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The following courses are being offered in the Spring Semester 2010. They have been listed by department.
To view the courses click on the department in the index below and you will be directed to the Community-Based departmental course listings.
Experiential Learning (EL) classes put students in direct contact with some aspect of the issues being studied in their coursework. The off-campus area offers sites for learning, but students don't necessarily engage in service.
Through a Community-Based Learning (CBL) course, students contribute to the community beyond the campus. Their experiences are integrated into class like a reading assignment, providing them with an additional text for consideration during class discussions and in written assignments.
Community-Based Research (CBR) involves students in an investigation of a question of concern to a non-profit community organization. The results of the study are intended to assist the organization.
FYC 13200 (CBL) Bridging the Gap: Community and the Rhetoric of Idealism
ANTH 20045 (EL) Appreciating World Music
ANTH 34320 (CBL) Introduction to Ireland
ANTH 35250 (CBL) Cultural Aspects of Clinical Medicine
DESN 41103 (CBR) Graphic Design III
CSEM 23101 (CBL) Disability
CSEM 23102 (CBR) Labor, Race, and the Struggle for Dignity
FTT 44008 (CBL) Migration Issues In Contemporary British Theatre and Social Concerns
LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE OF EAST ASIA
LLEA 20145 (EL) Appreciating World Music
HIST 34430 (CBL) Introduction to Ireland
MUS 20145 (EL) Appreciating World Music
POLS 35901 (CBL/EL) Internships
PSY 23090 (CBL) Children and Poverty Seminar
PSY 23852 (EL) Social Concerns Seminar: L’Arche Communities
PSY 43271 (CBL) Seminar in Autism
PSY 43364 (CBL) Social Inequities in Mental Health Outcomes
SOC 34123 (CBL) Introduction to Ireland
SOC 45000 (CBL) Sociology Internships
THEO 20827 / THEO 20828 (EL) Christianity and World Religions
THEO 33931 (CBL) Summer Service Learning Internship: ACCION
THEO 33936 (CBL) Summer Service Learning Program: Confronting Social Issues
THEO 33938 (CBL) Summer Service Learning Program: International
THEO 33950 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Appalachia
THEO 33951 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Washington, D.C.
THEO 33963 (CBL) Church and Social Action: Urban Plunge Seminar
THEO 33965 (EL) Organizing, Power and Hope
THEO 33966 (EL) Border Issues Seminar
THEO 33967 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Migrant Experiences
THEO 33968 (EL) Social Concerns Seminar: L’Arche Communities
THEO 33970 (EL) Social Concerns Seminar: International Issues
THEO 34604 (CBL/EL) London Program Internship in Catholic Social Teaching
CST 33936 (CBL) Summer Service Learning Program: Confronting Social Issues
CST 33938 (CBL) Summer Service Learning Program: International
CST 33950 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Appalachia
CST 33951 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Washington, D.C.
CST 33963 (CBL) Church and Social Action: Urban Plunge Seminar
CST 33966 (EL) Border Issues Seminar
CST 33967 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Migrant Experiences
CST 33968 (EL) Social Concerns Seminar: L’Arche Communities
CST 33970 (EL) Social Concerns Seminar: International Issues
CAPP 30515 (EL) Systems Analysis and Design
CAPP 45565 02 (CBL) Community Service Internship
EDU 73887 (CBR) Action Research in Catholic Schools II
EDUCATION, SCHOOLING, AND SOCIETY
ESS 30611 (CBL) Tutoring in the Community
ESS 30622 (CBL) Disability
ESS 33623 (CBR) Community-Based Research in Parent Involvement
INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE STUDIES
IIPS 50801 (CBR) Strategies and Tactics of Non-Violent Social Change
IRST 24208 (CBL) Introduction to Ireland
ILS 30804 (EL) Border Issues Seminar
ACCT 40660 (CBL) Tax Assistance Program
ACCT 40670 (CBL) Tax Assistance Program: Administrative Elements
ACCT 70691 (CBL) Income Taxation of International Individuals
MGT 30630 (CBR) Systems Analysis and Design of Information Systems
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND VALUES
STV 33401 (CBR) Animal Welfare and the Human-Animal Bond Community Based Learning Seminar
ARCH 51411 / ARCH 53411 (CBR) Restoration and Historic Preservation Concentration
CSC 23090 (CBL) Children and Poverty Seminar
CSC 33931 (CBL) Summer Service Learning Internship: ACCION
CSC 33936 (CBL) Summer Service Learning Program: Confronting Social Issues
CSC 33938 (CBL) Summer Service Learning Program: International
CSC 33950 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Appalachia
CSC 33951 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Washington, D.C.
CSC 33963 (CBL) Church and Social Action: Urban Plunge Seminar
CSC 33965 (EL) Organizing, Power and Hope
CSC 33966 (EL) Border Issues Seminar
CSC 33967 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Migrant Experiences
CSC 33968 (EL) Social Concerns Seminar: L’Arche Communities
CSC 33970 (EL) Social Concerns Seminar: International Issues
CSC 33978 (EL) Urban Poverty and Causes of Homelessness
CSC 34605 (CBL/CBR) London Program Internship in Catholic Social Teaching
INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE STUDIES
IIPS 50801 (CBR) Strategies and Tactics of Non-Violent Social Change
IRST 24208 (CBL) Introduction to Ireland
ILS 30804 (EL) Border Issues Seminar
FYC 13200 (CBL)
Bridging the Gap: Community and the Rhetoric of Idealism
Ed Kelly
Bridging the Gap focuses on critical reading and writing, community building, and service. It asks students to use close reading skills and experience in community and volunteer service to ground and inform the argumentative essays they generate. In addition to standard FYC goals, there are three others for this course: 1) to foster a genuine spirit of community in the classroom; 2) to deepen student understanding of selected social justice issues; and 3) to promote learning through service. Service opportunities include tutoring local students (including the homeless and detained) or working with the elderly.
ANTH 20045 / LLEA 20145 / MUS 20145 (EL)
Appreciating World Music
Stephanie Ng, Ph.D.
Department of Music
This course introduces students to the methods for conducting field research, reviewing live musical events and evaluating world music recordings. Through discussions about music from Indonesia, South Africa, Mexico, the Philippines, China and India, the students learn about the musical practices of these cultures and understand their motivations for musical production. Challenges faced by musicians from colonialism, racism, nationalism, cultural imperialism and commercialism are also engaged. In addition, students are encouraged to 'discover' world music among the diaporic communities in their own backyards through field projects, and get the opportunity to perform music of some of the cultures studied including the Indonesian angklung and gamelan, and Chinese percussion.
In the Music in the Diaspora project, students will conduct interviews with musicians of another culture. The musicians are members of the diaporic communities found in the area. The students are also encouraged to invite their informants to class for a demonstration. This is a group project involving three to five students per group. At the end of the project, each group will give a presentation on their findings, often also showing videos obtained during their field research.
