The Experiential Learning requirement engages students in the first-hand discovery of knowledge through observation and participation in activities, most often in field-based settings outside the classroom. This inductive process of “learning by doing and reflecting” is supported by theory-based information. In these courses, students compare and analyze issues, problems, and ideas through the lenses of their own personal experiences and evolving intellectual worldview.
Experiential learning may take place in a regularly scheduled course, an approved internship, a Study Abroad course, or in an independent study approved on a case-by-case basis (utilizing the proper Independent Study Approval Form). All such courses may be offered in the student’s major and may count for both major field and Liberal Studies requirements. When more than four credit hours are earned from such an experience – for example, an eight-hour internship – four hours may be counted toward Liberal Studies requirements and four hours toward major program requirements. Experiential Learning is typically taken in the junior year as major field or other foundational knowledge is essential to ensure a successful outcome.
Forms of Experiential Learning
Study Abroad
Study Abroad programs emphasize social, political, historical and cultural understanding through a total immersion into the life and culture of a foreign country. Study trips abroad range in duration from two weeks to a full academic year.
Domestic Study
For students interested in diverse populations and locations outside Chicago yet within the United States, domestic study courses offer students the opportunity to pursue such inquiry.
Community-based Service Learning
Community-based Service learning courses provide students with the opportunity to work with a community organization or agency and to reflect upon what they have learned through this service in class discussions. Opportunities are available through the Steans Center for Community-Based Service Learning.
Internships
Internship courses offer students the opportunity to gain real world experience in hiring, employment, communication, and the culture of businesses or organizations. Students who apply and receive internship opportunities through the University Internship Program register for ISP 250. In addition, some Colleges and departments offer 200-level and 300-level internships that satisfy the experiential learning requirement.
Individual or group research projects
These research projects involve extensive field or laboratory work. The projects are supervised, evaluated and graded by a faculty member.
Courses
Below please find examples of courses previously offered for Experiential Learning. For information on current offerings, please consult Campus Connection.
Accounting
American Studies
Anthropology
Art Media and Design
Biology
Catholic Studies
Chemistry
Commerce
Communication
Community Service Studies
Computer Graphics and Animation
Computer Science
Digital Cinema
Education
English
Environmental Sciences
Finance
Geography
History
Honors Program
Hospitality Studies
Information Technology
Intercultural Communication
International Studies
Latino/Latin American Studies
Liberal Studies Program
Management
Marketing
Mathematics
Music
Nursing
Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public Policy Studies
Religious Studies
School for New Learning
Sociology
Spanish
Study Abroad
- For additional information, please consult the Study Abroad Website.
University Internship Program
Women's and Gender Studies
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
ACC 393
INTERNSHIP IN ACCOUNTANCY
ACC 393 is designed for students who already have or will soon have a position in an accounting or accounting-related field. Internship in Accountancy provides students with academically supervised work experiences, improving linkages between classroom efforts and the business world. Students obtain valuable professional experience and begin the process of networking with area businesses and professionals.
Prerequisites:
ACC 102 is a prerequisite for this class.AMS 392
INTERNSHIP
Internship. Majors and minors only. Variable credit.
Prerequisites:
An American Studies major or minor is a prerequisite for this class.ANT 280
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK
This course introduces students to the basic field and laboratory methods used in archaeological research through hands on experience. Students will receive intensive field training in archaeological field methods including excavation, survey, mapping, record keeping, and illustration. The course introduces basic laboratory techniques such as artifact processing, identification, and curation. The methodological training will be integrated through emphases on the place of data collection in the archaeological research process, and the relationship between archaeological data and questions of historical and anthropological importance. This course will provide students with the essential basic field training in archaeology required for both applied work in cultural resource management and continued graduate education in archaeology.
ART 283
INTEGRATING ART INTO THE CURRICULUM AND THE COMMUNITY
This course brings DePaul students into a Chicago grade school to incorporate art into the curriculum. It is a hybrid course that involves some Independent Study in which the students organize their schedule in conjunction with a grade school classroom teacher, and some required classes that they must attend on campus at a prescribed time and day. Students are off campus for approximately 10 class sessions. At the start of the quarter, students are given a theoretical background in community-based art education, ethical issues, and social engagement. Working in teams, students will observe in the classrooms to gain a sense of the grade school community and the existing curriculum. DePaul students will then develop and teach a specific lesson plan in collaboration with the classroom teacher. The objective will be to produce a creative learning experience that co-mingles art and a core subject such as science or social studies. Teaching this art integrated lesson will be an essential aspect of the learning experience. Students will meet back at the DePaul classroom at designated intervals for information, reflection, and the analysis of their experience and their impact on the grade school community, in relations to the theoretical examples from the beginning of the course. These reflections take varied forms: discussion, role-playing exercise, presentation, and papers. Approved for JYEL and cbSL credit.
ART 291
MURAL PAINTING
This class has a central focus on the art of mural making. Students will have a hands on experience as they design and execute a mural at a predetermined site. The students will also learn the strategy and design factors of planning a mural piece of their own. This piece will be at a real venue, executed as a small scale illustration brd. piece. This will be done in the classroom in the last part of the qtr. The class functions as a studio class as it meets for 6 hrs. weekly. A minimum of 25 service hours is required. And having either drawing or painting experience on the collegiate level is recommended highly for this class. This class is certified for cbSL and JYEL credit.
