Civic Education Certificate
The Civic Education Certificate is designed to contribute to the preparation of undergraduate students for:
- careers in primary and secondary education (where the teaching of government and civics may be involved);
- careers or voluntary participation in politics, public service, and civic and social movements; and
- further education in law, journalism, business, history, sociology, political science, and other fields where an understanding of questions of citizenship, leadership, community, democracy, public responsibility, and ethics is crucial.
The certificate does not substitute for degree requirements in any subject, including Political Science; rather, as a complement to the student’s chosen major, the certificate program is intended to guide students to a variety of courses whose successful completion indicates their special accomplishment in the area of civic education.
Students majoring in any subject at the university may be awarded the Civic Education Certificate upon completion of the following 15 semester hours of political science courses:
- POS 101 Political Ideologies SB 3
- POS 346 Problems of Democracy HU 3
- POS 442 American Political Thought HU 3
Choose one from the courses below 3
- POS340 History of Political Philosophy I HU, H (3)
- POS 341 History of Political Philosophy II HU, H (3)
- POS 443 Topics in Contemporary Political Theory HU (3)
Choose one from the courses below 3
- POS 110 Government and Politics SB (3)
- POS 150 Comparative Government SB, G (3)
- POS 160 Global Politics SB, G (3)
- POS 270 American Legal System SB (3)
- POS 300 Contemporary Controversies in Global Politics SB, G (3)
- POS 313 The Congress SB (3)
- POS 314 The American Presidency SB (3)
- POS 315 The Supreme Court SB (3)
- POS 330 Contemporary Controversies in Domestic Politics SB (3)
- POS 332 American Political Parties SB (3)
- POS 333 Interest Groups SB (3)
- POS 370 Law and Society SB (3)
- POS 417 The Arizona Political System SB (3)
- POS 435 Women and Politics SB, C (3)
- POS 439 Minority Group Politics in America SB, C (3)
Total semester hours 15
Certificate students must have a minimum GPA of 2.00; only courses in which students have a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher count toward the certificate.