Community-Based Learning Courses

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

The terms "social action" and "community-based learning" often carry different meanings across disciplines. The courses listed on this page engage students in projects, research, or assignments that meet a community-defined need with public and non-profit organizations; encourage students to become active participants in the political and social world around them; and/or promote students' understanding of contemporary social issues.

Upcoming Courses

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