CARA Certificate

 

Students who successfully complete a minimum of 14 units from the following courses qualify for the Oakes CARA Program Certificate. Students can choose any of the classes in order to qualify. Classes can be taken multiple times for credit in order to fulfill the minimum of 14 units.

Use the CARA Certificate Tracking Form to keep track of your courses and to update CARA staff to see if you qualify for the certificate.  

For any questions email: oakscara@ucsc.edu

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Requirement Courses (or sample courses) Satisfying Requirement

Area 1:

  Building Capacities for  Community Voice, Advocacy and Organizing

*OAKS 26 Navigating The University From A Black Critical Lens, 2 Units

**OAKS 46 Multiracial Visibility Project, 5 units, ER 

*OAKS 47 Building an Inner Sanctuary, 2 units, PR-S 

OAKS 48 Slugs Speak, 2 units, PR-S 

*OAKS 67 The Politics of Food: Labor and Social Justice, 2 units 

*OAKS 70 Diverse Voices in Contemporary American Women’s Poetry, 2 units, PR-C

OAKS 73B Mentoring, 2 units

*OAKS 80H Rainbow theater, 5 units

*OAKS 130 Creative Writing Workshop, 5 units, PR-S

Area 2:

  Community Voice, Advocacy and Organizing in Practice

OAKS 151 Corre la Voz, 5 units total, PR-S (A&B)

*OAKS 167 Food Systems: Culture, SJ, Sustainability, 5 units, PR-S

**OAKS 185 Tracing Health, 5 units, PE-H

OAKS 188 Intro to the Legal Profession and Legal Aid, 5 units, PR-S (A&B)

OAKS 189 Building Websites For Social Justice, 2 units, PR-S

 

Area 3:

 Community-based Action Research

OAKS 76 Social Geography & Justice in Santa Cruz, 5 units, PR-S

OAKS 152 Transformative Literacies, 5 units, PR-S

OAKS 153 Community Mapping, 5 units, PR-S

**OAKS 155 Research for Social Justice: Special Topics, 5 units, SI

*   Denotes existing Oakes classes, added to the CARA Curriculum

** Denotes newly developed courses, added to the CARA Curriculum