"Service learning encourages students to draw connections between the service experience and the academic subject; it combines advocacy and activism with classroom learning; and it promotes the application of abstract concepts to actual situations." --Dr. Annie Ingram, Davidson College

Community Action Research is an important aspect of "service learning." It is a component of the continuum of service, one that involves the students not only in direct service and reflection but also in problem solving, community research, planning, implementation and evaluation. Rather than merely being participants in service activities, students are encouraged to become active creators of service programs.

Courses with Service Components or a Community Focus
(Note: These classes are not taught each semester. Available courses are subject to change.)

BIOLOGY
361 Seminar: Conservation Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles
362 Seminar: Study and Treatment of Human Disease (trip to Kenya)
103: Biology of Plants
362 Seminar: Study and Treatment of Human Diseases - Zambia

ENGLISH
100W: Environmental Writing
100W: Writing for the Community
100W: Writing and Performance
389: Literature and the Environment
394: Literature and Disability (Studies in Modern Literature)

HISTORY
357 Civil Rights Movement in the US

POLITICAL SCIENCE
324 Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector, Dr. Menkhaus
314 Public Policy

SOCIOLOGY
301 Social Problems
358 Zambian Society and Culture (The Muwandi Experience)

SPANISH
Courses 101 201 260 330 331 353 350

CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
380: Issues in Medicine, a course in clinical ethics

For more information contact:
Dr. Dave Wessner, Chairperson, Service Learning Committee
Stacey Riemer, Asst. Dean for Community Service (704-894-2133)
Community Service/Bonner Director (704-894-2298)
Katie Lipsett, Fellow for Bonner/Service (704-894-2460)