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Course Syllabi
Campus Compact: Service-Learning Syllabi by Discipline
If you’re looking for Service-Learning course syllabi in your discipline, then this is the place to start! Here, Campus Compact catalogues over 300 exemplary service-learning syllabi across a wide variety of disciplines.
Service-Learning Project Ideas by Discipline
The ideas listed here may help faculty incorporate service-learning experiences into the course content.
Discipline-Specific Service-Learning Resources for Higher Education
Discipline-specific service-learning resources by the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse.
Anthropology
Anthropology 210: Biomedical Science and Human Adaptability
Course syllabus for a class that will deal with the issues of community health, its evaluation, and the implementation of strategies for effecting change
Public Interest Anthropology: A Boasian Service-Learning Initiative
This paper describes the theoretical rationale and practice related to two connected anthropology courses at the University of Pennsylvania and University City High School, a predominantly African-American school on Penn's borders.
Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning: Service-Learning and Anthropology
This special journal issue is devoted to an exploration of the intersection of service-learning and anthropology--the contributions that the field of anthropology can make to community service learning and how service-learning can and does inform anthropological practice.
Art
Boise State Art Students Take Service-Learning to Deer Flat Wildlife Refuge in Nampa
Art students at Boise State University completed more than a dozen pieces of metal art for the refuge that were inspired by the species who call it home.
Constructing Professional Identity in Art Therapy Through Service-Learning and Practica
Article by the Journal of the American Art Therapy Association that chronicles a Service-Learning project designed to help develop the students' professional identity.
Sojourning in the Art World: Service Learning in the Philosophy of Art
A comical story about a Trinity College professor's purchase of Twinkies as art and how he included it in his Philosophy of Art class. Includes syllabus.
Biology
Science Teaching Educational Research and Service
California State University BIOL 480Service-Learning objectives and strategic plan.
Anthropology 210: Biomedical Science and Human Adaptability
Course syllabus for a class that will deal with the issues of community health, its evaluation, and the implementation of strategies for effecting change.
Business
Service Learning and International Business Education
Academic Exchange Quarterly,Spring2004. This paper seeks to explain a unique model for providing international business experience to MBA students using a high-ranking small MBA program in Florida as a case study.
Successful Service Learning Projects in Accounting and Business Curriculums
Community College National Center for Community Engagement.
Chemistry
Chemistry & Service-Learning in Higher Education
The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse article about examples of chemistry service-learning projects at the post-secondary level.
Computer Science
Making Service-Learning Accessible to Computer Scientists
An article addressing how service-learning is used in the computer science classroom.
Dental Hygiene
A Framework for Service-Learning in Dental Education
February 2006 Journal of Dental Education. This article offers a framework for service-learning in dental education and describes ten components that characterize true service-learning in dental and dental hygiene curricula.
DSD 832: Dental Care for Special Needs Populations
Patient Care/Service Learning Paper Guidelines.
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
Packed with Service-Learning resources for all health related fields.
Education
Service-learning program gives children a ‘jump start’ into school
University of Wisconsin-Madison article about partnering college students with underprivileged preschoolers.
Service-Learning in Early Childhood Teacher Education
Early Childhood Education Journal article documenting how Service-Learning is used to prepare education majors.
Service-Learning and Teacher Education
ERIC Digest article that provides a definition and examples of service-learning, examines rationales and approaches, reviews research, and discusses future challenges related to service-learning in teacher education.
Engineering
EPICS: Service Learning by Design
Purdue University article that documents the service goals of the EPICS Program.
English
English Service-Learning Project Ideas
Interesting ideas designed for high school that could work for college students as well.
Welcome to English 121, Composition: Social Issues!
Uuniversity of Washington syllabus with an interesting approach to incorporating fresh ideas and Service-Learning.
English for Speakers of Other Languages
Using Service-Learning as Part of an ESL Program
Article by James M Minor from Sacred Heart University illustrating how service-learning 'revitalized its [ESL] curriculum and made a significant impact on students'.
Gerontology
Intergenerational Service Learning
Some of our most relevant resources for Intergenerational Service Learning by the National Service-Learning Clearninghouse.
Senior-Senior Prom: A Service-Learning Project Example
Realizing that senior citizens experienced feelings of isolation and neglect, the students decided to plan an event to address this problem. For other interesting project ideas, click on the link located on the left, near the top.
