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Spring 2020 | PA 5145 Section 001: Civic Participation in Public Affairs (65491)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
Community Engaged Learning
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
Open (54 of 55 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Critique/learn various approaches to civic participation in defining/addressing public issues. Readings, cases, classroom discussion, facilitating/experiencing engagement techniques. Examine work of practitioner, design engagement process.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ksquick+PA5145+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- Critique/learn various approaches to civic participation in defining/addressing public issues. Readings, cases, classroom discussion, facilitating/experiencing engagement techniques. Examine work of practitioner, design engagement process.
- Grading:
- Readings & weekly reading notes - 20%
Attendance and active classroom participation - 20%
Facilitation practice (leading classroom exercises) - 15%
Short paper: Observing & analyzing a civic participation effort - 15%
Short paper: Interviewing a practitioner and assembling & analyzing their methods - 15%Final poster plus paper: Designing an engagement process - 15%
Refer to syllabus for more detail
- Exam Format:
- There are no exams in this class
- Class Format:
- 10% Lecture
15% Discussion
45% Laboratory
20% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
5% Guest Speakers
"Laboratory" refers to experiential, practicum sessions in which students experiment with different facilitation and engagement methods in the classroom.
- Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week, plus weekly required reading notes prior to class
2 Short papers 1. observing & analyzing a civic participation effort; 2. Assembling & analzying a practitioner account;
1 poster + accompanying paper: Designing an engagement process
Co-facilitating 2 types of classes: 1) Participation / facilitation methods exercise; 2) Reading / concept discussion (twice)
Active participation in class
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65491/1203
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ksquick_PA5145_Fall2016.pdf (Fall 2016)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ksquick_PA5145_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 July 2016
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2020 Public Affairs Classes Taught by Kathy Quick