ART 292
COMMUNITY VIDEO PRODUCTION
The heavy emphasis on experiential learning of this course will combine classroom instruction on documentary video production with student fieldwork. Over the course of the term, students will plan, produce and substantially complete a videotape project for a community client. Through the production of a video project specifically designed for a community organization, students will be able to practice production techniques that they learn in the classroom while gaining insight about how video can bring attention to community needs and thus make an impact on communities (outside the classroom). Our goal for this course is to bring students to the point of understanding and mastering the technical elements of video production and understanding these processes within an experiential and service learning context, such that through working on documentary projects, students will come to a point of understanding the history and contemporary needs of a particular community group and how the creation of a finished video can address some of those needs. Students will work to produce projects that are thoughtful, important and technically polished. This class is certified for cbSL and JYEL credit.
ART 348
ART AND DESIGN III: CLIENT AND COMMUNITY
This course enables students to research varied communities, complex information systems, processes, tools, and materials involved in the client-based component of visual communications. Students establish working relationships as individuals and in teams that utilize their skills to effectively evaluate the communication needs of an organization or business, develop design solutions that fulfill those needs, and negotiate the process between designers and clients. Objectives of the course include: improving student?s developing design skills to an advanced level, creating awareness of current design trends, supporting stu?dent?s development of independent working habits, utilizing integration of both hand-skills and the computer as design tools, and completing professional projects after staged client feedback and revisions. While it is preferably taken in the senior year, this course will still fulfill the Junior Year Experiential Learning requirement and is required for all Art & Design Majors.
Prerequisites:
ART 227, ART 260, ART 264, and ART 358 are a prerequisite for this class.ART 383
SERVICE LEARNING IN THE ARTS INTERNSHIP
This course seeks to expose the student to the workings of a professional artist in order for the student to both gain professional experience in the concentration area of their degree and to be of service to a community group that can use the student's help. Students will be assigned an internship in consultation with the instructor and meet several times during the quarter to reflect on their service experience with other interns.
BIO 302
STUDENT LABORATORY INSTRUCTION
Student Laboratory Instruction. Completion of course requires student to serve as teaching assistant for biology laboratory course.
BIO 303
INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Introduction to Scientific Research. Course requires that student has had (or currently having) experience in scientific research.
CTH 201
THE EXPERIENCE OF CATHOLICISM IN CHICAGO
An experience-centered introduction to the Catholic Church in Chicago. Includes site visits.
CTH 229
CATHOLICISM AS A SPIRITUAL PATH (CROSS-LISTED AS REL 284)
An experience-centered study of the relationship between contemplation and action, prayer and service, liturgy and social justice, personal religious experience and the wider experience of Catholics. Both historical as well as contemporary spiritualties will be explored. Cross-listed as REL 284.
CTH 282
GOD, JUSTICE AND REDEMPTIVE ACTION
A practicum and seminar combining student participation in social outreach programs with an examination of the theological and ethical issues raised therein. Students will volunteer at a field site for the quarter.
CTH 341
LIBERATION THEOLOGY: THEORY AND PRACTICE (CROSS-LISTED AS REL 351)
Focuses upon the ideas and practices of a radical movement for the transformation of Christianity and for social justice that originated in the "Basic Christian Communities" of Latin America and spread from there to North America and the Third World. Cross-listed as REL 351.
CHE 392
INTERNSHIP
Experiential learning experience in a government agency, industrial firm, business, or non-profit organization.
CHE 397
ADVANCED LABORATORY PROJECT
This course is a comprehensive lab experience designed to introduce you to research methods through open-ended guided research projects. Throughout the course, students will learn to use analytical instrumentation to solve real problems in chemistry. This total four credit-hour course which may be divided up according to the instructors consent. Some options may include taking all four credits in one quarter or dividing them into two quarters of two-credit hours each or into three quarters at one, one and two credits. The student is expected to design and implement an individual research project using the methods learned in the structured portion of the course. However, the instructor of this course is free to choose any other focus in chemistry; for example, synthesis of organic compounds in one quarter followed by testing for medicinal activity in the second quarter. In another example, students could synthesize and perform measurements on the properties of chemical compounds in one quarter and perform detailed computational studies to support the measured data in the second quarter. For some cross-disciplinary projects, two instructors may choose to divide the responsibility of leading each quarter.
Prerequisites:
Junior standing is a prerequisite for this class.ICS 350
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SEMINAR
This foreign study course is meant to introduce the student to the world of international life and business as it is today. The course provides students the opportunity to visit and study foreign commercial enterprises on-site as they exist today. Additional emphasis is placed on the understanding overseas cultures, self-reference criteria, and the fact that people around the world can maintain/develop hopes and dreams within their own lifestyle even though it may differ from others. Most courses in this group will count for liberal studies credit as an experiential learning course. See the Director of the Driehaus Center for International Business or the College of Commerce undergraduate office for additional information. Registration with the Driehaus Center is required. International Business Seminars may not be taken Pass/Fail.
