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Community-Based Learning Courses

There are a number of regularly offered courses at Davidson that include community-based learning components or focus on social action themes.

In community-based learning courses at Davidson, course objectives and the community-based experience or project are clearly connected; students reflect critically on the experiences and are assessed based on academic competencies;  there is collaboration with community partners that has reciprocal value for students and community; and the community component meets a community-defined need. 

Upcoming Courses

Fall 2024 Community-Based Learning Courses

  • ANT 340:  Medical Anthropology (Cho)
  • AFR 233: Africana Political Economy (Harper-Shipman)
  • AFR 260: Food, Gender and Race (Castaneda)
  • AFR 495:  Africana Capstone (Harper-Shipman)
  • BIO 368:  Health Care Issues in Zambia (Case)
  • BIO 370:  Musculoskeletal Disease and Injury (Mamoon)
  • BIO 370:  Health, Illness & Primary Care (Mamoon)
  • BIO 372: Molecular Pathology, Socioeconomic Determinants, and Disparities in Surgical Outcomes (Mamoon)
  • EDU 361: Bilingualism & Literacy (Fernandez)
  • SPA 311: Teaching Spanish in Elementary Schools (Kietrys)
  • XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer)

Spring 2025 Community-Based Learning Courses

  • ANT 267: Food & Sustainability (Lozada)
  • BIO 320: Plant Adaptations (Wadgymar)
  • GSS 340:  Transnational Sexualities (Horowitz)
  • LAS 101: Introduction to Latin American Studies (Castaneda)
  • THE 383: Contemporary Performance (Green)
  • WRI 101: Indigenous Foodways (Stremlau)
  • XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer)

Recent Community-Based Learning Courses

Spring 2024

  • EDU 280 A:  Introduction to Ed Policy (Murray)
  • EDU 280 B:  Introduction to Ed Policy (Murray)
  • ENV 202:  Environmental Social Science (Worl)
  • GER 241: Race, Gender, Migration (Frazier-Rath)
  • LAS/AFR 120:  Introduction to Afro-Latin American Studies (Castaneda)
  • PBH 373:  Food & Nutrition Policy Seminar (Bullock)
  • POL 381:  Philanthropy in the Nonprofit Sector (Menkhaus)
  • XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer)

Fall 2023

  • ART 107:  Works on Paper (Starr)
  • BIO 368:  Health Care Issues in Zambia (Case)
  • BIO 370 B: Directed Readings in Biology (Mamoon)
  • BIO 372 E:  Research in Biology II (Mamoon)
  • EDU 361: Bilingualism & Literacy (Fernandez)
  • ENV 202:  Environmental Social Science (Worl)
  • ENV 242:  Political Ecology (Worl)
  • GER 231: Black German Art & Resistance (Frazier-Rath)
  • LAS 101:  Introduction to Latin American Studies (Castaneda)
  • POL 432:  Racial Justice in Education (Murray)
  • SPA 311: Teaching Spanish in Elementary Schools (Kietrys)
  • XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer)