Curricular Support Courses 241 - Engaging for Social Impact

This course prepares students for learning and engagement in community-based settings locally and abroad -- through international internships, Community-Based Learning and/or the Global/Local Fellowship. Effective and ethical work with communities requires students to better understand the contexts of, and possible modes for, collaborative action. Students will engage crucial questions, including their motivations and positionality as change agents, histories of social inequality and attempts to address them (e.g., through development, social justice), how "community" is variously defined. This course will use a combination of course discussion, personal reflection and community-based trips.