ANTH 34320 / HIST 34430 / SOC 34123 / IRST 24208 (CBL)
Introduction to Ireland
ND Keough Center Course: Kevin Whelan
This class focuses on the evolution of Irish culture from the eighteenth century to the contemporary period. It aims to give students a foundational understanding of the cultural inheritance of the island. While organized in broadly chronological terms, it will also examine crucial thematic concerns — landscape, history, languages, economy, society, politics and government, literature, music, sport. The course will include a select group (10) of participants who will be involved in a community-based learning experience integral to the course. The community-based learning component is organized cooperatively by the instructor and the Center for Social Concerns staff.
For the community-based component of this course, students will work in local agencies serving troubled youth, refugee youth, older students seeking college degrees, the elderly, or younger students seeking creative writing skills. Students will integrate these experiences into the course through guided journal assignments and discussion. These experiences may also be used as the basis for the final research paper. Interested students should expect to spend significant time in these community placements (two to three hours per week) and to complete extra reading assignments.
The CBL component is open to 10 students for Spring 2010. The application process will be explained during the Dublin study abroad orientation meetings in fall 2009. Placements will be based on student interest, schedules, and community needs and will be finalized once the students arrive in Dublin.
ANTH 35250 (CBL)
Cultural Aspects of Clinical Medicine
Robert Wolosin
Permission Required
This course focuses on social science approaches to sickness and healing. The medical encounter is examined from anthropological perspectives. The course emphasizes the difficulties traditional biomedicine has in addressing patients’ expectations for care. Students serve an internship as patient ombudsman in a local hospital emergency room four hours per week. Students must obtain authorization numbers through the Department of Anthropology (314 O’Shaughnessy).
Prerequisite: Open only to juniors and seniors. Must have access to transportation to a local hospital. Must be able to spend one four hour evening session per week in hospital internship.
DESN 41103 (CBR)
Graphic Design III
Crispin Prebys
Logo and Identity Design for local not-for-profit agencies
Every semester my Graphic Design 3 students are asked to design a new logo and initial identity pieces for not-for-profit organizations. The organization can be in South Bend area or their hometown. Many students have had their work accepted and produced, including logo and additional design materials for the Potawatomi Zoo, Center for the Homeless Paint Services, El Buen Vecino, Notre Dame Pilot Initiative, Campus Ministries, Global Health Alliance, A Different Way, Iron Sharpens Iron, Reins of Life, A.D.A.P.T., and Holy Cross Elementary School.
Art in April at St. John the Baptist
In a continuing effort to have the class give back to the community and help more people understand what design is, every year my spring semester Graphic Design 3 class visits children at St. John the Baptist elementary school here in South Bend and guide the upper level students through a graphic design project. The Notre Dame students are broken up into groups and each group selects a project they would like to teach to the elementary school children. We visit St. John two times, first to introduce ourselves and the project and a second time to "art direct" the students as they create their pieces.
CSEM 23101 (CBL)
Disability
Essaka Joshua
This course investigates the cultural meanings attached to extraordinary bodies and minds. Cultural and literary scholarship has extensively explored issues connected with identities derived from race, gender and sexuality. Only recently have concepts of bodily identity, impairment, stigma, monstrosity, marginalization, beauty, deviance, and difference begun to cohere around disability as a concept and have emerged into a discipline called ‘disability studies’. We will cover topics such as human rights, feminism, medical attitudes, social stigma, normalcy, life narratives, pedagogy, bodily representation, mental impairment, the politics of charity, community and collective culture, bible narrative, the built environment, and empowerment, in a range of disciplines including literary studies, film, theology, government policy, art, and drama. The course has a service-learning component: as part of the assessment, students will take part in a local placement with people with disabilities and work on a community project.
CSEM 23102 (CBR)
Labor, Race, and the Struggle for Dignity
Marty Wolfson
This course will examine the lives of workers and people of color in America by examining their struggles for dignity and respect, especially as they come together in our nation’s workplaces. The perspective will be on people’s own stories about the conditions of their daily lives as expressed in nonfiction, novels, films, and oral histories. The course will also examine the methods that have been used in the struggle for dignity, especially through the roles of unions and nonviolent campaigns.
The content of the course will focus on three areas:
The African-American Civil Rights Movement, especially as it linked up with workers’ lives in the campaign of the Memphis sanitation workers in 1968.
The Farmworkers’ campaign led by Cesar Chavez and influenced by the philosophy of the nonviolent direct action of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The struggles of workers in the meatpacking industry as representative of current labor developments, and especially as related to the issues of interracial conflict and unity.
A requirement of the course is to conduct an oral history with a worker and/or person of color in order to understand their life experiences in the context of the issues discussed in the course.
FTT 44008 (CBL)
Migration Issues in Contemporary British Theatre: Theatre and Social Concerns
Anton Juan
Credits: 3
This course will explore dramatic text, and production as an artistic expression and social comment on social problems and issues affecting cultural conditions from the 1900's to the present. It will also highlight the context of the growing importance and size of the immigrant community in the UK and the whole of Europe as essential to the understanding of the culture in which the students will be spending their semester. These exploratory studies will be divided into three components:
A survey, through lectures, reports, and discussions, of the role of modern tragedy, farce, burlesque, satire, symbolic drama, religious drama, social realism, street theatre forms, chameleon plays, and performance as expressions and agents of social change;
A focus on contemporary British playwrights writing on issues of migration, survival, and identity;
An immersion and engagement in the situation of migrants and migrant workers in England, with the objective of transferring the knowledge gained from the process into a dramatic text.
LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE IN EAST ASIA
LLEA 20145 / ANTH 20045 / MUS 20145 (EL)
Appreciating World Music
Stephanie Ng, Ph.D.
Department of Music
This course introduces students to the methods for conducting field research, reviewing live musical events and evaluating world music recordings. Through discussions about music from Indonesia, South Africa, Mexico, the Philippines, China and India, the students learn about the musical practices of these cultures and understand their motivations for musical production. Challenges faced by musicians from colonialism, racism, nationalism, cultural imperialism and commercialism are also engaged. In addition, students are encouraged to 'discover' world music among the diaporic communities in their own backyards through field projects, and get the opportunity to perform music of some of the cultures studied including the Indonesian angklung and gamelan, and Chinese percussion.
In the Music in the Diaspora project, students will conduct interviews with musicians of another culture. The musicians are members of the diaporic communities found in the area. The students are also encouraged to invite their informants to class for a demonstration. This is a group project involving three to five students per group. At the end of the project, each group will give a presentation on their findings, often also showing videos obtained during their field research.
HIST 34430 / SOC 34123 / ANTH 34320 / IRST 24208
Introduction to Ireland
ND Keough Center Course: Kevin Whelan
This class focuses on the evolution of Irish culture from the eighteenth century to the contemporary period. It aims to give students a foundational understanding of the cultural inheritance of the island. While organized in broadly chronological terms, it will also examine crucial thematic concerns — landscape, history, languages, economy, society, politics and government, literature, music, sport. The course will include a select group (10) of participants who will be involved in a community-based learning experience integral to the course. The community-based learning component is organized cooperatively by the instructor and the Center for Social Concerns staff.
For the community-based component of this course, students will work in local agencies serving troubled youth, refugee youth, older students seeking college degrees, the elderly, or younger students seeking creative writing skills. Students will integrate these experiences into the course through guided journal assignments and discussion. These experiences may also be used as the basis for the final research paper. Interested students should expect to spend significant time in these community placements (two to three hours per week) and to complete extra reading assignments.
The CBL component is open to 10 students for spring 2010. The application process will be explained during the Dublin study abroad orientation meetings in fall 2009. Placements will be based on student interest, schedules, and community needs and will be finalized once the students arrive in Dublin.
MUS 20145 / ANTH 20045 / LLEA 20145 (EL)
Appreciating World Music
Stephanie Ng, Ph.D.
Department of Music
This course introduces students to the methods for conducting field research, reviewing live musical events and evaluating world music recordings. Through discussions about music from Indonesia, South Africa, Mexico, the Philippines, China and India, the students learn about the musical practices of these cultures and understand their motivations for musical production. Challenges faced by musicians from colonialism, racism, nationalism, cultural imperialism and commercialism are also engaged. In addition, students are encouraged to 'discover' world music among the diaporic communities in their own backyards through field projects, and get the opportunity to perform music of some of the cultures studied including the Indonesian angklung and gamelan, and Chinese percussion.
In the Music in the Diaspora project, students will conduct interviews with musicians of another culture. The musicians are members of the diaporic communities found in the area. The students are also encouraged to invite their informants to class for a demonstration. This is a group project involving three to five students per group. At the end of the project, each group will give a presentation on their findings, often also showing videos obtained during their field research.
POLS 35901 (CBR/EL)
Internships
Carolina Arroyo
Permission required
The goal of the internship program is to integrate academic learning with the world beyond the classroom. Internships are available throughout the Notre Dame area with a variety of government offices, non-profit agencies, and NGOs. Interns work with professionals in their area of interest, explore career options, and gain real work experience. Interns are required to work six to eight hours per week. All internships are unpaid. Internship credits are elective and do not fulfill any major requirements.
PSY 23090 / CSC 23090 (CBL)
Children and Poverty Seminar
Kalsea Koss / Mary Wagner Fuhs / Susan Gunderson / Jay Brandenberger
This course is a unique opportunity for student participants to examine important issues, both domestic and international, with respect to children and youth challenged by poverty and related concerns. The Seminar will focus in particular on early intervention and prevention, education, public policy, and community outreach. Participants will begin their exploration during orientation sessions, where the current state of children in poverty will be examined from multiple perspectives and within different domains. Students will help present relevant organizations and issues to the group during the orientation sessions in order to prepare for the visits in New York City.
During a week of immersion in New York City, participants will learn from individuals and community-based organizations. Visits with both children and program administrators will enable participants to experience first-hand the realities of growing up in poverty. In addition, the learning opportunities uniquely presented by New York City will be jointly utilized to enhance the experience.
PSY 23852 / THEO 33968 / CSC 33968 / CST 33968 (EL)
Social Concerns Seminar: L’Arche Communities
Cynthia Toms Smedley
This Seminar centers around travel to a L’Arche community (e. g., Toronto, Canada) to share community life with developmentally challenged persons. Students draw from the philosophy of Jean Vanier, the works of theologian Henri Nouwen, and other spiritual writings to augment this participatory learning experience.
PSY 43271 (CBL)
Seminar in Autism
Thomas Whitman
Permission Required
This practicum/seminar is the logical outgrowth of a long informal relationship that student volunteers have had with families in the Michiana community who have autistic and other special needs children. The practicum aspect of the course will involve students going into a family home and working in a structured program with an autistic child - on average about two times a week for about a total of four to five hours. In addition, students will meet in class once a week for discussion of a range of topics relating to autism, including issues regarding its definition, assessment, etiology, and treatment, as well as topics regarding the impact of autism on the family, community resources, and social policy. A number of classes will feature discussions led by parents of autistic children. This class is particularly recommended for students interested in child clinical psychology, education, developmental psychology, medicine, social work, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. The course is open to non-majors as well as majors.
Requirements: Regular attendance (practicum setting and class), completion of practicum diary, active class participation, a paper on some topic related to autism. Students must have access to a car in order to attend their practicum.
PSY 43364 (CBL)
Social Inequities in Mental Health Outcomes
Irene Park
This seminar will examine the problem of mental health and health disparities in the U.S. and possible solutions for addressing such inequities. Specifically, the course will explore how race, poverty, and other social conditions have contributed to a greater burden of unmet mental health needs and physical illness among ethnic minorities and other underserved populations, primarily using the lens of psychological theory and empirical research. Strategies for addressing these disparities will also be discussed, including an emphasis on improving access to, and quality of, mental health services and psychological interventions for ethnic minorities and other underserved populations in the U.S. One of the options in this course will be participation in a community-based organization that attempts to combat either mental health or health disparities.
SOC 34123 / ANTH 34320 / HIST 34430 / IRST 24208 (CBL)
Introduction to Ireland
ND Keough Center Course: Kevin Whelan
This class focuses on the evolution of Irish culture from the eighteenth century to the contemporary period. It aims to give students a foundational understanding of the cultural inheritance of the island. While organized in broadly chronological terms, it will also examine crucial thematic concerns — landscape, history, languages, economy, society, politics and government, literature, music, sport. The course will include a select group (10) of participants who will be involved in a community-based learning experience integral to the course. The community-based learning component is organized cooperatively by the instructor and the Center for Social Concerns staff.
For the community-based component of this course, students will work in local agencies serving troubled youth, refugee youth, older students seeking college degrees, the elderly, or younger students seeking creative writing skills. Students will integrate these experiences into the course through guided journal assignments and discussion. These experiences may also be used as the basis for the final research paper. Interested students should expect to spend significant time in these community placements (two to three hours per week) and to complete extra reading assignments.
The CBL component is open to 10 students for Spring 2010. The application process will be explained during the Dublin study abroad orientation meetings in Fall 2009. Placements will be based on student interest, schedules, and community needs and will be finalized once the students arrive in Dublin.