CMN 394
ADVANCED COMMUNICATION INTERNSHIP
This course is for communication majors and minors who meet eligibility requirements. Students will learn career planning skills, explore the organizations in which they work, gain an understanding of how they contributed to their organizations, and discuss societal and world issues, as they affect their workplaces. Students are required to work 10 hours per week while enrolled in the course. Students must cmplete the Communication Internship orientation workshop. Students registering for a hybrid section must also attend five 2-hour class meetings.
CSS 201
PERSPECTIVES ON COMMUNITY SERVICE
This course explores the relationship between social justice movements and non-profit organizations in the U.S. by providing a structure within which students can learn about issues and theory and the organizational settings in which they are serving.
CSS 300
INTRODUCTION TO NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT
This course provides students with an understanding of the functioning of the organizations that conduct the vital work of the non-profit sector. Students will complete the course with the knowledge base to be effective program managers and board members in these organizations.
CSS 395
COMMUNITY INTERNSHIP
Community Internship exposes students to career potentials in non-profit and government agencies through an intensive internship experience in a community organization.
GPH 360
MODELING SPACES
The digital design and modeling of environmental spaces with attention to human use parameters. PREREQUISITE(S): GPH 250.
CSC 298
INTERNSHIP
In cooperation with local employers, this course offers students the opportunity to integrate their academic experience with on-the-job training in computer related work areas. Admission to the program requires consent of internship course instructor. Current work experience plus classroom time is required. Supervisor evaluation will contribute to the final grade. This course satisfies the junior year experiential learning requirement.
CSC 378
SOFTWARE PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITY CLIENTS
This is the first course in a two-quarter sequence (winter/spring) for CTI students that satisfies both the Senior Year Capstone requirement and the Junior Year Experiential Learning requirement. The second quarter will be a special section of CSC 399. You will earn four quarter hours of credit for each quarter for a total of eight quarter hours of credit. You must complete both quarters to receive any credit. We work with a community service organization, chosen with help of the Steans Center for Community-based Service Learning. As a community-based service learning course, students will have the opportunity to assess urban community needs in technology, and use problem-solving methods and strategies to make a substantial difference in an inner-city community group, usually by developing an application or a web site.
CSC 379
TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS IN URBAN SCHOOLS
Students in this course will have the opportunity to assess urban community needs in the technology arena and develop skills in assisting and developing methods for "bridging the digital divide" that exists. As a result, the student will be able to make a substantial difference in an underprivileged academic community group. This course is a CDM-sponsored community-based service learning course. Any student enrolled in this course can also satisfy the junior year experiential learning requirement.
DC 380
PROJECT BLUELIGHT
Production of a feature-length digital motion picture written by students or faculty within the Digital Cinema program. Students will work as crew under supervision of faculty members heading each of the various production areas. Goal is to produce a completed digital motion picture suitable for festivals or distribution. This course has an additional fee.
DC 298
INTERNSHIP IN MEDIA PRODUCTON/POST-PRODUCTION
This course offers students the opportunity to reflect on an internship while gaining professional experience, industry contact, and referrals while still in school. The class fulfills the Junior Year Experiential Learning credit and must be taken concurrently with an approved internship. Opportunities in post-production, motion picture production, advertising, television, animation, game design, graphic design, motion graphics and interactive media can qualify for the course. Classroom time is required. Admission to the program requires consent of internship course instructor after the verification of the student's internship. Prerequisites: Internship
ENG 378
LITERATURE AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
Study of selected literary works in the contexts of community service. See schedule for current offerings. This course is not repeatable.
Prerequisites:
WRD 104 or HON 100 is a prerequisite for this course.WRD 395
WRITING CENTER THEORY & PEDAGOGY (FORMERLY ENG 395)
Introduction to current theories and practices in writing instruction; prepares students to develop and administer writing centers and to work as writing consultants. (Writing Center practicum required).
Prerequisites:
WRD 104 or HON 100 is a prerequisite for this course.ENG 397
NEWBERRY LIBRARY SEMINAR
Newberry Library Seminar
ENV 235
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND STEWARDSHIP
This unique JEYL course is for junior level students with diverse majors interested in experiential learning within the field of environmental education. In partnership with the Chicago Academy of Sciences? Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, students will not only gain valuable content knowledge on the region?s natural history, but also apply that knowledge via service learning in a museum setting. Enrolling in this course is an opportunity to witness and interact with the professionals, pedagogy, science, and practice of promoting environmental literacy.
ENV 322
ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY
This course will introduce students to the conceptual and methodological tools of ecosystem ecology. The course will focus on understanding the fundamental structure and function of ecosystems but will also address very recent debates on the economic value of ecosystem services, the role of biological diversity in maintaining ecosystem processes, and the consequences of stressed and degraded ecosystems for human welfare. Finally, we assess the role of ecosystem ecology in designing sustainable restoration projects. The course includes a weekly lab.
ENV 345
URBAN AGRICULTURE
This course will acquaint students with the challenges, opportunities, practices, and transformative potential of urban agriculture. Taking an interdisciplinary, integrative, case-study approach, this course will explore issues such as food access, food security, food deserts, community gardening, farmers markets, locavore food movement, entrepreneurial aspects of urban agriculture, method of food production, community nutrition, and food consumption patterns. The course will meet both in the classroom and on-site at an urban farm, where students will work in all aspects of the farm as well as learn to organize communities in an effort to help them create food security and access to healthy food systems.
