Community-based Learning Course List Fall 2023

Anthropology 405: Introduction to Museum Studies

INSTRUCTOR: Leith, Liz
SECTION: Sec 001
CREDITS: 3

Provides a comprehensive understanding of the policies, procedures, and ethics pertaining to the development, management, and exhibition of anthropology collections. This includes an overview of the establishment, history, and laws governing anthropology collections and collections management methods used specifically for archaeological artifacts, ethnographic objects, and bioanthropological specimens. Ideal for those interested in natural history museums, museum studies, or the museum profession.

Art 338: Service Learning in Art

INSTRUCTOR: Johnson, Angela
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.

Chican@/Latin@ Studies 530: Advanced Topics in CLS

INSTRUCTOR: Santiago, Aurora
SECTION: Sec 001
CREDITS: 3

Community-based Research

Civil and Environmental Engineering 578: Senior Design Capstone

INSTRUCTOR: Harrington, Gregory
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 1

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- Key Audiences

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

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 742: Nonprofit Board Leadership I

INSTRUCTOR: Collins, Mary Beth
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3
CROSS-LISTED: Management and Human Resources

Part one of a two part course sequence. Develop a commitment to community and civic engagement through volunteer leadership of nonprofit organizations in Madison/Dane County. Serve on the boards of nonprofits (in a non-voting capacity) and complete an independent governance project.

Civil Society and Community Studies 801: Civil Society & Community Research

INSTRUCTOR: Gaddis, Jennifer
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Communication Sciences and Disorders 790: Practicum

INSTRUCTOR: Varies
SECTION: All
CREDITS: Varies

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

Computer Science 402: Introducing Computer Sciences to K-12 Students

INSTRUCTOR: Arpaci-Dusseau, Andea
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.

Counseling Psychology 620: Supporting Homeless Children 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 4-K homeless student in the Madison schools or Head Start program. As part of the service requirement, you need to spend at least 40 hours with your child over the year (1-2 hours/week). You will meet with your child at their school during a day/time that works best for both of you. In the class meetings we focus on the knowledge/skills to help you in the field. We also focus on the context of homelessness in Madison.

Curriculum and Instruction 506: Strategies for Inclusive Schooling

INSTRUCTOR: TBA
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 3
CROSS-LISTED: Rehab Psych & Special Education

Dance 331: Dynamics of Dance Therapy

INSTRUCTOR: Kornblum, Rena
SECTION: 001
CREDITS: 3

Field work in community service projects.

Design Studies 341: Design Thinking for Transformation

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

This course is initially open to Design Studies majors and Design Strategy Certificate students only. It will open to all other students on (TBD after enrollment dates release). Community-based Learning section.

Education Policy Studies 505: Issues in Urban Education

INSTRUCTOR: Posey-Maddox, Linn
SECTION: 001
CREDITS:

Environmental Studies 317: Community Environmental Scholars Program

INSTRUCTOR: Beattie, Rob
SECTION: 001,002
CREDITS: 1

Environmental Studies 600: Various Topics

INSTRUCTOR: Varies
SECTION: All
CREDITS: Varies

Environmental Studies 972: Conservation Planning: Methods and Practice

INSTRUCTOR: Johnson, Arlyne
SECTION: 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, Gregory
SECTION: 001
CREDITS: 3

Over the course of the semester, students will engage with regional collaborations to take a deeper look at grassroots efforts to enhance food sovereignty and promote the agroecological development of circular food economies. During class guest discussions, students will gain perspective from professionals and community leaders within the food industry. The class will then culminate in a hands-on group project, aimed at supporting the work of a community partner of the course.

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 Science 140: Exploring Service in STEM

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

A discussion-based seminar introducing first-year STEM students to the world of public service from the perspective of both the university and its community partners. Classroom activities and direct campus and off-campus experiences are included. Service opportunities include STEM outreach, sustainability, and public health. Involves approximately 1 hour per week of public service.

