Service Learning Programs

Service Learning Programs

Courses at Bowdoin

Instructor

Since the fall of 2000, 36 service learning courses in eleven departments have been developed and offered at Bowdoin College. Through these courses nearly 800 students have participated in service learning activities through research, data collection and direct service for local agencies. In addition, over 40 faculty and academic staff members have participated in service learning seminars on and off campus. The Community Service Resource Center is committed to helping faculty and staff engage in teaching, research and service which strengthens student learning and addresses significant community needs.

Fall 2007 Courses

  • ECON 231- Economics of Lifecycle (R. Connelly)
  • ED 245 - Education and Social Justice (D. Santoro Gomez)
  • GEO 103 - Marine Environmental Geology (E. Laine, K. Field)
  • GEO 276 - Watershed Hydrology (P. Lea)
  • IS 240 - Maine Social Research (C. McEwen)
  • SOC 220 - Class, Labor, and Power (J. Bandy)
  • VA 190 - Architectural Design (W. Theodore)

Spring 2007 Courses

  • ANTH 218 — Anthropology of Islands (A. Henshaw)
  • ART 265 — Public Art (M. Wethli)
  • ES 201 — Perspectives in North American History (J. Lichter, N. Olmstead, D. Vasudevan)
  • ES 203 — Environment and Culture in North American History (M. Klingle)
  • GEO 100 — Environmental Geology and Hydrology (P. Lea, J. Urquhart)
  • GEO 275 — Hydrogeology (P. Lea)
  • SOC 215 — Criminology and Criminal Justice (J. Lohmann)
  • SOC 221 — Environmental Sociology (J. Bandy)
  • VA 275 — Architectural Design II (W. Theodore)

Fall 2006 Courses

  • ES 202 — Environmental Policy and Politics (D. John)
  • GEO 103 — Marine Environmental Geology (E. Laine)
  • GWS 11/SOC11 — Girlhood and Adolescence (K. McQueeney)
  • SOC 016 — Deviance and Conformity (J. Lohmann)
  • SOC 320 — Poverty and Social Policy (J. Bandy)
  • SPAN 203 — Intermediate Spanish I (G. Wheelwright)
  • VA 190 —Architectural Design I (W. Theodore)

Past Courses

  • ANTH 218/ES 213 - Anthropology of Islands (A. Henshaw)
  • BIO 158/ ES 201 - Introduction to Environmental Science (D. Vasudevan, L. Whitlow)
  • CS 101 - Introduction to Computer Science (L.Toma )
  • ECON 231b - Economics of the Lifecycle (R.Connelly)
  • ES 201 - Perspectives on Environmental Science (J. Lichter, D. Vasudevan)
  • ES 202/GOV 214 - Environmental Policy and Politics (D. John)
  • ES 203/HIS 242 - Environment and Culture in North American History (M. Klingle)
  • ES 204 - Intro to Geographic Information Systems (K. Ford)
  • ES 233/VA233 - Architecture and Sustainability (S. Theodore and W. Theodore)
  • ES 241 - Principles of Land Use Planning (K. Ford)
  • ES 291 - Independent Study in Environmental Education (C. Chiang and E. Johnson)
  • ES 364 - Environmental Policy and Politics in Maine (D. John)
  • ES 391 - Troubled Waters: Fishing in the Gulf of Maine (A. Hayden, D. John)
  • GEO 103/ES 103 - Marine Geology (E. Laine)
  • GEO 230 - Geometrics (E. Laine)
  • GEO 250 - Marine Geology and Tectonics (E. Laine)
  • GEO 260 - Oceanography and the Ocean (E. Laine)
  • GEO 267 - Coastal Oceanography (E. Laine)
  • GEO 210 - Water Quality and the Community (P. Lea)
  • GOV 221 - Social Protest and Political Change (L. Henry)
  • HIST 247 - Maine A Community and Environmental History (S. McMahon)
  • IS 200 - Examining Poverty (N. Jennings and S. Dorn)
  • MUSIC 331 - Advanced Topics in Caribbean Music (J. Bosse)
  • Romance Languages FRENCH 204a - Living, Learning and Language (K. Dauge-Roth)
  • Romance Languages SPANISH 205c - Advanced Spanish (E. Yepes)
  • Romance Languages FRENCH 207 - Francophone Cultures (A. Dauge-Roth)
  • Romance Languages SPANISH 326 - Translation (J. Jaffe)
  • SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology (J. Lohmann)
  • SOC 201 - Introduction to Social Research (J. Lohmann)
  • SOC 215 - Criminology and Criminal Justice (J. Lohmann)
  • SOC 220 - Class, Labor, and Power (J. Bandy
  • SOC 221/ES 221 - Environmental Sociology (J. Bandy)
  • SOC 225 - Globalization and Social Change (J. Bandy)
  • SOC 245 - Social Movements (J. Bandy)
  • SOC 310 - Current Controversies in Sociology (J. Bandy)
  • VA 190 - Architectural Design 1 (W. Theodore)
  • WST 201 - Feminist Theory and Methodology (J. Scanlon)