SOC 45000 (CBL)
Sociology Internships—Spring 2010
Ann R. Power
Permission Required
Credits: Variable, 1–3
This is an experiential course designed to give students some practical experience in the area of urban affairs, social welfare, education, health care, or business, in order to test their interest, complement their academic work, or acquire work experience preparatory to future careers. Students are placed in a community agency in the South Bend area and normally work eight hours per week as interns under the supervision of an experienced practitioner. Hours are flexible, usually set to accommodate the intern's availability and the needs of the host agency. While there are no prerequisites, preference is given to Sociology majors, ALPP or SCPP majors, PSIM minors, and students who have had course work in an area related to social concerns. This is a graded course. In addition to field work, academic work includes reading scholarly works related to the field placement, periodic group meetings with the instructor and others in the course, periodic short reports, and a final paper. (For more information and/or an application, contact Ann Power at Power.4@nd.edu.)
The following is a list of agencies that have accepted interns. Students may also request placement in an agency they find on their own (subject to approval by the instructor).
CASIE Center (Child Abuse Services, Investigation and Education)
Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, St. Joseph County
Early Childhood Development Center
Family Justice Center
Good Shepherd Montessori School
Indiana Legal Services
La Casa de Amistad
Near Northwest Neighborhood Inc.
Neighborhood Development Association
Robinson Community Learning Center
Safe Station (Youth Runaway Shelter)
Salvation Army of St. Joseph County (Social Services)
Sex Offense Services, Madison Center
Sr. Maura Brannick Health Center at Chapin Street
Upward Bound
Washington High School, South Bend
THEO 20827 / THEO 20828 (EL)
Christianity and World Religions
Bradley Malkovsky
The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the basic teachings and spiritualities of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. We will approach these religions both historically and theologically, seeking to determine where they converge and differ from Christianity on such perennial issues as death, meaning, the nature of ultimate Mystery, the overcoming of suffering, etc. We will also examine some traditional and contemporary Catholic and Protestant approaches to religious pluralism. Our own search to know how the truth and experience of other faiths is related to Christian faith will be guided by the insights of important Catholic contemplatives who have entered deeply into the spirituality of other traditions. By course end we ought to have a greater understanding of what is essential to Christian faith and practice as well as a great appreciation of spiritual paths of others. The experiential learning opportunities involved are comparisons of the doctrines and spiritualities of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam with those of Christianity. In class we regularly practice a type of meditation that is foundational to both Hindu and Buddhist schools.
THEO 33931 / CSC 333931 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Internship: ACCION
Andrea Smith Shappell/Carl Ackermann
1 Credit THEO, 2 Credits BA
Application and interview required — 10 week internship program
Taken with BAUG 30200
The ACCION Internship is a 10 week experience with domestic ACCION offices offered to Notre Dame business students who have completed their junior year. ACCION is a non-profit, micro-lending organization with over 40 years experience reducing poverty and creating employment in the Americas. Students learn about micro-lending through marketing projects, reconciling accounts, writing reports, meeting with clients, and visiting client's places of business. To earn 2 credits in Business and 1 credit in Theology, the interns attend orientation sessions in April, complete readings and writing assignments during the summer and make a power point presentation when they return to campus.
THEO 33936 / CSC 33936 / CST 33936 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Program: Confronting Social Issues
Andrea Smith Shappell / Margaret Pfeil
Immersion: Eight week summer service-learning placements
This three-credit hour service-learning course takes place before, during, and after student participation in eight-week summer service experiences sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns and the Alumni Association. Students in the course reflect on the meaning and dynamics of Christian service, compassion and Catholic social teaching through readings and writing, along with discussions with site supervisors, and facilitated group discussions upon return to campus. Writing assignments include 16 journal entries and a synthesis paper. The course is completed during the first four weeks of the fall semester and is graded Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory.
THEO 33938 / CSC 33938 / CST 33938 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Program: International
Rachel Tomas Morgan / Paul Kollman
This course centers around an eight-week community based learning placement in one of sixteen developing countries through the International Summer Service Learning Program. The course seeks to challenge students who have had domestic service-learning experiences to encounter global realities, examine causes of poverty, and identify strategies for social development, and gain an understanding of international social issues in light of Catholic Social Teaching. In addition to the community based learning placement, academic requirements for the course include readings and written requirements during the summer months, a re-entry weekend retreat, four re-entry sessions meeting on Thursdays from 6:30-7:45 p.m. in the fall semester, and evaluation/development of the ISSLP site and program. Students accepted into the International Summer Service Learning Program, and taking this course, are required to take THEO 33970.
THEO 33950 / CSC 33950 / CST 33950 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Appalachia
Connie Mick
One week immersion required
This seminar involves experiential learning during the semester break. The course is centered on a service-learning immersion in the region of Appalachia and provides preparation for and follow-up to that experience. Students may focus on particular themes (e.g., rural health care, environmental issues) at various sites while learning about the region and rural issues.
THEO 33951 / CSC 33951 / CST 33951 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Washington, D.C.
Cynthia Toms Smedley
This course centers on a trip to Washington, D.C. over spring break during which time students analyze a significant social issue through contact with various agencies, government offices, and church organizations. Students participate in preparation and follow-up sessions. Themes (e.g., Educational Reform, Violence in America) vary each year.
THEO 33963 / CSC 33963 / CST 33963 (CBL)
Church and Social Action: Urban Plunge Seminar
Bill Purcell
The Urban Plunge is a one-credit experiential learning course designed to expose students to the sights and sounds of poverty in most major cities in the U.S. in close proximity to their home town. During the 48-hour immersion each student will have the opportunity to meet people affected by poverty as well as those working to eradicate it. The plunge is scheduled for two consecutive days in early January.
THEO 33965 / CSC 33965 (EL)
Organizing, Power and Hope
Jay Caponigro
Robinson Community Learning Center
Participants are invited to experience this faith-based program, and to be open to developing new perspectives on the role of neighborhood churches and organizations responding to social needs. This seminar is intended for students with previous urban experience eager to sharpen their social analysis, and to learn new forms of ministry for adults committed to social justice. Because of the unique partnership between the Sinsinawa Dominican Apostolic Volunteer Program and the Center for Social Concerns, there will be an emphasis on spirituality and community participation by all in the seminar.
THEO 33966 / CSC 33966 / CST 33966 / ILS 30804 (EL)
Border Issues Seminar
Cynthia Toms Smedley
This seminar provides a look at immigration from diverse perspectives, principally through a weeklong immersion at the Annunciation House on the border of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Preparation will begin with sessions built around the Notre Dame Forum on immigration and continue with readings and written assignments. During the winter break, students will visit sites such as border patrol posts and factories (maquilas), explore legal issues, and dialogue with refugees and parish organizations. Particular attention will be paid to assessing the role of the Catholic Church in relation to immigration. Fluency in Spanish is preferred but not required.
