Community-based Learning Course List

Afro-American Studies 151: Intro to contemporary Afro-American society

INSTRUCTOR: Thornton, Michael
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Survey of the characteristics and problems of Afro-Americans in contemporary society.

Agriculture and Applied Economics 323: Cooperatives

INSTRUCTOR: Berner, Courtney
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Cooperatives: Analysis of basic principles, structure and organization, legal bases, finance, history and role in U.S. economy. Different types and uses as tools in the U.S. and developing countries.

Anthropology 696: Archaeological methods of curation

INSTRUCTOR: Schroeder, Sissel
SECTION: Ind 002
CREDITS: 1-3

Practicum in the curation of prehistoric stone, bone, and ceramics. Involves handling materials, identification of artifacts, conservation techniques, preparation of materials for storage or display.

Art 338:  Service learning in art

INSTRUCTOR: Simpson, Gail
SECTION: SEC 001
CREDITS: 2

Students discuss community-based practices in the field, and will work with a community partner in an art-related capacity.

Art 393:  Internships in art

INSTRUCTOR: Simpson, Gail
SECTION: SEC 001
CREDITS: 2

This online course allows students who have found outside art-related internships to earn academic credit in connection with their work experience.

Chican@/Latin@ Studies 530: Community-based research and evaluation

INSTRUCTOR: Sarmiento, Carolina
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

This course will introduce students to important questions regarding the relationship between academic/university research(ers) and community-based organizations (CBOs). The class will begin by exploring the methods, practices, and values associated with Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR). CBPAR can be defined as a range of relationships that emphasize: (1) different degrees of collaboration; (2) sensitivity to context, process, and power; (3) a respect for the diversity of knowledge bases and skill sets; (4) the accountability of researchers to the communities with whom they work and engage with; and (5) a belief that knowledge production and dissemination can contribute to social change.

Civil and Environmental Engineering 421: Environmental sustainability engineering

INSTRUCTOR: Hicks, Andrea
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

This course utilizes the three paradigms of sustainability (environmental, social, and economic) in an engineering setting, in order to understand how to engineer for a sustainable future. The course will cover topics such as design for the environment, green chemistry, pollution prevention, total cost accounting, life cycle assessment, and industrial ecology. It will involve a community based learning term project, where the students will work in groups to address the sustainability implications of a project for a community partner.

Civil and Environmental Engineering 578: Environmental sustainability engineering

INSTRUCTOR: Harrington, Greg
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 4
Senior Capstone

The application of theoretically and academically acquired knowledge to a civil and environmental engineering problem in as near “real-world” as possible.

Civil Society and Community Studies 335: Communicating with key audiences

INSTRUCTOR: Maguire, Michael
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Comprehensive communication strategies for individuals, families, and communities.

Civil Society and Community Studies 570: Community-based research and evaluation

INSTRUCTOR: Sarmiento, Carolina
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Theoretical, critical, and analytical understanding and application of the conscious and systematic use of data, inquiry and analysis for community, organization and program diagnosis, intervention and evaluation in various community-based and nonprofit organizations.

Civil Society and Community Studies 600: Community issues and action capstone

INSTRUCTOR: Sarmiento, Carolina
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Designed to demonstrate your accumulated training in community and non-profit leadership in a semester long project done in collaboration with a community partner. The course asks how we can better conceptualize social justice and community issues from a human ecology perspective, while also learning from our own practice and experience working with nonprofit and community based organizations. This course provides students with both a critical learning experience that combines both classroom and community based learning. The course requires 28 hours of fieldwork in community settings, in addition to class sessions. It is expected that students will complete the ethnic studies requirement prior to enrolling in this course

Communication Sciences and Disorders 790: Practicum in Communicative Disorders

INSTRUCTOR: Varies
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 1-5

Supervised experience with persons manifesting communicative problems. Evaluation, rehabilitation, and conservation of hearing, language, and speech disorders in various clinical settings.

