Service-Learning Courses at Denison
Fall 2011 Courses
Ping Yang – Communication – Lang, Culture, & Comm – 315-02
The course requires students to use the tools of linguistic anthropology and semiotics to examine the cultural influences of language on communication. The course focuses on application of theories and concepts to real life communication situations. Students are taking service learning opportunities to apply what they have learned to study communication behaviors at specific cultural sites in local communities. Course assignments are related to students' service learning experiences, helping them develop reflective and reflexive thinking and writing abilities in critically analyzing the taken-for-granted aspects of our social world.
Fadhel Kaboub – Economics – Monetary Theory – 411
The role money plays in determining economic outcomes, such as the level of employment, the aggregate price level, and the rate of economic growth, is one of the more controversial issues in economics. To get a handle on these controversies, this course explores the institutional structure of the U. S. monetary system, including the Federal Reserve, the body charged with the conduct of U. S. monetary policy. Then, the course compares and contrasts different perspectives on the role money plays in economic activity. The goal is to combine knowledge of the institutional structure of the U. S. monetary system with an understanding of the various theoretical perspectives on monetary theory in order to gain some insight into the difficult issues facing the conduct of successful monetary policy. This course builds towards simulated Federal Reserve Open Market Committee Meetings, in which students will form their own opinions about the influence monetary policy has on the rates of inflation, unemployment, economic growth and the distribution of income. Students will be involved in a Service Learning Project. Prerequisite: 301. 4
Emily Nemith – Education – Literacy and Learning – 312-01
Students will be choosing from one of four possible service learning opportunities. The first is with A Call to College's Peak program. Students who complete their SL hours with PEAK will work alongside A Call to College staff during their 2nd grade library program, Reading Rocks at The Library. The second option is The ProTeen Center. Students who complete their SL hours with ProTeen will partner with a student at the Center and assist him or her with online classes and homework. The third is Yes ClubHouse. Students who complete their SL hours here will be doing homework help, but the staff have also invited students to do mini-lessons if they so choose. The final option is working on creating the content for the literacy resource website which was started a number of semesters ago by one of Lyn's literacy courses. The commitment is minimal-- Complete 6 hours at their site.
Mary Tuominen – Sociology/Anthropology – Non-Nuclear Families – SA-313-01
Families are changing. Single-parent families, gay and lesbian families, trans-racial families, trans-national families – families take on all of these forms (and more) in the 21st century. In this seminar we explore the ways in which race, ethnicity, social class and sexuality shape family/kinship structures in and beyond the contemporary U. S. We explore specific issues including sexuality and kinship; reproductive technologies and surrogacy; transnational families; and women's political activism in the context of families.
Community-based learning is central to this course. In community-based learning we engage in 2 hours of weekly community work in local organizations that serve families in poverty and families in transition. This weekly community service work is also our site for ethnographic field work in which we will explore not only families in larger socio-cultural contexts, but also our own attitudes toward and analyses of families through self-reflexivity and ethnographic writing.
Community-based learning is integral to this course. Community-based learning is defined as "...a method and philosophy of experiential learning through which participants meet community needs while developing their abilities for critical thinking and group problem-solving, their commitments and values, and the skills they need for effective citizenship." Community-based learning incorporates both work in the community and critical reflection on that work: applying, understanding and challenging socio-cultural concepts and theories through field observations, critical reflection, discussion and writing.
Community-based learning involves the commitment of 2 hours per week (plus additional time for transportation) in community work with a local non-profit organizing addressing issues of families in poverty and families in transition. Each student is responsible for arranging his/her own transportation to and from the community work site. Vehicles are available from the Center for Service Learning. Students must successfully complete the on-line driver safety exam and the driving test in order to reserve and drive these vehicles. The on-line exam and the driving test must be completed by the end of this week (please see instructions that were emailed earlier in the summer).
During the first week of class students will be presented with options for community work and will select their community placement. By the second week of the course each student will meet with their supervisor in their community work site and will have finalized a placement. A contract signed by both the student and the supervisor outlines the responsibilities and commitments of both the students and the supervisor and is due in class on September 14th.
