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 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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