THE A-Z DIRECTORY

The Teaching & Learning Center works with faculty, students and other campus partners to support the implementation of research-based practices and enhance the educational experience.

The arts leadership minor is designed to impart a practical and theoretical foundation in arts organizations and related professions for students who wish (a) to broadly understand and engage the arts and cultural industry, and (b) to pursue professional careers in the arts.

The Community Engaged Leadership minor offers students the opportunity to benefit from Bucknell’s liberal arts environment, as well as a strong culture of community, civic engagement and leadership programs, both curricular and co-curricular.

The minor in food systems takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the production, processing, distribution and politics of food, which are global challenges in the 21st century.

The health humanities is an interdisciplinary approach to the cultural, historical and ethical dimensions of health and medicine.

Peace & conflict studies explores the causes and nature of human conflict from the interpersonal to the global level.

Public policy as defined by Kraft and Furlong (2007) is “what public officials within government, and by extension the citizens they represent, choose to do or not to do about public problems. Public problems refer to conditions the public widely perceives to be unacceptable and therefore requiring intervention.”

The minor in race & ethnicity studies takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of race and ethnicity.

The core courses are intended to provide students with the ability to assess contrasting views of what constitutes social justice and include both self-reflection and critical thinking. In addition, core courses may also give historical background on an issue or issues of social injustice and/or provide an introduction to concepts such as oppression and privilege.