CEPS Certificate
Courses Listed by Type of Requirement Fulfilled
1. Issues of Social Justice (ISJ)
AFROAM 132
African-American History 1619-1860 (or DP)
AFROAM 397C
Black Globalization & Imperialism (or DP)
ANTHRO 205
Inequality and Oppression
ANTHRO 397H*
Grassroots Community Organizing (and F, SL), (or C/PO or DP)
ANTHRO 397L*
Leadership & Activism (and C, SL), (or C/PO or DP)
EDUC 115
Embracing Diversity (or DP)
EDUC 202
Intergroup Dialogue (or DP)
EDUC 258
Educating for Social Justice and Diversity through Peer Theater
EDUC 392 A-L**
Social Issues Workshop
ENVIRDES 577/
REGIONPL 577
Urban Policies (and SL), (or PP)
HONORS 292D
American Diversity (and SL)
HONORS 393T*
Tools for Change (and SL)
LNDN SOCY 3349
Contemporary Issue Through Service Learning –
Offered through CAPA London – study abroad (and SL), (or DP)
PLSOILIN 397C
Community Food Systems
PSYCH 391GC
International Justice in the Age of Global Conflict
PUBHLTH 129
Healthcare For All: Myths & Realities (or DP)
SOCIOL 106
Race, Gender, Class & Ethnicity
SOCIOL 224
Social Class and Inequality
SOCIOL 340
Race Relations
SRVCLRNG 192
Service, Contemplation, and Social Justice
(IMPACT students only) (and SL, F)
SRVCLRNG 293-01*
Learning Through Community Engagement (and SL, F), (or DP)
SRVCLRNG 393***
Adv Community Service Learning (and SL, C), (or DP)
SRVCLRNG 393T*
Tools for Democratic Change (and SL)
WOMENSST 187
Gender, Sexuality, and Culture
2. Civic and Political Theory (CPT)
AFROAM 391A
Political Thought of Martin & Malcolm
ANTHRO 364
Problems in Anthropology I
ECON 104C
Introduction to Macroeconomics
ECON 105
Introduction to Political Economy
ECON 144
Political Economy of Racism
ECON 305
Marxian Political Economy
POLISCI 101
American Politics
POLISCI 111
Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLISCI 171
Introduction to Political Theory
POLISCI 253
International Environmental Politics and Policy
POLISCI 307
Black Politics
POLISCI 310
Race & U.S. Politics
POLISCI 360
Constitutional Law
POLISCI 361
Civil Liberties
POLISCI 373
Contemporary Political Theory
PSYCH 360
Social Psychology
SOCIOL 401
Political Theory
WOMENSST 301
Theorizing Gender, Race, and Power
WOMENSST 394H
Critical Race Feminism
3. Public Policy (PP)
COMM 397M
ENVIRDES 574/
REGIONPL 574
ENVIRDES 577/
REGIONPL 577
New Media Technologies & Social Change (and SL), (or C/PO)
Introduction to City Planning
Urban Policies (and SL), (or ISJ)
ENVIRSCI 213
Introduction to Environmental Policy
ENVIRSCI 342
Pesticides, the Environment and Public Policy
LEGAL 494DI
Environmental & Public Policy Dispute Resolution
POLISCI 181
Controversies in Public Policy
POLISCI 280
Public Policy
PUBHLTH 499N
Public Policy and Citizen Action (CSP students only) (and SL, C)
PUBHLTH 524
American Health Politics
PUBPADMIN 195C
SOCIOL 397WF
STOCKSCH 397P
Transforming Your World: Introduction to Community Engagement
(and SL), (or DP)
Who is Taking Care of the Children? The Impact of Work/Family Public
Policy
Food Justice & Policy
4. Community/Political Organizing (C/PO)
AFROAM 236
History of the Civil Rights Movement
AFROAM 291A
Student Activism in the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements
ANTHRO 397H*
Grassroots Community Organizing (and F, SL), (or ISJ or DP)
ANTHRO 397L*
Leadership & Activism (and SL, C), (or ISJ or DP)
ANTHRO 497H
Community Development in Holyoke (and SL)
ARCH-DES 404***
Design 6 (and SL, C)
COMM 397M
New Media Technologies & Social Change (and SL), (or PP)
HIST 154
Social Change in the 1960s
LABOR 280
Labor and Work in the United States
PUBHLTH 499O
Organizing: People, Power, and Change
(CSP students only) (and SL, C)
SOCIOL 291L
Introduction to Latin American Society (or DP)
SOCIOL 329
Social Movements (and SL)
SRVCLRNG 193*
Leadership and Service (and SL)
STPEC 291SJ
Making Change: An Introduction to Activism and Social Justice
5. Diverse Publics (DP)
AFROAM 132
African-American History 1619-1860 (or ISJ)
AFROAM 170
The Grassroots Experience in American Life and Culture I
AFROAM 171
The Grassroots Experience in American Life and Culture II
AFROAM 326
Black Women in United States History
AFROAM 397C
Black Globalization & Imperialism (or ISJ)
ANTHRO 270
North American Indians
ANTHRO 297H*
The Good Society (only open to CSP students) (and F, SL)
ANTHRO 370
Contemporary Issues for/of North American Indians
ANTHRO 397D
Public Anthropology
ANTHRO 397H*
Grassroots Community Organizing (and SL, F) (or C/PO or ISJ)
ANTHRO 397L*
Leadership & Activism (and C, SL), (or C/PO or ISJ)
ANTHRO 499C/D
Capstone Honors Thesis Comm. Grassroots Organizing (and SL, C)
EDUC 115
Embracing Diversity (or ISJ)
EDUC 202
Intergroup Dialogue (or ISJ)
EDUC 377
Introduction to Multicultural Education (and SL)