Gill Miller – Women's Studies – Feminist Theory – 307
This course examines various ways of understanding gender by looking at a variety of feminist theories. Theories studied may include psychoanalytic, feminist theory, cultural materialist feminist theory, etc. Particular consideration will be given to issues raised by multiculturalism, women of color, womanist perspectives, queer theory, class concerns and international feminist movements. The course will introduce students to a variety of theories to enable them both to recognize and use those theories in their research and social practice. Students will be encouraged to become reflective about their own theoretical stances and to consider how societies can move closer to justice for both women and men. The service learning project(s) will take information from three agencies in Newark and craft reports from their data, interpret that data through a feminist lens, and write proposals for attending to the major issues (including things tried in the past, whether they worked or not, to what extent, what resources are available, what funding sources would be needed to support those resources, etc.) This class will then leave a set of reports with options for bettering situations with the next class.
Prerequisite: One Women's Studies course or consent.
Tina Pierce – Women's Studies – Issues in Feminism – 101-03
This interdisciplinary service learning course traces the socio-political meaning and practice of gender in our personal lives, society, and world while facilitating your feminist activism through mentoring. This course will familiarize you with the foundation of Women's Studies as a discipline, preparing you for additional courses in Women's Studies, while building your analytical skills and improving your understanding of gender in our society and world. In this course, we will examine whether gender is biologically or socially constructed and the ways in which notions of masculinity and femininity are produced. Our course text intimately traces the intersection between gender, race, class, ethnicity, nationality, and sexuality. In other words, this course closely analyzes the power and the social production of gender inequality in society through a multicultural perspective. It analyzes the power dynamics in women's lives across institutions such as the family, the state, and the workplace.
Community/Service Learning
Community Service is an integral part of a Denison University education. You will have the unique opportunity and privilege to mentor middle school students at Heritage Middle School and Wilson Middle School in Newark, Ohio every Thursday beginning on September 15, 2011. Our class will travel to Heritage and Wilson to engage students in activities and discussions that will help them navigate through their middle school experience and deal with issues that impact their lives.
Service-Learning Courses From Previous Terms
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Service Learning Courses, Spring 2011
Spring 2011 Courses
BIOL-104-01
Biopolitics Women’s Health – Clare Jen
This course examines critical conversations in the biology, politics, culture, and history of women’s health. The nation’s greatest health issues include, but are not limited to, high rates of sexually transmitted infections among young women, unmanaged chronic conditions among middle-aged and older women, racial and ethnic health disparities, and the epidemic of obesity. Evaluating the complexities of these “women’s health” issues involves both scientific literacy and socio-cultural literacy. The laboratory component of this course familiarizes students with the scientific method, basics of human physiology, and health differences between women and men. A possible service component will introduce students to the barriers women experience accessing health care services. This course promotes proficiency in oral communication through practice in a variety of formats that typically occur in biology.
ECON-301-01-02
Intermediate Macroeconomics - Fadhel Kaboub
An examination of the determinants of Gross Domestic Product, the unemployment rate and the price level. The components of aggregate spending consumption, investment, foreign trade and government will be examined to determine their significance for explaining the business cycle. Similarly the financial side of the economy and the role of money will be examined to determine their impact on the business cycle. The purpose of each examination is to understand the factors that move the economy and how fiscal and monetary policy can be used to alter the course of economic trends.
NEUR-200-01
Introduction to Neuroscience - Susan Kennedy
A survey of the interdisciplinary field of Neuroscience, covering the "basics" of Neuroscience. Beginning with an overview of the philosophy and historical contributions to modern Neuroscience, the course examines the evolution of Neuroscience as a discipline and the importance of interdisciplinary perspectives in Neuroscience. Cellular function (neurophysiology) is then examined, including the characteristics of the neuron ("at rest" and when active, ionic movements into and out of the neuron, refractory periods and ion transport mechanisms. The course then presents a neuropharmacology, including receptor subtypes, neurotransmitters, post-synaptic potentials and drugs that act to alter/modify neural function. The general structure of the nervous system is covered, including an in-depth examination of the major nuclei, fiber tracts and "connections" in the brain. Spinal cord and peripheral nervous system anatomy is also presented.
Development in Infancy and Childhood - Gina Dow
Psychological development through late childhood and preadolescence. Topics covered include biological foundations, prenatal development, infancy, cognitive and language development, personality and social and emotional development (including attachment, development of self concept, peer relations, gender differences), family and social policy issues, and developmental psychopathology.
