Academic Certificate--Civil Discourse for Citizenship (CIVDC1B-CR)

The Center for Ethics and Human Values now offers an Academic Civil Discourse for Citizenship Certificate for OSU undergraduate students! 

This certificate (CIVDC1B-CR) gives students training in the theory and practice of civil discourse. The purpose is to help future professionals and citizens appreciate civic values so they can contribute to the creation of healthy democratic communities that recognize the importance of free speech and open dialogue across differences. Once completed, this 12-credit certificate will appear on students' transcripts like a minor.  In addition to providing valuable skills that can be applied across many contexts, the Civil Discourse for Citizenship certificate is a credential that sends an excellent signal to prospective employers. 

Requirements for the Civil Discourse for Citizenship Certificate are outlined below. Students can enroll through their regular advisors using code: CIVDC1B-CR. 

 

Faculty Program Advisor: Kathryn Joyce, joyce.173@osu.edu; Program code: CIVDC1B-CR
 

Required Core Course (1 course; 3 credit hours (CH))

ARTSSCI 2400 or 2400E Conversations on Morality, Politics, & Society
 

Elective Courses (3-4 courses; 9 CH)

Students may select three or four courses below totaling at least 9 CH. There may be up to 100% overlap with courses in a major, minor, certificate, or GE. No more than 50% of the certificate course work may be from the same department. 

 

  • BUSHMHR 4236 Crucial Conversations 
  • COMM 2850 Media and Citizenship 
  • COMM 3404 Media Law and Ethics 
  • COMM 3558 Social Media 
  • COMPSTD/AFAMAS/WGSST 4921 Intersections: Approaches to Theorizing Difference 
  • ENGLISH 2276/2276H Arts of Persuasion 
  • ES HESA 2577 Diversity and Social Justice in Leadership 
  • ESPHE/PHILOS 5440: Philosophical Perspectives on Race, Education, and Citizenship 
  • LAW 4015 Difficult Conversations in Polarized Times (1 CH) 
  • PHILOS 1500 Intro to Logic 
  • PHILOS 2390 Ethics and Leadership in a Diverse World 
  • PHILOS 2400 Political and Social Philosophy 
  • PHILOS 5400 Advanced Political and Social Philosophy 
  • PHILOS/POLITSC/ECON 3001 Economy, Polity, & Community 

 

  • PHILOS/POLITSC/ECON 3002 Tradition, Progress, Utopia 
  • POLITSC 2400 Introduction to Political Theory 
  • POLITSC 3160 Political Polarization and the Culture War 
  • POLITSC 3170 Political Psychology 
  • POLITSC 4165 Media and American Politics 
  • POLITSC 4420H Debating Democracy 
  • PUBAFRS 2120 Public Service and Civil Engagement 
  • PUBAFRS 3210 Civics, the Making of Law, and the Development and Implementation of Public Policy 
  • PUBAFRS 5515 Conversing with Confidence Across Differences (1 CH) 
  • PSYCH 3325 Introduction to Social Psychology 
  • PSYCH 3375 Stereotyping and Prejudice 
  • SOCWORK 5012 Social Work Approaches to Conflict Resolution (2 CH) 

 

Short Portfolio: (0 courses, 0 CH; approval required)

During the term in which they will complete their certificate coursework, students must produce a short portfolio consisting of written answers to a series of questions. Students must contact Kathryn Joyce.173 to be enrolled in the Carmen course through which they will submit their portfolio; this portfolio will be evaluated by members of the Center for Ethics and Human Values Steering Committee. Students will be notified of the evaluation results within 14 business days of submitting them via Carmen.