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 | What Kinds of Service-Learning Courses are There?
 New and unique Service-Learning courses are added every semester. Last year, approximately 2,700 students participated in 175 service-learning classes in 35 departments, involving 80 faculty members. Service-learning students contributed to finding solutions for the systemic problems in our community and gained job skills in real-world settings, enhancing their leadership abilities
Here are some examples of recent Service-Learning courses, but be sure to check out this semester’s and next semester’s list from the “Courses” link above.
- Veterinary medicine, kinesiology, chemistry, and theater students worked in inner-city classrooms to reinforce K-12 institutional standards.
- Biological engineering students collaborated with elementary school students to design and construct environmentally sensitive playgrounds and butterfly gardens.
- Business students developed job descriptions and interview protocols for nonprofit organizations.
- Technical writing students prepared successful grant proposals for local nonprofits and public schools.
- Education, English, and math students served as tutors and mentors in public schools and community-based after-school care programs.
- Social work and communication students contributed to programs that support battered women, neglected or abused children, and family development.
- Landscape architecture, interior design, and English students worked together to develop environmental education program resources for a public nature center.
- Information systems and decisions sciences student teams designed and implemented software development projects for nonprofit organizations.
- Environmental studies students developed disaster management plans for public facilities.
- Architecture students assembled plans, designs, and a website to facilitate community development and communication.
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