory to describe, predict, understand, and draw informed conclusions.

1.Assessment of Health and Community Services2.Community Knowledge and Research Methods3.Sustainable Impact4.Community Growth and Economic Change5.Sociology Integrated Seminar6.Capstone Seminar for Organizational and Community Studies7.Counseling Theory and Practice: Social Work8.Globalization and Education9.Life Science Methods

(6) ER2 – Testing Hypotheses: Demonstrates a problem-solving orientation, applying scientific reasoning within authentic contexts and everyday situations to test hypotheses and gather evidence.

1.Assessment of Health and Community Services2.Community Knowledge and Research Methods3.Community Growth and Economic Change4.Sociology Integrated Seminar5.Capstone Seminar for Organizational and Community Studies6.Globalization and Education

(13) ER3 – Communicating Empirical Evidence: Communicates about science using appropriate oral and written means.

1.Assessment of Health and Community Services2.Community Knowledge and Research Methods3.Community Growth and Economic Change4.Sociology Integrated Seminar5.Capstone Seminar for Organizational and Community Studies6.Community Assessment7.Contextualizing Work8.Counseling Theory and Practice: Social Work9.Globalization and Community10. Globalization and Education11. Life Science Methods12. Pedagogy, Affect, and Social Change

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Social ReasoningSocial Reasoning is paying attention to diverse perspectives and contexts to better understand social issues and problems.

(15) SR1 – Demonstrating Social Perspective: Situates and analyzes social questions beyond their immediate environment and time, analyzes social change and social problems, recognizing how the world influences humans and how humans influence the world.

1.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture2.The City and Its Storytellers3.Teaching & Learning in Urban Contexts4.Designing a 21st Century College5.A Study in Community and Place 6.Education and Community Development7.Expository Writing8.Introduction to Health and Community Services9.Globalization and Community10. Imaging Identities: Autobiographical Narratives and the Representation of Others11. Integrated Studies in Liberal Arts: Public Speaking & Writing12. Understanding NonProfit Management13. Political Unrest and Social Movements14. Pedagogy, Affect, and Social Change

(16) SR2 – Appreciating Cultural Diversity: Understands and articulates how culture, society, and diversity shape the role of the individual within society and human relations across cultures.

1. Introduction to Academic Arguments and Writing2.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture3.The City and Its Storytellers4.Teaching & Learning in Urban Contexts5.A Study in Community and Place 6.Sociology Integrated Seminar7.Aesthetics: Sounds of the City8.Counseling Theory and Practice: Social Work9.Elements and Issues in Community Development10. Introduction to Health and Community Services11. Globalization and Community12. Collaboration and Group Dynamics13. Imaging Identities: Autobiographical Narratives and the Representation of Others14. Interpersonal Skills for Virtual and Co-Located Teams15. Pedagogy, Affect, and Social Change

(8) SR3 – Demonstrating Civic Engagement: Enhances and promotes the quality of life in a community through both political and non-political processes, working within and learning from democratic citizenship.

1.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture2.The City and Its Storytellers3.Sustainable Impact4.A Study in Community and Place 5.Grassroots Community Organizing6.Leadership in Action

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7.Political Unrest and Social Movements8.Pedagogy, Affect, and Social Change

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Ethical ReasoningEthical Reasoning is the ability to reflect on moral issues and to identify, assess, and develop ethical arguments from a variety of positions.

(11) ETH1 – Applying Ethical Decision Making: Able to reason about right and wrong human conduct, analyzing different ethical perspectives, assessing personal ethical values, and applying them to ethical dilemmas.

1.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture2.Community Growth and Economic Change3.Counseling Theory and Practice: Social Work4.Critical Writing for the Professions: Grant and Technical Writing5.Introduction to Health and Community Services6.Globalization and Education7.Life Science Methods8.Social and Business Ethics9.Political Unrest and Social Movements10. Pedagogy, Affect, and Social Change11. Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

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Digital FluencyDigital Fluency is the aptitude to effectively and ethically interpret information, discover meaning, design content, construct knowledge, and communicate ideas in a digitally connected world.

(10) DF1 – Gathering Information: Apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, ethically interpret and use information in a digitally connected world.

