Service-Learning Courses
Spring 2007 Courses

ANTH 093 (Section 001) “UNITAS”
Elena Yehia
UNITAS is the first of a two-semester course that explores issues of social and cultural diversity including class, gender, race, religion, sexuality, and ethnicity. This is a unique living and learning program that creates a first-hand diversity experience.

BMME 840 (Section 001) “Rehabilitation Engineering Design”
Richard Goldberg
Prerequisites, BMME 465 or permission of the instructor. Students will design an assistive technology device to help individuals with disabilities to become more independent. The project will be used in the community when it is completed.

COMM/ENST 375 (Section 001) “Environmental Advocacy”
Cindy Spurlock
In this course, students will examine the strategies and tactics of those who seek to change our attitudes about environmental issues and our behaviors as consumers in a global and local context.

COMM 629 (Section 002) “Organizing for Social Change”
Sarah Dempsey
This problem-based service learning course introduces students to the unique characteristics of civil society organizations, including NGOs and nonprofits, social movement organizations, and human services organizations. In particular, the course focuses on the dynamics of coalition building within civil society spaces, including the reoccurring dilemmas of participation, empowerment, control, and accountability.

DHYG 422 (Section 001) “Dental Hygiene Service Learning”
Charlotte Peterson
This course is designed to provide the student with service learning experiences to provide oral health screenings, patient education/oral hygiene instructions, and referral services in community-based setting serving special needs individuals. The course will allow the student to integrate and apply a broad scope of curriculum content knowledge and clinical skills in a community-based setting.

ENGL 102 (Section 016, 029, 073) “English Composition and Rhetoric”
Sarah Hallenbeck, Katie Carlson, Stephanie Morgan
This class will be partnered with the a local organization who has identified a need for students to address during the semester. There will be significant independent and collaborative work in this class.

EDUC 601 (Section 001) "Service-Learning for Educators"
Heather Coffey
This is a required course for the junior Teaching Fellows. I hope students will learn more about the community in which they live and serve. Students will also learn to be reflective and understand the social context of their partnership with the community agency.

GEOG 452 (Section 001) "Mobilizing Geographies"
Altha Cravey
This course explores the contemporary experience of migrants. Various theoretical approaches are introduced, with the emphasis on a political economic approach. This course fulfills a College of Arts and Science Social Science requirement.

HNRS 352 (Section 001) “Building Educational Bridges For Our New Urban Students”
Jim Johnson
This course will afford students the opportunity to utilize intellectual and socio-cultural skills to help “bridge” the educational gap in the lives of a cadre of our new urban students. Through formal mentoring and tutorial components, program participants are exposed to a wide range of academic and social enrichments commencing when they enter the sixth grade and continuing until they graduate from high school. Students will be actively involved in the provision of academic and social supports through mentoring and tutoring with the Durham Scholars Program.

INTS 199 (Section 001) “Immigrant Perspectives”
Hannah Gill
This course will explore the local and global connection between Carrboro, North Carolina and Celaya, Mexico. This course includes a service-learning trip to Celaya during spring break.

INTS 290 (Section 001) “Connections: Global Service-Learning and Local Applications”
David Pizzo
The Connections seminar and local application purposefully links students’ global service-learning experience to concerns faced by immigrants and refugees, locally, in North Carolina. Primary among these concerns are education and English language learning, health and access to health care services, and social/economic concerns. Students participating in an APPLES Global Service-Learning Experience are required to participate in Connections, a reflections seminar and a local service-learning experience in the following semester. One course credit is offered for participation in the seminar.

JOMC 232 (Section 001, 002, 003, 004) “Public Relations Writing”
Larry Lamb, Lois Boynton, Carolyn Edy, TBA
JOMC 232 covers major communicative tools of the public relations trade including news releases, features, speeches, pitch letters, fact sheets, public service announcements, and more.

JOMC 491 (Section 012) “Crisis Communication”
Elizabeth Dougall
All organizations experience crises. Crises interrupt organizational routines and attract extreme public and media scrutiny. This course will introduce principles of effective crisis management. Students will serve with non-profit or governmental organizations needing crisis communication assistance.

PHCY 040B (Section 001) “Topical Issues in Health Sciences”
Nikkia Sheppard, Ashley Mouberry-Sieman
Students will explore the service-learning pedagogy in depth by focusing on history, theory, and community partnerships. Teams of students will participate in Community Action Projects including needs assessment, program development, program implementation, program evaluation, research or any combination thereof.

PSYC 250 (001, 002, 003) “Child Development”
Deanna Larus, Ndidi Okeke, Dana Wood
Building upon material presented in Psychology 10 (general psychology), which is a prerequisite for this course, Psychology 24 provides students with an overview of the major themes of child development. Our aim is to introduce the empirical findings, theories, and research methods of child development, placing particular emphasis on the child's physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development from infancy through adolescence.

PSYC 465 (Section 001) “Poverty and Development”
Lorraine Taylor
Poverty is one of the most consistent and influential risk factors for problematic development across the life span. This course examines the impact of poverty and family economic hardship on human development. This semester, an optional service learning opportunity will be available for interested students.