Integrated Science 240: Service with Youth in STEM

INSTRUCTOR: Courtier, Anna
SECTION: Lec 001, Lab 304
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 341: Service with Youth in STEM Practicum

INSTRUCTOR: Courtier, Anna
SECTION: Lec 001, 002
CREDITS: 2

Apply communication, cultural competency, and leadership skills to work with community partners in a service learning practicum. Work with underrepresented students in the Madison metropolitan area in elementary after-school science clubs, and critically reflect on the ties between their academic and community partnerships, and differences between campus and community culture. Work with different community partners than they did in previous Service with Youth in STEM courses. This practicum combines the service experience with an in-class component to prepare to provide opportunities to critically reflect upon the ties between academic preparation and community partnerships, and on their experiences in varied community settings.

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 125: Adapted Fitness & Personal Training

INSTRUCTOR: Doyle, Kecia
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Kinesiology 300: Practicum in Kinesiology

INSTRUCTOR: TBA
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 2

Kinesiology 516: Physical Activity for Diverse Abilities

INSTRUCTOR: Doyle, Kecia
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 3

Develop knowledge of diverse populations and the ability to promote physical activity and well-being for a lifetime. Apply knowledge of barriers and the use of inclusive techniques to develop meaningful experiences and programs.

Kinesiology 527: Principles of Strength and Conditioning

INSTRUCTOR: Schaefer, Dan
SECTION: All
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 375: Mindfulness in Restorative Environments

INSTRUCTOR: Larson, Nathan
SECTION: Lec 003
CREDITS: 3

In this experiential community-based learning course, we will explore the intersection of mindfulness practices and design of restorative environments that support health and well-being in public places, including school gardens, botanical gardens, and campus natural areas, with a focus on sensory engagement and sense of belonging. We will co-design restorative environments through a participatory planning process with our community partners. No prior design experience is required for this course. Please note that we will be spending some class time outside throughout the semester.

Landscape Architecture 563: Designing Sustainable and Resilient Regions

INSTRUCTOR: Ledesma, Edna
SECTION: 001
CREDITS: 3

Formulation of plant community restoration and management plans; including the preparation of planting plans and working drawings for implementation. Classroom and practical exposure to Exploration of broad scale design issues to develop synthesis and design skills. Uses spatial form and bioregional cultural, ecological and environmental concepts to solve land use and conservation problems. Regional design requires advanced techniques for inventory, analysis, and design to help in understanding complex trends, policy and design impacts, hazard mitigation, design intervention suitability, design guidelines, and systems level design. These techniques help us explore the relationships between regions and sites, especially regional implications of site design decisions and site design impacts on regional characteristics and systems.

Landscape Architecture 610: Seminar in Landscape Architecture

INSTRUCTOR: Schuchardt, Eric
SECTION: 001
CREDITS: 1

Capstone project proposal development from a regional to site scale. Includes 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
SECTION: 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.

Legal Studies 473: Health Impacts of Unmet Social Needs

INSTRUCTOR: Hanson, Lane
SECTION: Sec 001
CREDITS: 3

Engage in service learning through direct work with patients in the Community Resource Navigator Program. Develop a better understanding of how social determinants of health equity affect peoples’ lives. Partner with patients to identify social and legal services, assist patients in connecting to needed resources, follow up with patients to be sure that the connection was made and evaluate the quality of the resources provided. Reflect on experiences in the clinic and further explore how social location impacts health, legal and social service delivery. Working directly in local primary care clinics will provide the opportunity to communicate directly with the health care team to problem solve barriers patients are facing in accessing resources for their social needs.

Legal Studies 694: Criminal Justice Field Observation

INSTRUCTOR: Mayers, Joshua
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 2-3
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 426: Pharmacy Practice Experience I

INSTRUCTOR: Martin, Beth
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 1

Designed to introduce student pharmacists to many aspects of pharmacy practice. Participate in a wide-variety of activities to expose them to the role of the pharmacist and the many patient care opportunities that exist in and out of the community pharmacy practice setting. Observe pharmacists in a community pharmacy. Gain a broad understanding of the pharmacist’s public health role. Actively participate in assigned teams in a longitudinal experience with an assigned older adult in the community. All of these experiences will be guided by a modified continuing professional development framework

Pharmacy Practice 626: Pharmacy Practice Experience IV

INSTRUCTOR: Maes, Marina
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 1

Integrates didactic learning with active participation in a wide-variety of patient-care activities under the supervision of a pharmacist preceptor including medication reconciliation, patient consultation, complex medication reviews, documentation, therapeutic drug monitoring and calculations. Continued exposure to the Pharmacist Patient Care Process (PPCP), which is a framework for providing patient care in a pharmacy practice setting.

