| Course ID: | GRSC 7870S. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Service-Learning Course Design |
Course
Description: | This interdisciplinary course gives graduate students a
foundation in theory and practice of integrating academic
service-learning into course design and instruction. Students
will learn best practices for service-learning course design,
working with community partners, assessment, reflection, and
logistics, and will take part in a service-learning activity. |
| Oasis Title: | SERV-LRNG DESIGN |
| Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning
component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time. |
| Prerequisite: | GRSC 7770 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | In this course, students will:
• Formulate, interpret and evaluate best practices in
service-learning course construction and implementation
• Analyze the purposes and demonstrate methods of
integrating critical reflection into academic service-learning
• Investigate issues relating to community partnerships
in academic service-learning
• Gain hands-on experience with designing service-
learning courses in a disciplinary context
• Develop a plan for integrating service-learning into
their academic and professional career |
| Topical Outline: | • Historical context of service-learning
• Service-learning as differentiated from community
service
• Service-learning theory and pedagogy
• Service-learning and course design in university
coursework
• Facilitating critical reflection to connect service and
learning outcomes
• Identifying and working with community partners
• Assessment and evaluation of service-learning
• Risk management in service-learning
• Service-learning in international settings
• Service-learning in the disciplines
• Connecting service-learning with research and
scholarship of engagement
• Service-learning, leadership, and service opportunities
at UGA
• Applied service-learning activities and reflection |