PSYC 504 (Section 001) “Health Psychology”
Jeannie Loeb
An in-depth coverage of the theoretical issues and clinical manifestations of psychological responses characteristic of individuals with chronic physical disorders.

PSYC 507 (Section 001) “Autism”
Gladys Williams
Topics include historical perspectives on autism, issues in classification and diagnosis, current etiological theories, assessing and understanding patterns of functioning (emphasizing social, communication, and cognitive skills), developmental and lifespan issues, family concerns, service provision, and intervention approaches.

PUBH 423 (Section 001) “AIDS Service: Principles, Practices & Politics”
Ron Strauss
The course offers participants a unique opportunity to experience a multi-disciplinary approach to AIDS - its etiology, immunology, epidemiology and impact on individuals and society. How a society looks at AIDS determines not only how sick persons are treated but also the degree to which the rights of the individual are upheld.

RELI 163 (Section 001) “Poverty and Pluralism”
Peter Kaufman
RELI 30 considers the sources of social conflicts that stem from religious, racial, ethnic and cultural differences. It also attempts to identify the conditions that most expeditiously promote social reconciliation. This course studies conflicts throughout history and the world, and also here in North Carolina. Wednesday class period is spent volunteering with college bound students in Siler City.

SOCI 68, “Immigration in Contemporary America"
Jacqueline Hagan
Contemporary international migration is transforming politics, economics, social relations, and ethnic identities in societies throughout the world. This first-year seminar course is designed to introduce students to the fascinating and ever-changing study of immigration in contemporary America.

SOCI 111 (Section 003) “Human Societies”
Judith Blau
Introduction to comparative sociology. The major types of society that have existed or now exist are analyzed, together with major patterns of social change.

SOCI 273 (Section 001) “Social and Economic Justice”
Charlie Kurzman
This is course examines human rights in the broad sense of the term, including socioeconomic, cultural and environmental rights, along with comparing involving liberalism and communitarianism. This course is required for Social and Economic Justice minors. This course fulfills a General College Social Science requirement. http://www.unc.edu/%7Ejrblau/

SOCI 423, (Section 001) “Sociology of Education”
Karolyn Tyson
An overview of theory and research on education and schooling, with an emphasis on inequalities in educational opportunities, education as a social institution, and the changing context of schools and schooling. This course fulfills a College of Arts and Science Social Science requirement.

SOWO 491 (Section 001) “Community Organizing for Social Change”
Marcie Fisher-Borne
SOWO 180 offers a “tool kit” of organizing and leadership skills necessary for both grassroots and agency-based social change efforts. It is designed to encourage more active citizen participation through tangible skills-building activities paired with a service-learning placement in an area community service agency.

SPAN 203 (Section 027) “Intermediate Spanish for Health Care Professionals”
Darcy Lear
Spanish 203 interweaves culture, language instruction, and health care material. Students perform a variety of exercises and activities designed to strengthen each of these areas. The objective of the course is to bring down barriers to communication. In order to accomplish this goal, students combine their academic coursework with a community service placement.

SPAN 204H (Section 001) “Intermediate Spanish Through US Latino Culture”
Sangsuk Kim
Emphasis in this course is placed on increasing the scope of communication and mastering linguistic accuracy in all the skills through high-interest cultural readings and video that deal with the Latino community in the United States today.

SPAN 204 (Section 004) “Intermediate Spanish for Health Care”
Jeff Birdsong
Emphasis in this course is placed on increasing the scope of communication and mastering linguistic accuracy in all the skills through high-interest cultural readings and video that deal with the Latino community in the United States today.

SPAN 300H (Section 001) "Advanced Grammar and Composition"
Julia Mack
Spanish 300H is a grammar and composition course that further prepares students for upper-level Spanish courses and programs in the University. The objective of the class is to practice grammar and writing consistently and in an organized fashion.

SPAN 310 (Section 001) “Conversation II APPLES”
Malgorzata Lee
Designed to expand speaking skills through conversational activities, discussion of authentic readings, and associated vocabulary building. Emphasis also on continued development of writing skills. Students will be placed in local middle schools to tutor Latino students as part of the service commitment.

SPAN 360 (Section 001) “Spanish Language Today”
Lucia Binotti
Prerequisite, Spanish 300 or equivalent. An introduction to the languages of Spain and Latin America focusing on the four major dialect regions of the Spanish-speaking world. Includes discussion of sociolinguistic variation and dialectical differences.

SPCL 390 (Section 001) “APPLES Alternative Spring Break”
TBA
Alternative Spring Breaks provide an avenue for students to perform service activities across North Carolina, the Southeast, and the Mid-Atlantic. Each group is led by student organizers advised by university staff and works collaboratively to assess and address the needs of their destination community before leaving for their trip. Throughout the alternative break experience, students will also have the opportunity to reflect upon their experiences and to explore deeper issues relating to the community.

WMST 290 (Section 001) “Leadership and Anti-Violence”
Bob Pleasants
Leadership and Anti-Violence Awareness" will be an examination of violence and violence prevention education, with a particular focus on issues related to men's violence against women and other forms of inter-personal violence. The course will be of particular interest to students who want a better understanding of the root causes of violence and want to find strategies for ending violence in relationships, families, and communities.

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