1.Introduction to Organizational and Community Development2. Introduction to Academic Arguments and Writing3.Internship/Practicum4.Designing a 21st Century College5.Community Knowledge and Research Methods6.A Study in Community and Place 7.Critical Writing for the Professions: Grant and Technical Writing8.Digital Storytelling and Listening9.Field Studies in Mentorship (Internship/Practicum)

(10) DF2 – Communicating Ideas: Designs content, constructs knowledge, and communicates ideas in a digitally connected world.

1. Introduction to Academic Arguments and Writing2.The City and Its Storytellers3.Assessment of Health and Community Services4.Internship/Practicum5.Designing a 21st Century College6.Community Assessment7.Critical Writing for the Professions: Grant and Technical Writing8.Digital Storytelling and Listening9.Field Studies in Mentorship (Internship/Practicum)10. Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

(7) DF3 – Collaborating Across Geographic Boundaries: Uses digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support personal learning and contribute to the learning of others.

1.The City and Its Storytellers2.Internship/Practicum3.Designing a 21st Century College4.A Study in Community and Place 5.Digital Storytelling and Listening6.Field Studies in Mentorship (Internship/Practicum)7.Pedagogy, Affect, and Social Change

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Participatory Action Research – Self as Researcher

Participatory Action Research emphasizes participation and action, seeking to understand the world by trying to change it collaboratively following reflection.

(14) PAR-S1 – Surfacing Assumptions: Recognizes the personal assumptions, world views, and biases brought to the research project.

1.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture2.Sustainable Impact3.A Study in Community and Place 4.Contextualizing Work5.Creative Problem Solving6.Digital Storytelling and Listening7.Introduction to Health and Community Services8.Globalization and Community9.Lifelong Learning Seminar10. Understanding NonProfit Management11. Participatory Action Research Methods12. Reframing Failure13. Political Unrest and Social Movements

(10) PAR-S2 – Preparing for Research: Prepares for a transparent and systematic research process, determining a research question reflective of personal interest and impact goals.

1.Introduction to Organizational and Community Development2.Community Knowledge and Research Methods3.Sustainable Impact4.Critical Writing for the Professions: Grant and Technical Writing5.Globalization and Community6.Grassroots Community Organizing7.Life Science Methods8.Participatory Action Research Methods9.Pedagogy, Affect, and Social Change

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Big 10 – Lifelong Learning/Self

Intentionally applies the Bi g 10 skills to learning projects that develop the habits of mind necessary for systems thinking, quantitative reasoning, empirical reasoning, social reasoning, ethical reasoning, digital fluency, and Participatory Action Research, building a foundation for self-directed lifelong learning.

(4) B10LL-1AC – Accountability: Demonstrates the ability to meet or exceed agreed upon expectations, taking ownership of all that happens as a result of personal choices and actions, and looking for solutions when there is a problem.

1.Capstone Seminar for Organizational and Community Studies2.Introduction to Community Development3.Lifelong Learning Seminar4. Gateway

(3) B10LL-2Ad – Advocacy for Self and Others: Actively negotiates positive change for self and/or others, clearly seeing both sides of the issue and proposing new processes or parameters that more effectively meet the needs of all stakeholders.

1.Leadership in Action2.Political Unrest and Social Movements

(1) B10LL-3Col – Collaboration: Deliberately partners with others, negotiating, challenging, and being challenged on issues of partnership, in order to produce something together.

1. Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

(7) B10LL-4Com – Communication: Constructs sustained, coherent argument or presentation on issues and processes in more than one medium for general and specific audiences, adapting behaviors and goals to meet the needs of interaction and achieve shared meaning.

1.Sociology Integrated Seminar2.Collective Decision Making3.Critical Writing for the Professions: Grant and Technical Writing4.Expository Writing5.Integrated Studies in the Liberal Arts – Literature and Writing6.Leadership and Motivation7. Gateway

(4) B10LL-5Cr – Creativity: Consistently brings into being products, processes, or thoughts that did not previously exist, merging ideas and making connections between seemingly unrelated phenomena to generate solutions.

