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TUSCULUM COLLEGE 2003-2004
within a block or over the semester. Prerequisite: SVLN/CMNS 351,
354, 355, or 356. Competencies: Self-Knowledge and Ethics of Social
Responsibility. Offered as needed.
SVLN 354/CMNS 354. SERVICE-LEARNING IN NORTHEAST TEN-
NESSEE. 4 semester hours.
Students may engage in a variety of service activities within the
Greeneville/Greene County or Tri-Cities area. These activities involve
issues of social justice, economic opportunity, environmental protection
or restoration, education, or health and wellness. They may use
participatory action research techniques to identify community needs
and help accomplish community goals. Readings, class sessions, journals
and writing assignments will help the students learn from their
service experiences. Competencies: Self-Knowledge and Ethics of Social
Responsibility. Offered every year.
SVLN 355/CMNS 355. CIVIC ARTS PROJECT. 4 semester hours
The Project allows students to put the Civic Arts into practice, providing
practical experience with the kind of public problem-solving required
by active and responsible citizenship. Independently, students
will go through a process of 1) identifying a community need, 2) engaging
in practical deliberation or problem-solving discussion with
community members, and 3) working with those members to design
and carry out a project that addresses the need. Projects may be undertaken
by groups or by individuals. Students apply for approval
through the Service-Learning Center. Students must develop a proposal
for their projects, establish a Project Committee, engage in systematic
reflection during the Project, and document their activity and
their learning. Approval by their Civic Arts Project Committee is required.
Competencies: Self-Knowledge and Ethics of Social Responsibility.
Offered as needed.
SVLN 356/CMNS 356. SERVICE-LEARNING IMMERSION 4 semester
hours.
This course centers on travel to a setting outside Northeast Tennessee,
where students will be immersed in a service experience. Travel may
be to sites involving another culture. Working through a host organization,
students will put in 70-100 hours of service. The service needed
may involve issues of social justice, economic opportunity, environmental
protection or restoration, education, or health and wellness.
Readings and research before and after the trip will help students understand
the issues they confront and the setting where they are offering
service. Discussion and writing assignments will help students reflect
on and learn from their service experiences. The process of living
and working together and making collective decisions will be a laboratory
for the practice of civility. Participation in this course is deter-
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