Graduate students are the heart of the Civil Society and Community Studies department. Their dynamic ideas, experiences, and research enhance the department's distinctive and exceptional qualities. The Department of Civil Society and Community Studies offers exciting opportunities for graduate studies in Human Ecology. Our new graduate curriculum allows students to specialize in Civil Society and Community Research. Through interdisciplinary coursework and research in community settings - often in collaboration with community organizations or coalitions - students have opportunities to become participant-scholars in change processes, and learn human ecological theory and participatory and application-focused research methods in the process.