Community-Based Learning Courses
There are a number of regularly offered courses at Davidson that include community-based learning components or focus on social action themes.
In community-based learning courses at Davidson, course objectives and the community-based experience or project are clearly connected; students reflect critically on the experiences and are assessed based on academic competencies; there is collaboration with community partners that has reciprocal value for students and community; and the community component meets a community-defined need.
Upcoming Courses
Fall 2025
- AFR 283: Gender and Literary Geographies (Gill-Sadler)
- AFR/ENG 287: Power and Archival Methods (Gill-Sadler)
- ART 105A: Introduction to Print Media (Starr)
- ART 105B: Introduction to Print Media (Starr)
- ART 107A: Works on Paper (Starr)
- ART 107B: Works on Paper (Starr)
- BIO 368: Healthcare Issues in Zambia (Case)
- EDU 361: Bilingualism & Schooling (Fernandez)
- ENV 335: Soil Science (Johnson)
- ENV 380: Conveying Environmental Science to Diverse Audiences (Chapman)
- FRE 291/391: Black France in Paris (Vessier)
- SPA 315A: Teaching Spanish in Elementary Schools (Kietrys)
- WRI 101: Race, Religion, and Representation (Marti)
- XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer)
Spring 2026
- ART 205: Advanced Printmaking (Starr)
- ART 300: Critical Theory for Visual Studies (Corso-Esquivel)
- GSS 440: Matters of Life and Death (Horowitz)
- SOC 120 Society of Strangers (Marti)
- SOC 205 Race and Ethnic Relations (Marti)
- SPA 265: Spanish for the Professions (Paredes Chanca)
- XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer)
Recent Courses
Fall 2024
- ANT 340: Medical Anthropology (Cho)
- AFR 233: Africana Political Economy (Harper-Shipman)
- AFR 260: Food, Gender and Race (Castaneda)
- AFR 495: Africana Capstone (Harper-Shipman)
- BIO 368: Health Care Issues in Zambia (Case)
- BIO 370: Musculoskeletal Disease and Injury (Mamoon)
- BIO 370: Health, Illness & Primary Care (Mamoon)
- BIO 372: Molecular Pathology, Socioeconomic Determinants, and Disparities in Surgical Outcomes (Mamoon)
- EDU 361: Bilingualism & Literacy (Fernandez)
- SPA 311: Teaching Spanish in Elementary Schools (Kietrys)
- XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer)
Spring 2025
- ANT 267: Food & Sustainability (Lozada)
- ART 205 A: Advanced Printmaking (Starr)
- BIO 320: Plant Adaptations (Wadgymar)
- GSS 340: Transnational Sexualities (Horowitz)
- LAS 101: Introduction to Latin American Studies (Castaneda)
- SPA 260 B: Conversation & Composition: Human Rights (Jimenez)
- THE 383: Contemporary Performance (Green)
- WRI 101: Indigenous Foodways (Stremlau)
- WRI 101: Are Prisons Obsolete (Vincent)
- XPL 199: High Impact Experiential Learning (Riemer)
Catalyst High-Impact Learning
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