Active Learning Experience
The Active Learning Experience (ALE) is an opportunity for students to explore interconnections among various venues for learning—courses, labor, service, research, internships, etc. All ALEs must includea) learning through sustained, continual engagement in, reflection on, and assessment of experiences; b) the use of knowledge, imagination, and judgment to address questions in novel contexts; and c) the exploration of connections between theory and practice, and between learning in courses and from experiences outside the classroom. When the experience has a strong Service-Learning component, it will be designated as ALE-SL. Students must complete one approved ALE or ALE-SL. Most are approved on a term-by-term basis and listed in the front section of the Schedule of Classes (published during registration periods in Fall and Spring).
ALE Requirements
The following experiences have been approved to meet the ALE requirement whenever they are offered:
ANR 494 | Labor/Field Learning Exper | Non-Credit Course |
APS 210/HLT 210 | Health in Appalachia (HLT) | 1 Course Credit |
CFS 125
| Introduction to Internet Programming | |
CFS 441 | Family Resource Management | 1 Course Credit |
EDS 471 | Midl Grades Student Tchg Sem | 1 Course Credit |
EDS 472 | Midl Grades Student Teaching | 3 Course Credits |
EDS 487 | Elementary Student Teaching | 3 Course Credits |
HLT 210/APS 210 | Health in Appalachia (APS) | 1 Course Credit |
PEH 330 | Extended Sch Exper-PED/HLT | 1 Course Credit |
All Internships (courses numbered 395/495)
All Faculty-Led undergraduate research experiences (registered as UGR 010 if funded by the
Undergraduate Research and Creative Projects Program at Berea, or UGR 020, if approved by the Program Coordinator and funded by sources other than URCPP, including research conducted off campus)