Changemaking Learning Outcomes

Changemaking at USD prepares students to be advocates of social change. To challenge community problems that arise and strive to solve them.

Learning outcomes

1. Knowledge: Provide students with knowledge to be effective and innovative change agents so that they can address local and global social issues.
   1. Students will be able to identify the concepts and theories related to changemaking, leadership, social innovation, social context and social entrepreneurship.
2. Competencies: Students will learn how to become creative problem solvers and critical thinkers who demonstrate empathy and self-awareness.
   1. Empathy: Students will learn how to recognize the experiences of diverse groups and act in a supportive manner.
   2. Creative thinking: Students will demonstrate the ability to reflect upon and interpret complex social issues and construct possible ways to address these issues.
   3. Critical thinking: Students will demonstrate the ability to compare, contrast and critically analyze potential responses and solutions to social issues and use this information to formulate an action plan.
3. Community Engagement: This minor will provide students with the knowledge to be active and engaged members within communities.
   1. Students will explore the nature of community, develop an awareness of community issues, evaluate community dynamics, and learn how to collaborate with members of community.
4. Integration: Provide students with an interdisciplinary curriculum that stimulates them to use imagination and creativity to frame, design and implement ideas that address local and global social issues.
   1. Students will be able to recognize, describe and integrate multiple perspectives and transform these into a course of action to address social issues.

For the most updated curriculum and course information, go to the catalog of record.