CAR 295 Career Service Learning

Career Service learning is a hybrid course that is designed to guide students to solve an actionable problem for a local nonprofit. Career and Service Learning as a hybrid will promote student growth and development while meaningfully assisting a partner organization to improve their services. This course creates a meaningful experiential learning opportunity for students as they assess the needs of their partner organization, create an actionable plan for support, and engage in strategic problem solving, service, and reflection. However, the course also provides a vehicle for civic engagement and an opportunity for partner organizations to benefit from student talent. In this course, students will build critical employment skills, observe organizational culture and leadership, expand their knowledge base of professional opportunities in the nonprofit sector, and obtain a deeper understanding of the issues and the communities that the nonprofits serve. Pre-requisite(s): None. Co-requisite(s): None. 5 quarter hours

Credits

5