This course focuses on the application of ideas and methods of the social sciences to understand, investigate and examine challenges to contemporary community life.
This course focuses on the application of ideas and methods of the social sciences to understand, investigate and examine the challenges of contemporary community life. It focuses on community-action initiatives such as community engagement, solidarity and citizenship as guided by the core values of human rights, social justice, empowerment and advocacy, gender equality and participatory development. It aims at enhancing the students’ sense of shared identity and willingness to contribute to the pursuit of the common good of the community. It enables students to integrate applied social sciences into community-action initiatives.