EDUC 497I
Tutoring In Schools (and SL)
HONORS 292S
Engaging with the Community: An Introduction to Community Service
Learning (and SL)
LNDN PSCI 4450
LNDN SOCY 3349
LNDN WNST 3353
Islam, Politics, and Britain: A Case Study of London’s East End – Offered
through CAPA London – study abroad
Contemporary Issue Through Service Learning –
Offered through CAPA London – study abroad (and SL), (or ISJ)
Citizenship & Gender in Modern Europe –
Offered through CAPA London – study abroad
PUBHLTH 129
Healthcare For All: Myths & Realities (or ISJ)
PUBHLTH 390X
Sustainable Development: Case Study in Haiti
PUBPADMIN 195C
Transforming Your World: Introduction to Community Engagement
(and SL), (or PP)
SOCIOL 291L
Introduction to Latin American Society (or C/PO)
SOCIOL 360
Urban Sociology
SPANISH 417
Culture and Civilization of Spanish America
SRVCLRNG 292D-M
(Various Topics) (and SL, F)
SRVCLRNG 293-01*
Learning Through Community Engagement (and SL, F), (or ISJ)
SRVCLRNG 293-02*
Engaging with the Community: The Good Society (and SL, F)
SRVCLRNG 393***
Adv Community Service Learning (and SL, C), (or ISJ)
Service-Learning or Praxis Requirement (SL)
ANTHRO 297H*
The Good Society (CSP students only) (and F, DP)
ANTHRO 397H*
Grassroots Community Development (and F; and C/PO or ISJ or DP)
ANTHRO 397L*
Leadership & Activism (and C; and C/PO or ISJ or DP)
ANTHRO 497H
Community Development in Holyoke (and C/PO)
ANTHRO 499C/D
Capstone Honors Thesis Comm. Grassroots Organizing (and C, DP)
ARCH-DES 404***
Design 6 (and C, C/PO)
COMM 397M
New Media Technologies & Social Change (and PP or C/PO)
COMM 426
Media Violence
COMM 427
Media Literacy
EDUC 377
Introduction to Multicultural Education (and DP)
(SL only for students who complete service-learning requirement)
EDUC 497I
Tutoring In Schools (and DP)
EDUC 597R
Leadership in Multicultural Tutoring
EDUC 597S
SL & Teaching with Computational Media
ENVIRDES 577/
REGIONPL 577
HONORS 292D
Urban Policies (and PP or ISJ)
American Diversity (and ISJ)
HONORS 292S
Engaging with the Community: An Introduction to Community Service
Learning (and DP)
HONORS 292V
Violence in America
HONORS 393T*
Tools for Change (and ISJ)
JOURN 394C
Community Journalism Project
LNDN SOCY 3349
Contemporary Issue Through Service Learning –
Offered through CAPA London – study abroad (and DP or ISJ)
MIE 422
Stat Quality Control
NURSING 498E
Nursing Internship
PSYCH 499D
Explorations in Psychological Practice
PUBPADMIN 195C
Transforming Your World: : Introduction to Community Engagement
(and DP or PP)
PUBHLTH 499N
Public Policy and Citizen Action (CSP students only) (and C, PP)
PUBHLTH 499O
Organizing: People, Power, and Change
(CSP students only) (and C, C/PO)
RES-ECON 112
Computing: Foundations to Frontiers
SOCIOL 329
Social Movements (and C/PO)
SRVCLRNG 192
Service, Contemplation, and Social Justice
(IMPACT students only) (and F, ISJ)
SRVCLRNG 193*
Leadership and Service (and C/PO)
SRVCLRNG 292D-M
(Various Topics) (and F, DP)
SRVCLRNG 293-01*
Learning Through Community Engagement (and F, ISJ or DP)
SRVCLRNG 293-02*
Engaging with the Community: The Good Society (and F, DP)
SRVCLRNG 393***
Adv Community Service Learning (and C, ISJ or DP)
SRVCLRNG 393L*
Leadership in Service-Learning
SRVCLRNG 393T*
Tools for Democratic Change (and ISJ)
SRVCLRNG 398-3
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Practicum
The Capstone Requirement (C)
ANTHRO 397L*
Leadership & Activism (and SL; and C/PO or ISJ or DP)
ANTHRO 499C/D
Capstone Honors Thesis Comm. Grassroots Organizing (and SL, DP)
ARCH-DES 404***
Design 6 (and SL, C/PO)
PUBHLTH 499N
Public Policy and Citizen Action (CSP students only) (and SL, PP)
PUBHLTH 499O
SRVCLRNG 393***
Organizing: People, Power, and Change
(CSP students only) (and SL, C/PO)
Adv Community Service Learning (and SL, DP or ISJ)
Foundations Requirement (F)
ANTHRO 297H*
The Good Society (CSP students only) (and SL, DP)
ANTHRO 397H*
Grassroots Community Organizing (and SL; and C/PO or ISJ or DP)
SRVCLRNG 192
Service, Contemplation, and Social Justice
(IMPACT students only) (and SL, ISJ)
SRVCLRNG 292D-M
(Various Topics) (and SL, DP)
SRVCLRNG 293-01*
Learning Through Community Engagement (and SL, DP or ISJ)
SRVCLRNG 293-02*
Engaging with the Community: The Good Society (and SL, DP)
SRVCLRNG 390CE
Civic Engagement Seminar: Foundations
(Does not apply to other CE Seminar sections)
*Note: These courses open to students by application only. Please see requirements on SPIRE.
**Note: To count toward the requirement, a total of 3 credits must be taken from a combination of
EDUC 392 A-L
***Note: Students who fulfill the Capstone requirement with this course must submit a Reflection
Paper to CESL for final approval.