CBL Course Listings

FALL 2008

CBL 101A: Leadership & Developmental Skills (8/28-10/17)
Instructors: Matha Thorton and Joshua Drake
W: 7:00-10:00pm
This course will examine the role of leaders and leadership from historical and theoretical perspectives. In both class discussions and select assignments, students will be asked to develop an understanding of leadership from a historical theoretical perspective, and to apply theories of leadership to communities both on campus and beyond. Building on history and theory, the course will examine the process of leadership development, with a focus on relational models of leadership. Students in this course are required to participate in on-campus leadership and will actively practice the leadership skills and material discussed in class in their leadership roles. Reflections, both oral and written, on those experiences will be primary learning tools, as will the readings and class discussions. Written reflections will be on a weekly basis and will link co-curricular experiences with learning objectives.

CBL 147C: Independent Study
Instructor: Ron Flores
Independent projects in Community Based Learning are geared to students who are already involved in some form of community service and/or civic engagement with a local agency, program or organization. The emphasis of an independent research projects is on the investigation of a concern specific to that community placement and the development of a University-Community partnership that aims to address that concern.

CBL 247A: Independent Study
Instructor: Ron Flores
Independent projects in Community Based Learning are geared to students who are already involved in some form of community service and/or civic engagement with a local agency, program or organization. The emphasis of an independent research projects is on the investigation of a concern specific to that community placement and the development of a University-Community partnership that aims to address that concern.

ENG 243D: Intro to Creative Non-Fiction
Instructor: Paul Graham
T/Th: 2:20-3:50pm
An introductory study of basic technical problems and formal concepts of the literary essay. Students read and write essays on various topics, including travel, personal experience, landscape, natural science and politics. Weekly written exercises and student essays are read aloud and discussed in class.

FRPG 187A: Making a Difference: Active Citizenship in a Multicultural Democracy
Instructor: Ron Flores, Liz Regosin
In this course, participants will explore what it means to be an active citizen in a multicultural democracy, by examining if and how citizens come together to reach collective goals in ways that are fair and just for all. This concern has been with us since our founding fathers attempted to craft a system of government that would ensure that no one faction could champion its interests over the public good. In our conversations, we will look at concerns raised today about potential threats to active citizenship in our democracy such as increases in the wealth gap, racial tensions, declines in civic engagement and a faltering sense of community.  Although the course considers the obstacles we face to multicultural democratic action, most of our attention will be on understanding and using the tools of active citizenship in a diverse society. To enhance that understanding and employing the tools of citizenship, all of us will be volunteering in the local community throughout the fall semester.  As part of this work, we will explore the role of liberal arts education as a place for positive transformation, both personal and social.  Many of our discussions and assignments will center on the role of active citizenship and social justice through history and today with examples coming from the Civil Rights Movement and Hurricane Katrina.

FRPG 187N: Having an Impact: Leadership, Teamwork, and Motivation
Instructor: TBD
Today’s world is highly dynamic and diverse in nature, requiring adaptive thinking and individuals with the ability to lead amidst change.  Today’s world is also highly collaborative, requiring individuals who can work effectively in a wide range of different groups.  In this course, we will consider questions such as what makes an effective leader or follower?  What does history teach us about leadership?  What does science teach us about motivation?  What do economic theories teach us about teamwork and group dynamics?  We will explore the themes of leadership, teamwork, and motivation from a variety of different perspectives, and we will study these issues both intellectually through readings and movies and practically through participation in activities such as group community service projects.

FRPG 187I: The Candidates
Instructor: Margaret Bass, Sam Glazier
What are the momentous experiences in life?  How do past experiences inform future decisions?  Can an individual be an agent of change?  This year’s presidential election offers a unique opportunity to ask these questions.  The focus of this FYP is to consider the trajectory of a life and its most significant driving forces.  We will, as a class, construct answers to these questions for the Presidential candidates.  We will work to understand how they became candidates and predict what will most inform decisions they make about social issues such as health care, gay marriage, reproductive rights, and Iraq.  Answering these questions about your own life will be used as a model to find ways to answer what counts as a momentous event and the outcomes of those events for a life.  In the process, we hope to construct a view of the candidates different from the dominant images offered in the media.  We expect an interest in current events, not an extensive prior knowledge.  As your faculty, we will bring perspectives from biography, social justice and empirical science.

PSYC 443A: Intro to Clinical Psychology
Instructor: Pamela Thacher
T/Th: 8:30-10:00am
This course provides an examination of the field of contemporary clinical psychology. The course focuses on the problems and procedures related to psychological diagnosis, the problem of “labeling” in particular; various therapeutic methods and systems; and assessments of the different systems that are or have been used in other cultures and during other eras. This course will also be available with the possibility of an internship, which would involve regular visits to a regional site that utilizes clinical psychologists or some aspect of clinical psychology to help people address mental health and how it may be contributing to their life situations. Permission of instructor is required to enroll in internship. Prerequisites: Psychology 100 or 101 and Psychology 317.

PSYC 480B: Working w/ Vulnerable Populations
Instructor: Jennifer MacGregor
W: 7:00-10:00pm
This seminar-internship course has two objectives: to develop an understanding of the bioecological perspective in psychology, and to further that understanding through an internship placement in a community setting (eight hours per week). Our focus will be on children and adolescents who are at risk for developing academic or psychological difficulties. Possible internship placements include Headstart, residential homes for juveniles, crisis intervention centers, Planned Parenthood, local elementary and middle school counseling centers, and a neuro-rehabilitation center for children with brain injuries; a small number of students may participate in a community research project as their internship placement. Current issues in the field (e.g., child abuse and neglect, school bullying, alcohol and substance abuse) will be analyzed using a systems approach, recognizing that individuals operate within families and communities, and these systems exert their own pressures on the individual’s behavior. Prerequisites: Psychology 100 or 101, Psychology 205 and permission of instructor. Psychology 207 highly recommended.

SOC 238A: Social Services Agencies and Advocacy
Instructor: Karen Dillon O’Neil
T/Th: 10:10-11:40am

SPTP ODST: 147A Cultivating Place: Bioregionalism & Community Egagement
Instructors: Marianne Dawson and Steve Alexander
Th: 9:00-10:30am

SSES 320A: Coaching Theory
Instructor: Jeffrey Pier
This course is designed to provide an overview of the philosophies and practices of coaching. Professional responsibilities, management styles and coach/athlete interaction styles are examined as they pertain to all aspects of the coaching challenge. Prerequisites: SSES 115 or SSES 216 and SSES 319.

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