Service Learning Courses

The following sampling of courses connect volunteer work to academic study, allowing students to explore theoretically and practically the roots of a variety of social problems.

Course #: FYS 198-2 

Course Title: Tryin' to find a way back Home: An Introduction to the Literature and Legacy of Homelessness in America

Professor: Christopher Fee

Description: Course explores questions such as:  Why does this homeless population continue to grow?  What can be done to alleviate the circumstances surrounding homelessness in America?  Should we act?  Should we care?

Partner Communities: Gettysburg & Washington, DC

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Course #: EDU 209

Course Title: Social Foundations of Education

Professor: Dan Butin

Description: Through classic and contemporary texts, the course numerous issues at multiple levels: classroom, school, and school system.  Overarching questions of multiculturalism, inequity, identity formation, the role of schooling, and issues of power are discussed, as are more specific issues, such as tracking, educational reform, dropouts, community-school relations and affirmative action.  The course makes use of a service-learning project and other experiential learning activities to highlight and reinforce the relationship between the theory and practice of education.

Partner Community: Gettysburg

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Course #: POL 252

Course Title: North-South Dialogue

Professor: Caroline Hartzell

Description: Beginning with a two-week project in Nicaragua, the course explores questions examining the ideas (theories), institutions, and interest areas of the political economy of development.  What are the developmental prospects of the South?  Can there be a meaningful dialogue between the North and South?

Partner Community: Le�n, Nicaragua

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Course #: SPAN 202

Course Title: Intermediate Spanish         

Professor: Alicia Rol�n

Description: Five weeks of summer afternoon language classes are complemented by living with host families and working with children living in orphanages in Argentina.

Partner Community: Argentina