Service Learning Institute @ California State University, Monterey Bay

All service learning courses are identified by the “S” that is added to the end of the course number (i.e., ESSP 369S). To receive the “S” designation, a course needs to meet the “S” Designation Criteria . A comprehensive list of “S” designated courses is found below. For a list of service learning courses offered in the current semester, visit Schedule of Classes and check the appropriate department.

BUS 303S - Participation in Community Economic Development Service Learning - 4 credits

Students explore concepts of culture and cultural identity, differential power relationships among cultural groups, and ways to achieve greater equity and social justice. They do so in the context of community development in the Monterey region. As an integral aspect of learning, students work with a community nonprofit organization and reflect on that experience. Formerly MIE 303S. (Offered every semester.)
Prerequisite(s): BUS 300 and 304.

BUS 371S - Ethics and Social Justice Service Learning - 4 credits

Explores foundations of ethical reasoning, including cross-cultural and transnational implications. Knowledge areas include corporate social responsibility; impact of technology, economics, law, politics, and culture on ethical behavior; environmental issues; and employee-employer relations. Abilities to apply include development of ethical norms and ways to act consistent with them; positive regard for multiple perspectives; and awareness of one's beliefs and ability to communicate them. Students engage in 30 service hours. Satisfies upper-division service learning requirement. Formerly MIE 371S. (Offered only as interest warrants.)
Prerequisite(s): BUS 300, 304, and 305.

BUS 433S - Management of Nonprofit Organizations Service Learning - 4 credits

Covers the principles and practices of managing a not-for-profit organization. Knowledge areas include strategic planning, human resource management, ethics and social responsibility, volunteer development, and influences of multiple stakeholders. In addition to reflecting on these topics, students examine actual practices of community organizations in education, health care, social services, and the arts, and engage in service learning in a designated community organization. Satisfies the upper-division service learning requirement. Formerly MIE 433S. (Offered only as interest warrants.)
Prerequisite(s): BUS 305; instructor consent for non-BUS majors.

CHHS 210S - Introduction to Social Work—Field Practicum 1 credit
Provides individualized student placement for in-depth field study related to social work practices. Core course for Knowledge of Health and Human Services Practice MLO. Credit/no credit only.
Corequisite(s): CHHS 210.

CHHS 220S - Introduction to Community Health—Field Practicum - 1 credit
Provides individualized student placement for in-depth field study as related to the introduction to community health. Credit/no credit only. Core course for Knowledge of Health and Human Services Practice, and Cross-Cultural Competency MLOs.
Corequisite(s): CHHS 220.

CHHS 310S - Introduction to Social Work—Field Practicum - 1 credit
Provides individualized student placement for in-depth field study related to social work practices. Meets upper division service learning requirement. Credit/no credit only.
Corequisite(s): CHHS 310 and 396.

CHHS 320S - Introduction to Community Health—Field Practicum - 1 credit
Provides individualized student placement for in-depth field study as related to the introduction to community health. Meets upper division service learning requirement. Credit/no credit only.
Corequisite(s): CHHS 320, and CHHS 300 or CHHS 396.

CST 361S - Technology Tutors Service Learning - 4 credits

Description: A service learning course in which students apply computer literacy, multimedia design, and technology to assist schools, nonprofit organizations, and community agencies. The theme for the course is 'Bridging the Digital Divide.' Note: students must participate in required service placements with hours to be arranged. (Offered every semester.)

ESSP 349S - Interpreting Monterey Bay Natural History for the Community Service Learning - 4 credits
This course focuses on techniques for teaching the natural and cultural history of the Monterey Bay are to different age and cultural groups. CSUMB students partner with Seaside High Students in creating interpretive products for agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management, California State Parks or Return of the Natives while at the same time learning about each others values, culture, and communities. Fall Semester

ESSP 369S Community Based Watershed Restoration Service Learning - 4 credits
This course presents a hands-on look at watershed restoration, landscape planning, and native plant propagation through projects with schools and community agencies. Class discussions and readings look at how different cultures and groups interact with the environment, the composition of the traditional environmental movement, and the importance of “Place” in healing communities. Spring Semester
Prerequisite(s): SCI ULR.
Corequisite(s): ESSP 396L

ESSP 384S Environmental Justice and Environmental Policy Service Learning - 5 credits
Analyzes case studies in environmental justice reflecting on student’s personal connection to the issues considered. Questions the identity of those empowered (or not) to control environmental decision making, how power is gained and lost, the burdens of inequitable distribution of resources, and the price of environmental pollution. Service learning placements help students understand the course material. Spring Semester.

