Q&A
CUNY's curricula supporting civic engagement
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Council Member Eric Dinowitz inquires about how CUNY's curricula in various fields support students' development of civic knowledge, skills, values, and motivation. CUNY representatives provide examples of courses and initiatives.
- CUNY offers courses specifically focused on elections and democracy, such as 'Decision 2024: The Election in Real Time' and 'Ecosystems of Democracy' at Macaulay Honors College
- These courses are aligned with faculty efforts to offer classes particularly relevant to current civic issues
- Dinowitz also asks about efforts to integrate civic engagement into courses beyond political science
Eric Dinowitz
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How do CUNY's curricula in various fields support students development of the combination the, quote, combination of knowledge, skills, values, and motivation that can make a difference in the civic life of our communities.
Denise Maybank
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So there are different activities in the list that you'll get then is a partial list of things happening across the university.
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I know at one of the schools they actually gave me the names of the courses.
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I'm trying to find it quickly.
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Oh, yeah.
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Okay.
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So McAuley, Anna's College, has 2 courses that they held up.
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In particular, one is decision 2024, the election in real time.
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That would be MHC 331 if you would like to take it.
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The the other course at McAuley is MHC 347, and it is ecosystems of democracy.
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So there are faculty that are very much aligned with offering classes, particularly in the semester.
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And we can check and see if others are doing the same, but those were the ones that I had at the rate.
Eric Dinowitz
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Cool.
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And and are there efforts to integrate civic engagement into courses that may not be political science courses, but could work with that overlap.
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Is there any effort or talk of doing that?
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Yes, please.