Community Engagement Course GRED 63954

This course is offered periodically. Contact the Center for details.
Community Engagement and Public Scholarship in Higher Education:  Integrating Learning and Social Responsibility in the Academy          

GRED 63954 • CSC 63954 • Psy 63668

One-credit seminar — S/U

Jay Brandenberger, PhD

This interactive seminar provides an opportunity for graduate students from all colleges to examine topics in the evolving field of community engagement and higher education. What is the public mission of colleges and universities? How may faculty incorporate new paradigms of teaching and research that address social challenges? What promising practices (within and beyond the classroom) integrate ethical responsibility and public scholarship? By what means might we assess the impact of such practices on learners, communities, and fields? How might knowledge of community engagement linked to disciplinary expertise be a faculty career catalyst? Such questions will be addressed through dialogue, experiential opportunities, and analyses in the context of each student’s professional trajectory. Resources will be drawn from higher education literature, learning theory, ethics, and discipline-specific writings. Students will have an opportunity to reflect on their sense of public mission and career potentials. Open to doctoral and master’s level students.

Participation in the course fulfills requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Community Engagement and Public Scholarship.

Contact Jay Brandenberger or Patrena Kedik at the Center for further information information.