ESSP 386S Science, the Environment, and the Political Process Service Learning - 1 credit
Optional service learning course accompanying ESSP 386, Students spend a minimum of 30 hours per semester with community groups focusing on science and environmental policy. The course (ESSP 386 – 4 credits) examines how science becomes policy in the real world. Emphasis on case studies and experiential learning. Fall Semester.

ESSP 396S Science After School - 3 credits (includes 1 credit lab)
Students in this service learning course will focus on fundamental issues about inclusive science curriculum design and pedagogy for multicultural populations. Placements are with the after-school program, RISE (Recruitment in Science Education).

ESSP 397S Independent Study: Earth Systems Service Learning
1-6 credits

Students work with public and private organizations on projects that integrate scientific skills with needs of multicultural communities.

GS 365S - Service Learning in Global Affairs - 4 credits
Students engage in an individual community service learning experience involving some aspect of global/international affairs and/or global/international issues. Prepares students for effective global citizenship in the 21st century and for responsible and effective civic participation in multicultural communities.

GS 380S - Global Organizations and The Model United Nations - 2-4 credits
Examines the structure, workings, and politics of the United Nations and the role of the United Nations in world affairs. Students participate in two model United Nations conferences to achieve an experiential understanding of how global realities are shaped by the structure, functioning, and politics of global organizations.

GS 385 - Earth & Social Systems - 4 credits
This course integrates the study of earth systems with social systems by examining natural and social systems that are global. It combines the perspectives, concepts and methods of the physical, biological, and social sciences in a holistic analysis and evaluation of the biological, social, cultural, economic, political, and ethnical issues related to resource access, use, pollution, and conservation by human communities in the local and global regions.

HCOM 211S - Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking: Service in Multicultural Communities - 6 credits
Introduces students to college-level reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Explores issues of identity, diversity, social justice, and service learning through academic study and participation in local community service settings. Further develops reading skills through a focus on divergent perspectives on themes of social responsibility, literacy and educational equity. Emphasizes the writing process and develops empathic and critical listening skills through class discussion, peer workshops, community service, and group presentations within a collaborative, interactive, and intercultural environment. Requires a minimum of 30 hours of community service work in addition to class time.
(Offered every other semester.)

HCOM 307S - The Social Impact of the Mass Media—Service Learning - 6 credits
Explores the relationship between the mass media and contemporary social problems. Issues such as media violence will be explored from the consumer's perspective. Outcomes include raising awareness of the impact of media messages, developing effective media literacy tools, and critically analyzing the cultural products we consume. Involves students in media literacy programs in local schools and community organizations. Offers built-in assessment in HCOM MLO 3 or the concentrations in Practical and Professional Ethics or Journalism, Communication and Media Studies.
Prerequisite(s): satisfactory completion of the English Communication ULR.

HCOM 317S - Advanced Composition and Composition Theories: Service Learning - 6 Credits
Introduces students in a service learning context to writing conventions, contemporary composition theories, and major forms of written expression such as expressive, interpretive, technical, rhetorical, argumentative, invitational, and creative. Offers built-in assessment in HCOM MLO 1 and meets the Single Subject in English Waiver Communication Skills Requirement.
Prerequisite(s): satisfactory completion of the English Communication ULR.

HCOM 330S - Introduction to Creative Writing Service Learning - 6 credits
An HCOM service learning course that provides students the opportunity to be actively involved in the community. Students research and examine a particular public issue, and gain hands-on experience, knowledge, and skills about community sites. Students enter and exit community sensitively, and participate in a multicultural community setting. Offers built-in assessment in HCOM MLO 8.
Prerequisite(s): satisfactory completion of the English Communication ULR.

HCOM 340S - Topics in Social Movements: Leadership and Empowerment Service Learning - 6 credits
Students will have the opportunity to serve multicultural community organizations in the development of learning partnerships and projects. Focuses on various modes of community building and dynamics of leadership in these organizations while exploring scholarship on the dynamics of power and empowerment, and practices of community citizenship. Offers built-in assessment in HCOM MLO 5 or the concentrations in Pre-Law; Practical and Professional Ethics; or American Multicultural Studies.
Prerequisite(s): satisfactory completion of the English Communication ULR.

HCOM 350S - Oral History and Community Memory Service Learning - 6 credits
Working in local communities, students design and conduct a collaborative oral history project on an issue of significance to students and community alike. Interviews may become part of the CSUMB Oral History and Community Memory Archive. Offers built-in assessment in the concentrations in Narrative, History and Memory; Literary and Cultural Studies; or Chicana/o - Latina/o Studies.
Prerequisite(s): satisfactory completion of the English Communication and U.S. Histories ULRs.

HCOM 355S - Peoples and Cultures of the Monterey Bay Service Learning - 6 credits
Chronicles the waves of immigration and adaptation of Old World cultures. Compares the recurring cycles of racism and prejudice (1850s lynchings of Californios, anti-Filipino race riots, the KKK in the 1920s, and removal of the Japanese during WW II), to contemporary anti-immigrant sentiments. Offers built-in assessment in HCOM MLO 7 or the concentrations in American Multicultural Studies or Narrative, History, and Memory.
Prerequisite(s): satisfactory completion of the English Communication ULR.

HCOM 397S - Independent Study Service Learning - 1-6 credits
Student and faculty member select topic of study and number of credits.
Prerequisite(s): instructor consent.

HCOM 432S - Social Action Writing Service Learning - 6 credits
An intermediate level creative writing course in which students apply their craft to a particular public issue. Students do collaborative research and interviews in the community. They produce poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, and visual representations of their writings. End-of-semester project is used to educate the community. Offers built-in assessment in HCOM MLO 8 (only with prior consent of instructor) or the concentrations in Creative Writing and Social Action or Narrative, History and Memory.
Prerequisite(s): satisfactory completion of the English Communication ULR and HCOM MLO 8, or instructor consent.

HCOM 495S - Special Topics Service Learning - 1-6 credits
Studies a particular topic in Human Communication. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Prerequisite(s): instructor consent.

HCOM 496S - Field Studies Service Learning - 1-6 credits
Student and faculty member select topic of study and number of credits.
Prerequisite(s): instructor consent.

HCOM 497S - Independent Study Service Learning - 1-6 credits
Student and faculty member select topic of study and number of credits.
Prerequisite(s): instructor consent.

HPWE 361S - Foundations of Wellness Through Community Participation Service Learning - 6 credits

Provides an overview of factors that contribute to health and wellness while engaging in self-reflective, culturally aware and responsive community participation with community organizations. (Offered every semester.)

ISSM 398S - Integrated Service Learning SL - 4 credits
Provides students with the option of pursuing an independent service learning experience consistent with the focus of their special major.
Prerequisite(s): ISSM 300 and instructor consent.

JAPN 301S - Advanced Japanese I: Service Learning - 4 credits
Expands upon JAPN 301 content with an experience that enhances the students' language skills through extensive aural, reading, writing, and cultural presentation experience in Japanese.
Prerequisite(s): JAPN 202 or equivalent.

LS 298S - Introduction to Teaching and Learning in a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Society Service Learning - 2 credits
Introduces students to the teaching profession and classroom work by examining the daily work of classroom teachers in multicultural schools. Explores student/youth issues and schooling, literacy development strategies, the dynamics of school/parent/community relationships, and the effects of educational policies and practices on culturally and linguistically diverse populations. (Offered every semester.)
Prerequisite to LS 398 and 398S. Aligns with SB 2042 and LS MLOs 1,3,5,7,9.

LS 365S - Adolescence: Context, Culture, and Development Service Learning - 4 credits
Focuses on cognitive, ecological, and other psychological theories in examining the impact of culture and context on adolescent development. Devotes particular attention to the relationship between identity development, moral development, and motivation for achievement. Readings emphasize research and application, and field sites are designated for ongoing observation of teens in schools and other community settings. Requires completion of a community service project. (Human Development Concentration Course)
Prerequisite(s): LS 360.

