UTexas

Civics (CIV)

CIV 301  Perennial Problems in Civic Thought  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine civic conflicts and controversies, with a view to understanding their root causes. Explore readings from classic and contemporary texts on political theory, ethics, and practice. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 301C  Being Human  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine classic texts that explore what it means to be human and consider their implications for politics, economics, society, morality, and religion. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 301D  Pursuing Happiness  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Survey social science research on the key determinants of human happiness and considers the implications of this research for civic life. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 101J  First Year Foundations I  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Discuss foundations for success in life, college, and career. Develop skills for civic leadership, well-being, and academic scholarship. Civics 101J and 109 (Topic: First Year Foundations I) may not both be counted. One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to first year and transfer students in the Civics Honors major.  
Grading: Pass/Fail  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 101K  First Year Foundations II  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Discuss career discernment, explore career opportunities, and develop skills for civic leadership, internship, and career success. Civics 101K and 109 (Topic: First Year Foundations II) may not both be counted. One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civics 101J or consent of advisor.  
Restrictions: Restricted to students in a Civics Honors major.  
Grading: Pass/Fail  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 302  Truth and Persuasion  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine what humans can know, how they reason, what thinking is, and how humans communicate to persuade others. Discuss readings in logic, epistemology, and rhetoric including classical writers such as Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and Quintilian as well as modern and contemporary thinkers and leaders, with emphasis on case studies of effective persuasion. Civics 302 and Philosophy 306 (Topic: Truth and Persuasion) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 302C  Classics of Social and Political Thought  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explores the origins of social scientific thought in the history of political philosophy and traces the development of one or more of the social sciences in modern times. Focuses on fundamental ideas about human nature, civil society, and politics, explored through reading such authors as Aristotle, Aquinas, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Freud. Only one of the following may be counted: Civics 302C, Core Texts and Ideas 302, Government 314E. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.
Same as: CTI 302, GOV 314E  
Core Curriculum: 080  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 303C  Foundations of American Civics  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine debates about constitutionalism and citizenship in American and Texas political experience. Investigate the philosophical and historic foundations of American institutions from the founding period through the contemporary era. Discuss the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. May be paired with Government 305C, 306C, 312L, 312P, or Civics 312P to satisfy the legislative Core requirement for government. Government 310L and Civics 303C may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 070  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 303J  Origins of American Institutions  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine the roots of American institutions and practices from ancient times (Greek city-states, the Mosaic law, Roman politics), medieval practices and institutions, English constitutional history (Magna Carta, Glorious Revolution), and the Enlightenment (Locke, Montesquieu, Sydney). Discuss the American colonial experiment in self-government. Explore the Revolution, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitutional convention. Address the early republic and significant constitutional moments in American experience. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 303K  Democracy and Capitalism  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine classical liberal thought as it relates to political and economic liberty. Investigate how classical liberal ideas about political and economic liberty influence the modern development of democracy and capitalism. Explore potential tensions between democracy and capitalism. Study empirical evidence and classic writings on relationship between democracy, capitalism, and human flourishing. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 304  Foundations of Research Methods for Civics  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to statistical methods used in civics with emphasis on concepts and applications. Utilize a variety of real data to discuss key concepts, such as sampling distributions and basic data analyses. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 020  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 305  Excellence of Character: The Virtues  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Investigate the nature, grounds, and consequences of moral excellence in political communities. Discuss close reading of classical texts (such as Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, Cicero, Aquinas), contemporary philosophical analysis (such as Foot, Anscombe, MacIntyre), results of scientific research, and reflections on history, biography, and literature (such as Shakespeare, Austen). Focus on application to contemporary problems. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 109, 209, 309  Topics in Civics  1-3 Hours  

1,2,3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 310K  Ethics and Leadership in Ancient Greek Drama  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Study selected plays of Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, and others with a focus on themes of virtue, justice, and leadership qualities. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 050  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 310L  Ethics and Leadership in Shakespeare's Drama  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Study selected plays of Shakespeare, focusing on themes virtue, justice, and leadership qualities. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 050  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 312P  Constitutional Principles: Core Texts  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Close readings from primary texts that have shaped or that reflect deeply upon American democracy, including the Declaration of Independence, The Federalist Papers, and Tocqueville's Democracy in America. May be paired with Government 310L or Civics 303C to satisfy the legislative Core requirement for government. Civics 312P and Government 312P may not both be counted. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 312P  
Core Curriculum: 070  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 313  Civic Leadership: Global Perspectives  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Discuss classic and contemporary texts on civic leadership from a range of cultures and periods, including different ways of understanding, organizing, and leading in civic life. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S  Topics in Civics  1-9 Hours  