THEO 33967 / CSC 33967 / CST 33967 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Migrant Experiences
Cynthia Toms Smedley
This seminar is a unique immersion into the lives of migrant farm workers in Florida during the spring harvest. Students pick tomatoes in the fields (donating their wages), live with migrant families, assist church and social agencies that serve migrants, and meet with community leaders, never again to take food for granted.
THEO 33968 / CSC 33968 / CST 33968 / PSY 23852 (EL)
Social Concerns Seminar: L’Arche Communities
Cynthia Toms Smedley
This Seminar centers around travel to a L’Arche community (e. g., Toronto, Canada) to share community life with developmentally challenged persons. Students draw from the philosophy of Jean Vanier, the works of theologian Henri Nouwen, and other spiritual writings to augment this participatory learning experience.
THEO 33970 / CSC 33970 / CST 33970 (EL)
Social Concerns Seminar: International Issues
Rachel Tomas Morgan / Paul Kollman
This seminar serves as the required orientation course for all THEO 33938: International Service-Learning Program participants. It will provide students with an introduction to international issues in developing countries through the lens of Catholic social tradition, guidance in independent country/area study, preparation and tools for cross-cultural service, opportunities for theological reflection, logistical information necessary for international programs and travel, and general support within the context of a community of colleagues. Meets on Thursdays from 6:30-7:45 p.m. Other students participating in summer internships or research in developing countries may take the seminar with permission from the instructor.
THEO 34604 / CSC 34605 (CBL/EL)
London Program Internship in Catholic Social Teaching
Credit Hours: 3
J. Matthew Ashley / Cornelius O’Bolye
This semester-long internship brings together practical work experience in campaigning for social justice in some of London’s poorest inner-city Catholic parishes with a series of tutorials providing an introduction to the social teaching of the Catholic Church. The practical work experience of this internship is arranged through London Citizens, a charitable organization devoted to building community in London’s poorest neighborhoods. London Citizens helps members of the community to identify problems in their neighborhoods, offers them appropriate training to help develop their leadership skills, and organizes city-wide campaigns to unite Londoners in pursuing the common good. For their tutorials, weekly journals and final research paper, interns are awarded three academic credits through the Theology Department (THEO 34604). These elective credits do not fulfill the Theology requirements, nor do they count towards a major in Theology. Students devote between 10 and 15 hours each week to this unpaid internship. Applications are invited from students of all academic backgrounds.
CST 33936 / CSC 33936 / THEO 33936 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Program: Confronting Social Issues
Andrea Smith Shappell / Margaret Pfeil
Immersion: Eight week summer service-learning placements
This three-credit hour service-learning course takes place before, during, and after student participation in eight-week summer service experiences sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns and the Alumni Association. Students in the course reflect on the meaning and dynamics of Christian service, compassion and Catholic social teaching through readings and writing, along with discussions with site supervisors, and facilitated group discussions upon return to campus. Writing assignments include 16 journal entries and a synthesis paper. The course is completed during the first four weeks of the fall semester and is graded Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory.
CST 33938 / CSC 33938 / THEO 33938 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Program: International
Rachel Tomas Morgan / Paul Kollman
This course centers around an eight week community based learning placement in one of sixteen developing countries through the International Summer Service Learning Program. The course seeks to challenge students who have had domestic service-learning experiences to encounter global realities, examine causes of poverty, and identify strategies for social development, and gain an understanding of international social issues in light of Catholic Social Teaching. In addition to the community based learning placement, academic requirements for the course include readings and written requirements during the summer months, a re-entry weekend retreat, four re-entry sessions meeting on Thursdays from 6:30–7:45 p.m. in the fall semester, and evaluation/development of the ISSLP site and program. Students accepted into the International Summer Service Learning Program, and taking this course, are required to take THEO 33970.
CST 33950 / CSC 33950 / THEO 33950 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Appalachia
Connie Mick
One week immersion required
This seminar involves experiential learning during the semester break. The course is centered on a service-learning immersion in the region of Appalachia and provides preparation for and follow-up to that experience. Students may focus on particular themes (e.g., rural health care, environmental issues) at various sites while learning about the region and rural issues.
CST 33951 / CSC 33951 / THEO 33951 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Washington, D.C.
Cynthia Toms Smedley
This course centers on a trip to Washington, D.C. over spring break during which time students analyze a significant social issue through contact with various agencies, government offices, and church organizations. Students participate in preparation and follow-up sessions. Themes (e.g., Educational Reform, Violence in America) vary each year.
CST 33963 / CSC 33963 / THEO 33963 (CBL)
Church and Social Action: Urban Plunge Seminar
Bill Purcell
The Urban Plunge is a one-credit experiential learning course designed to expose students to the sights and sounds of poverty in most major cities in the U.S. in close proximity to their home town. During the 48-hour immersion each student will have the opportunity to meet people affected by poverty as well as those working to eradicate it. The plunge is scheduled for two consecutive days in early January.
CST 33966 / CSC 33966 / THEO 33966 / ILS 30804 (EL)
Border Issues Seminar
Cynthia Toms Smedley
This seminar provides a look at immigration from diverse perspectives, principally through a weeklong immersion at the Annunciation House on the border of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Preparation will begin with sessions built around the Notre Dame Forum on immigration and continue with readings and written assignments. During the winter break, students will visit sites such as border patrol posts and factories (maquilas), explore legal issues, and dialogue with refugees and parish organizations. Particular attention will be paid to assessing the role of the Catholic Church in relation to immigration. Fluency in Spanish is preferred but not required.
CST 33967 / CSC 33967 / THEO 33967 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Migrant Experiences
Cynthia Toms Smedley
This seminar is a unique immersion into the lives of migrant farm workers in Florida during the spring harvest. Students pick tomatoes in the fields (donating their wages), live with migrant families, assist church and social agencies that serve migrants, and meet with community leaders, never again to take food for granted.
CST 33968 / CSC 33968 / PSY 23852 / THEO 33968 (EL)
Social Concerns Seminar: L’Arche Communities
Cynthia Toms Smedley
This Seminar centers around travel to a L’Arche community (e. g., Toronto, Canada) to share community life with developmentally challenged persons. Students draw from the philosophy of Jean Vanier, the works of theologian Henri Nouwen, and other spiritual writings to augment this participatory learning experience.
CST 33970 / CSC 33970 / THEO 33970 (EL)
Social Concerns Seminar: International Issues
Rachel Tomas Morgan / Paul Kollman
This seminar serves as the required orientation course for all THEO 33938: International Service-Learning Program participants. It will provide students with an introduction to international issues in developing countries through the lens of Catholic social tradition, guidance in independent country/area study, preparation and tools for cross-cultural service, opportunities for theological reflection, logistical information necessary for international programs and travel, and general support within the context of a community of colleagues. Meets Thursdays 6:30–7:45 p.m. Other students participating in summer internships or research in developing countries may take the seminar with permission from the instructor.
