ECG courses help students take ownership of their world views

By Stockly Buabeng
October 17, 2014

Cabrini College is one of the many schools in the United States that has adopted social justice as a course to help students understand the world and what it means to help the poor and the needy.

Engagements with the Common Good, which is also known as ECG is Cabrini’s core curriculum for Justice Matters and it is the college’s way of helping the community.

Students who walk into an ECG classroom for the first time begin to wonder what ECG is and why they need to take this course.

They also begin to wonder if this course will ever have an impact on their lives.

ECG helps develop a mutual understanding of the world, which connects the concept of social justice to each student’s major.

It also helps every student understand the world and how to make it a better place.

This is a class that helps in the growth and maturity of an individual and everyone who registers for this course leaves knowing they got their money’s worth.

Students complete this course with a better understanding of the world and how they can help stop the many injustices people face.

ECG is a writing intensive course that is taken every first, second and third year of school. Every student in this course is also required to do a capstone project in their fourth year before graduating from Cabrini.

As a Cabrini student, you are defined by this course because you get to do something extraordinary.

The skills and experiences you acquire from this sequence of courses go a long way in benefiting you as a student.

The benefits you earn from this set of courses can be used to help communities and also help find a job.

ECG courses go beyond service to the community as it gives students the skills needed to bring a meaningful change to the world.

These courses have also helped many students gain real life experiences as they are able to incorporate a lot of the lessons they learn in this course into other majors.

This is a set of courses that students need to take seriously as it is not only applicable for classes now, but will aid in the future.

The life lessons in this group of courses can bring a lot of success to an individual who is constantly willing to learn, grow and develop their knowledge.

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Stockly Buabeng

just a hardworking individual trying to make the best out of every opportunity i am given. i am blessed to have the support of family and friends who always keep me motivated and focused.

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