Undergraduate Course Catalog 2012-2013

Thompson School of Applied Science

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Community Leadership (CSL)

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Professor: Timothy E. Barretto, M. Katharine Hanson

The award-winning community leadership program (CSL) prepares students for influential roles within community organizations by combining hands-on community outreach with an academic study of communities, leadership, citizen influence, and nonprofit organization management, in addition to general education. The community leadership program was the recipient of the 2007 Spirit of New Hampshire Champion Award for Higher Education.

Students participate in faculty-supervised community outreach in a wide variety of locations, including schools and other learning-focused agencies, crisis shelters, environmental organizations, animal care facilities, nursing homes, advocacy programs, town offices, citizen groups, and other community-related organizations.

Through their coursework, community placements, and individualized plans of study, students learn how to supervise volunteers, facilitate effective meetings, speak comfortably and knowledgeably to groups of various sizes, analyze community issues and their causes, manage financial information, organize projects and events, research and prepare grant proposals, create effective newsletters, influence public opinion, and organize people to work toward positive solutions for shared problems.

The community leadership program is designed to flexibly and effectively meet the needs of a diverse group of students including recent high school graduates as well as experienced community service workers.

Admissions Requirements

Applicants to the community leadership program area must present college preparatory English and at least two years of satisfactory work in college preparatory mathematics, and demonstrate community service or leadership experience plus strong verbal and written communication skills.

Curriculum Fee

Community leadership: $66*

*This one-time curriculum fee is required to cover course materials that are unique to the applied nature of the concentration. The curriculum fee covers the entire two-year course of study for one concentration. Any non-TSAS student may be assessed specific course fees, details of which are included in each semester's Time and Room Schedule. All fees are subject to change.

Community Leadership Curriculum Standards

Community leadership students must maintain a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade-point average in required major classes after two semesters (minimum 26 credits) to take additional required CSL classes. Students with cumulative major course averages less than 2.0 must repeat classes with lower grades and raise their average to the required 2.0 before taking additional major classes. Students must have a minimum cumulative 2.0 grade-point average in required major classes to qualify for graduation from the program.

Career Opportunities:

Volunteer manager, grant writer, lobbyist, public relations and marketing assistant, event planner, outreach coordinator, fundraiser/development specialist, publications media assistant, community organizer, or staff supervisor.

Community Leadership Program of Study

First Year, Fall Semester

Abbreviation	Course Number	Title	Credits
CSL	200	Technology for Community Service & Leadership	2
CSL	401	Introduction to Community Service & Leadership	4
CSL	405	Communication within Communities	4
COM	209	Expository Writing and Reading	4
MTH	202	Math II	3

First Year, Spring Semester

Abbreviation	Course Number	Title	Credits
CSL	402	Introduction to Non-Profit Organizations	4
CSL	403	Organizing & Supervising Volunteers	4
COM	210	Public Speaking	2
SSCI	201*	Human Relations or similar elective (determined with advisor)	4
SSCI	202*	Social Issues or equivalent	4
		Participation in UNH Leadership Program

* One of these SSCI courses is required.

Second Year, Fall Semester

Abbreviation	Course Number	Title	Credits
CSL	407	Non-profit Budgeting and Accounting (or elective)	3
CSL	490	Civic and Community Internship	4
CSL	508	Essentials of Fundraising for Community-based Organizations	2
CEP	415	Community Development Perspectives (or equivalent)	4
COM	211	Critical Reading	2

Second Year, Spring Semester

Abbreviation	Course Number	Title	Credits
CSL	210	Capstone Seminar	4
CSL	404	Managing Change & Conflict in Communities	4
CSL	406	Literature of Family & Community	4
CSL	509	Essentials of Grant Writing for Community-based Organizations	2
		Elective	4

Total: 64 - 68 credits

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