- Scholar-Leader Sophomore Experience

Catalog description

The Scholar-Leader Sophomore Experience is a sequence of courses for sophomores that develops academic enrichment, leadership, civic engagement, and scholarship skills and emphasizes collaborative problem-solving. In the fall, students learn and assess their strengths and engage in experiential learning focused on exploring and researching expressed needs, whether on campus, in the community, or beyond. Students work in small groups to research those needs and network with leaders to learn about available services and potential areas for partnership. Successful completion of the fall course enables students to progress into the spring course, where they choose a pathway or project based on their research and networking experience. The goal is for students to channel their creativity and experience into a concrete plan that they work on together to design potential community solutions. Examples include the design of a project to address a specific need, a polished group application to a granting agency or other opportunity, a planned event, and so on. Students may enroll in the Scholar-Leader Project in their junior and senior years to move their projects to an implementation stage and continue to work collaboratively on their outcome.