Community Engaged Learning
This is a non-comprehensive list of courses incorporating service-learning. Not all sections include service-learning and service-learning expectations may vary among courses and from one semester to the next. For information regarding service-learning in a specific course, please contact the course instructor.
To view the current course descriptions, check out the course catalog http://catalog.csulb.edu/
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| AIS 420 | American Indian Traditional Materials Arts and Culture | Craig Stone |
Prerequisites: AIS 320, or consent of instructor.
Techniques, materials, concepts and processes in the creation of American Indian traditional arts and crafts. Selected artistic projects in the creation of tribal arts.
Both grading options. (Lecture‑activity 6 hours.)
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 120 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | Linda Light |
| ANTH 170 | Introduction to Linguistics | Linda Light |
| ANTH 412 | Culture and Communication | Linda Light |
ANTH 120
(3 units)
Nature of culture; comparative and historical approach to religion, social organization, subsistence patterns and other aspects of cultures around the world; meanings of human nature, cultural universals and cultural differences.
Both grading options.
ANTH 170
(3 units)
Nature of language; its relation to culture; language structure and processes of change; language universals, contrasts and relationships.
ANTH 412
(3 units)
Culture and its influence on the communication process; practical application to intercultural and multicultural situations; cultural patterns in America and abroad and their effect on verbal and nonverbal communicative behavior; cultural dimensions of ethnocentrism, stereotypes, and prejudices and their effect on communication; multicultural approaches to human interaction.
Both grading options.
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| ART 301 | Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Art Education | Carlos Silveira |
| ART 375 | Art and Social Action: A Global Perspective | Carlos Silveira |
| ART 412 / 512 | Aesthetic Theories in Art Education | Carlos Silveira |
| ART 499P | Special Studies in Art Education | Carlos Silveira |
| ART 509A | Research In Art Education | Carlos Silveira |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 459 / 559 | Conservation Biology | Christine Whitcraft |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| COMM 337 | Conference Management | Kirran J Vandinther Moss |
| COMM 355 | Communication in the Classroom | Catherine Brooks |
| COMM 420 | Advanced Concepts in Organizational Communication | Lynda McCroskey |
| COMM 450 | Communication Training in Organizations | Mary McPherson |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| EDSE 435 | US Secondary Schools Intercultural Education | Hannah-Hanh Nguyen, Pia Alexander |
| EDSE 457 | Reading & Writing in Secondary School | Pia Alexander |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 482 | Literature for Adolescents | Dianne Vipond |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| GERN 400I | Perspectives on Gerontology (traditional and hybrid classes) | Maria Claver |
| GERN 430 / 530 | Aging and Dementia | Maria Claver |
| GERN 499 / 599 | Selected Topics in Gerontology | Maria Claver |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| GBA 600 / 601 | The Sustainability and the Business Organization | Rod Smith, Vicki Schwerin, Ingrid Martin |
| GBA 695 | Selected Topics | David Horne |
| GBA 699 | Integrated Analysis | David Horne |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| HDEV 300I | Death and Dying | Pamela Roberts |
| HDEV 357I | Approaches to Adulthood and Aging | Shelley Eriksen |
| HDEV 470 | Seminar & Practicum | Shelley Eriksen |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 304 | Orientation to Health Science | Jeffrey Blutinger |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| HSC 301 | Orientation to Health Science | Erin Holloway |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| IS 300 | Management Information Systems | Asela Thomason |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| JAPN 385 | Japanese Language and Culture for Heritage Learners | Masako Douglas |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| JOUR 490 | Special Topics | Joni Ramirez |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| KIN 477 | Measurement and Curriculum in Physical Education | Christine Galvan |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| LING 540 | Sociolinguistics | John Attinasi |
| LING 561 | Second Language Curriculum Development | Xiaoping Liang |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| NUTR 461 | Community Nutrition | Virginia Gray |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| POSC 401 | Women in Political Theory | Mary Caputi |
| POSC 450 | Comparative Political Movements | Som Chounlamountry |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| PSY 354 | Psychology of Women (traditional and online classes) | Patricia Rozee, Courtney Ahrens |
| PSY 361 | Child and Adolescent Development | Sydney Fox |
| PSY 375I | Community Psychology | Courtney Ahrens, Marsha Sargeant, Andrew Lohmann, Patricia Rozee |
| PSY 405 | Fieldwork in Psychology (online and traditional classes) | Patricia Rozee, Courtney Ahrens |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| REC 325 | Advanced Programming and Event Management | Joanne Conley |
| REC 341 | Evaluation and Research in Leisure Services | Katherine James |
| REC 371 | Human Services Program in Urban Areas | Joanne Conley |
| REC 452 | Therapeutic Recreation Treatment/Planning Program | Maridith Janssen |
| REC 454 / 554 | Leisure Counseling | Maridith Janssen |
| REC 480 | Philosophy of Recreation and Leisure | Carolynn Lusby |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| SCED 553 | Science Learning in Informal Settings | Jim Kisiel |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 142 | Social Trends and Problems | Oliver Wang |
| SOC 325 | Sociology of Women | Shelley Eriksen |
| Department | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| WGSS 495 | Senior Capstone Seminar | Maythee Rojas |
| WGSS 496 | Community Service Learning in Women Issues | Maythee Rojas |
