Community Based Learning Course List

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.

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.

Agronomy 375: Systems Thinking

INSTRUCTOR: Beattie, Robert; Jahn, Molly
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: N/A
CROSS-LISTED: ENVS 402

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.

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: Senior Design Capstone

INSTRUCTOR: Quagliana, Charles
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 501: Global Community: Research and praxis

INSTRUCTOR: DiPrete Brown, Lori
SECTION: Lec 005
CREDITS: 3

Global Communities: from Research to Practice explores global health and wellbeing from a community perspective of community and through a lens of human ecology. Community-engaged evidence-based practice and making the local to global connection are key themes of the course.

Civil Society and Community Studies 570: 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 Society and Community Studies 600: Community issues and action capstone

INSTRUCTOR: Sarmiento, Carolina
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 4

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.

Community and Environmental Sociology 500: Capstone

INSTRUCTOR: Stoecker, Randy
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3
CROSS-LISTED: Sociology

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.

Communication Sciences and Disorders 790: Capstone

INSTRUCTOR: N/A
SECTION: All
CREDITS: N/A

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: N/A
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: Van De Water, Manon
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 3
CROSS-LISTED: Slavic, Theatre

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: N/A
SECTION: All
CREDITS: N/A
CROSS-LISTED: RP & SE

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 331: Dynamics of dance therapy

INSTRUCTOR: Kornblum, Rena
SECTION: Lab 001
CREDITS: 3

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

Design Studies 341: Design Thinking for Transformation

INSTRUCTOR: Sager, Lesley
SECTION: Lec 001
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.

English 245: Seminar in the major — Writing rivers

INSTRUCTOR: Gottschalk Druschke, Caroline
SECTION: Lec 004
CREDITS: 3

This small seminar offers students close instruction in the principles and practices of informed, engaged, critical reading and writing.

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 600: Capstone

INSTRUCTOR: Keuser, Anke
SECTION: Se 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 600: Capstone

INSTRUCTOR: Ventura, Steve
SECTION: Sem 003
CREDITS: 3

Capstone in the major

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.

Geological Engineering 479: Geological Engineering Design

INSTRUCTOR: Harrington, Greg; Quagliana, Charles
SECTION: Lab 001
CREDITS: 3

A practical problem in an area of geological engineering (such as development of a geologic resource or design of a structure in soil and/or rock) is selected and then the principles and processes of design and analysis are applied to the solution of the problem.

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 357: Peer mentor seminar

INSTRUCTOR: TBA
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 240: Service with youth in STEM

INSTRUCTOR: Courtier, Anna
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 2

Teaches students about community engagement experiences, focusing on building community partnerships, understanding organizational missions and community needs, assessment of informal science outreach experiences, and issues related to scientific literacy and access to science.

Integrated Science 340: Service with Youth in STEM 2

INSTRUCTOR: Courtier, Anna
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: N/A

Teaches students about community engagement experiences, focusing on building community partnerships, understanding organizational missions and community needs, assessment of informal science outreach experiences, and issues related to scientific literacy and access to science.

Integrated Science 341: Service with Youth in Stem Practicum

INSTRUCTOR: Courtier, Anna
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 2

Applies communication skills and social awareness issues in ways that enable students to work with increasing levels of independence in building and maintaining community relationships compared to INTEGSCI 240. Includes a lab section applied to lecture experiences to prepare for work with children in elementary after-school science clubs and to focus on different styles of communication. The multi-disciplinary focus of the after-school lessons develops connections between students’ field of study and others within STEM. In the service learning component, students apply academic knowledge through science education and outreach experiences in a community-focused and culturally sensitive way. Students work with underrepresented students in the Madison metropolitan area in elementary after-school science clubs, and are expected to critically reflect on the ties between their academic and community partnerships, and differences between campus and community culture.

Journalism 445: Creative campaign messages

INSTRUCTOR: McLeod, Doug
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 4

Introduction to the creative aspects of message development for advertising, public relations, and other strategic communications.

Kinesiology 300: Practicum in kinesiology

INSTRUCTOR: Gattenby, Tim
SECTION: Field 001, 003
CREDITS: 1-3

Supervised experience in a specialized area of physical education

Kinesiology 527: Principles of Strength and Conditioning

INSTRUCTOR: Carda, Ronnie
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Present/discuss the scientific basis and current practices of strength and conditioning for athletic performance. Training program design and training methods, for performance enhancement, related to the areas of strength, power, speed, and endurance.

