Last month, Tisch College launched Active Citizenship in the Undergraduate Curriculum, a listing of undergraduate courses that teach the knowledge, skills or values of active citizenship. Compiled from faculty submissions, each faculty member describes how the course enables students to develop as effective active citizens.
“Far from being a separate set of behaviors, active citizenship is integrated in all aspects of people’s lives,” said Tisch College Dean Rob Hollister. “Every department and school at Tufts has courses in which the intellectual content is combined with empirical materials, assignments, readings, and field experience. Students come away with both an appreciation and knowledge of that field of study but also with the commitment and ability to apply their learning as they take on roles of professional, of citizen, of parent, and of voter.”
Hollister explained, "This growing list aims to help students as they select courses, and to contribute to curriculum planning by individual professors and their departments."
Faculty members interested in adding their courses are encouraged to do so here.