Community and Environmental Sociology 500: Capstone

INSTRUCTOR: Stoecker, Randy
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

A capstone experience involving the application of sociological concepts and methods to concrete social and environmental problems.  Students work in teams and may engage problems using service learning, community based research, and interdisciplinary approaches.

Computer Sciences 402: Introducing computer science to K-12 students

INSTRUCTOR: Arpaci-Dusseau, Andrea
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 2

Students work in teams to lead Computer Science clubs and workshops for K-12 students in the Madison area. They design and lead activities to help K-12 students learn computational thinking and computer programming.

Consumer Science 555: Consumer strategy and evaluation

INSTRUCTOR: Warmath, Dee
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Leveraging a combination of design thinking and strategic planning, students will design a clear plan of action with compelling evidence for expected outcomes, implement the proposed plan with contingencies for the inevitable challenges and adjustments, and evaluate impact relative to goals with objective recommendations for future action.

Counseling Psychology 620: Supporting the homeless in schools

INSTRUCTOR: Wright, Travis
SECTION: Lec 005
CREDITS: 2

The BASES project stands for Building Academic, Social, and Emotional Support for children experiencing homelessness. We pair you with a 4K-Grade 2 homeless student in Madison schools or Head Start program. As part of the service requirement, you would need to spend at least 40 hours with your partner child over the year (1-2 hours a week). You will meet with the child at their school during a day/time that works best for both of you. In the class meetings we focus on providing you with knowledge and skills to help you in the field. We also focus on the context of homelessness in Madison and Madison schools and how to provide academic, social, and emotional support. This course/project is part of a research grant and we are interested in your experiences as a mentor as well as the child’s experiences in school.

Curriculum and Instruction 362: Drama for teaching and learning

INSTRUCTOR: Varies
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 3

This is a methods course useful for all involved in teaching and learning, including foreign languages. Introduction to philosophy, methodology, and practice of the use of drama and performance techniques in any educational or recreational settings. Focus on creativity and embodied and contextual learning, based on current neurological, psychological, and
sociological research. A practical class which includes demonstration and practice with children.

Curriculum and Instruction 506: Strategies for inclusive schooling

INSTRUCTOR: Udvari-Solner, Alice; Krauthamer-Maloney, Amy
SECTION: Lec 001, 002
CREDITS: 3

Comparison of historical and current practices in special education; legal, philosophical, and programmatic changes leading to inclusive models of education; emphasis on concepts of collaboration, cooperative learning structures, and curricular and instructional adaptations to accommodate learners with disabilities in general education classrooms.

Dance 231: Dynamics of dance therapy

INSTRUCTOR: Kornblum, Rena
SECTION: Lab 001
CREDITS: 2

Movement lab integrating theory and techniques of dance therapy. Field work in community service projects.

Design Studies 501: Design thinking – inspire, innovate

INSTRUCTOR: Sager, Lesley
SECTION: Lec 001, 002
CREDITS: 3

Students will learn design thinking techniques to enhance creative analysis and problem solving. Students will directly apply what they have learned to a variety of human centered design challenges. Students will innovate, prototype, and test designs that address real-word problems with real-world constraints and the limitations of technology. Projects range from ways to improve everyday situations to community issues.

Environmental Studies 402: Systems Thinking

INSTRUCTOR: Beattie, Rob; Jahn, Molly
SECTION: Lec 005
CREDITS: 3

Topics vary each term, with the scope of the environmental social sciences. These may include issues in environmental policy, law, economics, land use, sustainability, food systems, energy policy, conflict resolution, environmental justice, and international development.

Environmental Studies 402: Community environmental scholars seminar

INSTRUCTOR: Beattie, Rob; Middlecamp, Catherine; Jahn, Molly
SECTION: Lec 003, 004
CREDITS: 1

Topics vary each term, with the scope of the environmental social sciences. These may include issues in environmental policy, law, economics, land use, sustainability, food systems, energy policy, conflict resolution, environmental justice, and international development.