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the School of Civic Leadership. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

CIV 320  Constitutionalism: Ancient and Modern  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine the ancient and medieval origins of modern constitutionalism. Explore the works of authors such as Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, Machiavelli, Montaigne, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Gibbon, Hamilton, Madison, Tocqueville, Thoreau, Marx, Mill, Arendt, Berlin, Rawls, and Nozick. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 121  Topics in Constitutional History and Principles Research  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Constitutional History and Principles Research.
  

CIV 121.1  Constitutional History and Principles Research  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 321J  Economics and Constitutionalism  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Investigate economic growth as a function of constitutions that protect the rule of law and well-defined property rights. Examine social and economic outcomes under different rules. Explore constitutional disputes over economic issues such as taxation, eminent domain, labor law, and regulation. Consider how different constitutional arrangements affect economic well-being. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 122  Topics in Western Civilization Research  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Western Civilization Research.
  

CIV 122.1  Western Civilization Research  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 322J  The Quest for Community  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine how human communities are structured, and how this structure can foster or distort moral character and promote or obstruct happiness. Explore socialization; social capital; the role of rituals, symbols, hierarchy, historical memory, arts and literature, and religion. Discuss readings from classical texts and from contemporary sociology, social psychology, political theory, history, and literature. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 322K  Politics and the Transcendent  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine the relationship between theology (both revealed and natural) and political theory in the Western world. Discuss the political significance of theological ideas such as the proposition that all human beings are created equal; that all human beings are created in the image of God; beliefs in divine providence and judgment; metaphysical foundations of natural law and free will. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 123  Topics in Ethics and Leadership Research  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Ethics and Leadership Research.
  

CIV 123.1  Ethics and Leadership Research  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 323J  Ethical Analysis for Civic Leaders  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Analyze the ethical challenges civic leaders face. Explore different ethical frameworks for approaching the responsibility of civic leadership. Discuss case studies of leaders and difficult leadership decisions through biographies, historical studies, and films. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civics 305 or consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 124  Topics in Rights, Freedoms, and the Rule of Law Research  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Rights, Freedoms, and the Rule of Law Research.
  

CIV 124.1  Rights, Freedoms, and the Rule of Law Research  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 125  Topics in Civic Thought and Culture Research  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Civic Thought and Culture Research.
  

CIV 125.1  Civic Thought and Culture Research  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 325K  Economic Analysis for Civic Leaders  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Discuss a practical application of the studies of strategic behavior to leadership. Examine games leaders must play and strategies they can use to orient a team toward a common goal. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Economics 304K or consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 126  Topics in Strategy and Statecraft Research  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Strategy and Statecraft Research.
  

CIV 126.1  Strategy and Statecraft Research  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S  Topics in Civics  1-9 Hours  

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the School of Civic Leadership. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 331F  American Political Economy  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Survey the ideas that have structured the American economic system and the implications of these ideas for civic life and citizenship. Explore the philosophical and theoretical questions of political economy, as well as the policy challenges of the modern welfare state and globalization. Discuss readings that may include Adam Smith, Alexander Hamilton, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as well as modern economists and social scientists. Civics 301F and Civics 331F may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 080  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 337  Policy Research Lab  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to statistics, econometrics, and data science as tools necessary for policy and social science research. Discuss policy questions as well as policy and social science tools to evaluate those questions. Apply these tools to real-world data to answer crucial policy questions. Investigate appropriate data usage, employ cutting-edge statistical tools, and evaluate how to use these tools to understand the world. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 357L  Amending the United States Constitution  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine the evolution of the United States Constitution from the founding to the present, with a focus on the major forces and fault lines that have made the Constitution today one of the world's most difficult to amend. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 322C, Civics 357L, Government 357N, 355M (Topic: Amending the US Constitution). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 322C, GOV 357N  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 360  Advanced Topics in Constitutional History and Principles  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Analyze the history of the writing, approval, development, and interpretation of the United States Constitution. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Advanced Constitutional History and Principles.
  