LS 391S - Culture and Cultural Diversity Service Learning - 4 credits
Develops competency in cross-cultural analysis, involving a working knowledge of one’s own ethnic heritage and the ability to make constructive comparisons with at least one other ethnic group. Addresses a conceptual understanding of culture, methodologies for studying and understanding culture, knowledge of cross-cultural relations in the United States, sociocultural experiences of U.S.-based social/ethnic groups, power relations and equity, and sociopolitical systems and effects on "status" of a cultural group. Requires completion of an approved community service project.

LS 392S - Nature of Language and Language Acquisition Service Learning - 1 credit
Examines basic elements of language, universals and differences. Includes theory and research in first- and second- language development, models of language analysis for understanding language acquisition and reading development. Includes an overview of language systems in terms of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Requires completion of an approved community service project.
Prerequisite(s): concurrent or previous enrollment in LS 392.

LS 393S - Sch Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Society Service Learning - 4 Credits
Contact the Liberal Studies Department for information on this course.

LS 394S - Multicultural Children's Literature Service Learning - 4 credits
Familiarizes students with diverse and award-winning children's literature from various cultural groups. Engages students in identifying bias-free literature, shared readings, reading aloud activities, and opportunities to learn effective storytelling techniques. Examines literature within historical, sociopolitical, cultural, and psychological contexts with emphasis on differential power relationships. Requires completion of an approved community service project.

LS 397S - Independent Study in Service Learning - 1-8 credits
Allows upper-division students to complete independent service learning experiences in the major. Students follow LS guidelines and requirements for service learning reflections, portfolio development, and assessment.
Prerequisite(s): instructor and program director consent

LS 398S - Social Foundations of Multicultural/Multilingual Education Service Learning - 2 credits
Examines issues, problems, and solutions to equitable schooling in a pluralistic society. Viewing schools as social institutions that reflect the values, and sociocultural and sociopolitical dynamics of society, the course focuses on history, politics, and theories of and approaches to the schooling of culturally and linguistically diverse populations. Requires completion of approved service learning hours and community projects. Formerly LS 393S.
Prerequisite(s): LS 298S.

MATH 361S - Mathematics Tutors Service Learning - 4 credits
Upper-division course where students assist local math teachers in classroom instruction by serving as math tutors and mentors to students in local middle and high schools. Focuses on understanding the basic mathematical principles, techniques, and methodologies for effective tutoring. For students interested in classroom instruction and helping young students learn mathematics.
Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of MATH ULR, and SL 200.

STAT 310S - Statistics in Applied Learning Environments Service Learning - 2-6 credits
Instructs students in advanced statistical procedures and research analysis that are related to their work at Service Learning sites. Students must have a currently approved CSUMB community field study placement.
Prerequisite(s): SL 200; STAT 300 or equivalent, or instructor consent; concurrent or previous enrollment in intermediate statistics.

MPA 317S - Community Involvement Service Learning - 4 credits
This course seeks to foster the development of arts education programs in the local communities. Students will employ a combination of community organizing skills and arts teaching strategies to facilitate arts education programs at specific sites. Students will provide one-on-one and/or group tutoring to sites and will utilize a variety of learned skills to facilitate arts education in our surrounding communities.

MPA 399S - Service Learning - 2 credits
Focuses on the development of performance and/or administrative skills while working with community organizations. Students work on community projects geared to the production of a live performance.
Prerequisite(s): instructor consent.

SL 200S - Introduction to Service Learning in Multicultural Communities - 4 credits
Seeks to foster the development of self-reflective, culturally aware, and responsive community participants. Students gain hands-on experience, knowledge, and skills about local communities and community organizations. Students learn how to work with communities sensitively, and to participate in multicultural community service settings. Requires a minimum of 30 hours of community service work, in addition to class time, during the semester. Each section has a specific service theme. See current course schedule for details.

