RURAL EXPERIENCE CORE

Take the following courses:

PY-190 Introduction to Poverty Studies

3 Credits

HS-222 Archives: Theory, Practice, and Use

EN-203 Class/Status/Identity in US Literature

4 CreditsSW-LEPrerequisite or corequisite: FYC-101 or EN-110 or EN-109

CONN-390 Comparative Rural Experience I

2 CreditsCONN,ICNOTES: Students must complete both CONN-390 and CONN-391 to fulfill the Connections or IC requirement. Students are expected to be in their third or fourth year when taking a Connections course.

CONN-391 Comparative Rural Experience II

2 CreditsCONN,ICNOTES: Students must complete both CONN-390 and CONN-391 to fulfill the Connections or IC requirement. Students are expected to be in their third or fourth year when taking a Connections course.


ELECTIVE COURSES

Take two of the following courses (a total of at least six credits): 

AH-301  African-American Art: Slavery to Social Justice

4 CreditsF,I,CA,CW,SW-US Pre-Req: FYC-101 or EN-110 or EN-109

BI-190 Human Biology

3 CreditsN, WK-SP,CTGESPre- or Co-requisite: FYC-101 or EN-110 or EN-109

CM-310 Understanding Health Inequity

3 CreditsS, WK-SIPre-Req or Co-Req: FYC-101 or EN-110 or EN-109

CONN-340 Extracting Appalachia

4 CreditsCONN,ICNOTE: Students are expected to be in their third or fourth year when taking a Connections course.

CONN-350 Community Health Advocacy

4 CreditsCONN,IC

CONN-392 Justice and Global Health

4 CreditsCONN,IC

EN-211 Pennsylvania Literature

4 CreditsH,SW-USPre-Req: FYC-101 or EN-110 or EN-109.

EN-319 Writing for Social Change

4 CreditsH

ESS-206 Global Environmental Issues

4 CreditsN, WK-SI

HS-367 Women in Africa

4 CreditsCA, H, I, CTDH 

PS-208 Policy and Community

4 CreditsSW-LEPrerequisite or corequisite: FYC or CWS

SO-101 Introduction to Sociology

3 CreditsS

SW-231  Social Problems & Social Welfare

3 CreditsS,WK-SIPrerequisites: FYC-101, EN-110, or EN-109.


NOTE: Other courses, such as special topics courses, may be chosen with advisor/department chair approval.


Secondary Emphasis Credit Total = 19-21

Six credits must be at the 300/400-level.  Any course exception must be approved by the advisor and/or department chair.