1.The City and Its Storytellers2.Creative Problem Solving3.Integrated Studies in the Liberal Arts – Literature and Writing4. Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

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(12) B10LL-6CT – Critical Thinking: Engages in evidence-based practice, able to identify the issue/dilemma/problem, frame it as a specific question, explore and evaluate information relevant to the question, and draw conclusions, applying conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence

1.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture2.Statistics for Problem Solving3.Sociology Integrated Seminar4.Capstone Seminar for Organizational and Community Studies5.Conflict Resolution6.Contextualizing Work7.Critical Writing for the Professions: Grant and Technical Writing8.Expository Writing9.Globalization and Community10. Integrated Studies in the Liberal Arts – Literature and Writing11. Lifelong Learning Seminar12. Quantitative Skills for Liberal Arts

(5) B10LL-7IAL – Integrated and Applied Learning: Selects and uses knowledge and skills appropriate to the context, combining life experience with examples, facts, theories and skills from various disciplines/fields.

1.Statistics for Problem Solving2.Education and Community Development3.Globalization and Community4.Globalization and Education5.Quantitative Skills for Liberal Arts

(4) B10LL-8PS – Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems and uses prior knowledge, logic, and imagination, weighing the relevance and accuracy of information to develop, recommend, and implement alternative solutions.

1.Statistics for Problem Solving2.Creative Problem Solving3.Quantitative Skills for Liberal Arts4. Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

(15) B10LL-9Ref – Reflection: Engages in an intentional process of continuous learning, consciously analyzing personal decision-making and actions as well as the reactions they prompt in themselves and others, drawing on theory and experience, and modifying actions as for the benefit of themselves and the communities they serve.

1. Introduction to Academic Arguments and Writing2.The City and Its Storytellers3.Statistics for Problem Solving4.Capstone Seminar for Organizational and Community Studies5.Conflict Resolution

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6.Digital Storytelling and Listening7.Expository Writing8.Globalization and Community9.Integrated Studies in the Liberal Arts – Literature and Writing10. Leadership and Motivation11. Leadership and Organizations12. Lifelong Learning Seminar13. Health and Community Services Policy14. Gateway15. Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

(6) B10LL-10Res – Resilience: Able to maintain effectiveness, remaining focused, composed, and optimistic when faced with time pressures, adversity, disappointment, or opposition, and recovers quickly from setbacks and failures.

1. Introduction to Academic Arguments and Writing2.Creative Problem Solving3.Lifelong Learning Seminar4.Quantitative Skills for Liberal Arts5. Gateway6. Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

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Competencies for Field Impact CAREER

Systems Thinking – Organizations

Applies a systematic and critical analysis of how an organization’s underlying structures affect an organization’s effectiveness and how people behave.

(2) ST-O1 - Applies Organizational Theory: Applies organizational theory to actual organizations in order to solve real-life problems.

1.Organizational Theory & Management2.Political Unrest and Social Movements

(17) ST-O2 – Diagnoses Problems: Identifies problems within organizational structures that lead to ineffectual behaviors.

1. Politics and Policies of Community Housing2. The Culture of Disaster Response and Recovery3. Teaching & Learning in Urban Contexts4. Assessment of Health and Community Services5. Designing a 21st Century College6. Strategic Thinking and Change7. Strategic Management and Policy8. Conflict Resolution9. Introduction to Health and Community Services10. Grassroots Community Organizing11. Human Resource Management12. Imaging Identities: Autobiographical Narratives and the Representation of Others13. Understanding NonProfit Management14. Organizational Theory & Management15. Reframing Failure16. Political Unrest and Social Movements

(10) ST-O3 – Designs, Implements, and Evaluates Changes: Designs appropriate strategies and interventions that will lead the organization to appropriate outcomes or organizational goals and implements a successful organizational change project using participatory action research methods.

1.Designing a 21st Century College2.Sustainable Impact3.Strategic Thinking and Change4.Conflict Resolution5.Globalization and Community6.Human Resource Management7.Organizational Theory & Management8.Political Unrest and Social Movements9.Project Management

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Mentorship

Moves comfortably between the roles of mentor and mentee, understanding the complexities of that working relationship, the ability to discern and articulate strengths and skills gaps, build and maintain rapport, give and receive critical feedback, maintain the appropriate balance between stretch and nurture, and determine next steps.

(2) M1 – Applies Mentoring Theories: Applies a systematic review of organizational roles and relationships, identifies mentoring needs, and recommends action.

1.Field Studies in Mentorship (Internship/Practicum)

(6) M2 – Practices Simultaneous Leadership and Learnership: Moves comfortable between the roles of mentor and mentee recognizing self as both leader and learner.

