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Rural communities routinely face a multitude of challenges, from economic stagnation, population decline, and environmental degradation, to public health crises, persistent systemic racism, and, in the case of many indigenous peoples, the continued effects of a long history of willful neglect. In the Rural Leadership & Renewal emphasis, you’ll learn how to create opportunities for overcoming these challenges through innovation in the public and applied humanities, agricultural production, e-commerce, environmental entrepreneurship, and sustainable tourism. In the process, you’ll develop skills in project planning, community enrichment, environmental stewardship, entrepreneurial strategy, innovation literacy, and intercultural competence.
Core Courses
- PAH 200 Introduction to Applied Humanities (3 units)
- PAH 201 Applied Humanities Practice: Techniques and Technologies for Public Enrichment (3 units)
- PAH 372 Intercultural Competence: Culture, Identity, Adaptation, and Intercultural Relations (3 units)
- PAH 383 Pre-Internship: Building Career Readiness (3 units)
- PAH 420 Innovation and the Human Condition: Learning How to Improve Life in the Community and Beyond (3 units)
- PAH 493 Internship (3 units)
- PAH 498 Senior Capstone (3 units)
- One elective (3 units) from the approved list.
Emphasis Courses
- ALC 409 Team and Organizational Leadership (3 units)
- Only available in Spring (Main Campus)
- ALC 410 Community Innovation & Entrepreneurial Leadership (3 units)
- Only available in Spring (Main Campus)
- ALC 411 Principles and Applications of Organizational Innovation (3 units)
- Only available in Fall (Main Campus)
- ALC 422 Communicating Knowledge in Agriculture and the Life Sciences (3 units)
- Only available in Fall (Main Campus)
- ALC 499 Independent Study (3 units)
— and 1 additional course from among the following —
- ALC 309 Leadership Principles and Practices (3 units)
- AED 437 Methods of Facilitating Learning (3 units)
- Only available in Spring (Main Campus)
- ALC 497 Assessment of Early Stage Investment Opportunities in Agricultural and Life Science Innovations (3 units)