CIV 360.1  Advanced Constitutional History and Principles  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 361  Advanced Topics in Western Civilization  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Discuss one or more great works influencing the development of the Western intellectual tradition by such authors as Sophocles, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, Tacitus, Augustine, Aquinas, and Dante. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Advanced Western Civilization.
  

CIV 361.1  Advanced Western Civilization  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 362  Advanced Topics in Ethics and Leadership  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Discuss an advanced study of ethical considerations in leadership and ethical resources for leadership. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Advanced Ethics and Leadership.
  

CIV 362.1  Advanced Ethics and Leadership  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 363  Advanced Topics in Rights, Freedoms, and the Rule of Law  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Discuss an advanced study of topics in rights, freedoms, and the rule of law. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Advanced Rights, Freedom, and the Rule of Law.
  

CIV 363.1  Advanced Rights, Freedom, and the Rule of Law  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 364  Advanced Topics in Civic Thought and Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Discuss an advanced study of topics in civic thought and culture. Three hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Advanced Civic Thought and Culture.
  

CIV 364.1  Advanced Civic Thought and Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 365  Advanced Topics in Strategy and Statecraft  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Discuss an advanced study of topics in strategy and statecraft. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Advanced Strategy and Statecraft.
  

CIV 365.1  Advanced Strategy and Statecraft  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 166, 266, 366  Advanced Topics in Civics  1-3 Hours  

1,2,3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 367  Advanced Topics in Readings in Civic Thought  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Discuss advanced topics that examine a single major work in civics, significant theme in civics, or select works of a significant author in civics. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Readings in Civic Thought.
  

CIV 367.1  Readings in Civic Thought  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 372  Topics in Independent Research in Constitutionalism  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Twelve hours of coursework in civics, consent of undergraduate advisor, and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 373  Topics in Independent Research in Western Civilization  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Twelve hours of coursework in civics, consent of undergraduate advisor, and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 374  Topics in Independent Research in Civic Leadership  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Twelve hours of coursework in civics, consent of undergraduate advisor, and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 375  Internship  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Develop resume, cover letters, job search profiles, networking, and interviewing techniques. Build skills for internship, including how to think, how to lead, and how to follow. Study ethical and strategic exemplars in leadership. Analyze ethical and strategic lessons of internship. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of undergraduate advisor and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 175J  Internship: Career Planning  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Address issues related to career planning to establish an internship search. Develop resume, cover letters, job search profiles, networking, and interviewing techniques. Conduct informational interviews. Apply for internships. One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of undergraduate advisor and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 175K  Internship: Leadership Development  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Build skills for internship, including how to think, how to lead, and how to follow. Understand workplace cultures. Study ethical and strategic exemplars in leadership. One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of undergraduate advisor and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 175L  Internship: Reflection and Analysis  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Write substantial reflection that connects internship experience with themes in civics coursework. Analyze ethical and strategic lessons of internship. One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of undergraduate advisor and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 177I  Internship in Civic Leadership  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  4 Lab Hours  
Participate in a professional internship in civic leadership. Reflect on internship to improve ability to both articulate preferences and skills, and to match them with appropriate career-related choices. May be taken three times for credit. The equivalent of one lecture hour and four laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of advisor.  
Restrictions: Restricted to Civics Honors majors in the School of Civic Leadership.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (03 times)  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 278I  Internship in Civic Leadership  2 Hours  

2 Lecture Hours  8 Lab Hours  
Participate in a professional internship in civic leadership. Reflect on internship to improve ability to both articulate preferences and skills, and to match them with appropriate career-related choices. The equivalent of two lecture hours and eight laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of advisor.  
Restrictions: Restricted to Civics Honors majors in the School of Civic Leadership.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 379  Internship in Civic Leadership  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  10 Lab Hours  
Perform fieldwork in research and analysis related to civic leadership. May be taken twice for credit. The equivalent of three lecture hours and ten fieldwork hours a week for one semester
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (02 times)  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 379J  Thesis I  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Capstone of the civics honor degree. Develop and defend a coherent and persuasive argument on a significant question. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Senior standing, consent of undergraduate advisor, and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 379K  Thesis II  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Capstone of the civics honors degree. Develop and defend a coherent and persuasive argument on a significant question. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Senior standing, Civics 379J, consent of undergraduate advisor, and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

CIV 379L  Capstone in Civics  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
May be taken two times for credit. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Senior standing, consent of undergraduate advisor, and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (02 times)  
Academic Level: Upper Division