ENV 361
RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
ENV 361 is for students who are currently working with an ENV faculty mentor on a research project. Restricted to students majoring in Environmental Science or Environmental Studies; permission of instructor required.
Prerequisites:
ENV 360 is a prerequisite for this class.FIN 393
FINANCE INTERNSHIP
An academically supervised working experience in a major financial institution. Registration in this program requires approval of the department internship director.
Prerequisites:
FIN 310 is a prerequisite for this class.GEO 133
URBAN GEOGRAPHY - EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
The course provides an in depth analysis of a Chicago neighborhood, connecting this to wider U.S. trends in urbanization and urban development. Students conduct a research project, through archival study and field work.
GEO 211
BIOGEOGRAPHY
Biogeography is the study of the distribution of plants and animals on the earth's surface, and the historical and ecological factors and human activities responsible. It asks questions such as: Why were placental mammals absent from (pre-European) Australia, while marsupials were abundant? How are current plant species' distributions different from those of the past, and what implications does this have for their ability to respond to global changes? Why have islands sustained so many extinctions compared to mainlands? Why are there so many insect species in the tropics and so few at high latitudes? How are humans changing the distribution and abundances of plant and animals? This course explores these and other such questions. The goal is to understand biodiversity patterns and processes across earth, and how this knowledge can help maintain biological communities in human-dominated, 21st century landscapes.
HST 382
CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM ADVANCED SEMINAR
Students will develop skills and knowledge applicable to public history careers, will gain a firm conceptual understanding of public history historiography, and of how the Chicago History Museum does public history. Students will apply this knowledge to class discussions, assignments, and actual museum projects. The course will be take place at the CHM, and a CHM curator will teach the course. Expect group work and field trips. Class will comprise of students from DePaul and other Chicago-area universities.
Prerequisites:
HST 199 or HST 299 is a prerequisite for this class.HST 391
LOCAL AND COMMUNITY HISTORY
Collaborative learning groups will work with community partners in order to produce a tangible end-of-quarter public history project whose audience will be the greater Chicago community. This course carries a junior year experiential learning credit.
Prerequisites:
HST 199 or HST 299 is a prerequisite for this class.HST 392
PUBLIC HISTORY INTERNSHIP
Selected students are placed in work-study positions, under faculty supervision to help prepare themselves for non-teaching careers with background in historical technique. Credit variable.
Prerequisites:
HST 199 or HST 299 is a prerequisite for this class.HON 350
HONORS SENIOR SEMINAR
This course, which meets the capstone requirement for the Honors Program, fosters preparation for life-long learning. In a seminar setting, students explore a designated topic, develop related projects, and pursue work in an area defined by the Honors faculty member who designed the particular course. Seminars will be offered in broad interdisciplinary areas, allowing seniors to choose from diverse topics; please see the schedule for current offerings. Open only to students in the University Honors Program.
Prerequisites:
Membership in the University Honors Program is a prerequisite for this class.HSP 303
HOSPITALITY INTERNSHIP I
This course is a supervised and structured industry learning experience. It is designed for students to concurrently obtain practical experience and course credit through a formal internship in a functional department within hospitality operations. Site is to be chosen in collaboration with faculty. Students must win acceptance through an interview with a hospitality professional who will supervise the practicum. Potential sites could include one of Chicago's many hotels, private clubs, convention centers, tourism offices, airports, airlines, spas or restaurants. Students are required to work a minimum of 50 hours needed for completion over a 10-week quarter.
Prerequisites:
HSP 100 and HSP 204 are a prerequisite for this class.HSP 304
HOSPITALITY INTERNSHIP II
This course is a supervised and structured industry experience. It is designed for students to concurrently obtain practical experience and course credit through a formal internship in a functional department within hospitality operations. This course reflects the importance of providing additional real-world job experience within a unique sector other than that experienced from the student?s completion of their first internship. This course is designed to advance and contrast students experiences within both practica.. Site is to be chosen in collaboration with faculty. Students must win acceptance through an interview with a hospitality professional who will supervise the practicum. Potential sites could include one of Chicago?s many hotels, clubs, convention centers, tourism offices, airports, airlines, spas and restaurants. Students are required to work a minimum of 50 hours needed for completion over a 10-week quarter.
Prerequisites:
HSP 303 is a corequisite for this class.IT 300
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
This course involves the exploration of a research topic under the supervision of a research advisor. PREREQUISITE(S): Consent of dean.
IT 398
TOPICS IN GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
This course focuses on current topics in the information and communications technologies that together support the "networked world." Sample topics are global software development and deployment, global data and information management, and cross-cultural project management for information systems. The course may be offered for variable credit hours (2, 4, 8, 16, and 32).