1.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture2.Sustainable Impact3.Community Assessment4.Digital Storytelling and Listening5.Organizational Theory & Management

(2) M3 – Applies Effective Coaching Skills: Mentors others in the role of coach and facilitator, modeling and fostering personal responsibility and self-directed learning in mentees.

1.Organizational Theory & Management

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Contextualizing Work

Investigates work considering personal context, the larger context of the organization, and the larger context of the world.

(7) CW-1 – Uses Personal Experience to Examine the Workplace: Engages in a disciplined examination of what is known about the workplace and what is known about the knower.

1.Politics and Policies of Community Housing2.American Labor History3.Contextualizing Work4.Globalization and Education5.Reframing Failure6.Health and Community Services Policy

(11) CW-2 – Applies Sociological and Anthropological Concepts of Work: Examines the system of interrelationships connecting individuals in the common culture of the workplace.

1.Introduction to Organizational and Community Development2.Community Growth and Economic Change3.Sociology Integrated Seminar4.American Labor History5.Contextualizing Work6.Counseling Theory and Practice: Social Work7.Education and Community Development8. Health and Community Services Policy9. Pedagogy, Affect, and Social Change10. Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

(15) CW-3 – Understands Community, National, and Global Systems Affecting Work: Examines the workplace within the context of the local community, the nation, and the global community.

1. Teaching & Learning in Urban Contexts2. Assessment of Health and Community Services3. Community Growth and Economic Change4. Strategic Management and Policy5. American Labor History6. Collective Decision Making7. Community Assessment8. Education and Community Development9. Introduction to Health and Community Services10. Globalization and Community11. Globalization and Education12. Health and Community Services Policy13. Pedagogy, Affect, and Social Change14. Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

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Labor and Democracy

Recognizes the relationships and dependencies between labor and democracy.

(4) LD1 – Applies the History of U.S. Labor and Economics to Present Day Polices and Practices: Analyzes major events, personalities, and themes in the history of U.S. labor and economics

1.Community Growth and Economic Change2.American Labor History3.History of the American College and University

(2) LD2 – Understands Collective Bargaining: Recognizes freedom of association and collective bargaining as crucial components of a well-functioning democracy.

1.American Labor History2.Political Unrest and Social Movements

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Writing for Careers

Recognizes and implements the forms and qualities associated with effective business writing, particularly the hallmarks of correctness, conciseness, coherence, and clarity.

(2) WC1- Writes in a Variety of Workplace Genres: Writes in a variety of workplace genres including resumes, letters, emails, memos, presentations, proposals, white papers, and reports

1.Community Knowledge and Research Methods2.Critical Writing for the Professions: Grant and Technical Writing

WC2 – Applies Ethics and Rules of Standard English in Workplace Communications

1.Critical Writing for the Professions: Grant and Technical Writing

(2) WC3 – Discovers and Proposes Grants: Locates funding sources and describes organizational needs and effectively advocates for organization within grant parameters.

1.Critical Writing for the Professions: Grant and Technical Writing

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Adaptive LeadershipUses an adaptive leadership model to influence behavioral habits and cultural practices and policies in organizations and communities.

(13) AL1 – Applies Theories of Leadership: Analyzes historical, theoretical, and practical leadership concepts and applies those appropriate to the context.

1.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture2.Teaching & Learning in Urban Contexts3.Community Assessment4.Education and Community Development5.Collaboration and Group Dynamics6.History of the American College and University7.Introduction to Community Development8.Leadership in Action9.Leadership and Motivation10. Leadership and Organizations11. Organizational Theory & Management12. Political Unrest and Social Movements

(6) AL2 – Defines and Solves Problems: Operates from a stance of continuous improvement, surfacing and defining problems, facilitating and implementing solutions, and reviewing the results.

1.Sustainable Impact2.Grassroots Community Organizing3.History of the American College and University4.Leadership in Action5.Leadership and Motivation

(4) AL3 – Designs and Implements a Collaborative Network: Designs and implements inclusive, collaborative planning processes to help stakeholders move from their current situation to their desired future state.

1.Community Assessment2.History of the American College and University3.Leadership in Action

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Reframing FailureViews failure as intentional iteration, a way of building knowledge through experimentation.

(10) RF1 – Plans for, Analyzes, and Learns From Failure: Applies an iterative process of prototyping, testing, analyzing, and refinement.