SPAN-323-01
Hispanic Culture Through Community Service in Central Ohio – Dosinda Alvite
This course is for students learning about the culture of Hispanic communities of the USA and those interested in using their Spanish language skills through interaction with local Hispanic communities. This class integrates academic readings and discussions in Spanish about the Hispanic community in the USA with service work within that community. Academic work: Students will meet three hours a week (2 classes) to explore and analyze readings, films, documentaries and testimonies related to the culture of the Hispanic population of the USA. Students will keep a portfolio that will display their reflections and research on the topics analyzed. Service work: The 2 hour service component will involve offering Hispanic children the opportunity to improve their English through activities such as help with homework, reading programs or recreation activities. This semester there may be assignments at other locations. Tutors will keep a journal/log, describing their work at the site and tracing their own progress as well as that of the people they work with.
WMST-101-03
Issues in Feminism - Tina Pierce
This interdisciplinary course traces the socio-political meaning and practice of gender in our lives. It examines whether gender is biological or socially constructed, and the ways in which notions of masculinity and femininity are produced. The course closely analyzes the working of power and the social production of inequality in society. It analyzes the power dynamics in women’s lives in institutions such as the family, the state, and the workplace. It traces the intersection between gender, race, class, ethnicity, nationality and sexuality. The central aim of the course is to develop critical reading and thinking about women’s lives and the ways in which women have resisted these inequalities and engaged in local/global politics for social transformation and change.
Service Learning Courses, Fall 2010
Fall 2010 Courses
BIOL-100-01
All About Food - Erin McMullin
An examination of current issues surrounding food, including food production, resource use, environmental impacts, genetic engineering, economics, nutrition and public health. This course will include a service learning component.
BIOL-356-01
Diversity of Microorganisms - Chris Weingart
This course will examine the remarkable environmental, physiological, and metabolic diversity of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms and viruses. More specifically, diversity will be studied in terms of taxonomy and phylogeny, the ability of species to live in various environments, and the application and value of genomics in diversity. Emphasis will be placed on the reading of primary literature, and using that information to make connections with class lectures and generate hypotheses that will be tested in the laboratory. The structure of the course will include traditional lectures, class activities, and student presentations.This course includes a service learning component; DU students will present lessons for Newark City middle school students who participate in Denison Companions.
ECON 101-02
Introductory Macroeconomics - Fadhel Kaboub
An introduction to the study of the economic problem, the nature and method of economics, the operation of markets, and of the aggregate national economy. Develops the basic theories of macroeconomics and applies them to topics of current interest. Explores issues such as: the causes of inflation, unemployment, recessions and depressions; the role of government fiscal and monetary policy in stabilizing the economy; the determinants of long-run economic growth; the long- and short-run effects of taxes, budget deficits, and other government policies on the national economy; and the workings of exchange rates and international trade.
ECON 411-01
Monetary Theory - Fadhel Kaboub
The role money plays in determining economic outcomes, such as the level of employment, the aggregate price level, and the rate of economic growth, is one of the more controversial issues in economics. To get a handle on these controversies, this course explores the institutional structure of the U.S. monetary system, including the Federal Reserve, the body charged with the conduct of U.S. monetary policy. Then, the course compares and contrasts different perspectives on the role money plays in economic activity. The goal is to combine knowledge of the institutional structure of the U.S. monetary system with an understanding of the various theoretical perspectives on monetary theory in order to gain some insight into the difficult issues facing the conduct of successful monetary policy. This course builds towards simulated Federal Reserve Open Market Committee Meetings, in which students will form their own opinions about the influence monetary policy has on the rates of inflation, unemployment, economic growth and the distribution of income. This course includes a service learning component.
EDUC 250-01
Learner and the Teacher: Adolescents - Jerrell Beckham
This course includes a service learning component. DU students will work with students at the Pro Teen Center in Newark.
EDUC 312-01
Literacy & Learning - Shawn Casey
Literacy and Learning is a senior-level service learning course in the Education Major. Course goals include transforming theory and research from the interdisciplinary field of literacy studies into practical applications for improving literacy in the classroom and the community. To that end, students spend two hours a week in the Newark Public Schools reading one-on-one with students. This service learning experience serves as one of the "texts" for the course and students write weekly journal entries reflecting on their experiences at the school.
