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Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation
Public Policy and Civic Engagement: Cesar Chavez Legacy
Course: CCS230

First Term: 2007 Spring
 Lec + Lab   3 Credit(s)   3 Period(s)   3 Load  
Subject Type: Academic
Load Formula: S


Description: Exploration of democratic citizenship in a multicultural society. Focus on the role of the activist in public policy service, community organizing, and social change strategies such as communication, social movement theory perspectives, and how leaders maintain movement momentum. Interpretation of the vision, philosophy, and work of Cesar E. Chavez; and accomplishments by citizens (individually and collectively) in social change and opposition. Special emphasis on community engagement participation.



MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Define public policy. (I)
2. Describe and interpret how public policy is developed from the political perspective. (II)
3. Describe and explain how bureaucracy influences public policy implementation. (I-III)
4. Describe and explain public policy change and policy implementation. (IV, V)
5. Describe the impact of civic engagement on public policy. (V- VII)
6. Describe and analyze the core values of civic engagement demonstrated by C?r Ch?z. (VI)
7. Apply the civic engagement process and design a civic engagement project. (VII)
8. Implement and demonstrate the civic engagement project in a community agency setting. (VIII)
9. Assess and report the outcomes of a civic engagement project. (VIII)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.
 
MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Public Policy
   A. Introduction
   B. Definition
   C. Framework
II. Policymakers
   A. Environment
   B. Official policymakers
   C. Unofficial participants
III. Policy Making Process
   A. Policy issues
      1. Public opinion
      2. Elite opinion
   B. Agenda-setting
   C. Formulation
   D. Legitimization
   E. Party influences
      1. Democratic
      2. Libertarian
      3. Republican
      4. Other
IV. Interest Groups
   A. Influences on public policy
      1. Power
      2. Resources
         a. Money
         b. Access time
         c. Information
      3. Organizations
         a. Material
         b. Altruistic
   B. Social change
      1. Strategies
      2. Communication
      3. Theory
V. Policy Implementation
   A. Administration and policymaking
   B. Levels
      1. Local
      2. State
      3. National
      4. Global
   C. Compliance
      1. Local
      2. State
      3. National
      4. Global
VI. Common Man Leaders
   A. Cesar Chavez
      1. Core values
      2. Foundation for civic engagement
         a. Vision
         b. Philosophy
         c. Work
   B. Other activists
      1. Core values
      2. Foundation for civic engagement
         a. Vision
         b. Philosophy
         c. Work
VII. Civic Engagement Process
   A. Change
      1. Deciding to act
         a. Involving the right people
         b. Making a commitment to change
      2. Building trust and ownership
         a. Shared vision
         b. Shared goals
   B. Strategic planning
      1. Purpose
      2. Outcomes
   C. Taking action
   D. Evaluation and reflection
   E. Community constituency
      1. Establishment of change initiative
      2. Building and maintaining
VIII. Civic Engagement Project
   A. Public policy issue
      1. Past
      2. Present
      3. Future
   B. Impact
      1. Policy
      2. Process
   C. Plan design
   D. Implementation
   E. Evaluation
      1. Impact
      2. Recommendations
 
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date:  2/27/2007

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