1. Introduction to Academic Arguments and Writing2.Digital Storytelling and Listening3.Expository Writing4.Imaging Identities: Autobiographical Narratives and the Representation of Others5.Integrated Studies in Liberal Arts: Public Speaking & Writing6.Lifelong Learning Seminar7.Reframing Failure8.Public Speaking/Debates9.Quantitative Skills for Liberal Arts

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Participatory Action Research – Career

Develops basic Participatory Action Research practices, examining the organization as both participant and researcher.

(11) PAR-C1 – Identifies Power Structure: Identifies and uses decision-making infrastructures to further action research.

1.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture2.Sustainable Impact3.A Study in Community and Place 4.Strategic Management and Policy5.Aesthetics: Sounds of the City6.Collective Decision Making7.Contextualizing Work8.Introduction to Health and Community Services9.Grassroots Community Organizing10. Participatory Action Research Methods11. Political Unrest and Social Movements

(7) PAR-C2 – Engages in Action Research: Applies tools of Participatory Action Research to identify and solve problems.

1.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture2.Community Knowledge and Research Methods3.Contextualizing Work4.Globalization and Community5.Participatory Action Research Methods6.Political Unrest and Social Movements

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Big 10 – Field Impact (Career)

Intentionally applies the Big 10 skills to learning projects aimed at career exploration and personal career skills development.

(4) B10FI-1AC – Accountability: Demonstrates the ability to meet or exceed agreed upon expectations, taking ownership of all that happens as a result of personal choices and actions, and looking for solutions when there is a problem.

1.Collaboration and Group Dynamics2.Interpersonal Skills for Virtual and Co-Located Teams3.Reframing Failure4.Project Management

(1) B10FI-2Ad – Advocacy for Self and Others: Actively negotiates positive change for self and/or others, clearly seeing both sides of the issue and proposing new processes or parameters that more effectively meet the needs of all stakeholders.

1.Counseling Theory and Practice: Social Work

(1) B10FI-3Col – Collaboration: Deliberately partners with others, negotiating, challenging, and being challenged on issues of partnership, in order to produce something together.

1. Introduction to Health and Community Services

(6) B10FI-4Com – Communication: Constructs sustained, coherent argument or presentation on issues and processes in more than one medium for general and specific audiences, adapting behaviors and goals to meet the needs of interaction and achieve shared meaning.

1. Introduction to Academic Arguments and Writing2.Designing a 21st Century College3.Community Knowledge and Research Methods4.Introduction to Health and Community Services5.Project Management6.Public Speaking/Debates

(1) B10FI-5Cr – Creativity: Consistently brings into being products, processes, or thoughts that did not previously exist, merging ideas and making connections between seemingly unrelated phenomena to generate solutions.

1.Digital Storytelling and Listening

(13) B10FI-6CT – Critical Thinking: Engages in evidence-based practice, able to identify the issue/dilemma/problem, frame it as a specific question, explore and evaluate information relevant to the question, and draw conclusions, applying conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence

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1.Designing a 21st Century College2.Strategic Management and Policy3.Collective Decision Making4.Community Assessment5.Counseling Theory and Practice: Social Work6.Globalization and Community7.History of the American College and University8.Interpersonal Skills for Virtual and Co-Located Teams9.Participatory Action Research Methods10. Reframing Failure11. Health and Community Services Policy12. Social and Business Ethics

(8) B10FI-7IAL – Integrated and Applied Learning: Selects and uses knowledge and skills appropriate to the context, combining life experience with examples, facts, theories and skills from various disciplines/fields.

1.Assessment of Health and Community Services2.Critical Writing for the Professions: Grant and Technical Writing3.History of the American College and University4.Human Resource Management5.Interpersonal Skills for Virtual and Co-Located Teams6.Participatory Action Research Methods7.Project Management

(4) B10FI-8PS – Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems and uses prior knowledge, logic, and imagination, weighing the relevance and accuracy of information to develop, recommend, and implement alternative solutions.

1.Interpersonal Skills for Virtual and Co-Located Teams2.Participatory Action Research Methods3.Social and Business Ethics4.Project Management

(3) B10FI-9Ref – Reflection: Engages in an intentional process of continuous learning, consciously analyzing personal decision-making and actions as well as the reactions they prompt in themselves and others, drawing on theory and experience, and modifying actions as for the benefit of themselves and the communities they serve.