CAPP 30515 (EL)
Systems Analysis and Design
Louis Berzai
Administered in two major segments, the course first exposes students to the full scope of analyzing and designing computer systems by covering problem definition, data collection, documentation of existing systems, and definition of new systems requirements. We use the methodology of Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The second segment deals first with students working on genuine business projects. The second phase of this segment gets into object-oriented systems analysis, which is a new concept in systems analysis and design.
CAPP 45565 02 (CBL)
Community Service Internship
Charles Crowell
The Computer Applications Program (CAPP) Community Service Internship is not a course per se, but rather is an opportunity for CAPP, Technology, Business, and Society (TBS), or other qualified students (with permission) to put their computer skills to work in some form of community service. Selected students can elect to serve for pay or for a small amount of academic credit in exchange for rendering their computer skills/time to a local company or organization such as the Robinson Center. Interested students should send a CV and written description of their computer background and experience to Dr. Charles R. Crowell, Director of CAPP, 847 Flanner. Email applications are fine and should be directed to ccrowell@nd.edu. It is preferable for an intern to serve for an entire academic year, but one semester appointments will be considered.
EDU 73887 (CBR)
Action Research in Catholic Schools II
Open only to MA in Educational Administration Candidates Action Research in Catholic Schools II presents concepts, methods, and strategies for conducting classroom-, school-, and parish-based strategic inquiry. Students continue to implement the research project initiated last semester in EDU 73886 (completion of EDU 73886 is a prerequisite) with a specific focus on analysis of findings, discussion of implications, and the formation of action steps based on the student’s inquiry.
EDUCATION, SCHOOLING, AND SOCIETY
ESS 30611 (CBL)
Tutoring in the Community
Nancy Masters
This class is offered for students who are taking part in any of the campus-wide tutoring programs, such as Teamwork for Tomorrow, SAINTS, Our Lady’s Helpers, etc. The class is a one-credit, S/U course that provides an overview of teaching methods for the tutoring setting. Arrangements for tutoring can be made prior to the start of class by contacting Nancy Masters at nmasters@nd.edu.
ESS 30622 (CBL)
Disability
Essaka Joshua, Ph.D
This course investigates the cultural meanings attached to extraordinary bodies and minds. Cultural and literary scholarship has extensively explored issues connected with identities derived from race, gender and sexuality. Only recently have concepts of bodily identity, impairment, stigma, monstrosity, marginalization, beauty, deviance, and difference begun to cohere around disability as a concept and have emerged into a discipline called 'disability studies'. This course covers topics such as human rights, feminism, medical attitudes, social stigma, normalcy, life narratives, pedagogy, gothic horror, bodily representation, mental impairment, the politics of charity, community and collective culture, bible narrative, the built environment, and empowerment, in a range of disciplines including literary studies, film, theology, government policy, art, and drama.
ESS 33623 (CBR)
Community-Based Research in Parent Involvement
Joyce Long
This Community-Based Research (CBR) in Education course is focused on one problem expressed by administrators in our local urban schools: lack of parent involvement. Like CSI forensic members, we will be working collaboratively with community members (parents, teacher, administrators, South Bend Community School Corporation students) to determine how to improve parent involvement. We will study existing research on the topic, collect and analyze data at multiple school sites, draw conclusions, and create recommendations. Previous research experience is helpful (but not necessary), an interest in educational issues is required.
INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE STUDIES
Strategies and Tactics of Non-Violent Social Change
David Cortright
This course will help students understand and participate more effectively in movements for nonviolent social change. Students will become familiar with both the theories of nonviolence and social action and the practice of effective social organizing, and will meet organizers and representatives of social change groups, conduct research that is relevant to community-based movements, and participate in strategic planning exercises for specific social action campaigns. Topics to be addressed include the religious roots and philosophy of nonviolence, recent cases of nonviolent social struggle, principles of strategy, and the techniques and methods of nonviolent action, including media communications, fundraising, lobbying, grass roots organizing, and coalition building. Relevant historical and contemporary examples will be reviewed to illustrate how movements for social change work in practice. Coursework will consist of readings, lectures, videos, and class discussion on the identified topics. In addition, students will be asked to participate in class activities and team-learning exercises. Two team-learning exercises are scheduled during the semester.
INSTITUTE FOR IRISH STUDIES
IRST 24208 / ANTH 34320 / HIST 34430 / SOC 34123 (CBL)
Introduction to Ireland
ND Keough Center Course: Kevin Whelan
This class focuses on the evolution of Irish culture from the eighteenth century to the contemporary period. It aims to give students a foundational understanding of the cultural inheritance of the island. While organized in broadly chronological terms, it will also examine crucial thematic concerns — landscape, history, languages, economy, society, politics and government, literature, music, sport. The course will include a select group (10) of participants who will be involved in a community-based learning experience integral to the course. The community-based learning component is organized cooperatively by the instructor and the Center for Social Concerns staff.
For the community-based component of this course, students will work in local agencies serving troubled youth, refugee youth, older students seeking college degrees, the elderly, or younger students seeking creative writing skills. Students will integrate these experiences into the course through guided journal assignments and discussion. These experiences may also be used as the basis for the final research paper. Interested students should expect to spend significant time in these community placements (two to three hours per week) and to complete extra reading assignments.
The CBL component is open to 10 students for Spring 2010. The application process will be explained during the Dublin study abroad orientation meetings in Fall 2009. Placements will be based on student interest, schedules, and community needs and will be finalized once the students arrive in Dublin.
ILS 30804 / THEO 33966 / CSC 33966 / CST 33966 (EL)
Border Issues Seminar
Cynthia Toms Smedley
This seminar provides a look at immigration from diverse perspectives, principally through a weeklong immersion at the Annunciation House on the border of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Preparation will begin with sessions built around the Notre Dame Forum on immigration and continue with readings and written assignments. During the winter break, students will visit sites such as border patrol posts and factories (maquilas), explore legal issues, and dialogue with refugees and parish organizations. Particular attention will be paid to assessing the role of the Catholic Church in relation to immigration. Fluency in Spanish is preferred but not required.
ACCT 40660 (CBL)
Tax Assistance Program
Ken Milani
Preparing income tax returns for low-income individuals is the primary purpose of the Tax Assistance Program. An introductory Federal Income Tax course is a prerequisite. The course begins with four weeks of classes that focus on tax issues that are important when helping low-income individuals (e.g., determining filing status, calculating the child credit, computing the earned income credit). Following the class sessions, students are assigned to specific locations in South Bend or Mishawaka where the returns are prepared. Certified public accountants are available at several locations to help with complex matters. The Tax Assistance Program has been operating since 1972. The course is a two-credit hour offering graded using a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory scale.
