Overview
Description
This is a service-learning class focused on reflection, ethics, civic engagement, community building, and communication in community contexts.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed
- at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed
- Junior or Senior standing
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Core
CO12, CO13
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- explain the ways that communication functions in community settings.
- identify the historical sources of current cultural inequalities in various systems (i.e. education, legal).
- compare and analyze community organizing efforts and communication in a nonprofit setting.
- engage in community-service projects and collaborate with partner organizations to build solutions to community problems.
- explain their personal communication processes both orally and in writing, using relevant evidence to support their arguments.
- reflect on their service experiences and integrate their lessons into their future selves.
- write a civic engagement action plan.
- analyze ethical dilemmas in community building.