Psychology 601: Issues in Prisoner Reentry

INSTRUCTOR: Coffey, Patti
SECTION: Lec 008
CREDITS: 3

The course will provide the following learning opportunities for students: 1) Community-based Research and interview skill development; 2) Learning how to effectively translate research for a community audience; 3) Gaining a real-world perspective by interviewing and compiling statistics on reentry issues from a multisystemic perspective, including current and former inmates and probation/parole/judicial/county system perspectives; and 4) reviewing the research on reentry and gaining an understanding of the complex and multisystemic issues contributing to challenges for successful reentry. Students will gain valuable professional experience and a direct understanding of how psychology can contribute in a meaningful way by addressing community and social justice issues. This class will involve weekly meetings, but also require community-based engagement.

Public Affairs 860: Workshop – International Public Affairs

INSTRUCTOR: Nemet, Gregory
SECTION: Sec 001
CREDITS: 3

This course examines public management in democracy and works with a community partner to develop solutions for management problems.

Public Affairs 869: Workshop in Public Affairs

INSTRUCTOR: Nemet, Gregory
SECTION: Sec 001, 002
CREDITS: 3

This workshop examines public management in democracy and works with a community partner to develop solutions for management problems.

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.

Real Estate 651: Green – Sustainable Development

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

Intended for students who have an interest in Green and Sustainable aspects of housing and commercial property development and operation, the re-use and/or rehabilitation of existing structures, redevelopment of historic buildings into housing or commercial space and related special topics such as financing sources, tax issues, financial structuring, legal issues and energy cost management.

Rehab Psych & Special Education (RPSE) 300: Individuals with Disabilities

INSTRUCTOR: Bal, Aydin
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.

Please contact Kayla Armstrong, armstrongalf@wisc.edu, for course information.

Rehab Psych & Special Education (RPSE) 506

INSTRUCTOR: TBA
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 3

Rehab Psych & Special Education (RPSE) 630: Internship in Rehabilitation or Special Education

INSTRUCTOR: Wilkerson, Kimber
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.

Rehab Psych & Special Education (RPSE) 880: Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology-Supervised Practicum I

INSTRUCTOR: TBA
SECTION: FLD 001
CREDITS: 3

Practical experience in counseling handicapped persons.

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

INSTRUCTOR: TBA
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 3

Practical experience in counseling handicapped persons.

Rehab Psych & Special Education (RPSE) 900: Clinical Rehab Counseling – Supervised Practicum III

INSTRUCTOR: TBA
SECTION: FLD 001
CREDITS: 3

Supervised experience in clinical rehabilitation counseling practice (advanced)

Rehab Psych & Special Education (RPSE) 910: Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology-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 401: Field Practice II

INSTRUCTOR: Varies
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 4-5

Continuation of Social Work 400.

Social Work 578: Homelessness: Service Learning

INSTRUCTOR: Curtis, Marah
SECTION: 001
CREDITS: 2-6

Social Work 801: Field Practice IV

INSTRUCTOR: Varies
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 2-6

Continuation of Social Work 800

Social Work 836: Mental Health Policies and Services

INSTRUCTOR: Studer, Lynette
SECTION: Lec 001
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: 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 590: Mindfulness in Restorative Environments

INSTRUCTOR: Larson, Nathan
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

In this experiential community-based learning course, we will explore the intersection of mindfulness practices and design of restorative environments that support health and well-being in public places, including school gardens, botanical gardens, and campus natural areas, with a focus on sensory engagement and sense of belonging. We will co-design restorative environments through a participatory planning process with our community partners. No prior design experience is required for this course. Please note that we will be spending some class time outside throughout the semester.