College of Public and Community Services – Civic Engagement
Participating Faculty: Joan Arches
The College of Public and Community Service is introducing a class that will teach students about the roles citizens can play to strengthen communities and work for the public good. Students will utilize the skill they learn in the classroom in the community. Click here for the syllabus.
Public and Community Services is offering PCS 325: Civic Engagement as a newly revised course. The course will focus on current events and educational outreach in the community. Students will be working with a group called Students for Educational Reform (SFER) and addressing an educational policy related to ELL, as well as touch on the upcoming elections and the candidates. Click here for the PCS325 PowerPoint. Click here for the PCS 325 syllabus.
Philosophy
Participating Faculty: Danielle Bromwich
The Department of Philosophy will show students the roles they can play to strengthen communities through digging deeper into intrusive measures of public health. Students will explore how far a government’s obligations should extend to narrow inequalities that put certain groups at increased risk of disease and poor health outcomes. Click here for the syllabus.
PHIL 373: Public Health Ethics
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Biology – Ecosystem Health: Developing a lab for Marine Biology
Participating Faculty: Jarrett Byrnes
In this Biology class, students will learn the types of information government agencies require to keep tabs on marsh health for management. They will learn basic sampling techniques for different types of organisms, perform simulated sampling exercises to learn the importance of random sampling,and be introduced to the concept of keeping field notes, and given a notebook for observations in the field. Click here for the syllabus.
The Biology Department is implementing BIOL 381: Ecosystem Health. The course takes an in-depth look at marshes and marine biology locally, and the human interactions that influence the surrounding ecosystem.
Click here for the BIOL 381 PowerPoint. Click here for the BIOL 381 syllabus.
Environmental Studies
Participating Faculty: Alan Christian
ENVISTY 101: Nature of Environmental Problems
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English (2)
Participating Faculty: Matt Davis, Louise Penner
The English Department is offering two new civically-engaged courses, ENGL 183G and ENGL 448.
ENGL 183G: Literature and Society: Literature, Medicine, and Culture
ENGL 448: Perspectives on Literacy.
Click here for the ENGL 448 PowerPoint. Click here for the ENGL 448 syllabus.
Click here for the ENGL 183G PowerPoint. Click here for the ENGL 183G syllabus.
Psychology
Participating Faculty: Nickki Dawes
PSYCH 338: Community Psychology
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Women’s and Gender Studies
Participating Faculty: Amy Den Ouden
WOST 270: Native American Women in North America: Historical and Contemporary Issues
This course offers students an opportunity to learn about the histories and contemporary lives of indigenous women in North America. There will be a series of guest speakers as well as a course field trip to visit the Mohegan Tribe in Uncasville, CT.
Click here for the WOST 270 PowerPoint. Click here for the WOST 270 syllabus.
Mathematics (2)
Participating Faculty: Paul Ossenbruggen