Landscape Architecture 610: Landscape Architecture Seminar

INSTRUCTOR: N/A
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 768: Consumer health advocacy and patient-centered care clinical

INSTRUCTOR: Jacklitz, Jill; Davis, Sarah; Gaines, Meg
SECTION: Sem 001
CREDITS: 1-7

Interdisciplinary health advocacy clinical supervised by diverse professional staff.  Provide broad advocacy to patients with life-threatening and serious chronic illnesses.  Advocacy topics include: medical decision-making, insurance, medical debt, disability issues.  Weekly discussions of patient cases and related guest lectures.

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: Mayers, Joshua
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3
CROSS-LISTED: Sociology

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.

Pharmacy Practice 425: Pharmacy practice experience I

INSTRUCTOR: Martin, Beth
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 II

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: N/A
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 0

Experiences provided by this course permit students to integrate learning from previous didactic courses (drug literature review, pharmacotherapy, and patient/provider communications) into caring for patients. Students actively participate in patient care activities while under the supervision of a clinical instructor. Students must successfully complete all required Doctor of Pharmacy second-year courses prior to enrollment. Enroll Info: None

Social and Administrative Pharmacy 911

INSTRUCTOR: Olufunmilola, Abraham
SECTION: Sem 001
CREDITS: 1

Research seminar in social and administrative pharmacy, Exposes students to research related to SAS topics, discuss strategies for writing research theses and articles, discuss various methodological approaches to answering research questions, and improve oral and written communication skills. Seminars may involve presenting completed and/or planned research, leading discussions among seminar participants about research topics, and discussing written assignments.

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.

Political Science 410: Citizenship, democracy & difference

INSTRUCTOR: Cramer, Katherine
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 4

A service-learning course designed to foster enhanced understanding of citizenship and civic engagement. Basic democratic theory, empirical research on political participation, functions and regulation of nonprofit organization.

Psychology 339: Service Learning in Psychology

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

Compares the conceptual, statistical, and ethical issues of experimental, quasi-experim

Public Affairs 871: Public program evaluation

INSTRUCTOR: Wang, Yang
SECTION: Sem 001
CREDITS: 3
CROSS-LISTED: Political Science

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: Benefit-cost analysis

INSTRUCTOR: Tjernstroem, Beda Emillia; Weimer, Dave
SECTION: Sec 001, 002
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.

Public Health 780: Principles and practice

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.

Real Estate 611: Residential Property Development

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

Residential property development with Tom Landgraf, A 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: Wilkerson, Kimber
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: N/A
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 in Rehabilitation or Special Education

INSTRUCTOR: N/A
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: Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology-Supervised Practicum I

INSTRUCTOR: N/A
SECTION: FLD 001
CREDITS: 2-3

Practical experience in counseling handicapped persons.

Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education (RPSE) 890: Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology-Supervised Practicum II

INSTRUCTOR: N/A
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 2-3

Practical experience in counseling handicapped persons.

Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education (RPSE) 910: Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology-Internship

INSTRUCTOR: N/A
SECTION: FLD 001
CREDITS: 6-12

Full-time supervised experience in a rehabilitation setting. Activities include: the work of the counselor on the job; the work of the counselor educator in supervision; research activity; counselor coordinator on the job.

Social Work 400: Field practice and integrative seminar I

INSTRUCTOR: Varies
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 2-6

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 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
CROSS-LISTED: Sociology

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: Varies
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 835: Advanced social work practice in mental health

INSTRUCTOR: Studer, Lynette; Heideman, Brenda; Kucin, Amy; Boughton, Sara
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: Studer, Lynette; Heideman, Brenda; Kucin, Amy; Boughton, Sara
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.

Soil Science 499: Soil management

INSTRUCTOR: Balster, Nick; Ventura, Steve
SECTION: Sem 001
CREDITS: 3

A capstone applying independent and team problem solving, critical thinking and oral and written communication skills to issues in soil and environmental sciences.

Spanish 319: Spanish language practice: Medical Spanish

INSTRUCTOR: Pujol, Eve
SECTION: Lec 001
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: Morales, Alfonso
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.