INTC 205
COMMUNICATION, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY (Formerly CMNS 205)
Examines the relationships among culture, communication, institutions, and public and private life. Students explore the possibilities and problems of contemporary forms of community through service in community organizations. The course also fulfills the junior year experiential learning requirement through community based service learning. (Formerly CMNS 205)
INT 389
INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
The course provides 20-25 hours of service learning opportunities for students in organizations that are pursuing local activities based on international missions or globally-informed policies. The course meetings focus on student experiences and a discussion of state, sub-state, and non-state organizational structures in the international context.
LST 303
BORDER MATTERS:LITERATURE & CULTURE IN THE LATINO/A BORDERLANDS
In this course we will study the values and dynamic that is promoted in different Latino communities in the United States. In order to give context to the present situation of Latinos in the U.S. we will study some of the social issues in the countries of origin which have resulted in immigration and their encounter with borderlands. The notion of a Latina and Latino cultural "borderlands" has proven a ubiquitous and powerful conceptual paradigm in recent years, organizing distinct ethnic groups (Cuban American, Mexican American, Central American, Puerto Rican, etc.) according to the rubrics of pan-ethnic identity labels (Hispanic, Latina/Latino, etc.) and transnational geographies (Latin America, the Americas, etc.). This course will examine a wide range of Latino/a literary expressions produced in the Latina/Latino borderlands, particularly in areas of cultural contact and conflict. While the most obvious focus will be the Texas-Mexico border region, including ongoing efforts to establish the public meaning of the Alamo, additional borderlands, literal and figurative, will be considered. The Latina and Latino borderlands have also inspired critics and theorists to imagine postmodern, post national subject formations, in which questions of ethnicity, gender, and sexuality are shifted from the margins to the center of critical discourse. We will therefor investigate the use and limits of recent "border theory".
LST 306
LATINO COMMUNITIES IN CHICAGO
This course studies Latino Communities, focusing on their cultural and historical constructions from a community based learning experience.
LST 307
GROWING UP LATINO/LATINA IN THE U.S.
A critical as well as a community based examination of the experiences of growing up as a Latino/Latina person in the United States.
LST 308
MOTHERHOOD IN LATINO COMMUNITIES
This is an intellectual, as well as a community based exploration of motherhood in Latino communities and the theories of motherhood in feminist criticism throughout Latin America. Other topics: fatherhood, the extended family and the community as family.
LST 309
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND LATINO FAMILIES
Social Engagement And Latino Families
LSP 320
PEER EDUCATION THEORY AND PRACTICE
This course is designed to introduce students to the principles and practices of how to mentor first-year students into the academic, intellectual and social life of the University.The course also prepare students to serve, if selected, as peer educators for incoming students in the upcoming autumn quarter. Formerly ISP 320.
LSP 321
PEER EDUCATION THEORY AND PRACTICE II (FORMERLY ISP 321)
This course is designed to support students chosen to serve as peer educators to the principles and practices of how to mentor first-year students into the academic, intellectual and social life of the University. Formerly ISP 321.
MGT 393
INTERNSHIP AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTING PROGRAM
Students encounter real work experience improving linkages between classroom efforts and the business world.
Prerequisites:
At least 88 cumulative units is a prerequisite for Business courses that require Junior standing.MKT 393
MARKETING INTERNSHIP
Internships provide an opportunity to obtain valuable professional experience and contacts in advertising agencies, manufacturing, services, public relations agencies, and communications. IME Marketing majors are required to complete one quarter of intern credit. The department's internship coordinator will work with each student to obtain placement. Students will work for and study the marketing operation of the firm. Marketing internship may be taken, with approval of the coordinator, any quarter. In lieu of internship, IME students may, with approval of the Chair, elect to complete a Marketing elective. MKT 393 qualifies for the Junior Year Experiential Learning requirement.
MAT 390
MATHEMATICS READING AND RESEARCH
The course will provide students with a hands-on experience about research in mathematical sciences. Students will attend seminars and research colloquia, and will actively participate at discussions about the topics presented. Students will reflect on the connections between various areas of modern mathematics, the challenges of structuring and solving problems, and the personal experience of doing mathematics. As a final project, each student will prepare and present a mathematical expository paper describing a current area of research, emphasizing its relevance to mathematics in general and its connections to real world problems. This course may be used to satisfy the junior-year experiential learning (JYEL) requirement.
MAT 397
MATHEMATICAL PEDAGOGY:THEORY & PRACTICE
Introduction to current theories and practices in college mathematics instruction; helps undergraduate mathematics majors develop a deeper understanding of fundamental mathematical concepts and an awareness of how people learn mathematical ideas, and prepares them to work as consultants in mathematics instruction. Mathematical tutoring practicum is required. Four credit hour course offered over a two quarter span during the autumn and winter quarters only. See instructor for further information. This course maybe used to satisfy the junior experiential learning requirement, but it does not count toward mathematics major or minor credit. Cross-listed with MAT 697.
MUS 208
COMMUNITY AUDIO ART PRODUCTION
This Experiential Learning course involves collaborative art production, electro-acoustic and computer music, experimental sound techniques, radio art, political music, socially engaged audio documentary, soundscape design, field recordings, sound installation, conceptual art, public service announcements, and interdisciplinary art. In addition to a historical survey of works in this genre, students will complete one group project and one solo project. This course may only be used as a free elective for students in the School of Music. Junio Year Experiential Learning.
