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Offices and Services

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 2025

  • AFR 283: Gender and Literary Geographies (Gill-Sadler)
  • AFR/ENG 287: Power and Archival Methods (Gill-Sadler)
  • ART 107A:  Works on Paper (Starr)
  • ART 107B:  Works on Paper (Starr)
  • EDU 361: Bilingualism & Schooling (Fernandez)
  • ENV 380: Conveying Environmental Science to Diverse Audiences (Chapman)
  • SPA 315A:  Teaching Spanish in Elementary Schools (Kietrys)
  • WRI 101:  Race, Religion, and Representation (Marti)
  • XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer)

Spring 2026

  • ART 300: Critical Theory for Visual Studies (Corso-Esquivel)
  • SOC 120 Society of Strangers (Marti)
  • SOC 205 Race and Ethnic Relations (Marti)
  • SPA 265:  Spanish for the Professions (Paredes Chanca)
  • XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer)

Recent Courses

Fall 2024

  • ANT 340:  Medical Anthropology (Cho)
  • AFR 233: Africana Political Economy (Harper-Shipman)
  • AFR 260: Food, Gender and Race (Castaneda)
  • AFR 495:  Africana Capstone (Harper-Shipman)
  • BIO 368:  Health Care Issues in Zambia (Case)
  • BIO 370:  Musculoskeletal Disease and Injury (Mamoon)
  • BIO 370:  Health, Illness & Primary Care (Mamoon)
  • BIO 372: Molecular Pathology, Socioeconomic Determinants, and Disparities in Surgical Outcomes (Mamoon)
  • EDU 361: Bilingualism & Literacy (Fernandez)
  • SPA 311: Teaching Spanish in Elementary Schools (Kietrys)
  • XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer)

Spring 2025

  • ANT 267: Food & Sustainability (Lozada)
  • ART 205 A:  Advanced Printmaking (Starr)
  • BIO 320: Plant Adaptations (Wadgymar)
  • GSS 340:  Transnational Sexualities (Horowitz)
  • LAS 101: Introduction to Latin American Studies (Castaneda)
  • SPA 260 B: Conversation & Composition:  Human Rights (Jimenez)
  • THE 383: Contemporary Performance (Green)
  • WRI 101: Indigenous Foodways (Stremlau)
  • WRI 101: Are Prisons Obsolete (Vincent)
  • XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer)
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