ENVS 220-01
Approaches to Environmental Education - Olivia Aguilar
This course includes a service learning component. DU students will provide and deliver environmental education lessons to Newark City Schools students who participate in the NCS After Schools Adventure program.
PSYC 205-01
Development of Children with Special Needs - Gina Dow
This course covers a wide range of developmental disabilities, focusing mostly on physical impairments and intellectual disabilities. We will discuss the impact of disabilities on the individual’s development and how families respond to the various challenges that often arise. In addition, we will review some general concepts concerning disabilities, including cultural influences, federal laws and regulations, ethical issues, the family-centered approach, prenatal development and testing, and prematurity. Some of the disabilities that will be examined include metabolic errors, disorders of hearing and communication, neural tube defects, intellectual disabilities, specific learning disabilities, Fragile X, ADHD, and disorders on the Autism Spectrum.What you will learn in this class will be best retained if you have the opportunity to see and interact with children with diverse needs on a regular basis; an opportunity to have additional caring sensitive adults with whom to interact is also good for the children. Therefore, this course has a weekly service learning commitment in which enrolled students will serve about 2½ – 3 hours weekly, in a local public school preschool serving both typically developing children and children with special needs.
PSYC 300-02
Seminar: Cognitive Neuroscience of Music- Nestor Matthews
This course is designed to survey a broad range of topics that inform us about the link between the brain and various feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that occur when we hear or perform music. After reading research articles, students will make presentations and discuss questions such as the following. Why does music make us feel good? What, exactly, do musical experts know about music that novices don’t? How do the brains of musical experts and novices differ? How do the brains of our evolutionarily near (e.g., monkeys) and more distant (e.g., birds) relatives differ in musically relevant ways? Does the evolutionary history shared by all humans give rise to cross-culture “musical universals”? How do researchers who create neural computational models help us understand the musical brain? What can neuro-imaging studies and clinical studies on brain damage teach us about music perception and performance? Why is “perfect pitch” prevalent in autism? In addition to making oral presentations, students will write essays, and learn to create stimuli that could be used in experiments about music.This course includes a service learning component. DU students will develop a lesson plan to share with 7th grade students at Granville Middle School.
Service Learning Courses, Spring 2010
Spring 2010 Courses
BIOL/WMST 103
Sex, Gender & the Brain Kristina Mead
This is a non-majors class that addresses topics such as how different or similar human males and females are biologically, the male and female brain, the neural origin of sex differences in the brain, and how social status affects sex hormones which then affect the brain. We will also discuss complex non-human mating systems that include other genders, the role of hermaphrodites, parthenogenesis, and asexual reproduction. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1) read, critically analyze, and present in written and oral form the biological literature pertaining to sex and gender and the brain, 2) identify brain features on preserved mammalian brains and models, 3) use basic neurobiological principles to predict normal and diseased outcomes in male and female brains, 4) perform experiments and analyze data relating to sex, gender, and the brain. This course is cross-listed with Women’s Studies.
Tentative service: Students will conduct hands-on neuroscience exercises with all 24 Newark City Schools 2nd grade classrooms over the last three weeks of April, serving as instructors, assistants or classroom observers.
Introductory Macroeconomics Fadhel Kaboub
An introduction to the study of the economic problem, the nature and method of economics, the operation of markets, and of the aggregate national economy. Develops the basic theories of macroeconomics and applies them to topics of current interest. Explores issues such as: the causes of inflation, unemployment, recessions and depressions; the role of government fiscal and monetary policy in stabilizing the economy; the determinants of long-run economic growth; the long- and short-run effects of taxes, budget deficits, and other government policies on the national economy; and the workings of exchange rates and international trade.
Service: Students engage in various community service activities in exchange for Denison Volunteer Dollars which are required to participate in a simulated monetary system for this and other Department of Economics courses.
ECON 101-02
Introductory Macroeconomics Fadhel Kaboub
An introduction to the study of the economic problem, the nature and method of economics, the operation of markets, and of the aggregate national economy. Develops the basic theories of macroeconomics and applies them to topics of current interest. Explores issues such as: the causes of inflation, unemployment, recessions and depressions; the role of government fiscal and monetary policy in stabilizing the economy; the determinants of long-run economic growth; the long- and short-run effects of taxes, budget deficits, and other government policies on the national economy; and the workings of exchange rates and international trade.