NSG 377
PRACTICUM: PROFESSIONAL NURSE AS COMMUNITY CASE MANAGER
This course is taken concurrently with Nursing 376 and provides opportunities for developing the professional nurse role in community health care. Experiential learning activities focus on community assessment, health program planning and evaluation, and management of innovation at the community level. Health education and leadership development are emphasized in both public health and community-based settings involved in health care delivery for individuals, families, and communities. COREQUISITE(S): NSG 376
PAX 200
PERSPECTIVES ON PEACE, JUSTICE , AND CONFLICT STUDIES
A survey of key issues in the study of violence, conflict and its peaceful resolution including an examination of nonviolence as a philosophy and as a technique of action and social change. The course treats aggression, oppression, and nationalism as particularly problematic in an increasingly global human community. The course introduces key concepts in peace studies (positive and negative peace, structural and direct violence, the analysis of conflict) and demonstrates the links with other parallel concerns (minority issues, women's issues, social change, international relations). In addition to traditional methods of instruction, this course will rely on students working at designated community service organizations which will be treated as one of the central learning resources in the course.
PHL 250
PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Junior Year Experiential Learning
PHY 380
EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS I
Experimental techniques in optics, atomic and nuclear physics. Approved for Experiential Learning Credit. Laboratory.
Prerequisites:
PHY 270 is a prerequisite for this course.PHY 398
READING AND RESEARCH
Undergraduate research participation. Variable credit.
PSC 286
CAMPAIGNS AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
This course examines political campaigns and participation in the United States, the role of civic engagement in a representative and democratic political system, and the ethics of political campaigns. Students engage in an experiential project including participation in a political organization.
PSC 288
BIKING, POLITICS AND POLICY
This class focuses on biking, politics and transportation policy. Through reading, riding, and reflection, students will examine and experience policies that generate bike friendliness. They will also meet with political actors and interest groups that contribute to continuing policy development. The bike's potential contribution to a green future and to alleviating the political problems of allocating scarce finite resources will also be assessed.
PSC 284
MOCK TRIAL: CIVIL LAW
Mock Trial is a co-curricular activity involving intercollegiate competitive simulation of court cases. This course is taught by attorneys and gives students a chance to learn first hand about the work of trial attorneys, understand the judicial system, examine the anatomy of the litigation process, develop critical thinking skills, enhance their communication skills, and participate in simulated trial experiences. Students will learn and practice the basic elements of trial advocacy, including opening statements, direct and cross-examination of witnesses, objections, and closing arguments. PSC 284 focuses on civil law, cases, and procedures.
PSC 285
MOCK TRIAL: CRIMINAL LAW
Mock Trial is a co-curricular activity involving intercollegiate competitive simulation of court cases. This course is taught by attorneys and gives students a chance to learn first hand about the work of trial attorneys, understand the judicial system, examine the anatomy of the litigation process, develop critical thinking skills, enhance their communication skills, and participate in simulated trial experiences. Students will learn and practice the basic elements of trial advocacy, including opening statements, direct and cross-examination of witnesses, objections, and closing arguments. PSC 285 focuses on criminal law, cases, and procedures.
PSC 392
INTERNSHIP
By arrangement.
PSY 305
PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
This course is designed to provide students with both in-class and applied experience within the field of psychology, including an overview of psychology as an academic discipline. Offered every quarter.
Prerequisites:
PSY 105 or 106 is a prerequisite for this class.PSY 306
SERVICE LEARNING
This course is designed to provide students with both in-class and applied experience in a specific area of psychology. Course focuses on one particular topic per term, such as Mental Health Problems in Contemporary Society, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, etc. Check course schedule for current offerings.
Prerequisites:
PSY 105 or 106 is a prerequisite for this class.PSY 359
FIELD WORK IN COMMUNITY RESEARCH AND ACTION
Field work in community research and action.
Prerequisites:
PSY 356 and senior standing are a prerequisite for this class.PSY 369
EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
This course examines the major developmental and emotional difficulties experienced by children and adolescents. Factors that lead to the development of disorders, classification and treatment methods will also be examined. Students will be required to complete 25 hours of service in an organization which provides services to this population.
PSY 395
FIELD WORK/INTERNSHIP
Supervised experience in selected off-campus settings and associated readings. Generally taken in senior year.
Prerequisites:
PSY 357 and PSY 358 are a prerequisite for this class.PSY 396
HONORS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Attendance at monthly Honors Seminar is required. Honors thesis is completed during the student's senior year. Can be registered for more than once.
Prerequisites:
Senior standing is a prerequisite for this class.PSY 397
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING/PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH
Experiential Learning/Psychology Research.
PPS 251
URBAN POVERTY
This course examines the demographics of poverty and its concentration in central cities. In addition, definitions of poverty and public policies aimed at alleviating poverty are explored with the aim of understanding why poverty remains prevalent in the United States.
PPS 331
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
The purpose of this course is to provide students with a historical background on environmental justice (EJ) in the US and an understanding of the current EJ movement. Policy debates surrounding EJ are highlighted from recent studies on determining 'disproportionate impact' to local EJ communities. In addition, students will experience the challenges of EJ organizations in Chicago through the service-based leaning component of the course. Twenty-five hours of service learning is required for completion of this course.