Environmental Studies 560: Health Impact Assessment of Global Environmental Change

INSTRUCTOR: Patz, Jonathan
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Covers contemporary methods of impact assessment in a framework to address global environmental health threats (e.g., global climate change, deforestation and biodiversity loss, and urban sprawl). Issues dovetail well (but do not overlap) with Introduction to Environmental Health.

Environmental Studies 600: Capstone

INSTRUCTOR: Keuser, Anke
SECTION: Sem 002
CREDITS: 3

We will be cooperating with staff at Madison’s Sherman Middle School to provide a nature study program to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. A high percentage of Sherman ethnically diverse students live in poverty. The school is making herculean efforts to meet student needs by providing after-school programming. Our class helps the school meet those needs by pairing UW students as after-school mentors with a Sherman student.

Environmental Studies 972: Conservation Planning

INSTRUCTOR: Johnson, Arlyne
SECTION: Sem 001
CREDITS: 4

Preparation of students to plan, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of conservation projects and programs. Systematic and adaptive processes of conservation planning will be learned through lectures, readings, discussions, and work in small groups to prepare a conservation plan and/or review case study projects (e.g., a protected area, a landscape) with a conservation organization.

Gender and Women’s Studies 660

INSTRUCTOR: Valeo Cooke, Nina
SECTION: Lec 002
CREDITS: 3

The internship program is designed to provide students with opportunities for learning and working in organizations in ways that connect their coursework in gender and women’s studies to specific issues in community settings.

Human Development and Family Studies 663: Developmental and family assessment

INSTRUCTOR: Poehlmann, Julie
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Introduces students to the process of family-focused developmental assessment with infants and young children, including family interviewing, taking developmental histories, observing children, and developmental screening.

Integrated Liberal Studies (ILS) 357: Peer mentor seminar

INSTRUCTOR: Brantly, Susan
SECTION: Sem 001
CREDITS: 2

This course is designed to help improve leadership and facilitation skills for the co-facilitators of the Bradley roundtable.

Integrated Science 375: Service with youth in STEM

INSTRUCTOR: Courtier, Anna
SECTION: Lec 003
CREDITS: 2

This is a year-long course offering two credits per semester. Each semester, students lead an After School Science Club in the community. The first semester, students work in teams using materials already developed. The second semester, they can work in teams or individually to develop their own activities based on their particular areas of interest.

Inter-Engineering 601: Interdisciplinary Design for Energy and Sustainability

INSTRUCTOR: Williams, Scott
SECTION: Lec 002
CREDITS: 3

Interdisciplinary teams will design a device, process, or system that solves an energy sustainability problem proposed by a client or identified through background research. Lectures address energy systems, sustainability in design, information retrieval techniques, specification writing, methods for enhancing creativity, analysis techniques, scheduling, selection methodologies, cost estimating, fabrication equipment and techniques, and oral and written communication.

Inter-Engineering 601: Landscape Architecture seminar

INSTRUCTOR: Schuchardt, Eric
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Capstone project proposal development from a regional to site scale. Students make several site visits with clients to gain a better understanding of local conditions and the client’s expectations. The final proposal document is grounded in research and includes a literature review, precedent studies, programmatic development, and inventory and analysis mappings that address issues from ecology to public/private partnerships.

Landscape Architecture 668: Restoration ecology

INSTRUCTOR: Howell, Evelyn; Bart, David
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Restoration is an approach to the conservation of native species, plant communities, and ecosystems. It is an interdisciplinary global enterprise practiced by private and public sector professionals and dedicated volunteers of all ages. Covers both the theory and practice of restoration ecology and examine the current opportunities, challenges, and controversies that underlie the field. The goal may be to preserve nature, but restoration is a fundamentally human enterprise-it is accomplished for and by people. Therefore we cover information from ecology, sociology, and the humanities.

Law 950: Translating Law for Lay Audiences

INSTRUCTOR: Klingele, Cecelia
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 2

In this course, law students will work with community partners to develop presentations for lay audiences around community-identified priorities.

Legal Studies 400: Impacts on health

INSTRUCTOR: Jacklitz, Jill
SECTION: Sem 023
CREDITS: 3

Social determinants of health.