1.Strategic Management and Policy2.Critical Writing for the Professions: Grant and Technical Writing3.Reframing Failure

(1) B10FI-10Res – Resilience: Able to maintain effectiveness, remaining focused, composed, and optimistic when faced with time pressures, adversity, disappointment, or opposition, and recovers quickly from setbacks and failures.

1.Reframing Failure

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Community/Global Impact Competencies (GLOBAL)

Systems Thinking – Communities

Understand the needs of the local system and translate them into actions that can be used directly by the community

(15) ST-C1 – Applies Community Development Theory: Applies community development theory to actual communities in order to solve real-life problems.

1.Politics and Policies of Community Housing2.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture3.The Culture of Disaster Response and Recovery4.Sustainable Impact5.Community Growth and Economic Change6.A Study in Community and Place 7.American Labor History8.Community Assessment9.Education and Community Development10. Elements and Issues in Community Development11. Globalization and Education12. Grassroots Community Organizing13. Introduction to Community Development14. Understanding NonProfit Management

(24) ST-C2 – Analyzes Cause and Effect: Uses systems thinking to describe cause and effect—how a system operates and how it might react to change.

1.Politics and Policies of Community Housing2.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture3.The Culture of Disaster Response and Recovery4.Designing a 21st Century College5.Community Growth and Economic Change6.A Study in Community and Place 7.Strategic Management and Policy8.Sociology Integrated Seminar9.Aesthetics: Sounds of the City10. American Labor History11. Conflict Resolution12. Education and Community Development13. Elements and Issues in Community Development14. Introduction to Health and Community Services15. Globalization and Education16. Grassroots Community Organizing17. Human Resource Management18. Introduction to Community Development19. Understanding NonProfit Management20. Health and Community Services Policy

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21. Public Speaking/Debates22. Pedagogy, Affect, and Social Change23. Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

(9) ST-C3 – Applies Participatory Techniques: Works with community members, organizations, and governing bodies to surface problems, identify key drivers of change, and propose solutions, building collective efficacy.

1.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture2.The City and Its Storytellers3.Sustainable Impact4.Community Growth and Economic Change5.A Study in Community and Place 6.Aesthetics: Sounds of the City7.Counseling Theory and Practice: Social Work8.Grassroots Community Organizing

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Place-Based Reasoning

Uses local knowledge to develop localized horizontal solutions.

(15) PBR1 - Theories of Place: Applies theories of place to action research project, becoming active citizens and stewards of the place in which they live.

1.Politics and Policies of Community Housing2.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture3.The Culture of Disaster Response and Recovery4.The City and Its Storytellers5.Community Growth and Economic Change6.A Study in Community and Place 7.Sociology Integrated Seminar8.American Labor History9.Digital Storytelling and Listening10. Elements and Issues in Community Development11. Globalization and Community12. Grassroots Community Organizing13. Introduction to Community Development14. Pedagogy, Affect, and Social Change

(19) PBR2 - Cultural Practices of Place: Understands the cultural processes, behaviors, and priorities of a community and honors those practices.

1.Politics and Policies of Community Housing2.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture3.The City and Its Storytellers4.Community Knowledge and Research Methods5.Community Growth and Economic Change6.A Study in Community and Place 7.Sociology Integrated Seminar8.Aesthetics: Sounds of the City9.American Labor History10. Community Assessment11. Education and Community Development12. Elements and Issues in Community Development13. Grassroots Community Organizing14. Imaging Identities: Autobiographical Narratives and the Representation of Others15. Interpersonal Skills for Virtual and Co-Located Teams16. Public Speaking/Debates17. Pedagogy, Affect, and Social Change18. Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

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Public Narrative

Applies the tools of public narrative as leadership practice, translating values into action.

(9) PN1 – Develops and Publicly Shares Story of Self: 1.The City and Its Storytellers2.Contextualizing Work3.Digital Storytelling and Listening4.Collaboration and Group Dynamics5.Imaging Identities: Autobiographical Narratives and the Representation of Others6.Integrated Studies in Liberal Arts: Public Speaking & Writing7.Reframing Failure8.Public Speaking/Debates9.Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

(4) PN2 – Develops and Publicly Shares Story of Us: Uses public narrative to link own calling to that of a community.

