Through LCE, Honors scholars develop leadership skills while using their technical and major area expertise to serve our neighbors in Newark. LCE offers scholars the opportunity to learn and grow in partnership with our neighbors, while developing valuable life skills. The track aims to develop our scholars as leaders, following a “servant-leadership” model through the following focused courses, community service, leadership colloquia, and project development.

Components of the Leadership & Civic Engagement Honors Track:

  • Coursework
    • One research methodology honors course designated as part of LCE (see below)
    • One Newark-based course: History, Environment, Society honors course designated as part of LCE (see below)
    • Four elective honors courses. 
      • ENGL102 Honors is required for all Dorman Scholars as of Fall 2025 and applies here.
    • One major capstone course
    • Two service learning enhancement courses 
  • Service learning project 
    • Students will design and submit a service learning project proposal addressing a community need.
    • Upon completion, students will pitch their project to a panel of faculty and Community Advisory Board members.
    • Up to three students with the most applicable proposals will be selected to implement their projects with the service partner.
      • Those not selected will collaborate with the chosen students to bring the projects to life.
  •  Two colloquia per semester (required to attend one LCE Colloquium per semester
  • Appropriate community service (15 internal hours + 15 external hours)
  • Optional approved milestone experience: research, service abroad (such as Engineers without Borders, GlobeMed, etc.), co-ops, and internships*

*This counts as a course reduction

Leadership & Civic Engagement Track Coursework

STS 205H Introduction to Research Methods

HSS 410H Newark Narratives │ Curley, Jonathan

ARCH 679 Envisioning Newark │ Schuman, Tony

ENG 350H Newsroom │ Ascarelli, Miriam

HIST 338H Environmental Justice and Climate Change│Neil Maher

ARCH 483H - Common Ground: Public Interest Design/Build - Methods for Building Community

ENGR 493H - Service Learning Experience for Engineers

IS 257H - Design Thinking: Addressing Structural Inequality

STS 325H - ST: Science, Technology & Urban Transformation

PSY 210H (STS 210H) General Psychology

STS 201H Understanding Technological Society

STS 221H Sociology 

STS 363HM Intro to Sustainability Studies │ Cohen, Maurie

STS 308HM Tech & Global Development │ Rothenberg, David

STS 364HM Sustainability Policy & Practice │ Cohen, Maurie

STS 312HM Technology and Policy in Contemporary America │ Holbrook, James

COM 312H Oral Presentations

COM 313H Technical Writing

HIST 213H Twentieth Century World │ Kent, Scott

IS 350H Computers, Society and Ethics

MGMT 390H Principles of Business

BIOL 338H Ecology of Dining Hall │ Stanko, Maria

BIOL 498H Food for a Hot Planet │ Stanko, Maria

HSS 404H History Seminar: Movement of Migrants and Refugees in the Eastern Mediterranean

Educational Outcomes:

  • Scholars will understand the history and culture that shapes contemporary Newark (Proficiency)
  • Scholars will be able to apply their academic major area to address a civic, social, or environmental problem (Mastery)
  • Scholars will be able to design, organize and lead a volunteer program (Mastery)