Community-Engaged Courses

ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ offers many courses that include engagement in the community. In these credit-bearing courses, students use what they're learning in the classroom to address a real need in the community. These academic service-learning and community-engaged learning courses can be found by searching for courses tagged as "ASL" or "CEL" under Special Course Attributes in . Read about some examples of community-engaged courses at ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ.

Benefits of community-engaged learning

  • Gain a better understanding of the class topic and how it applies to real-world situations
  • Explore potential career fields and get hands-on experience that can be added to your resume; network with professionals in the community
  • Explore your personal values
  • Develop critical thinking, problem-solving, flexibility, leadership, communication and teamwork skills
  • Work with individuals and groups from diverse cultures and communities
  • Learn more about social issues and their root causes
  • Connect with and learn from professionals and community members
  • Give back to the community you call home while in college — a strong community equals a strong University