EDUC 390
Critical Pedagogy: Gender, race and class in US education Lyn Robertson
FYS/WMST 102-01/02
(In)Justice of Entanglement: Intro to the Ethics of Care Alexandra Bradner
As a course in curricular service-learning, students will process these readings viscerally by entering into their own relationships of dependence and care with community partners – groups whose needs might clash with our collegiate schedules and priorities. As an empirical source of reflection and critique, we will take our abstract understanding of care theory and bring it to the community by working on a semester-long service project. Students who enroll in this course should be prepared to spend, on average, an extra three hours a week coordinating, conducting, and reflecting upon this community work.
FYS/WMST 102-02
(In)Justice of Entanglement: Intro to the Ethics of Care Alexandra Bradner
We might want to live in a just society, one in which scarce goods are distributed fairly. But we might also want to live in a benevolent society, one in which caring for people and their particular needs trumps fairness. Feminist ethicists of care champion benevolence. They argue the modernist notion of the individual as a discrete or bounded metaphysical locus is a historical, anthrocentric and misogynist artifact. Rights, responsibilities, praise, and blame should not accrue to single persons, but to small groups attached to one another through relations of dependence and care. In this course, we will critically assess this debate through works by Kant, Hume, Rawls, Kohlberg, and Gilligan, among many others.
As a course in curricular service-learning, students will process these readings viscerally by entering into their own relationships of dependence and care with community partners – groups whose needs might clash with our collegiate schedules and priorities. As an empirical source of reflection and critique, we will take our abstract understanding of care theory and bring it to the community by working on a semester-long service project. Students who enroll in this course should be prepared to spend, on average, an extra three hours a week coordinating, conducting, and reflecting upon this community work.
FYS 102-12
Science & Community Olivia Aguilar
Students will be exposed to a variety of methods and tools that are not only used in the natural sciences, but from other fields as well. Students will consider science, culture and the inter-relationship between these two, through readings and reflection. Ultimately, students should be able to reflect on what science means and how it is practiced in various communities, while determining how they might best practice it to meet their needs.
Service element: Students will assist the Buckeye Lake Civic Association and Buckeye Lake for Tomorrow with projects related to water quality and restoration of the lake, and public information about environmental issues affecting the lake.
NEUR 450
Advanced Neuroscience Caroline Wilson
PSYC 202
Field Experience (Internship, Newark City Schools) Robert Weis
Service: Students will work on a regular basis at Carson Elementary, conducting a reading intervention with children identified by the school as presenting reading delays.
SPAN 323
Hispanic Culture through Service-learning in Central Ohio Dosinda Alvite
Service: Students will be placed in Licking County schools to tutor for two hours per week. Their service will involve speaking in Spanish with the target population and offering Hispanic children the opportunity to improve their English through activities such as help with homework, reading programs or recreation activities. Tutors will keep a journal/log, describing their work with the children and tracing their own progress as well as that of the children.
In conjunction with students from EDUC 390, SPAN 323 students have the option of traveling to Nicaragua for one week in February to work in a school on a rural farm.
Service Learning Courses, Fall 2009
Fall 2009 Courses
Biology 327-01 Biology of Insects
Tom Shultz
This course will explore the world of insects and their interactions with other species. Our central focus will be to survey insect diversity and explore how various orders, families, and species are adapted through evolution to their specific environment. But we will also use that diversity as a lens through which we will examine major concepts in biology. Topics of discussion will be drawn from readings in Nature, Science, and the primary literature will include the following: plant-insect coevolution, mating systems, anti-predator defenses, eusocial behavior, parasitism, disease transmittance, insect conservation, and control of agricultural pests. Laboratory will include field studies of insects at the Denison University Biological Reserve and the preparation of a collection. This course includes a service learning component.
Biology 356-01 Diversity of Microorganisms
Chris Weingart
This course will examine the remarkable environmental, physiological, and metabolic diversity of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms and viruses. More specifically, diversity will be studied in terms of taxonomy and phylogeny, the ability of species to live in various environments, and the application and value of genomics in diversity. Emphasis will be placed on the reading of primary literature, and using that information to make connections with class lectures and generate hypotheses that will be tested in the laboratory. The structure of the course will include traditional lectures, class activities, and student presentations, and includes a service learning component.