SL 201S - Introduction to Service Learning in Multicultural Communities—After-School Recreation - 4 credits
Fosters the development of self-reflective, culturally aware, and responsive community participants. Students gain hands-on experience, knowledge, and skills about after-school programs and local communities. Students learn how to work with communities sensitively and to participate in multicultural after-school service settings. The focus of the service is recreation activities.
Corequisite(s): SL 201LS

SL 201LS - After-School Programs Service Learning Lab: Recreation - 0 credits
Required lab for SL 201S. Students participate in after-school recreation programs for a minimum of 30 hours.
Corequisite(s): SL 201S

SL 295S - Service Learning Leadership Training - 4 credits
Develops students’ leadership capacities as community builders and effective service learning practitioners by deepening their understanding of themselves, the surrounding community, and service learning practice. Required training to participate in the Service Learning Institute’s student leadership program. (Offered fall semester.)
Prerequisite(s): successful completion of at least one service learning experience, and instructor consent.

SL 300S - Service Learning Pedagogy - 4 credits
This course aims to prepare students to design and lead service learning experiences. Students will explore experiential education, theories of service and service learning, strategies for facilitation and effective teaching practice. A practical experience in which students are involved in leading service learning through community or classroom placements allows students to balance action with critical reflection on service learning practice.
Prerequisite(s): successful completion of at least one service learning experience, and instructor consent.

SL 390S - Effective Tutoring Service Learning - 2 credits
Prepares students to tutor and mentor middle and high school youth in local schools. Students receive instruction on effective tutoring techniques to assist them in providing math and writing support on a one-on-one basis. Involves students in classroom observation and after-school tutoring. Course requires 3-5 hours of community service each week.
Prerequisite(s): participation in the Precollegiate Academic Development (PAD) Program, or PAD coordinator consent.

SL 394S - Service and Social Justice - 1-4 credits
Students will explore social movements in service and social justice to understand the linkages between these two avenues for community development and activism. Through their own service experiences, students will analyze systemic elements that perpetuate oppression and injustice and develop their own capacities as catalysts for change by engaging in meaningful and respectful community work
Prerequisite(s): successful completion of the Summer of Service Leadership Academy or SL 300, and instructor consent.

SL 491S - Advanced Topics in Service Learning and Civic Engagement - 4 credits
Students examine issues of justice, diversity, compassion, and social responsibility in the context of community service. Requires 3-5 hours of community service each week.
Prerequisite(s): instructor consent.

SL 492S - Community Research Service Learning - 4 credits
Students work on research projects that are responsive to community needs in collaboration with community organizations. Requires 3-5 hours of community service each week.
Prerequisite(s): instructor consent.

SL 497S - Service Learning Independent Study - 1-4 credits
Student and faculty member select topic of study and number of credits. Course requires 3-5 hours of community service each week.
Prerequisite(s): instructor consent.

SBS 220S - Hispanic California 1542 to 1848: SL
Contact the SBS department for course information.

SBSC 224S/324S - Archaeology: Map to Museum Service Learning - 4 credits
Introduces the methods, principles, and practices of field archaeology using exercises that stress strategy, interpretation, description, information management, archaeological technologies, and the role of scientific inquiry. Introduces the hands-on manufacture and use of stone tools and the interpretation of ancient and modern material cultures. Lab options include onsite field excavations and analysis of Hispanic colonial artifacts at the Old Mission of San Juan Bautista, or a stone tools or "garbology" lab.

SBSC 227S/327S - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Service Learning - 4 credits
Introduces basic concepts and applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) such as GIS data input, raster and vector data management, spatial relationships, analysis, and Web-based GIS. Students apply GIS technology in real world projects and complete a contracted number of off-campus service hours with the sponsoring agency. Upon successful completion of the course, students will earn a nationally recognized GIS certificate in ArcGIS software.

SBSC 235S/235S - The Multicultural Heritage of an Early California Community Service Learning - 4 credits
Explores the multicultural heritage of an early California community using primary resource documents, secondary sources, and service-based community oral history collections and narrative traditions. Using existing resources and project-based discoveries and collected works, students recover and rediscover the multicultural heritage of the early California communities of the Central Coast. Current projects include the historic photograph and documents collections of the Luck Library and Museum of San Juan Bautista.

SBSC 260S/360S - Archaeology of a California Mission Service Learning - 4 credits
An archaeological field school and project-based learning lab in archaeology, history, and archival research methods. Participants explore the archaeology and history of an early California mission community of the Central Coast by way of the hands-on study of archaeological and historical collections pertaining to San Juan Bautista. In addition, participants conduct archaeological excavations within the 200-year old mission and community of San Juan Bautista.

