Service Learning in
EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND POLICY

ESSP

A. MAJOR REQUIREMENT:

ESSP Major Learning Outcome (MLO) #11: SERVICE LEARNING
All ESSP Students must demonstrate ability to combine disciplinary knowledge and community experiences to share the relevance and importance of science with culturally, linguistically, technologically, and economically diverse populations in the context of issues of social responsibility, justice, diversity and compassion.

Courses Offered:

ESSP 349S Interpreting Monterey Bay Natural History for the Community Service Learning
4 credits Dr. Susanne Worcester

ESSP 369S Community Based Watershed Restoration Service Learning
4 credits Laura Lee Lienk

ESSP 384S Environmental Justice and Environmental Policy Service Learning
5 credits Dr. David Takacs

ESSP 386S Science, the Environment, and the Political Process Service Learning
1 credit Dr. David Takacs

ESSP 396S Science After School, RISE Program (Recruitment in Science Education)
3 credits (includes 1 credit lab) Dr. Hester Parker

ESSP 397S Independent Study: Earth Systems Service Learning
1-6 credits Various faculty with permission

B. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS:
ESSP service learning partners come from all over the Monterey Bay Area.
Local partner agencies include:

Bureau of Land Management
California Rural Legal Assistance
California State Parks
CAMACHOS
Landwatch Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Monterey County Farm Bureau
Return of the Natives Restoration Education Project
Sealion Stewards
United Farm Workers

Seaside High School
Laurelwood and Kammann Elementary Schools
Los Arboles Middle School, Marina
RISE (Recruitment in Science Education) program,
Main Street Middle School, Soledad
North Monterey County High School, Castroville
…and many more.

C. CAPSTONES
ESSP Service Learning Capstone Projects:
ESSP Service Learning Capstones are for students who wish to make service learning a significant part of their capstone experience. A service learning capstone will also fulfill students' upper-division ESSP Service Learning Requirement. Students who would like to participate in a service learning capstone must:

• Enroll in 2-units of ESSP 497SL, Independent Service Learning.
  
• Secure their own service learning placements (possibly with the help of the Service Learning Institute).
  
• Work with a faculty service learning advisor (e.g. Laura Lee Lienk).
  
• Meet Service Learning Requirements (e.g. work within a multicultural community, have a minimum of 30 hours of direct public contact, keep a journal of ongoing reflection related to your service learning experience).
  
• Obtain approval from your major advisor.

  
  Click here for ESSP Service Learning Capstone Criteria

  Click here to view a sample ESSP Service Learning Capstone project:
  

D. INDEPENDENT STUDY
Click here to review ESSP Independent Study Learning Outcomes

E. FACULTY:
Dr. Suzanne Worcester
Dr. David Takacs
Dr. Hester Parker
Dr. Henrik Kibak
Laura Lee Lienk