Communication 215-04 The Hidden Curriculum
Lisbeth Lipari
This course is a Service Learning Course, Cross-Listed with Education. The objective of this course is to study the relationship between classroom communication and structures of inequity in public education. Building on work in communication, sociolinguistics and education studies, Denison students will explore how hidden assumptions about classroom language and literacy practices construct and maintain dominant cultural formations, social identities, and power relations. In the service-learning component, Denison students will explore the ways in which tacit assumptions and understandings about everyday communication and instructional discourse manifest in the academic experiences of high school students in Newark, Ohio. Each Denison student will be paired with a Newark High School student who may be at risk for not achieving his or her academic, personal and/or interpersonal potential, and they will work together for one-on-one tutoring and mentoring.
Communication 403-01 Culture and Communication
Amanda Gunn
This seminar takes a historical and critical approach to understand the role communication plays in creating various cultural experiences. Major theories on culture and race are examined. Topics include: How can we best understand and study the construct "culture?" What does "American culture" mean within a pluralistic and diverse society? How are different cultural voices created, heard or erased? How is "America" constructed from international scholars' perspectives? This course has a service learning component.
Economics 301 Intermediate Macroeconomics
Fadhel Kaboub
An examination of the determinants of Gross Domestic Product, the unemployment rate and the price level. The components of aggregate spending consumption, investment, foreign trade and government will be examined to determine their significance for explaining the business cycle. Similarly the financial side of the economy and the role of money will be examined to determine their impact on the business cycle. The purpose of each examination is to understand the factors that move the economy and how fiscal and monetary policy can be used to alter the course of economic trends.This course includes a service learning component.
Economics 411 Monetary Theory
Fadhel Kaboub
The role money plays in determining economic outcomes, such as the level of employment, the aggregate price level, and the rate of economic growth, is one of the more controversial issues in economics. To get a handle on these controversies, this course explores the institutional structure of the U.S. monetary system, including the Federal Reserve, the body charged with the conduct of U.S. monetary policy. Then, the course compares and contrasts different perspectives on the role money plays in economic activity. The goal is to combine knowledge of the institutional structure of the U.S. monetary system with an understanding of the various theoretical perspectives on monetary theory in order to gain some insight into the difficult issues facing the conduct of successful monetary policy. This course builds towards simulated Federal Reserve Open Market Committee Meetings, in which students will form their own opinions about the influence monetary policy has on the rates of inflation, unemployment, economic growth and the distribution of income. This course includes a service learning component.
Education 312-01 Literacy and Learning
Lyn Roberston
The purpose of this course is to examine reading and writing development from emergent to mature stages. Emphasis is on theories of reading and writing, approaches for solving problems related to these processes, and teaching students to read and write critically. The course includes a service learning component.
Soc/Anth 350-01 Field Research Methods
Mary Tuominen
In this course students investigate how anthropologists and sociologists approach and analyze social life. We study a variety of field research methods that sociologists and anthropologists use to gather information, and analyze that data on which they base their claims about societies and cultures. We are particularly attentive to research design, data collection, and analyses used in interviewing and participant observation. Throughout our study we will maintain a critical perspective. That is, we will stay alert to the problems and limitations (as well as the strengths) of various field research methods. This course includes a service learning component.
Psyc 210-01 Development in Infancy and Childhood
Gina Dow
Psychological development through late childhood and preadolescence. Topics covered include biological foundations, prenatal development, infancy, cognitive and language development, personality and social and emotional development (including attachment, development of self concept, peer relations, gender differences), family and social policy issues, and developmental psychopathology. This course includes a service learning component.
Service Learning Courses, Spring 2009
Spring 2009 Courses
Soc/Anth 350 Field Research Methods Mary Tuominen
In this course students investigated a variety of field research methods used by anthropologists and sociologists to analyze social life. In order to both understand and learn to apply these methods, the course was organized around a collaborative community research project with the Licking County Coalition for Housing.
ENGL-356-01 Narrative Black America Jack Shuler
This course explored the resonance of the Atlantic slave trade and of plantation slavery in the United States of America. Through the collection of and analysis of oral histories from residents of Newark Health Care, we asked ourselves where the written text intersects with the unspeakable.
COMM-225-01 US Broadcasting History and Theory Bill Kirkpatrick
This course offered a broad overview of significant broadcast programs, the institutions that created them, and the social conditions within which they were produced and viewed. This course also included a service-learning component, requiring students to participate in a class service project at the LPN Center.
