Faculty First Year Seminars 197POL11 - Activism,Advocacy, Citizenship

This course aims to provide first-year students with some of the foundational skills and knowledge necessary to be effective citizens, advocates, and activists here at UMass and beyond. Students will learn the basics of community problem-identification, problem-solving and policy development. By the end of this first semester at UMass, students will already have developed the capacity to be effective change agents on campus, and in their other communities. A range of guest speakers will round out the readings and other materials with their firsthand experiences as advocates and policymakers.

Freshmen Only