Overview
Description
Service Learning offers a structured opportunity to engage in direct experience that links theory and practice. Through organized involvement in community service, students will integrate learning and self-reflection, with the goal of building professional skills and the values of reciprocity, stewardship, and civic responsibility.
Units
Lecture2
Internship Practicum1
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- design a self-initiated interdisciplinary project that both serves the community and expands student knowledge, skill base and understanding of civic engagement.
- complete 50 hours of pre-arranged community service with clearly defined goals and research that integrates the service experience with disciplinary knowledge.
- create an integrative final project designed to meet learning goals and for a specific audience.
- present formally to faculty and student peers about the culmination of the service learning experience.
- reflect on service learning and professional experiences, gaining a stronger assessment of personal skills, strengths, challenges and professional goals.