Service-Learning Courses Spring 2012

 Students interested in being involved in the community, consider taking one of the service-learning course listed belowGEOG 455

Global Environmental Change
Section 501, 502 Honors section, and GEOS 555-501 Graduate section
T 4-7pm
Instructors: Dr. Leslie North and Dr. Bernard Strenecky
The course will focus on how the environment is changing on a global scale. Examines key themes in environmental change at the global scale, environmental policy formation and relevance of environmental change for globalization, policy implementation, and assessment. For example, topics will include changing quality and quantity of water resources and global climate change. The service learning component of the course will be that students will be working with the University to develop interpretative sustainability signs as part of a campus-wide "Green Tour."

ELED 503 Organization of Elementary Curriculum
Online
Instructor: Dr. Judy Pierce
Students will be required to select a project within their school or community where service learning would be helpful, and submit a proposal to the instructor for approval.

ENVE 560 Investigating and Evaluating Environmental Issues
Monthly Saturday meetings, one Friday evening, plus online work
Instructor: Dr. Terry Wilson
Specifically designed for teachers and other educators, course focuses on the identification and evaluation of specific environmental issues, leading to possible environmental/service action projects by their students, with attention to the potential outcomes of such projects on the physical environment, other humans, and other living things.

SPAN 455 Hispanic Intervention Projects
TR 2:20-3:40pm
Instructor: Dr. Sonia Lenk
Last year a group of WKU faculty and students served and worked together to find the barriers the Hispanic Community is facing to access higher education. This colloquium will start off by briefly examining the research process that has been under way. Then, it will analyze the data results and the projects that the Honors students from Dr. Drummond's Honors Colloquium proposed as "intervention strategies". As a main focus, it will create and develop some intervention projects to improve future expectations for the Hispanic community, so that they will have a better chance of accessing and being successful in Higher Education.
Prerequisites: SPA 371 SPANISH GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION

HON 251 Citizen and Self
MW 9:00-10:005 am, plus varying options for two additional hours per week
Instructors: Dr. Paul Markahm, Elizabeth Gish, and Dr. Justin Litke
A focus on the theoretical knowledge and practical skills that will lay the foundation for becoming an effective citizen. Students will participate in large group lecture and small group seminars.

HON 301 Community Development Through Service Learning
Section 3, Course Number 37810
W 1:30-4:00pm
Instructor: Bernard Strenecky
The Honors Colloquium strives to be interdisciplinary in nature and allows faculty members to address historical debates or contemporary issues. The goal is to allow students to participate in and lead discussions on various aspects of issues of contemporary, historical or intellectual significance. The topic of the course is selected by the faculty member offering the Colloquia.

INS 275C Web & Media Design
Section 580
Online
Instructor: Dr. George Kontos
In this course, after we go into the basics of web page design, students will complete a single major project whereby they are asked to locate a business (profit or non-profit) and work with them to create a useful web site. The project encourages students to make a difference in our local community by engaging in meaningful service. It is useful for students (who apply what they learn during course) and for the businesses (who get the help they need to have a good and functional website to make their business known, at no cost to them).

PSY 199 Lifespan Developmental Psychology
Sections 003, 004, 005, and 006
MWF 11:30-12:25 or 12:40 to 1:35, or TR 11:10-12:30 or 2:20-3:40
Instructor: Dr. Ginny Pfohl
A general course in developmental psychology covering the entire life span. Included are a description of growth stages, theories of development, and research methods of development. Dr Pfohl's sections include a service learning requirement –minimum of 4 hours and a paper connecting to the course.

FLK 280 Cultural Diversity in the U.S.
Understanding, interpretation and appreciation of the multicultural nature of American society. Emphasis on the varieties of cultural expression, custom and world view practiced by regional, ethnic, racial and sectarian cultures.

• Section 002

TR 11:10 to 12:30
Instructor: Dr. Jak Njoku
Students in this course section will have the option of participating in a service-learning spring break trip to the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia where they will be able to conduct projects in exhibit construction and maintenance, care and maintenance of objects, and/or execution of education and interpretative programs under training and supervision of museum staff. Exhibits include: West African Farm, English Farm, Irish Forge, Irish Farm, German Farm, American Indian Exhibit, 1740s American Farm, 1820s American Farm, and 1850s American Farm

• Section 003

MWF 12:40-1:45
Instructor: Dr. Tim Evans
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• Honors Section 501

W 4:00-6:45pm
Instructor: Nadia De Leon
Students in both of this course sections will partner with local refugee families to learn about their culture, teach them about American culture, and conduct a $100 Solution project to help them in their integration into our community. Student will spend 2 to 3 hours a week first volunteering at local organizations that serve our immigrant and refugee communities, and then working directly with their partner families.

WS 200: Intro to Gender and Women's Studies
MWF 11:30-12:25
Instructor: Nadia De Leon
Drawing on historical perspectives and cultural analysis, this course examines such topics as women and work, violence against women, family, and the social construction of gender, sexuality, race, and class. Students will conduct $100 Solution projects related to gender and women's issues.

For faculty interested being included in this list, email your course information to Nadia at nadia.deleon@wku.edu.