REL 259
RELIGION AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
An investigation of the ways in which various religious traditions engage the social order. Traditions, persons and movements that form the focus of the course will vary from section to section. The course will integrate theory and practice in studying forms of religious engagement. All students will perform some service to a community or within a community organization or agency.
Prerequisites:
Sophomore standing is a prerequisite for this class.REL 284
CATHOLICISM AS A SPIRITUAL PATH (CROSS-LISTED WITH CTH 229)
An experience-centered study of the relationship between contemplation and action, prayer and service, liturgy and social justice, personal religious experience and the wider experience of Catholics. Both historical and contemporary spiritualities will be explored. (Cross-listed as Catholic Studies 229)
REL 351
LIBERATION THEOLOGY
Focuses upon the ideas and practices of a radical movement for the transformation of Christianity and for social justice that originated in the "Basic Christian Communities" of Latin America and spread from there to North America and the Third World. Entails either an Applied Research or Service Learning component.
REL 392
FOREIGN STUDY IN RELIGION
Under this number, students taking courses in religion or theology as part of a DePaul-sponsored program of study abroad may receive Religious Studies credit when approved in advance by the director of the Foreign Studies Program and the chair of the Religious Studies Department.
REL 393
INTERNSHIP IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Open only to students working on Religious Studies major or minor concentrations. For more information contact the department chair. .
Prerequisites:
At least junior standing and permission of the department chair are prerequisites for this course.SNC 186
SPIRITUALITY AND HOMELESSNESS
This course will examine the broad issue of homelessness by providing students the opportunity to reflect upon a service learning experience at a community-based organization that serves the homeless population in Chicago. Students will explore what can be learned about themselves as reflective practitioners, service learners, and spiritual human beings when reflecting upon this experiential learning process. Through the class discussions, assigned readings, invited speakers, and journal assignments, students will reflect on their own beliefs and perceptions of homelessness and analyze the history, causes, and policy associated with this societal problem. Faculty: Karl Nass Junior Year Experiential Learning.
SOC 394
COMMUNITY BASED SOCIOLOGY
Combines basic understanding of sociological principles with field experience.
SOC 398
INTERNSHIP
Placement of students in work-study situations relevant to careers in health and human services, social work, juvenile justice, law and society, urban and community services. Clinical and Experiential (can fulfill jr. yr. requirement). (1 to 4 credit hours).
SPN 124
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH l: SERVICE LEARNING
Intensive practice in the use of Spanish through listening, speaking, reading and writing, and continued enhancement of the cultural awareness intrinsic to those skills. Provides Experiential Learning credit through Community Based Service Learning: includes at least 25 hours of required work off-campus.
SPN 125
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II: SERVICE LEARNING
Continuing practice in spoken and written Spanish and further development of reading and listening abilities in an authentic cultural context. Provides Experiential Learning credit through Community Based Service Learning: includes at least 25 hours of required work off-campus.
SPN 126
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH III: SERVICE LEARNING
Developing more fluency in speaking, understanding, reading and writing Spanish with a concomitant heightened awareness of the cultural dimensions of the Spanish language. Provides Experiential Learning credit through Community Based Service Learning: includes at least 25 hours of required work off-campus.
SPN 391
SOCIOLINGUISTICS OF HERITAGE LANGUAGE LITERACY
This course explores the sociolinguistic issues related to gaining literacy in a heritage language, specifically, Spanish. This is a Junior Year Experiential Learning (JRYR) course, and as such requires 25 hours of service.
SPN 393
LATINO MEDIA AND DIGITAL CULTURE LITERACY
This course explores Latino media literacy from a local, national, transnational and bilingual perspective. This is a Junior Year Experiential Learning (JRYR) course, and as such requires 25 hours of service.
SPN 394
LATINO CULTURAL LITERACY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
This course explores local Chicago histories and institutions and their engagement in politics and advocacy for Latinos. This is a Junior Year Experiential Learning (JRYR) course, and as such requires 25 hours of service.
UIP 250
LIBERAL STUDIES INTERNSHIP
This course is for students who wish to integrate work and learning. Students will learn career planning skills, explore the organizations in which they work, gain an understanding of how they contributed to their organizations, and discuss societal and world issues, as they affect their workplaces. Students are required to work 10 hours per week while enrolled in the course and attend four 3-hour class meetings. Attendance at an internship orientation meeting is required prior to the start of the course.
UIP 251
VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP: MAKING A DIFFERENCE WHILE MAKING A PROFIT
The primary focus of UIP 251 is to examine and apply the values, goals and operating methods of visionary leaders who have successfully pursued financial rewards for themselves and their organizations, while also achieving, through their actions, broader social goals. The results of the examination will be applied at the students' internship sites, where students will demonstrate a range of leadership skills, including an analysis of basic management issues and recommendations for improvements. In addition to working at least 100 hours at an internship site, the course will consist of four class meetings and ongoing D2L discussions. Attendance at an internship orientation meeting is required prior to the start of the course.
