There are a number of regularly offered courses at Davidson that include community-based learning components or focus on social action themes.

In community-based learning courses at Davidson, course objectives and the community-based experience or project are clearly connected; students reflect critically on the experiences and are assessed based on academic competencies;  there is collaboration with community partners that has reciprocal value for students and community; and the community component meets a community-defined need. 

Upcoming Courses

Fall 2023 Community-Based Learning Courses

  • ART 107:  Works on Paper (Starr)
  • BIO 368:  Health Care Issues in Zambia (Case)
  • EDU 361: Bilingualism & Literacy (Fernandez)
  • ENV 202:  Environmental Social Science (Worl)
  • ENV 242:  Political Ecology (Worl)
  • GER 231: Black German Art & Resistance (Frazier-Rath)
  • LAS 101:  Introduction to Latin American Studies (Castaneda)
  • POL 432:  Racial Justice in Education (Murray)
  • SPA 311: Teaching Spanish in Elementary Schools (Kietrys)
  • XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer)

Spring 2024 Community-Based Learning Courses

  • EDU 280 A:  Introduction to Ed Policy (Murray)
  • EDU 280 B:  Introduction to Ed Policy (Murray)
  • ENV 202:  Environmental Social Science (Worl)
  • GER 241: Race, Gender, Migration (Frazier-Rath)
  • PBH 373:  Food & Nutrition Policy Seminar (Bullock)
  • XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer)

Recent Community-Based Learning Courses

Fall 2021

  • AFR 495: Africana Capstone (Harper-Shipman) 
  • ART 107: Introduction to Works on Paper (Starr)
  • COM 311: Media, Empathy and Justice (Bailey)
  • EDU 361: Bilingualism, Literacy, and Schooling (Fernandez)
  • FRE 331: Francophone Caribbean Literature (Mohammed)
  • GER 221: Black German Art and Resistance (Frazier-Rath)
  • SOC 275: Charlotte:  Problems & Promises (Ewoodzie)
  • SPA 311: Teaching Spanish in Elementary Schools (Kietrys)
  • XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer & Stamey)

Spring 2022

  • AFR 282: African American Literature (Flanagan)
  • BIO 263: Evolutionary Ecology (Wadgymar)
  • COM 495: Communication Theory & Research (Martinez)
  • EDU 280: Introduction to Education Policy (Murray)
  • ENV 201: Environmental Science (Johnson)
  • ENV 401: Indigeneity & the Environment (Merrill)
  • FRE 334: Immigration & Identity in the Francophone World (Vredenburgh)
  • GER 351: Race, Gender, Migration (Frazier-Rath)
  • LAS 353: Practical Encounters in LAS Studies (Sturtevant)
  • POL 381: Philanthropy in the Nonprofit Sector (Menkhaus)
  • SOC 331: Community Engagement & Change (Riemer)
  • XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer & Stamey)

Fall 2022 Community-Based Learning Courses

  • EDU 300/POL 300: The Politics of Education (Murray)
  • EDU 361: Bilingualism & Schooling (Fernandez)
  • GER 231:  Black German Art & Resistance (Frazier-Rath)
  • PSY 354: Medical Rehabilitation and Disability  (Stutts)
  • SPA 302: Advanced Grammar (Jimenez)
  • SPA 311: Teaching Spanish in Elementary Schools (Kietrys)
  • SPA 408: Speaking Spanish in the US (Jimenez)
  • XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer & Stamey)

Spring 2023 Community-Based Learning Courses

  • EDU 280 (2 sections): Introduction to Education Policy (Murray)
  • COM 495:  Communication Theory & Research (Martinez)
  • PSY 320: Research Methods in Community Psychology (Gadaire)
  • SOC 331: Community Engagement & Change (Riemer)
  • SOC 391:  Survey Research Methods (Kaufman)
  • THE 383:  Contemporary Performance (Green)
  • WRI 101 [Q]: Mindful Writing (Bhandari)
  • XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer & Stamey)

Other Regularly-Offered Community-Based Learning Courses

  • ANT 263: Social Change & Social Justice
  • ANT 267: Food & Culture
  • ANT 340: Medical Anthropology
  • ANT 360: Development and Sustainability
  • ART 215: Introduction to Print Media
  • BIO 103: The AIDS Pandemic
  • BIO 108: Human Biology
  • BIO 321: Ecology
  • BIO 361: The Biology of HIV/AIDS
  • BIO 368: The Study and Treatment of Human Disease
  • CHE 103: Community Air Quality
  • CHE 490: Chemistry Independent Study/Studying Air Quality in Davidson College
  • CIS 171: Introduction to Environmental Studies
  • COM 495: Communication Theory/Research
  • ECO 102: Introductory Economics
  • ECO 225: Public Economics
  • ENG 101: Writing Photography
  • ENG 100W: Composition I/Environmental Writing
  • ENG 100W: Composition and Literature: Extraordinary Bodies (focuses on disability, history, disability activism, and disability art)
  • ENG 201: Professional Writing
  • ENG 201: Writing With the Community
  • ENG 293: Film as Narrative Art
  • GER 340: Environmentalism on Film
  • MAT 110: Finite Mathematics
  • MAT 210: Mathematical Modeling
  • MHU 211: Health, Illness and Primary Care
  • MHU 220: Health Psychology
  • MHU 244/PSY 234: Child Psychopathology
  • MHU 340: The Obesity Epidemic
  • POL 214: Public Policy: Environment
  • POL 324: Philanthropy in the Nonprofit Sector
  • POL 328: Politics of Information
  • POL 469: The Politics of Health Care
  • PSY 355: Culture, Parenting and Literacy
  • PSY 377: Life Stories
  • SOC 331: Community Engagement and Change
  • SPA 101: Spanish I
  • SPA 102: Spanish II
  • SPA 201: Intermediate Spanish
  • SPA 311: Teaching Spanish in Elementary School
  • THE 362: Community-based Theatre for Social Change
  • THE 380/ENG 494: Queer Performance as/and Activism

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