Civic Engagement

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Make a Difference for Your Community and Your Career

Civic engagement means taking an interest in the continued welfare of your community. It means looking into neighborhood renewal. It means community gardening. It means voting and volunteering. It means all these things and more. Civic engagement is taking an active interest and practical approach to making local communities come alive and thrive. It means organizing activities and taking on leadership roles in those efforts. It means helping people. It means making a difference.

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, MPS

The Master of Professional Studies in Civic Engagement at the College of Continuing and Professional Studies (CCAPS) is designed to give you the tools to make that difference. It offers the chance to develop the encompassing leadership skills you need to manage and motivate community-wide efforts.
Plus, you can customize your graduate degree to your personal and professional aspirations. Build your own civic focus with your choice of relevant electives in three primary tracks: Civic Life and Social Justice, Perspectives in Global Citizenship, or Election Administration. Or, with help from your academic advisor, build a track uniquely your own.

PROGRAM SNAPSHOT

30

credits

A blend of online and in-person classes.

Under 3 years

Core coursework includes civic engagement, community-driven leadership, money and policy, leading teams, and data informed decision making. Up to 12 credits in a career-defining track (or build your own).

Cost: $900 per credit


Total Program Cost: $27,000 plus fees

  • Steve Wicks, Enrollment Advisor

Make an Impact for Community Good

Take on leadership roles in your community while taking charge of your career with a graduate degree in civic engagement from CCAPS.

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