Legal Studies 694: Criminal justice field observation

INSTRUCTOR: Murchison, Melanie
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Field placements and seminar sessions to develop sociological understanding of criminal justice processes. Placement in criminal justice agencies and lectures and discussions applying concepts and theories to field experience.

Legal Studies 699: Directed Study

INSTRUCTOR: Jacklitz, Jill
SECTION: Ind 015
CREDITS: 1-4

Continuation of Legal Studies 400

Management and Human Resources 401: Management of teams

INSTRUCTOR: Triana, Maria
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Examines components that comprise teams, highlights key factors that influence team effectiveness, develops skills in diagnosing opportunities and threats that face teams, and enhances teamwork expertise.

Pharmacy Practice 425: Pharmacy practice experience I

INSTRUCTOR: Martin, Beth; Porter, Andrea
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 1-3

This required PharmD experiential course complements didactic coursework in communication, practice-based skills, and the pharmacist’s role in the health care system. Students will participate in various community-based experiences, including group collaboration with a senior partner, observing pharmacists’ roles in practice settings, and providing screenings and education outreach.

Pharmacy Practice 525: Pharmacy practice experience III

INSTRUCTOR: Barnett, Susanne
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 1-3

The third of six in a three-year sequence which will introduce and expose second-year Doctor of Pharmacy students to the various roles of pharmacists and the many patient-care opportunities that exist in and out of traditional pharmacy practice settings.

Pharmacy Practice 625: Pharmacy practice experience V

INSTRUCTOR: Kraus, Connie
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 1-3

The fifth of six in a three-year sequence which will introduce and expose second-year Doctor of Pharmacy students to the various roles of pharmacists and the many patient-care opportunities that exist in and out of traditional pharmacy practice settings.

Physical Therapy 541: Culture and diversity in health care

INSTRUCTOR: Wenker, Susan
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 1

Students will explore their own backgrounds and will learn constructs of cultural competency; cultural beliefs and practices; impact of diversity issues such as SES, sexual preference, disability, educational level, ethnicity and race; and the culture of medicine.

Population Health Sciences 780: Public health: Principles and practices

INSTRUCTOR: Duerst, Barb
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

An interdisciplinary graduate-level course addressing population-based approaches to community health improvement, and features problem-based learning. A focus on contemporary issues; opportunities to work with a public health mentor and lectures by local, state and national figures.

Population Health Sciences 560: Health Impact Assessment of Global Environmental Change

INSTRUCTOR: Patz, Jonathan
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Covers contemporary methods of impact assessment in a framework to address global environmental health threats (e.g., global climate change, deforestation and biodiversity loss, and urban sprawl). Issues dovetail well (but do not overlap) with Introduction to Environmental Health.

Psychology 399: Service learning in psychology

INSTRUCTOR: Coffey, Patti; Henriques, Jeffrey; Addington, Rebecca
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 1-4

An independent study course to provide students with opportunities to gain experience in community service work relevant to psychology.

Public Affairs 871: Public program evaluation

INSTRUCTOR: Wang, Yang
SECTION: Sem 001
CREDITS: 3

Compares the conceptual, statistical, and ethical issues of experimental, quasi-experimental and non-experimental designs for program evaluation. Definitions of outcomes, sample size issues, statistical biases in measuring causal effects of programs, and the reliability of findings will be emphasized using case studies selected from current public programs.

Public Affairs 881: Cost-benefit Analysis

INSTRUCTOR: Weimer, Dave
SECTION: Sec 001
CREDITS: 3
CROSS-LISTED: Population Health

Presents the welfare economics underpinnings for evaluating the social benefits and costs of government activities. Issues such as uncertainty, the social discount rate, and welfare weights will be discussed; case studies from the environmental, social policy, and agricultural areas will be studied.

Real Estate 611: Residential Property Development

INSTRUCTOR: Landgraf, Tom
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3
CAPSTONE COURSE

In-depth exposure to the world of the residential builder/developer/subdivider and the necessary tools of analysis–market analysis, zoning/environmental and other entitlements, site planning and design, infrastructure/construction cost analysis, financing, feasibility analysis, deal structuring, renovation/rehabilitation, special needs housing.

Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education (RPSE) 300: Individuals with disabilities

INSTRUCTOR: Ko, Dosun; Love, Larry; Molfenter, Nancy; Bravo De Martins Bastos, Fabiane; Mawene, Dian
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 3

An overview of the characteristics and problems of exceptional children and youth. Definition and classification systems, etiology of handicapping conditions, educational services, and adult adjustment. Current controversies and future trends.

Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education (RPSE) 330: Behavior Analysis: Applications to Persons with Disabilities

INSTRUCTOR: TBA
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Children with exceptional learning and behavior characteristics (contrasting views and practices); a humanistic behavioral approach; development and evaluation of behavior change programs, classification and foundations of exceptional learning and behavior characteristics, and facilitating behavior change in different settings.

Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education (RPSE) 630: Internship

INSTRUCTOR: Li, Lingyu
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 2-6

Practicum experience in state or community agencies or in public school programs serving individuals with physical, cognitive, emotional, learning, social or behavioral problems

Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education (RPSE) 880: Supervised practicum I

INSTRUCTOR: Smedema, Susan
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 2-3

Practical experience in counseling handicapped persons.

Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education (RPSE) 890: Supervised practicum II

INSTRUCTOR: Smedema, Susan
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 2-3

Practical experience in counseling handicapped persons.

Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education (RPSE) 910: Internship

INSTRUCTOR: TBA
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 6-12

Field work in therapeutic intervention, organization and administration, and clinical needs assessment within various special education service delivery settings. Opportunity to relate relevant theoretical backgrounds to clinical organization and field problems.

Social Work 400: Field practice I

INSTRUCTOR: Varies
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 4-5

An approved professional foundation field placement in direct social work practice in a community agency setting. A minimum of 16 hours per week, an integrative field unit seminar. The first course of the two-seminar field sequence.

Social Work 401: Field practice II

INSTRUCTOR: Varies
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 4-5

Continuation of Social Work 400.

Social Work 420: Poverty and social welfare

INSTRUCTOR: Curtis, Marah
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Nature and dimensions of poverty in the U.S. Individual and social consequences of poverty. Historic and contemporary approaches. Poverty and social welfare policy and programs.

Social Work 422: Social issues in aging

INSTRUCTOR: Schroepfer, Tracy
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

This course is designed to give students an understanding of the origins, nature and scope and dynamics of the social problems of older adults and their families in the U.S. and to acquaint students with programs and services available to older adults.

Social Work 800: Field practice III

INSTRUCTOR: Siefert, Amanda; Braunginn, Jennifer; Pagel, Holly; Frank, Heidia
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 2-6

An approved advanced social work practice field placement in an area of concentration. A minimum of 20 hours per week, including an integrative field unit seminar. The first of the two-semester advanced field sequence.

Social Work 801: Field practice IV

INSTRUCTOR: Varies
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 4-5

Continuation of Social Work 800

Social Work 835: Advanced social work practice in mental health

INSTRUCTOR: Varies
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 2

Focuses on the core practice theories, conceptual frameworks, and intervention skills necessary for social work practice in mental health.

Social Work 836: Mental health policies and services

INSTRUCTOR: TBA
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 2

Prepares students for leadership roles in mental health programs, agencies and organizations. Examines mental health policies and services that influence care and treatment of persons with mental illness and shape mental health care systems, programs and services.

Spanish 319: Spanish language practice: Medical Spanish

INSTRUCTOR: TBA
SECTION: Lec 002, 003
CREDITS: 3

Intensive oral and written practice in major areas of Spanish professional usage. Each offering will focus on an important field in which students tend to apply their language skills (journalism, commerce, medicine, law, social services, etc.).

Urban and Regional Planning 912: Planning workshop

INSTRUCTOR: TBA
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Selected problems in planning to emphasize the interdisciplinary character of planning practice and to give opportunity to apply socioeconomic analysis, physical planning, and implementation techniques.