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Service-Learning Courses

Two types of service-learning experiences are described.  Click on links to learn more about what courses are available. 

SPRING 2008 (Service-Learning Courses)

FALL 2007 (Service-Learning Courses)

SPRING 2007 (Service-Learning Courses)

FALL 2006 (Service-Learning Courses)

SPRING 2006 (Service-Learning Courses)

Fall 2005 (Service-Learning Courses)


Embedded

“Embedded” means that the service component is an integral part of the course, essentially integrated with the instructor’s objectives, the reading material, the class discussions, and, of course, the grade. When service is woven throughout the course, students are better able to add value to the communities they serve, allowing for sustainable partnerships and enriched, shared learning experiences.

Full-Credit Service-Learning

Full-credit service courses are built around a service experience that is the foundation of the course's content and required of all students in the course. In these classes, the service involvement is a central part of the shared experience of all students.

  • Peace Studies 120 and Public Relations 238 are courses in which service is required. Students then gather as a class for reflection and discussion.
  • Political Science 213 has worked with community organizations each year to conduct a survey project from start to finish.
  • IDS 300 Making Connections is a unique, interdisciplinary senior-capstone course offered since 1998, taught by faculty from several different disciplines. The substantial fieldwork component is administered in partnership with various Baltimore City schools and community organizations. This year's project will focus on strengthening community-building in the Old Goucher neighborhood and influencing the direction of the service learning program. Students and faculty alike have used their work on this project as a vehicle for reflecting on the overall liberal-arts experience and for appreciating how different academic disciplines can work together for civic and social change.