Teach a Service-Learning Course

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The APPLES program has dramatically transformed and improved my teaching. Every professor should teach an APPLES service-learning course.
Dr. Todd Taylor, English

Course Guidelines

At a minimum, service-learning courses must meet the following criteria:

• the course has a formal, academic curriculum that is rooted in the discipline in which the course is being offered;
• the course contains a set of organized community-based learning activities through which students directly serve a constituency as a means to address an identified community need through a minimum of 30 hours of service; and
• the course provides structured opportunities for students to critically connect their service activities to the course curriculum.

Learning Outcomes

Current research (Eyler, Giles, Stenson & Gray, 2001) suggests the following service-learning student outcomes:

• Better understanding of course concepts
• Improved communication and problem-solving skills
• Increased understanding their responsibility of citizenship

Eyler, J., Giles, D., Stenson, C., Gray, C., (2001). At a glance: What we know about the effects of service-learning on college students, faculty, institutions and communities, 1993-2000: Third edition. Learn and Serve America National Service-Learning Clearinghouse.

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