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.

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.

Anthropology 696: Archaeological methods of curation

INSTRUCTOR: TBA
SECTION: Ind 001
CREDITS: 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.

Chican@/Latin@ Studies 525: Latin@ mental health

INSTRUCTOR: Ramirez, Alyssa
SECTION: Sec 001
CREDITS: 3

CLS 525 reviews the cultural, spiritual, linguistic and historical components of working with Latin@s, with a focus on their mental health and well-being.

Communication Sciences and Disorders 790: Practicum in Communicative Disorders

INSTRUCTOR: Varies
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 1-4

Supervised experience with persons manifesting communicative problems. Evaluation, rehabilitation, and conservation of hearing,

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

INSTRUCTOR: Arpaci-Dusseau, Andrea
SECTION: Sec 001
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: Community-based learning with refugees and immigrants

INSTRUCTOR: Uttal, Lynet
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

This is a community based research and service learning course about contemporary refugee and immigrant experiences in the United States through a mental health, school, and family perspective. The course will provide instruction about immigrants and refugees as well about the method of participatory action research. Students will learn about refugee and immigrant experiences through working directly on projects and providing them with a product that benefits them. Students will learn skills to work effectively with refugees and immigrants.

Consumer Science 555: Consumer strategy and evaluation

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

Students design, implement, and evaluate an idea to move their community partners closer to their ultimate design goals. This course offers an immersive, hands-on experience of strategy, planning, implementation, and evaluation through real-world cases leading to specific strategic recommendations intended to enhance performance of a selected actual business or nonprofit partner.

Curriculum and Instruction 362: Drama for teaching and learning

INSTRUCTOR: TBA
SECTION: Lab 001 and Lab 002
CREDITS: 3
Cross-listed: Theatre and Slavic

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.

*Cross-listed: Theatre and Slavic

Curriculum and Instruction 506: Strategies for inclusive schooling

INSTRUCTOR: TBA
SECTION: Lcc 001, 002, and 003
CREDITS: 3
Cross-list:Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education (RPSE)

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.

*Cross-list:Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education (RPSE)

Curriculum and Instruction 675: Supporting young homeless children in school II

INSTRUCTOR: Travis Wright
SECTION: Sec 004
CREDITS: 3

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 bi-weekly Monday 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. It’s an area we know so little about!

Dance 431: Dance therapy practicum

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

This course gives students an opportunity to run dance movement therapy sessions in the community under the supervision of the instructor. Earlier semesters have provided the opportunity to observe in mental health settings and to watch creative arts therapists work. Now students will plan, practice and then lead supervised sessions.

English 100: Intro to college composition

INSTRUCTOR: TBA
SECTION: Sec 039
CREDITS: 3

Focuses on development of rhetorical reading, listening, and writing abilities; provide practice in written and spoken communication (emphasis on writing); develops information literacy; provides a foundation for a variety of college course work and post-college careers.

Environmental Studies 402: Community environmental scholars seminar

INSTRUCTOR: Middlecamp, Cathy
SECTION: Lec 002, 003
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 – Last child in the park: How kids and birds can save the world

INSTRUCTOR: Keuser, Anke
SECTION: Sem 001
CREDITS: 3

We will be working hand in hand 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: Conaway, Jessie
SECTION: Sem 002
CREDITS: 3

Horticulture 375: Community-Based Learning and Sustainable Food Systems: International Field Study in Guatemala

INSTRUCTOR: Calderon, Claudia
CREDITS: 2
Cross-listed: Nutritional Sciences 421

This international field study will emphasize the challenges facing food systems in the 21st century, and issues of sustainability for agriculture and other food production activities, as well as the challenges posed by food insecurity and modern diets to human health and well-being. It will take place in the western highlands of Guatemala, during the first weeks of the 3-week summer session of 2018.

Students will meet with farmers, activists, NGOs, policymakers, and local specialists working to transform food systems to provide a background on specific topics related to sustainable food systems.

Human Development & 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.

Integral 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 299: Independent Study

INSTRUCTOR: Courtier, Anna
SECTION: Sec 003
CREDITS: 1-3

Provides academic credit for research, library, and/or laboratory work under direct guidance of a faculty or instructional academic staff member. Students are responsible for arranging the work and credits with the supervising instructor.