Health
Anthropology 210: Biomedical Science and Human Adaptability
Course syllabus for a class that will deal with the issues of community health, its evaluation, and the implementation of strategies for effecting change.
History
Service learning: History students help us understand our past
University of Southern Indiana newsletter article about history students and service-learning.
Civics and History Resources from NSLC
The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse provides timely resources on topics such as civics and history, evaluation and assessment, partnerships, reflection, and much more.
Language
Serving the Community and Learning a Foreign Language: Evaluating a Service-Learning Programme
A Service-Learning program in Spanish, in which learners of Spanish provide various forms of social services to native speakers in local communities in the target language, is evaluated to assess its impact on learner motivation and attitudes.
Math
Math & Service-Learning in Higher Education
Examples of how to use Service-Learning in mathematics as well as links and resources.
Teaching Math Without an Answer Key
An interesting article by Matt Mayberry, a high school math teacher that follows his journey through incorporating Service-Learning into his curriculum.
Music
Making Music in Southeast Alaska
Article documenting how a visit from a Portland musician and his students impacted children in Sitka, Alaska.
Nursing
Caring and Community: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Nursing
AAHE's Series on Service-Learning in the Disciplines. 200 pgs. PDF format.
Anthropology 210: Biomedical Science and Human Adaptability
Course syllabus for a class that will deal with the issues of community health, its evaluation, and the implementation of strategies for effecting change.
Philosophy
APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy
Opening remarks at APA Panel on "Service-Learning in Philosophy" sponsored by the Committee on Teaching Philosophy, December 29, 1999.
Sojourning in the Art World: Service Learning in the Philosophy of Art
A comical story about a Trinity College professor's purchase of Twinkies as art and how he included it in his Philosophy of Art class. Includes syllabus.
Physical Education
A Physical Educator's Perspective of Namibia, Africa
Part of the series "Service Learning for Social Justice."
Physics
Infusing Service-Learning in Science and Engineering and its Impact on Pedagogy and Retention
University of Maryland Eastern Shore article that focuses on how SLOPE (Service Learning Opportunities in Physics and Engineering) has integrated service into classes to increase student retention.
Political Science
Service Learning in Political Science
Links and resources from the American Political Science Association.
Experiencing Citizenship: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Political Science
AAHE's Series on Service-Learning in the Disciplines. A collection of essays that focus on the use of service-learning as an approach to teaching and learning in political science.
The "Lived Experience" of Political Engagement
A study that seeks to document learning and personal change through critical analysis of detailed narratives.
Psychology
2006 Action Teaching Award Winner
Social Psychology Network award winning Service-Learning ideas. Submitted by Dana C. Leighton.
APA : Service-Learning in Psychology
Information from the American Psychological Association regarding Service-Learning in Psychology.
Service-Learning and Psychology
Article by Tanya Renner Ph.D. about teaching with Service-Learning in her Theories of Personality course.
Association for Psychological Science
A great run-down of things to think about while you incorporate service-learning into your course.
Sociology
Service Learning in the Rural Community College
This paper uses Kirtland Community College, Michigan, as a model for development of a rural Service-Learning program.
Cultivating the Sociological Imagination: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Sociology
AAHE's Series on Service-Learning in the Disciplines. Discusses service learning in sociology or students engaging in sociological analysis through projects designed to make a positive impact on communities.
Speech Communication
Using Service-Learning in the Public Speaking Class
Two public speaking instructors at Tidewater highlight their goals, assignments, and results of service learning in their classes.
Service-Learning and Communication: A Disciplinary Toolkit [pdf]
National Communication Association.
Theater
Investigative Drama: A Service Learning Capstone Theatre Course at Gonzaga University [pdf]
Using investigative drama with four students in a Service-Learning capstone course in theatre at Gonzaga University.
Readers Theater for preschool & kindergarten students.
Women's Studies
The Practice of Change: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Women's Studies
This is the 17th in a series on service-learning and the academic disciplines which discusses the role of service-learning as part of women's studies.
Writing
Teaching Guides: Using Service-Learning in Writing Courses
Colorado State University site with tips on Service-Learning implementation as well as additional resources.
Composition Studies article that examines ways to use service-learning in a writing class to help students make connections between their course material and the world at large.