Service Learning Course Designation Form Use this form to request a Service Learning Course Designation for a new or existing course. Proposed course title should end with the following designation: /SvcLrn I. Service Learning Course Dept/Program Political Science Course Number PSCI 466 Subject (e.g. SW UG 423) Course Title (e.g. Nonprofit Administration and Public Service/Service Learning Addiction Studies/SvcLrn) Short Title (max. 26 Nonprofit Adm Pub Svc/SERV characters incl. spaces) 3 Number of credits Instructor name Keri McWilliams Instructor phone 243-5159 and email II. Endorsement/Approvals Complete this form and obtain signatures before submitting to Faculty Senate Office. Please Type/Print Name Signature Date Requestor Andrea Vernon Requestor phone 243-5159 and email Program Ramona Grey Chair/Director Other affected programs Christopher Comer Dean Service Learning is a method of teaching and learning III. UM Service Learning Definition: in which students, faculty and community partners work together to enhance student learning by applying academic knowledge in a community-based setting. Student work addresses the needs of the community, as identified through collaboration with community or tribal partners, while meeting instructional objectives through faculty-structured service work and critical reflection meant to prepare students to be civically responsible members of the community. At its best, service learning enhances and deepens students’ understanding of an academic discipline by facilitating the integration of theory and practice, while providing them with experience that develops life skills and engages them in critical reflection about individual, institutional, and social ethics.
Service Learning Course Designation Form Use this form to request a Service Learning Course Designation for a new or existing course. Proposed course title should end with the following designation: /SvcLrn I. Service Learning Course Dept/Program Subject Political Science Course Number (e.g. SW UG 423) PSCI 466 Course Title (e.g. Addiction Studies/SvcLrn) Nonprofit Administration and Public Service/Service Learning Short Title (max. 26 characters incl. spaces) Nonprofit Adm Pub Svc/SERV Number of credits 3 Instructor name Keri McWilliams Instructor phone and email 243-5159 II. Endorsement/Approvals Complete this form and obtain signatures before submitting to Faculty Senate Office. Please Type/Print Name Signature Date Requestor Andrea Vernon Requestor phone and email 243-5159 Program Chair/Director Ramona Grey Other affected programs Dean Christopher Comer III. UM Service Learning Definition: Service Learning is a method of teaching and learning in which students, faculty and community partners work together to enhance student learning by applying academic knowledge in a community-based setting. Student work addresses the needs of the community, as identified through collaboration with community or tribal partners, while meeting instructional objectives through faculty-structured service work and critical reflection meant to prepare students to be civically responsible members of the community. At its best, service learning enhances and deepens students’ understanding of an academic discipline by facilitating the integration of theory and practice, while providing them with experience that develops life skills and engages them in critical reflection about individual, institutional, and social ethics.
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