Integrated Science 375: Service with youth in STEM

INSTRUCTOR: Courtier, Anna
SECTION: 001
CREDITS: 2

Students lead after-school science clubs with youth in Madison

Journalism 475: Journalism for racial justice

INSTRUCTOR: Robinson, Sue
SECTION: Sec 034
CREDITS: 4

This service-learning course is meant to help students develop an appreciation for the grassroots connection between journalism and other professional communication, local community and democracy. With an emphasis on marginalized communities, this class offers a series of partnerships with local non-profit organizations to create a kind of activism journalism.

Kinesiology 316: Adapted physical activity

INSTRUCTOR: Gattenby, Tim
SECTION: Sec 001, 304
CREDITS: 3

An understanding of foundations, assessment and pedagogy for individuals with disabilities in a variety of physical activity settings. Emphasis of individual differences, life-span, and self-actualization.

Landscape Architecture 551: Senior project

INSTRUCTOR: Kelly, Shawn
SECTION: Sec 001
CREDITS: 4

Problems in landscape design, planning and management for which students take the initiative in their definition and solution. Provides an opportunity for synthesis of knowledge, skills, and approaches learned in previous course work.

Law 768: Consumer Health Advocacy

INSTRUCTOR: Davis Sarah; Gaines, Meg; Jacklitz, Jill; Johnson Stephanie
SECTION: Sem 001
CREDITS: 1-7
Cross-listed: Medical Sciences and Nursing

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 of social and legal issues on health

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

Students will work with patients to better understand their social determinants of health and connect them with community resources.

Legal Studies 694: Criminal justice field observation

INSTRUCTOR: Murchison, Melanie
SECTION: Fld 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.

*Cross-listed with Sociology

Library and Information Studies 640: Tribal libraries, archives, and museums

INSTRUCTOR: TBA
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

This course provides an introduction to – and practical experience with – tribal libraries, archives, and museums, with a special emphasis on Indigenous Knowledge and the tribal institutions of the western Great Lakes region

Life Sciences Communication 314: Introduction to digital video production

INSTRUCTOR: Nelson, Paul
SECTION: Lec 001
CREDITS: 3

Principles and techniques of digital documentary and informational video production. Video styles and subject matter treatment analyzed. Information gathering, videography, scripting, producing, and editing techniques

Management and Human Resources 401: Management of teams

INSTRUCTOR: Byun, Seo Young
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 426: Pharmacy practice experience II

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 526: Pharmacy practice experience IV

INSTRUCTOR: All
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 1-3

The fourth 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 626: Pharmacy practice experience VI

INSTRUCTOR: Kraus, Connie
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 2

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.

Population Health Sciences 780: Public health: principles and practices

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

Public Affairs 860: Workshop – international public affairs

INSTRUCTOR: Smeeding, Tim
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: All
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.

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

INSTRUCTOR: Benson, Glenis; 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.

Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education (RPSE) 630: Internship

INSTRUCTOR: Varies
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: Berven, Norman
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 2-3

Practical experience in counseling handicapped persons.

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

INSTRUCTOR: Berven, Norman
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 2-3

Practical experience in counseling handicapped persons.

Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education (RPSE) 910: Internship

INSTRUCTOR: Berven, Norman
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 1-3

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

This course discusses the nature and dimensions of poverty in the U.S., including the individual and social consequences of poverty and historic and contemporary approaches. There is a special emphasis on 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 672: Greek men for violence prevention

INSTRUCTOR: Schroepfer, Tracy
SECTION: Sec 001
CREDITS: 2

Greek Men for Violence Prevention is a unique, two credit class offered for fraternity men at UW-Madison. This Social Work course is instructed by University Health Services violence prevention specialists in partnership with men from the Greek community who are former GMVP participants. Faculty sponsorship and mentorship is provided by Dr. Tracy Schroepfer.

This is a discussion-driven course and focuses on masculinity, gender, the media, and violence against women. Particular attention is paid to how these issues affect the Greek community at UW-Madison.

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 801: Field practice IV

INSTRUCTOR: Varies
SECTION: All
CREDITS: 2-6

Continuation of Social Work 800

Spanish 319: Spanish language practice: Medical Spanish

INSTRUCTOR: Pujol, Eve
SECTION: Lec 001, 002
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.).