ACCT 40670 (CBL)
Tax Assistance Program: Administrative Elements
Ken Milani
This course is designed for students participating in the Tax Assistance Program for the second time. Administrative elements of the Tax Assistance Program (e. g, coordinating, organizing, scheduling) will be emphasized in this offering in addition to the tax compliance activities. Students enrolling in this course will handle administrative responsibilities in the Tax Assistance Program (e. g., Chairperson, Logistics Director, Public Relations Director) as well as being involved in the preparation of income tax returns for individuals. The course is a two-credit hour offering graded using a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory scale.
ACCT 70691 (CBL)
Income Taxation of International Individuals (CBL)
Ken Milani
Income Taxation of International Individuals is a graduate course that includes participation in the Tax Assistance Program as a requirement of the course. The graduate students involved in the course prepare income tax returns for foreign students and international scholars at Notre Dame. In 2008, more than 700 taxpayers were helped and over 1,300 (federal and state) income tax returns were prepared.
MGT 30630 (CBR)
Systems Analysis and Design of Information Systems
Daewon Sun
An in-depth study of the analysis and design of information processing systems. One of the projects is Analysis and Design of Information Systems in Community Service Organizations where the students will determine the problems and opportunities of the current system used in the social organizations, provide a business model of the system, recommend a revised model, and create a prototype of the revised model, usually a database management system on Microsoft Access. All work completed will be documented and submitted to the social organization for future reference and implementation.
Participants in the past included the following:
Center for the Homeless
DISMAS House of Michiana
Habitat for Humanity
La Casa de Amistad
Women’s Care Center
YWCA
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND VALUES
STV 33401 (CBR)
Animal Welfare and the Human-Animal Bond Community Based Learning Seminar
Kay Stewart and Michelle Whaley
Over 11,000 animals are surrendered to local St. Joe County shelters each year and over 50% are euthanized due to a lack of homes who want them. The focus of this course will be on pet overpopulation, specifically working with animal shelters and veterinarians in our community. This course will also cover animal behavior from an evolutionary perspective, animal welfare issues, and will intimately and meaningfully connect the state of humans, to that of animals. The students will carry out community research projects and will immerse themselves in an important community issue and generate data that can help the plight of animals (and therefore humans) in our community.
ARCH 51411 / ARCH 53411 (CBR)
Restoration & Historic Preservation Concentration
Fall ARCH 51411 and Spring ARCH 57421
Krupali Uplekar / John Stamper / Alan Defrees / Steven Semes
Beginning in fall 2009, architecture students entering their fourth year may participate in the Preservation and Restoration Concentration. The concentration initially includes the following courses: Research and Documentation of Historical Buildings (Krupali Uplekar), History of American Architecture 1630–1915 (John Stamper), Historic Preservation and Traditional Construction (Alan Defrees), and History and Theory of Preservation (Steven Semes). This is a relatively new field and advance methods are being generated everyday that could help in betterment of preservation of old structures. Restoration and Historic Preservation is needed to help architectural students understand the need of preserving traditional architecture and, in some cases, studying the art of restoration of traditional buildings that have degenerated due to various reasons. The concentration provides a detailed reference to the recording methods and techniques that are fundamental tools for examining any existing structure.
CSC 23090 / PSY 23090 (CBL)
Children and Poverty Seminar
Kalsea Koss / Mary Wagner Fuhs / Susan Gunderson / Jay Brandenberger
This course is a unique opportunity for student participants to examine important issues, both domestic and international, with respect to children and youth challenged by poverty and related concerns. The Seminar will focus in particular on early intervention and prevention, education, public policy, and community outreach. Participants will begin their exploration during orientation sessions, where the current state of children in poverty will be examined from multiple perspectives and within different domains. Students will help present relevant organizations and issues to the group during the orientation sessions in order to prepare for the visits in New York City.
During a week of immersion in New York City, participants will learn from individuals and community-based organizations. Visits with both children and program administrators will enable participants to experience first-hand the realities of growing up in poverty. In addition, the learning opportunities uniquely presented by New York City will be jointly utilized to enhance the experience.
CSC 33931 / THEO 33931 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Internship: ACCION
Andrea Smith Shappell/Carl Ackermann
1 Credit THEO, 2 Credits BA
Application and interview required — 10 week internship program
Taken with BAUG 30200
The ACCION Internship is a 10 week experience with domestic ACCION offices offered to Notre Dame business students who have completed their junior year. ACCION is a non-profit, micro-lending organization with over 40 years experience reducing poverty and creating employment in the Americas. Students learn about micro-lending through marketing projects, reconciling accounts, writing reports, meeting with clients, and visiting client's places of business. To earn 2 credits in Business and 1 credit in Theology, the interns attend orientation sessions in April, complete readings and writing assignments during the summer and make a power point presentation when they return to campus.
CSC 33936 / CST 33936 / THEO 33936 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Program: Confronting Social Issues
Andrea Smith Shappell / Margaret Pfeil
Immersion: Eight week summer service-learning placements
This three-credit hour service-learning course takes place before, during, and after student participation in eight-week summer service experiences sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns and the Alumni Association. Students in the course reflect on the meaning and dynamics of Christian service, compassion and Catholic social teaching through readings and writing, along with discussions with site supervisors, and facilitated group discussions upon return to campus. Writing assignments include 16 journal entries and a synthesis paper. The course is completed during the first four weeks of the fall semester and is graded Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory.
CSC 33938 / CST 33938 / THEO 33938 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Program: International
Rachel Tomas Morgan / Paul Kollman
This course center’s around an eight week community based learning placement in one of sixteen developing countries through the International Summer Service Learning Program. The course seeks to challenge students who have had domestic service-learning experiences to encounter global realities, examine causes of poverty and identify strategies for social development, and gain an understanding of international social issues in light of Catholic Social Teaching. In addition to the community based learning placement, academic requirements for the course include readings and written requirements during the summer months, a re-entry weekend retreat, four re-entry sessions meeting on Thursdays from 6:30–7:45 p.m. in the fall semester, and evaluation/development of the ISSLP site and program. Students accepted into the International Summer Service Learning Program, and taking this course, are also required to take THEO 33970.
CSC 33950 / CST 33950 / THEO 33950 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Appalachia
Connie Mick
One week immersion required
This seminar involves experiential learning during the semester break. The course is centered on a service-learning immersion in the region of Appalachia and provides preparation for and follow-up to that experience. Students may focus on particular themes (e.g., rural health care, environmental issues) at various sites while learning about the region and rural issues.
CSC 33951 / CST 33951 / THEO 33951 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Washington, D.C.