UIP 252
CREATIVITY AS A CHANGE AGENT THE WORKPLACE
Creativity as a Change Agent in the Workplace explores how innovation is a controlling variable within all careers. Students will study how creativity functions within his or her workplace. The class will examine the process of creativity as it might work to revolutionize an industry or force it into failure. Students will examine creative innovations related to the following: invention, leadership, advertising and marketing, teaming concepts and collaboration, and the drive behind entrepreneurship. This experiential learning course is designed to focus the student's attention on the creative process as it relates to the observable workplace, reflective practice, and the application of theories and ideas. Attendance at an internship orientation meeting is required prior to the start of the course.
UIP 253
PUBLIC SERVICE CAREERS
Public service jobs involve working with organizations that aim to produce a public good, rather than produce a profit. Those organizations may be nonprofits (providing low-income housing, or supporting the arts, e.g.); community organizing groups (such as ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now); foundations, which typically provide funding to nonprofit organizations; unions; and the local, state, and federal governments. This course will provide an opportunity to students to familiarize themselves with career opportunities in the public service sector by focusing on (a) the types of problems that public service organizations attempt to address; (b) the different strategies used by different types of public service organizations; and (c) the range of available public service jobs. The course will promote the life-long process of integrating work and learning, enable students to view their internship within a broad perspective, assist career decision-making, promote individual success through on-the-job experience, and provide students with valuable networking opportunities, all with a focus on public service careers. Attendance at an internship orientation meeting is required prior to the start of the course.
UIP 254
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Corporate Social Responsibility analyzes the mutually dependent relationship between businesses and society, focusing on how organizations can contribute their resources, expertise, and innovations to the benefit of our local, national, and global communities. Using an approved internship experience as a basis for observation, reflection, and problem solving, this course studies the commitment of corporate leadership as it grapples with gaining competitive advantages while striving towards social ideals. By examining their own internship experiences, along with real world case studies, research, and commentary, students will examine the critical decision-making processes organizations address as they balance competitive advantages against the weight of social progress. Attendance at an internship orientation meeting is required prior to the start of the course.
UIP 350
ADVANCED INTERNSHIP:NAVIGATING THE CHANGING WORKPLACE
Navigating the Changing Workplace is a completely online course, in which students use their current work experience as a laboratory to examine, discuss online, and report on key environmental issues impacting their organizations and their personal work lives. Students will be given opportunities to study workplace change, as well as diversity, ethics and leadership issues. Students will also develop networking skills and become aware of career opportunities in the Chicago community. The course is designed to equip students to navigate the changing workplace successfully and make informed career and work life decisions. Students are required to work at least 100 hours, while enrolled in the course.
WGS 392
INTERNSHIP
By arrangement. Variable credit.
WRD 376
FIELDWORK IN ARTS WRITING
The study and production of writing about art as social engagement, this course explores various genres of arts writing and their functions from the perspective of critic and artist. Combines fieldwork in the Chicago arts scene ? collaborating and conversing with artists and professional writers ? with classroom-based discussion. Students produce a portfolio of writing about art in a variety of genres including the critical, informative, and reflective.
WRD 377
WRITING AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT (FORMERLY ENG 377)
Using writing within community service. See schedule for current offerings.
Prerequisites:
WRD 104 or HON 100 is a prerequisite for this course.
SEC 320
EXPLORING TEACHING IN THE URBAN HIGH SCHOOL
This course is an invitation to secondary education as a profession, an opportunity for students considering education as a career to explore the reality of teaching and learning a disciplinary content area in a variety of Chicago-area schools. Students will become familiar with different narratives of teaching through teacher and student biographies, testimonials, literature, film, and classroom observations. They will explore the interrelationships between, for example, popular cultural beliefs about schooling; teacher and student identities; and classroom interaction. The instructor will coordinate observations in several classrooms as the basis for intensive, guided reflective work, aimed at supporting students' initial and subsequent efforts of developing identities as disciplinary content educators (25 hours of high school classroom observation required)
TCH 320
EXPLORING TEACHING IN THE URBAN HIGH SCHOOL
This course is an invitation to secondary education as a profession, an opportunity for students considering education as a career to explore the reality of teaching and learning a disciplinary content area in a variety of Chicago-area schools. Students will become familiar with different narratives of teaching through teacher and student biographies, testimonials, literature, film, and classroom observations. They will explore the interrelationships between, for example, popular cultural beliefs about schooling; teacher and student identities; and classroom interaction. The instructor will coordinate observations in several classrooms as the basis for intensive, guided reflective work, aimed at supporting students' initial and subsequent efforts of developing identities as disciplinary content educators (25 hours of high school classroom observation required).
UIP 367
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
Global Perspectives is designed to support students' developing viewpoints and experiential reflections during an intensive internship in Honduras. Honduras, with over half of its population living below the poverty line, is the third poorest country in the western hemisphere. Students who are on the Global Brigades trip to Honduras will be asked to gain a personal as well as an analytical perspective on the effect of Honduras? struggling economy and political instability as these two variables act upon the following local concerns: poverty, education, community health, combating disease, environmental sustainability, and the way global partnerships interact. In doing so, students will be asked to reflect on their personal, immediate, and local experiences, and they will be asked to consider how a range of careers choices might work to respond to the very real, pervasive and growing concerns of poverty around the globe?even those not specific to Honduras.