Program Overview

Applied Humanities: Rural Leadership and Renewal Emphasis

Overview

Rural communities face numerous challenges, including economic stagnation, population decline, environmental degradation, public health crises, systemic racism, and historical neglect. The Rural Leadership & Renewal emphasis addresses these challenges through innovation in the public and applied humanities, agricultural production, e-commerce, environmental entrepreneurship, and sustainable tourism. Students develop skills in project planning, community enrichment, environmental stewardship, entrepreneurial strategy, innovation literacy, and intercultural competence.

Program Details

Level of Math

• General Knowledge: This strand involves understanding and appreciating how mathematics is used to solve everyday problems. It does not prepare students for further work grounded in mathematics and assumes students will not proceed beyond the basic Foundations level.

Level of Second Language

• 4th Semester Proficiency: Students must demonstrate fourth-semester skill level in a second language. B.A. degree students may fulfill this requirement with one of the following options:
  • Scoring the equivalent of fourth-semester skill level on an entrance or placement examination administered by The University of Arizona.
  • Completion of a two-course sequence beyond the second semester of post-secondary language instruction.
  • Completion with a C or higher of a 300- or 400-level language course at the post-secondary level.
  • Completion of one course beyond the third semester in combination with an AP (Advanced Placement) score, IB (International Baccalaureate) score, or a CLEP (College Level Entrance Program) score determined by the individual language department.
  • An AP, IB, or CLEP language score determined by individual language departments.
  • A minimum of one semester study abroad in a language program approved by the appropriate language department as the equivalent of fourth-semester skill level.

Pre-major Required?

• No

This Major's College

• College of Humanities

Degree

• Bachelor of Arts

Sample Plans

2025, Applied Humanities: Rural Leadership and Renewal Emphasis

• 4-Year Sample Plan
• Map Transfer Coursework

First Year

• 1st Semester
  • ENGL 101 - First Year Composition (3 credits)
  • First Semester Second Language (4 credits)
  • MATH (3 credits)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
  • Introduction to the General Education Experience (Entry Course) (1 credit)
  • General Elective (1 credit)
• 2nd Semester
  • ENGL 102 - First Year Composition (3 credits)
  • Second Semester Second Language (4 credits)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
  • PAH 200 - Introduction to Applied Humanities (3 credits)
  • General Elective (2 credits)

Second Year

• 3rd Semester
  • PAH 201 - Applied Humanities Practice: Techniques and Technologies for Public Enrichment (3 credits)
  • ALC 409 - Team and Organizational Leadership (3 credits)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
  • Third Semester Second Language (4 credits)
• 4th Semester
  • PAH 372 - Intercultural Competence: Culture, Identity, Adaptation & Intercultural Relatio (3 credits)
  • ALC 410 - Entrepreneurial Leadership in Agriculture and the Life Sciences (3 credits)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
  • Fourth Semester Second Language (4 credits)

Third Year

• 5th Semester
  • PAH 420- Innovation and the Human Condition: Learning How to Improve Life in the Community and Beyon (3 credits)
  • ALC 411 - Principles and Applications of Organizational Innovation (3 credits)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
  • General Education Portfolio (Exit Course) (1 credit)
  • Minor Course (3 credits)
• 6th Semester
  • PAH 383 - Pre-Internship: Building Career Readiness (3 credits)
  • ALC 422 - Communicating Knowledge in Agriculture and the Life Sciences (3 credits)
  • Minor Course (3 credits)
  • Minor Course (3 credits)
  • General Elective (3 credits)

Fourth Year

• 7th Semester
  • PAH 493 - Internship (3 credits)
  • ALC 499 - Independent Study (3 credits)
  • Upper Division Minor Course (3 credits)
  • Upper Division Minor Course (3 credits)
  • General Elective (3 credits)
• 8th Semester
  • PAH 498 - Senior Capstone (3 credits)
  • AED 437 or ALC 309 (3 credits)
  • Upper Division Minor Course (3 credits)
  • Applied Humanities Elective (3 credits)
  • General Elective (3 credits)