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  • SSER V315: Human Behav/Social Env
    3.00 Credits
    Tusculum University

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  • SSER V408: Social Welfare Policy/Law
    3.00 Credits
    Tusculum University

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  • SSER V411: Social Service Practicum/Sem
    6.00 Credits
    Tusculum University

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  • SVLN 340: Service-Learning Theory and Practice
    3.00 Credits
    Tusculum University

    This course focuses on teaching leadership and service-learning theory and practice. Students who take this course will gain an in-depth knowledge of service-learning and will learn how to apply that knowledge within a discipline-based SVLN course. Students who successfully complete this course will be paired with a faculty member for the following semester and/or year to serve as a student TA for SVLN and/or OREN course(s). This course is open to students of junior status who are either Bonner Leaders or Orientation Leaders. Prerequisite:Permission of the instructor.
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  • SVLN 351: Service-Learning Practicum
    2.00 Credits
    Tusculum University

    This option is available during the summer and/or across the semester. Students will get experience putting the civic arts into practice by working at least 50 hours in service roles with governmental or not-for-profit community organizations with under-served populations, environmental or other social justice goals. Writing assignments and regular contact with the instructor prepare students to gain the most benefit from their service placements. Prerequisite: 30 Credit Hours
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  • SVLN 354: Service-Learning in Northeast Tennessee
    3.00 Credits
    Tusculum University

    Students may engage in a variety of service activities with governmental or not-for-profit organizations within the Greeneville/Greene County or Tri-Cities area. These activities involve issues of social justice, economic opportunity, environmental protection or restoration, education or health and wellness. They may use community-based research techniques to identify community needs and help accomplish community goals. Readings, class sessions, journals and writing assignments will help the students learn from their service experiences. Prerequisite: 30 Credit Hours.
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  • SVLN 356: Service-Learning Immersion
    3.00 Credits
    Tusculum University

    This course centers on travel to Belize, Central America, where students will be immersed in a variety of service projects and learning opportunities primarily related to schools and youth. The service needed may involve issues of social justice, economic opportunity, education or health and wellness. Readings and research before the trip will help students understand the issues they confront and the setting where they are offering service. Discussion and writing assignments will help students reflect on and learn from their service experiences. The process of living and working together and making collective decisions will be a laboratory for the practice of civility. This course also includes an Honors component to support those students who are committed to continued academic achievement. This component will include a collaborative community project that connects the student's major field of study to a need of the Belize community where the student is working. The student will consult with a faculty member from their discipline before and after the project takes place to set appropriate goals and evaluate their completion.Additional texts and/or readings related to the project will be included. A summary and report of the project will be presented to the campus community at the end of the course.
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  • SVLN 450: Independent Study in Service-Learning
    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Tusculum University

    This course provides additional in-depth experience in servicelearning and/or the opportunity to research issues raised by a previous service-learning course. Advance arrangements should be made with the instructor. Prerequisites: SVLN/CMNS 354 or 356. Offered as needed.
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  • SVLN 451: Practicum in Civic Engagement
    3.00 Credits
    Tusculum University

    This course is designed to allow students to engage in intensive study and action in a community organization. Students will explore theories and concepts of civic involvement and methodologies of Community-Based Research. Participatory Action Research and community mapping using GIS and GPS technology. Students will develop and implement a Community-Based Research or mapping project around a social issue and /or with a public policy focus with a public or private not-for-profit organization pertaining to their major to address a community need. Prerequisite: SVLN 351, 354, or 356 (or satisfaction of the Service-Learning Commons requirement).
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  • SVLN 455: Civic Arts Capstone
    3.00 Credits
    Tusculum University

    This capstone course is designed for students completing the Civic Leadership and Engagement minor. In this course students will develop and implement a project which brings together their major and the concepts learned throughout the minor. The student will then present the project to campus. Prerequisite: Completion or concurrent enrollment in all required coursework for the courses in the Civic Leadership and Engagement Minor.
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