SBSC 284S/384S - Cultural Contexts of Bilingual Education: An Overview of Values, Contents, and Experiences on Education in Mexico and the United States Service Learning - 4 credits
Introduces students to the diverse Mexican peoples and cultures that have emigrated to the U.S. Explores the cultural similarities and differences within such immigrant groups and compares the learning experiences of U.S. and Mexican teachers and their students. Also reviews current standards and materials used in Mexican public schools.

SPAN 301S - Spanish Composition and Oral Practice Service Learning - 4 credits
Builds on the content of SPAN 301 where students enhance skills via extensive oral, reading, writing, and cultural presentation experience in Spanish.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 202 or equivalent.

SPAN 397S - Independent Study: Service Learning - 1-4 credits
Allows upper-division students to pursue courses on special topics. May involve such activities as readings and reaction papers, term papers, reports on life experiences, and action research. Student and faculty member select topic of study and number of credits.
Prerequisite(s): instructor consent.

TAT 332S - Teledramatic Arts and Technology for Teaching Service Learning - 4 credits
This service learning course introduces teledramatic principles and tools into classroom education to help teachers of young people make learning more creative, alive, interactive, and fun for their students. Using theatre games, improvisations, story dramatizations, and creative dramatics, students build collaborative groups and stretch both their imaginations and their problem-solving skills. Future arts educators gain the tools to produce, write, direct, act, design, and present teledramatic works for children.

TAT 384S - Radio Production and Streaming Audio Service Learning - 4 credits
Radio/audio production, as well as broadcast and Internet distribution. Students work on live music and talk shows, and do field recording and nonlinear post-production editing. Students learn the technologies of both broadcast radio and Internet streaming, and work with local community organizations in the development and distribution of their radio/audio productions.
Prerequisite(s): TAT 338 or instructor consent.

TAT 397S - Advanced Video/TV Production and Broadcasting - 4 credits
Focuses on the production and broadcast of teledramatic programs. Students write, produce, crew, and edit selected teledramatic programs.
Prerequisite(s): TAT 337 and TAT 339, or instructor consent.

TAT 399S - Teledramatic Arts and Technology in the Community Service Learning - 4 credits
Integrates theatre production, film production, video/television production, radio production, and/or new media production with community-based organizations. Students participate in service activities or projects with external communities and integrate the experience with specific outcomes through written reflections, discussion, and evaluation.

VPA 306S - Large Scale Digital Mural Workshop Service Learning - 4 credits
Students work with a digital approach to mural and public art project development including analysis of sites, conceptualization and collaboration using current imaging software. Students work in collaboration with specific communities to develop digital images.

VPA 317S - Community Research Service Learning - 4 credits
Students employ a combination of community organizing and art strategies to analyze and understand the situation of youth in several towns immediately adjacent to the CSUMB campus. Students work in teams assigned to a specific town, and produce cultural maps of existing resources and opportunities for art activities.

VPA 320S - Museum Foundation Studies Service Learning 1- 4 credits
Critical theory in Museum Studies, Arts Education, and Social Community and Service. Guest lecturers from the field, collaborative peer group activities, and related readings. Students work in a lab setting through hands-on learning in the field of museum studies. Collaborating with the Monterey History & Art Association, instruction offers basic knowledge of operations, conservation application, exhibit content and interpretation, design, installation, collections management, and oral history interviewing. Two semesters required.

VPA 321S - Museum Foundation Studies Service Learning 1-4 credits
Critical theory in Museum Studies, Arts Education, and Social Community and Service. Guest lecturers from the field, collaborative peer group activities, and related readings. Students work in a lab setting through hands-on learning in the field of museum studies. Collaborating with the Monterey History & Art Association, instruction offers basic knowledge of operations, conservation application, exhibit content and interpretation, design, installation, collections management, and oral history interviewing. Two semesters required.

VPA 497S - Independent Study Service Learning - 4 credits
Independent study in service learning to be determined by student in collaboration with the Institute of Visual and Public Art. Contact the academic program office for further information.
Prerequisite(s): instructor consent.