Fall 2012 Service-Learning Course Offerings
Honors 3000 is the course that denotes the following classes as qualifying for the Service-Learning requirement. In order to satisfy the service learning requirement for Honors you must register for HON 3000 along with an associated course. There are many classes to choose from for this additional course; listed below are the course offerings for fall 2012 that have already be approved for the service learning requirement and the process for nominating any course for the requirement. If you have any questions about the Service-Learning requirement or about registering for courses, please contact the Honors advisor, Liza Lagman Sperl, at honors@wayne.edu or ab8898@wayne.edu.
HON 3000 Co-Requisites:
ENG 3020- Writing and Community (IC)
CRN: 14619
Credits: 3
Professor: Dr. Ruth Ray
Course Description:
In this special section of Intermediate Writing (ENG 3010), student’s complete reading and writing assignments tied to community service projects. As a service-learning course, the class combines twenty hours of hands-on experience in a community setting with academic work related to that setting. Students in this section choose a service project at an urban senior learning center or at one of two Detroit public elementary schools (one with a primarily Spanish-speaking Latino population and one with a primarily African-American population). Course texts consider research on larger social issues related to each site, for example, literacy learning for non-native speakers of English; challenges in urban education, from parent involvement and teacher qualifications to school funding; the larger socio-economic factors promoting illegal immigration; and research documenting the increasing level of hunger among senior citizens.
AFS 5991-Field Work in the Black Community
CRN: 10507
Credits: 3-8
Professor: Dr. Melba Boyd
Course Description:
Field placement in community-based, human services, and civic organizations and governmental agencies. Restricted to Africana Studies majors
Honors 4930: Detroit Fellows Tutoring Project
CRN: 15886
Credits: 2-4
Professors: Dale Thomas and Marcella Verdun
Course Description:
Earn 2 to 4 Honors credits while teaching reading skills to children in kindergarten through second grade who need additional help in Detroit Public Schools. Detroit Fellows work three (earns 2 credits), five (earns 3 credits) or seven (earns 4 credits) hours per week at their assigned school. The schedule is established by you based on your availability and the number of credits for which you sign up. Tutors work during regularly scheduled school hours: 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
THR 3460/ HON 4990-Applied Theatre in Education
CRN: 16255
Credits: 3
Professor: Mary Cooney
Course Description:
“Celebrating Difference that Makes a Difference by Becoming Race Savvy” This service-learning course will include topics such as: “History Matters”, “Principles for Becoming Race Savvy”, “Celebrating Difference”
We will present our findings in the form of a drama-based workshop to be shared with student groups on campus.
Non Theatre Majors Are Welcome
Contact Mary Cooney for more information and permission to register.
marycooney@wayne.edu 313-577-0789
This course is taught by theatre instructor Dr. Mary Cooney in consultation with Intercultural Communications specialist Dr. Donyale Padgett. We will be joined by guest theatre artist, Benjamin Williams.
Honors Option Examples
Below are a few examples of how to fulfill your service-learning requirements with Wayne State University courses using the Honors Option Form. Please remember that your service must compliment the course material and you must register for HON 3000.
Example 1
Course Name: Elementary Functions -
MAT 1800
Service-Learning Component:
Volunteer with organizations that assist students with Math or tutor students in math
Example 2
Course Name: Reporting Race, Gender and Culture - COM 4250
Service-Learning Component:
Volunteer with an organization that services specific demographics (ie. race and gender) or volunteer at a local newspaper
Example 3
Course Name: Basic Life Sciences - BIO 1510
Service-Learning Component:
Volunteer in a high school science class; tutor students in biology; volunteer in a research lab
Example 4
Course Name: Introductory Food Science - NFS 2130
Service-Learning Component:
Volunteer at a soup kitchen, food pantry, or community garden
Example 5
Course Name: Introduction to Drugs, Behavior and Society - PSY 2080
Service-Learning Component:
Volunteer at a rehabilitation center, clinic, or a homeless shelter
Example 6
Course Name: Introduction to Ethics -PHI 2320
Service-Learning Component:
Volunteer with an organization that promotes civil rights, animal rights, etc
Example 7
Course Name: Law, Authority and Rebellion - PS 3510
Service-Learning Component:
Volunteer at a law firm or politician’s office
Example 8
Course Name: Diversity, Oppression and Social Justice - SOC 3110
Service-Learning Component:
Volunteer with an organization that promotes social justice or volunteer at a women’s shelter
Example 9
Course Name: Medical Spanish - SPA 3050
Service- Learning Component:
Volunteer language skills at a hospital, senior home and/or clinic