Service Learning Courses, Fall 2008
Spring 2008 Courses
ARTH-262 Sustainable Urban Landscape Karl Sandin
The seminar explored interconnected urban/architectural design, diversity, and equity issues involved in any attempt to reconstruct our devastated North American inner-city areas sustainably. Students worked on-site in Newark, Ohio with the East Main Street Urban Visioning Project.
ARTS-265 Printmaking as Activism Ron Abram
The objective of this course was to reveal students' artistic, political and expressive potential through the production of printmaking that engaged local, national and international issues with the public of Denison, Granville, Newark and Columbus.
Comm-306 Organizational Culture Amanda Gunn
This course explored the constitutive nature of communication by investigating an existing organizational culture through an application of communication concepts and theories, cultural studies theories, and qualitative research methods at numerous sites in Newark.
Econ-101 Introductory Macroeconomics Fadhel Kaboub
An introduction to the study of the aggregate national economy. Students participated in a variety of service projects with non-profit organizations in Newark.
Educ-312 Literacy and Learning:Theory and Practice Lyn Roberson
This course examined reading and writing development from emergent to mature stages. Students worked on-site at the Granville Child Care Center.
FYS-102 Second Hand Lives Laurel Kennedy
This course examined the question of how our homes have shaped us as individuals, and what it means in socio-cultural, economic, and developmental terms to have a home, or not. The class engaged in a Habitat for Humanity project.
Psyc-210 Development in Infancy and Childhood Gina Dow
This course explored psychological development through late childhood and preadolescence.
Soc/Anth-313 Non-Nuclear Families Mary Tuominen
Working on-site with New Beginnings, Salvation Army and Legal Aid, this seminar explored the ways in which race, ethnicity, social class and sexuality shape family/kinship structures in and beyond the contemporary U.S.
Service Learning Courses, Spring 2008
Spring 2008 Courses
Comm/221 Theories of Group Communication Cassandra Secrease-Dixon
Educ/421 Senior Seminar in Eeducation Lyn Robertson
Germ/302 Reading and Reacting in the Wake of the Holocaust Leo Riegert
Span/323 Hispanic Culture through Service-Learning Dosinda Garcia-Alvite
Service Learning Courses, Fall 2007 - Fall 2003
Fall 2007—Fall 2003 Courses
Fall, 2007
Arth 259 Classical Traditions in Urbanism and Built Form Karl Sandin
Educ 312 Literacy and Learning Lyn Robertson
Psyc 210 Infancy and Child Development Gina Dow
Spring, 2007
Educ 390 Critical Pedagogy Lyn Robertson
FYS 102 The Ethics of Care Alexandra Bradner
Fall, 2006
Educ 390 Critical Pedagogy Jerrell Beckham
FYS 102 Culture of Survival Karl Sandin
Psyc 210 Infancy and Child Development Gina Dow
Spring, 2006
FYS 102 Making a Difference Mary Tuominen
Psyc 202 Field Experience in Psychology Robert Weiss
Span 211 Intermediate Spanish Dosinda Garcia-Alvite
Fall, 2005
FYS 102 Culture of Survival Karl Sandin
FYS 102 Economics of Wealth and Poverty Andrea Ziegert
FYS 102 Second Hand Lives Laurel Kennedy
HNRS.189/ Critical Pedagogy Lyn Robertson
Educ 390/
WMST 301
Psyc 301 Seminar in Child Development Gina Dow
Spring, 2005
Soc/Anth 313 Families, Sexuality & the State Mary Tuominen
Econ 302 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Andrea Ziegert
Fall, 2004
FYS 101 Thinking, Writing, Acting Marlene Tromp
FYS 102 Justice, Rights and Property Edwin England
FYS 102 Social Service, Social Change Mary Tuominen
Psyc 210 Development in Inf & Childhood Gina Dow
Spring, 2004
Arts 110 Drawing Ron Abram
Fall, 2003
Educ 390/ Critical Pedagogy Lyn Robertson
WMST 390
FYS 101 Words and Ideas Richard Hood
FYS 102 Second Hand Lives Laurel Kennedy
FYS 102 Social Service & Change Mary Tuominen
Psyc 210 Child and Adolescent Development Gina Dow