Cynthia Toms Smedley
This course centers on a trip to Washington, D.C. over spring break during which time students analyze a significant social issue through contact with various agencies, government offices, and church organizations. Students participate in preparation and follow-up sessions. Themes (e.g., Educational Reform, Violence in America) vary each year.
CSC 33963 / CST 33963 / THEO 33963 (CBL)
Church and Social Action: Urban Plunge Seminar
Bill Purcell
The Urban Plunge is a one-credit experiential learning course designed to expose students to the sights and sounds of poverty in most major cities in the U.S. in close proximity to their home town. During the 48-hour immersion each student will have the opportunity to meet people affected by poverty as well as those working to eradicate it. The plunge is scheduled for two consecutive days in early January.
CSC 33965 / THEO 33965 (EL)
Organizing, Power and Hope
Jay Caponigro
Robinson Community Learning Center
Participants are invited to experience this faith-based program, and to be open to developing new perspectives on the role of neighborhood churches and organizations responding to social needs. This seminar is intended for students with previous urban experience eager to sharpen their social analysis, and to learn new forms of ministry for adults committed to social justice. Because of the unique partnership between the Sinsinawa Dominican Apostolic Volunteer Program and the Center for Social Concerns, there will be an emphasis on spirituality and community participation by all in the seminar.
CSC 33966 / THEO 33966 / CST 33966 / ILS 30804 (EL)
Border Issues Seminar
Cynthia Toms Smedley
This seminar provides a look at immigration from diverse perspectives, principally through a weeklong immersion at the Annunciation House on the border of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Preparation will begin with sessions built around the Notre Dame Forum on immigration and continue with readings and written assignments. During the winter break, students will visit sites such as border patrol posts and factories (maquilas), explore legal issues, and dialogue with refugees and parish organizations. Particular attention will be paid to assessing the role of the Catholic Church in relation to immigration. Fluency in Spanish is preferred but not required.
CSC 33967 / CST 33967 / THEO 33967 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Migrant Experiences
Cynthia Toms Smedley
This seminar is a unique immersion into the lives of migrant farm workers in Florida during the spring harvest. Students pick tomatoes in the fields (donating their wages), live with migrant families, assist church and social agencies that serve migrants, and meet with community leaders, never again to take food for granted.
CSC 33968 / CST 33968 / PSY 23852 / THEO 33968 (EL)
Social Concerns Seminar: L’Arche Communities
Cynthia Toms Smedley
This Seminar centers around travel to a L’Arche community (e. g. , Toronto, Canada) to share community life with developmentally challenged persons. Students draw from the philosophy of Jean Vanier, the works of theologian Henri Nouwen, and other spiritual writings to augment this participatory learning experience.
CSC 33970 / CST 33970 / THEO 33970 (EL)
Social Concerns Seminar: International Issues
Rachel Tomas Morgan / Paul Kollman
This seminar serves as the required orientation course for all THEO 33938: International Service-Learning Program participants. It will provide students with an introduction to international issues in developing countries through the lens of Catholic social tradition, guidance in independent country/area study, preparation and tools for cross-cultural service, opportunities for theological reflection, logistical information necessary for international programs and travel, and general support within the context of a community of colleagues. Meets Thursdays 6:30–7:45 p.m. Other students participating in summer internships or research in developing countries may take the seminar with permission from the instructor.
CSC 33978 (EL)
Urban Poverty and Homelessness in Portland
Cynthia Toms Smedley
Over 16,000 people, including more than 2,000 children, live without adequate food and shelter in the state of Oregon. Although the city of Portland, Oregon manages to provide shelter for almost half of this population, the number of individuals affected by poverty and homelessness continues to rise. This seminar examines the many myths associated with homelessness and explores the larger cycle of urban poverty from diverse interdisciplinary perspectives.
CSC 34605 / THEO 34604 (CBL/EL)
London Program Internship In Catholic Social Teaching
Credit Hours: 3
J. Matthew Ashley / Cornelius O’Bolye
This semester-long internship brings together practical work experience in campaigning for social justice in some of London poorest inner-city Catholic parishes with a series of tutorials providing an introduction to the social teaching of the Catholic Church. The practical work experience of this internship is arranged through London Citizens, a charitable organization devoted to building community in London’s poorest neighborhoods. London Citizens helps members of the community to identify problems in their neighborhoods, offers them appropriate training to help develop their leadership skills, and organizes city-wide campaigns to unite Londoners in pursuing the common good. For their tutorials, weekly journals and final research paper, interns are awarded three academic credits through the Theology Department (THEO 34604). These elective credits do not fulfill the Theology requirements, nor do they count towards a major in Theology. Students devote between 10 and 15 hours each week to this unpaid internship. Applications are invited from students of all academic backgrounds.
INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE STUDIES
IIPS 50801 (CBR)
Strategies and Tactics of Non-Violent Social Change
David Cortright
This course will help students understand and participate more effectively in movements for nonviolent social change. Students will become familiar with both the theories of nonviolence and social action and the practice of effective social organizing, and will meet organizers and representatives of social change groups, conduct research that is relevant to community-based movements, and participate in strategic planning exercises for specific social action campaigns. Topics to be addressed include the religious roots and philosophy of nonviolence, recent cases of nonviolent social struggle, principles of strategy, and the techniques and methods of nonviolent action, including media communications, fundraising, lobbying, grass roots organizing, and coalition building. Relevant historical and contemporary examples will be reviewed to illustrate how movements for social change work in practice. Coursework will consist of readings, lectures, videos, and class discussion on the identified topics. In addition, students will be asked to participate in class activities and team-learning exercises. Two team-learning exercises are scheduled during the semester.
INSTITUTE FOR IRISH STUDIES
IRST 24208 / ANTH 34320 / HIST 34430 / SOC 34123 (CBL)
Introduction to Ireland
ND Keough Center Course: Kevin Whelan
This class focuses on the evolution of Irish culture from the eighteenth century to the contemporary period. It aims to give students a foundational understanding of the cultural inheritance of the island. While organized in broadly chronological terms, it will also examine crucial thematic concerns — landscape, history, languages, economy, society, politics and government, literature, music, sport. The course will include a select group (10) of participants who will be involved in a community-based learning experience integral to the course. The community-based learning component is organized cooperatively by the instructor and the Center for Social Concerns staff.
For the community-based component of this course, students will work in local agencies serving troubled youth, refugee youth, older students seeking college degrees, the elderly, or younger students seeking creative writing skills. Students will integrate these experiences into the course through guided journal assignments and discussion. These experiences may also be used as the basis for the final research paper. Interested students should expect to spend significant time in these community placements (two to three hours per week) and to complete extra reading assignments.
The CBL component is open to 10 students for Spring 2010. The application process will be explained during the Dublin study abroad orientation meetings in Fall 2009. Placements will be based on student interest, schedules, and community needs and will be finalized once the students arrive in Dublin.
