Service Learning _Social Prob

Catalog description

This course applies experiential learning theories, concepts, and perspectives to the study of social problems in contemporary society. Through service learning, students will integrate meaningful service, enhanced academic learning, and purposeful community engagement. Students will apply course content to fieldwork placements in local, community-based organizations that address contemporary social problems related to poverty, inequality, education, health, aging, and environmental change, and the humane treatment of animals. The principles and theoretical foundations of service learning will be applied through fieldwork, empirical data, and current research in the behavioral sciences.