1.The City and Its Storytellers2.A Study in Community and Place 3.Digital Storytelling and Listening4.Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

(5) PN3 – Develops and Publicly Shares Story of Now: 1.The City and Its Storytellers2.A Study in Community and Place 3.Aesthetics: Sounds of the City4.Digital Storytelling and Listening5.Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

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Public Debate - 3

Applies propositions, evidence, practical reason and general rhetorical strategies to promote and advance one’s public or civic interests.

(5) PD1 – Analyzes Audience: Determines audience values, interests, and propositions related to the issue.

1. Introduction to Academic Arguments and Writing2.Teaching & Learning in Urban Contexts3.Integrated Studies in Liberal Arts: Public Speaking & Writing4.Public Speaking/Debates5.Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

(9) PD2 – Frames Issue: Identifies and uses key points and examples to persuade.

1. Introduction to Academic Arguments and Writing2.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture3.Teaching & Learning in Urban Contexts4.Sustainable Impact5.Integrated Studies in Liberal Arts: Public Speaking & Writing6.Health and Community Services Policy7.Political Unrest and Social Movements8.Public Speaking/Debates9.Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

(6) PD3 – Applies Skills of Argument and Persuasion: Uses the fundamental skills of rhetoric and argumentation as a critical producer of public argument as part of a reasoned process of collective decision-making.

1. Introduction to Academic Arguments and Writing2.Teaching & Learning in Urban Contexts3.Sustainable Impact4.Integrated Studies in Liberal Arts: Public Speaking & Writing5.Public Speaking/Debates6.Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

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Media and Message

Demonstrates how media technologies can be used to promote positive change.

(5) MM1 – Analyzes media messages:

1.Sociology Integrated Seminar2.Expository Writing3.Imaging Identities: Autobiographical Narratives and the Representation of Others4.Imaging Identities: Autobiographical Narratives and the Representation of Others5.Integrated Studies in the Liberal Arts – Literature and Writing

(1) MM2 – Uses social media strategies: Uses social media strategies and tactics to draw people to an issue.

1. Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

(8) MM3: Analyzes and Reaches Audience: Uses audience values to build a supportive community.

1.Community Knowledge and Research Methods2.Critical Writing for the Professions: Grant and Technical Writing3.Expository Writing4.Grassroots Community Organizing5. Collaboration and Group Dynamics

6.Integrated Studies in Liberal Arts: Public Speaking & Writing7.Integrated Studies in the Liberal Arts – Literature and Writing8.Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

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Globalization

Understands how a globally networked world influences our understanding of others and ourselves.

(9) GL1 – Welcomes Difference and Diversity: Demonstrates increasing comfort and skills in working with difference and diversity in its many forms (race/ethnicity, nationality, class, gender, sexual orientation/preference, age, and ability).

1. Introduction to Academic Arguments and Writing2.Teaching & Learning in Urban Contexts3.Sociology Integrated Seminar4.Conflict Resolution5.Globalization and Community6.Globalization and Education7.Imaging Identities: Autobiographical Narratives and the Representation of Others8.Leadership and Motivation

(20) GL2 - Analyzes Problems and Issues from a Global Perspective: Analyzes one or more global issues, problems, or opportunities facing the human race.

1.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture2.The Culture of Disaster Response and Recovery3.Teaching & Learning in Urban Contexts4.Assessment of Health and Community Services5.Designing a 21st Century College6.Community Growth and Economic Change7.A Study in Community and Place 8.Sociology Integrated Seminar9.Aesthetics: Sounds of the City10. Education and Community Development11. Introduction to Health and Community Services12. Globalization and Community13. Globalization and Education14. Grassroots Community Organizing15. Human Resource Management16. Imaging Identities: Autobiographical Narratives and the Representation of Others17. Social and Business Ethics18. Pedagogy, Affect, and Social Change19. Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

(4) GL3 – Places Action Research Project in a Global Context: Produces independently or collaboratively an actionable project engaging in theories of globalization.

1.Education and Community Development2.Globalization and Community3.Globalization and Education

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Participatory Action Research – Communities

Develops basic Participatory Action Research practices, examining the community as both participant and researcher.

(10) PAR-COMM1 – Analyzes Power Structure: Applies PAR theories to map how and where decision-making happens in the community.

