Service-Learning Courses at Denison
Fall, 2009 Courses
Biology 321-01 Plant Ecology
Andy McCall
Communication 215-04 The Hidden Curriculum
Lisbeth Lipari
Communication 403-01 Culture and Communication
Amanda Gunn
Economics 301 Intermediate Macroeconomics
Fadhel Kaboub
Economics 411 Monetary Theory
Fadhel Kaboub
Education 312-01 Literacy and Learning
Lyn Roberston
FYS 102-03 Second-Hand Lives
Laurel Kennedy
Soc/Anth 350-01 Field Research Methods
Mary Tuominen
Psyc 210-01 Development in Infancy and Childhood
Gina Dow
Service-Learning Courses From Previous Terms
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Service Learning Courses, Spring 2009
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
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
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
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