SVLN 451 - Practicum In Civic Engagement

Credit(s): 3
This course is designed to allow students to engage in intensive study and action in a community organization. Students will explore theories and concepts of civic involvement and methodologies of community-based research, participatory action research and community mapping using GIS and GPS technology. Students will develop and implement a community-based research or mapping project around a social issue and /or with a public policy focus with a public or private not-for-profit organization pertaining to their major to address a community need.

Prerequisites: SVLN 351, SVLN 354, or SVLN 356 (or satisfaction of the Service-Learning requirement).
Course Level: Undergraduate