Community and Justice Studies (First Year and Transfer)

• Information for Transfer Students
   

Community and Justice Studies
Academic Bulletin

Area of Study: Interdisciplinary Studies
Programs: Major and Minor

If a student expresses an interest in social justice, community service, activism, civic engagement,  please bring the COMJ Program to their attention.

COMJ MAJOR NOTES 

• 44 credits are required to complete the Major.
• The following courses are required for the Major:
  • COMJ 160 Foundations of Community and Justice Studies (4 credits)
  • COMJ 280: Power, Society and Social Change (4 credits) (usually offered Fall Semester only)
  • COMJ 460: Community Organizing and Civic Professionalism (4 credits)(usually offered Spring Semester only)
  • COMJ 560: COMJ Junior Seminar (4 credits)(usually offered Spring Semester only)
  • COMJ 620: COMJ Senior Comprehensive Project (4 credits)
• In addition to the core COMJ courses above, students must take one in each of the following categories:
  • Ethics  (4 credits)
  • Place: a course grounded in our community (4 credits)
  • Political Participation and Democracy (4 credits)
• Finally, COMJ students take 3 courses within a self-designed theme. (12 credits)
• Academic Advisor: Students shold visit the COMJ website and request a meeting with a faculty member in COMJ. They can ask that faculty member if they would be able and willing to serve as their advisor.
• Junior Seminar: Students should plan to take their Junior Seminar in the Spring of their junior year. Students may register for an open section.
• Senior Comp: COMJ’s Senior Comp is a one semester comp that can be taken in either the Fall or Spring of the senior year.

Suggested Schedule for COMJ Majors (for specific courses required for the Major, please see the Academic Bulletin):

COMJ MINOR NOTES 

24 credits are required to complete the Minor. The following courses are required for the Minor:

• COMJ 160 Foundations of Community and Justice Studies (4 credits)
• COMJ 280: Power, Society and Social Change (4 credits) (usually offered Fall Semester only)
• COMJ 460: Community Organizing and Civic Professionalism (4 credits)(usually offered Spring Semester only)
• COMJ Theme: Students take three courses (12 credits) in a self-designed theme; one of these courses should be a COMJ elective (e.g., COMJ 350 Black Meadville; COMJ 310 Multicultural Education) 

Suggested Schedule for COMJ Minor (for specific courses required for the Minor, please see the Academic Bulletin):

Information for Transfer Students

COMJ major in 3 years

• Ideally, a transfer student considering a COMJ major with one year of experience elsewhere will be able to transfer in courses that count for the Political Participation elective and/or the Ethics Requirement.