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The Rural Experience curriculum comprises community-engaged learning opportunities
coupled with coursework to create an academic secondary emphasis designation with
a study-away component that will give students a comparative perspective on life in
rural communities.
Students will be involved in collecting oral histories, researching local archival
data, and examining community dynamics to understand better the lived experience of
people in the rural U.S. Courses will explore topics such as rural poverty, healthcare
equity, environmental justice, labor and economic development, and much more.
Community-engaged learning is part of Juniata's mission to empower students to be engaged with themselves and the world.
The Rural Experience curriculum comprises community-engaged learning opportunities
coupled with coursework to create an academic secondary emphasis designation with
a study-away component that will give students a comparative perspective on life in
rural communities.
Students will be involved in collecting oral histories, researching local archival
data, and examining community dynamics to understand better the lived experience of
people in the rural U.S. Courses will explore topics such as rural poverty, healthcare
equity, environmental justice, labor and economic development, and much more.
Community-engaged learning is part of Juniata's mission to empower students to be engaged with themselves and the world.
The Rural Experience curriculum comprises community-engaged learning opportunities
coupled with coursework to create an academic secondary emphasis designation with
a study-away component that will give students a comparative perspective on life in
rural communities.
Students will be involved in collecting oral histories, researching local archival
data, and examining community dynamics to understand better the lived experience of
people in the rural U.S. Courses will explore topics such as rural poverty, healthcare
equity, environmental justice, labor and economic development, and much more.
Community-engaged learning is part of Juniata's mission to empower students to be engaged with themselves and the world.
Comparative Rural Experience
Featured Connections Course
What does rural life look like in different places? What structural factors shape
rural life? How do rural communities respond to their particular histories and social
contexts? In this course, you will use methods from the humanities and the social
sciences to compare how people experience rural life in different areas of the United
States. The semester-based course will conclude with a two-week study-away experience
in the Black Belt region of Alabama during summer session.