Service-Learning Classes
For an updated list of courses offered during the 2008-2009 academic year, click on the corresponding academic quarter below:
Service-Learning classes offered during the 2007-2008 academic year:
Here are a few examples of courses that were offered at Otterbein during previous academic quarters which contain a service-learning component:
ENGL 155 - Words and Forms: An Introduction to the Literary Imagination
Dr. Suzanne Ashworth has her students design and implement instructional materials for students at two of our partner middle schools. Otterbein students exchange letters with their eighth-grade counterparts about a common text. The literature showcases the sub-themes of compassion, integrity, kindness, honesty, social problems, personal identity, and cultural identity - all within the context of a citizen's civic participation. The Capstone project "takes it to the street" - both Otterbein and middle school students design fliers around literary quotations, using words as artists do-as agents of social commentary, critique, and change. This section of ENGL 155 will appeal especially to education majors, but all students are welcome.
SYE 473 - Africa
Students of Dr. Glenna Jackson and Dr. Simon Lawrance will experience, explore, and impact Rwanda. After attending class sessions covering introduction to African cultures, students will fly to Rwanda in December. During their two-week stay, they will be living in African communities, visiting wildlife areas, and assisting in service-learning opportunities in orphanages, schools, or other community resource organizations. Students will gain an understanding of the challenges faced by African cultures, the interconnectedness of those cultures, and understanding of responsibilities of global citizenship.
INST 105 - Growing Up in America
First-year college students taught by Dr. Terry Hermsen and Denise Shively tutor and serve as buddies for ESL children at local elementary schools. Otterbein students experience America through the eyes of elementary students who have lived in Somalia and Mexico. They teach units that acquaint children with new holidays, customs, and institutions. Informal conversations with the ESL children are an important part of their interactions on the playground. In turn, Otterbein students learn about their buddies' culture as the group reflects on "growing up in America."