1.The City and Its Storytellers2.Sustainable Impact3.Community Growth and Economic Change4.Collective Decision Making5.Community Assessment6.Education and Community Development7.Globalization and Community8.Grassroots Community Organizing9.Understanding NonProfit Management

(9) PAR-COMM2 – Facilitates Stakeholder Discussion: Facilitates discussion among stakeholders involved in/impacted by change project.

1.The City and Its Storytellers2.Sustainable Impact3.Collective Decision Making4.Community Assessment5.Conflict Resolution6.Interpersonal Skills for Virtual and Co-Located Teams7.Leadership in Action8.Participatory Action Research Methods9.Political Unrest and Social Movements

(5) PAR-COMM3 – Engages in Action Research: Applies tools of Participatory Action Research to identify and solve community problems.

1.Violence and Nonviolence in American Culture2.The City and Its Storytellers3.Sustainable Impact4.Collective Decision Making5.Community Assessment

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Big 10 – Communities/Global Impact (World) - 10

Intentionally applies the Big 10 skills to learning projects aimed at community and global impact.

(1) B10CGI-1AC – Accountability: Demonstrates the ability to meet or exceed agreed upon expectations, taking ownership of all that happens as a result of personal choices and actions, and looking for solutions when there is a problem.

1.Sustainable Impact

(1) B10CGI-2AD – Advocacy for Self and Others: Actively negotiates positive change for self and/or others, clearly seeing both sides of the issue and proposing new processes or parameters that more effectively meet the needs of all stakeholders.

1. Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

(3) B10CGI-3COL – Collaboration: Deliberately partners with others, negotiating, challenging, and being challenged on issues of partnership, in order to produce something together.

1.The City and Its Storytellers2.Sustainable Impact3.Strategic Thinking and Change

(2) B10CGI-4COM – Communication: Constructs sustained, coherent argument or presentation on issues and processes in more than one medium for general and specific audiences, adapting behaviors and goals to meet the needs of interaction and achieve shared meaning.

1.Human Resource Management2.Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

(2) B10CGI-5Cr – Creativity: Consistently brings into being products, processes, or thoughts that did not previously exist, merging ideas and making connections between seemingly unrelated phenomena to generate solutions.

1.Imaging Identities: Autobiographical Narratives and the Representation of Others2.Integrated Studies in Liberal Arts: Public Speaking & Writing

(7) B10CGI-6CT – Critical Thinking: Engages in evidence-based practice, able to identify the issue/dilemma/problem, frame it as a specific question, explore and evaluate information relevant to the question, and draw conclusions, applying conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence

1.Teaching & Learning in Urban Contexts2.Communication Skills for Leaders 3.Elements and Issues in Community Development4.Human Resource Management5.Imaging Identities: Autobiographical Narratives and the Representation of Others

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6.Integrated Studies in Liberal Arts: Public Speaking & Writing7.Storying the Foodshed: Race, Class, Labor, Gender, and Food

(7) B10CGI-7IAL – Integrated and Applied Learning: Selects and uses knowledge and skills appropriate to the context, combining life experience with examples, facts, theories and skills from various disciplines/fields.

1.Community Growth and Economic Change2.Strategic Management and Policy3.Sociology Integrated Seminar4.Communication Skills for Leaders 5.Grassroots Community Organizing6.Life Science Methods7.Health and Community Services Policy

(4) B10CGI-8PS – Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems and uses prior knowledge, logic, and imagination, weighing the relevance and accuracy of information to develop, recommend, and implement alternative solutions.

1.A Study in Community and Place 2.Strategic Thinking and Change3.Human Resource Management4.Leadership in Action

(6) B10CGI-9Ref – Reflection: Engages in an intentional process of continuous learning, consciously analyzing personal decision-making and actions as well as the reactions they prompt in themselves and others, drawing on theory and experience, and modifying actions as for the benefit of themselves and the communities they serve.

1.Communication Skills for Leaders 2.Contextualizing Work3.Imaging Identities: Autobiographical Narratives and the Representation of Others4.Integrated Studies in Liberal Arts: Public Speaking & Writing5.Interpersonal Skills for Virtual and Co-Located Teams6.Introduction to Community Development

(2) B10CGI-10Res – Resilience: Able to maintain effectiveness, remaining focused, composed, and optimistic when faced with time pressures, adversity, disappointment, or opposition, and recovers quickly from setbacks and failures.

1.The Culture of Disaster Response and Recovery2.Strategic Thinking and Change

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