MAPPING OUR FUTURE: BUILDING ENGAGED HUMANITIES MINORS THROUGH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT [AT WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING OUR ASIAN STUDIES, ETHNIC STUDIES, GLOBAL STUDIES, AND WOMEN, GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES PROGRAMS. ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS SUPPORT MINORS AND CONCENTRATIONS WHICH ARE HOUSED WITHIN A RELATIVELY NEW DEPARTMENT - INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES. SINCE MANY COURSES IN THE AFOREMENTIONED PROGRAMS SATISFY HUMANITIES REQUIREMENTS, WE WANT TO OFFER DYNAMIC LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT GIVE STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO REFINE THEIR SKILLS BEYOND THE COLLEGE CLASSROOM. IN TODAY?S TUMULTUOUS SOCIOECONOMIC CLIMATE, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE WSU STUDENTS TO NAVIGATE TOPICAL CHALLENGES AND ENVISION THEMSELVES AS CIVIC AGENTS OF POSITIVE CHANGE. TO GET THERE, WE WILL EMBARK ON THOUGHTFUL CURRICULUM MAPPING THAT ALIGNS THE ACADEMIC STRUCTURES WITHIN THESE MINORS WITH INTENTIONAL ENGAGED EXPERIENCES TO CREATE A PATHWAY FOR STUDENTS THAT IS MEANINGFUL, SUPPORTED AND RELEVANT.]