Service-Learning Opportunities
Service-Learning is credit-bearing, educational, experiences in which students participate in an organized service activity that meets identified community needs and reflects on the service activity in such a way as to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, and an enhanced sense of civic responsibility.
What are the benefits of Service-Learning?
Service-Learning courses provide the opportunity for students to reinforce and practice the concepts, and material taught in class, in addition to skills, such as accountability on independent developments and project ideas, doing research, attention to detail, collaborative skills, respect for deadlines, program planning and execution, and the ability to analyze, make sound judgments, and ask for clarification when necessary.
Integrated learning goals (for Human Services majors):
- Appreciation of issues of race, ethnicity, social class, religion, sexual identification and power dynamics in different social contexts
- Understanding human services organizations
- Knowledge of techniques of advocacy and counseling
- Enhancing oral presentations and written reports
- Mastery of research skills and methods
- Understanding the structure and behavior of organizations and how they impact the societal environment in which they are embedded
- Analyzing data and drawing relevant conclusions
- Effectively producing results
- Appreciation of social services issues including counseling and treatment
Senior Event Planning Projects
The Fall 2005 Senior Seminar Class fundraised, held a phone drive and held a “silent witness” for Northeastern community.
The Spring 2006 Senior Seminar Class held a book drive and donated 600 books to various local organizations and sites.
NU CEAD
(Northeastern University Civic Engagement and Academic Development)
Through a partnership with the Center of Community Service, the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies and a core student Advisory Board, we have developed the NU CEAD Program, which has a Fall and Spring commitment to community organizations and course work. NU CEAD’s mission is to promote service-learning and civic engagement through interdisciplinary experiential learning to reinforce development in academics, community partnerships, and leadership skills.
During the Fall and Spring Semester 7,500 hours of community service were performed by the HS 101 (Human Services Professions) and HS 940 (Human Services Internship) students in community social service organizations throughout the Greater Boston area. Other classes that have a service-learning component are listed below.
Through the NU CEAD program we have developed the following courses:
- HS/ INT U620 Civic Engagement, Leadership, & Ethics in Practice I
- HS/ INT U621 Civic Engagement, Leadership, & Ethics in Practice II
- HS U101 Human Services Professions
- HS U580 Sexual Assault Training: Techniques in Counseling
- HS U581 Sexual Assault Training: Field Experience
- HS/ INT U620 Civic Engagement, Leadership, & Ethics in Practice I
- HS/ INT U621 Civic Engagement, Leadership, & Ethics in Practice II
- HS U900 JumpStart Service Learning
- HS U920 International Human Services
- HS U940 Human Services Internship
- HS U950 Intercultural Studies through Human Services