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The Business department offers a Tax Practicum to any student who has taken or is currently taking, the Federal Tax class. The department is an official VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) site through the IRS’ program. The students in the Tax Practicum prepare tax returns, on a volunteer basis, for college students and community members mostly from Allegany County. Last year approximately 75-80 returns were done. The service is offered each year between February and April 15th. BADM 218 Marketing Principles – Halberg – Spring A service-learning component is offered as one option for completion of the course project. For this option you would conduct an original marketing study for an area business or a business in your hometown. BADM 309 Statistics – P. Young - Fall There is an optional service-learning component offered in this course. A semester-long course project will culminate in a 5 - 7 page paper in which you demonstrate your ability to select and apply appropriate statistical analyses to a research or human problem of your choice. You may choose from these options: a major-related research problem (A), a service-learning problem (B), or a grant proposal to deal with a current social issue (C). BADM 319 Marketing Research – Halberg - Spring 2004 Working in groups students conduct market research for area businesses to help the businesses assess customer satisfaction, evaluate new product or service opportunities, or evaluate expansion into new areas. Various lab-sessions are devoted to analyzing, free of charge to people who request this service, water for contaminants and metals for toxins. CHEM 208 Nutrition Laboratory - Howard At least one lab-session is devoted to serving at an emergency-food pantry. Within this course students will participate in developing a learning center for visiting school children that teaches some aspects of mathematics. EDUC 201 Instructional Psychology & Research – C. Finney – Fall/Spring The purpose of this course is to explore issues related to the teaching/learning process and to provide experiences related to action research in classrooms. Adolescent Education and Childhood Education majors are required to put in 15 contact hours in school classrooms. EDUC 221 Children’s Literature – D. Woolsey – Fall/Spring A ‘Book Club Project’ is included in this course which gives each student an opportunity to participate at least three times in the “Royal Readers Saturday Book Club,” held at the King Urban Life Center in east Buffalo. Students choose books to read with the children and prepare some questions to encourage further understanding. A reflection journal entry is expected after each visit. EDUC 240 Teaching in Urban America – C. Massey – Mayterm Provides exposure to and an understanding of race, class and culture issues in contemporary urban schools. The student will develop an awareness of family and community as partners with schools in the education enterprise. Students will participate in a ten-day field experience in an urban school, working as teachers’ assistants. EDUC 328 Foundations of Language and Literacy (Fall) and EDUC 329 Language and Literacy for Diverse Learners (Spring) – D. Bressler Service-Learning in the context of a Pen Pal Connection. Throughout the fall and spring semesters, students will develop a pen pal relationship with a third or fourth grade child enrolled in the King Charter School in Buffalo. This experience will provide the opportunity to learn something about who this child is as a person, the cognitive strategies he or she uses to make sense of print, and the socio-cultural context of the school and the community in which he or she lives and learns. The child, furthermore, will have the opportunity to write for a genuine audience and to learn about you and your world. Through regular correspondence and at least one visit with your pen pal in his or her classroom, you will observe the strategies the child uses to communicate in writing. Toward the end of the semester, you will write a brief summary of what you have learned about this child as a learner. Throughout the second semester pen pal correspondence will be continued with third and fourth graders at the King Charter School. The children visit campus the second semester giving the college student the opportunity to collect additional data about the child’s literacy learning through several different forms of assessment (a running record, the Classroom Reading Miscue Analysis, a spelling interview, and a continuum of literate behaviors). Following data collection, you will write a literacy profile of your pen pal analyzing how his or her written language and literacy development has progressed across the year. EDUC 334 Mathematics Methods – P. Watson – Spring Students are required to tutor at least 10 hours with Upward Bound or other organization. Throughout the course they also prepare to be involved in Math Enrichment Day in coordination with Upward Bound by attending technology seminars and preparing lesson plans. EDUC 338 Curriculum & Assessment – C. Finney – Fall The purpose of this course is to explore issues and strategies related to the teaching and learning in middle and secondary schools. A practicum experience of 20 classroom hours will involve planning and application of approaches to teaching and management. EDUC 351 Introduction to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages – A. Gallman - Fall This course seeks to train students to serve the international population around the world and in the United States, offering opportunities for cross-cultural scholarship and service, even in countries that are closed to receiving missionaries as such. College students will meet one hour a week at Houghton Academy with an international student to facilitate his/her learning of English. This is the central focus of the course. You will do lesson plans for these sessions. There will also be two papers to write up related to this experience. EDUC 235 Educating Exceptional Learners - Freytag Students enrolled in this class participate in a required 6-hour observation in a classroom that serves students with special educational needs. In addition, students are also expected to seek out opportunities to serve individuals with disabilities in a school, church or community context. EDUC 320 Curriculum and Assessment in Inclusive Classrooms - Freytag In this course, students learn skills directly applied in an elementary classroom context as students complete their practicum requirement (6 hrs. per week, EDUC 314). A ‘Book Club Project’ is included in this course which gives each student an opportunity to participate at least three times in the “Royal Readers Saturday Book Club,” held at the King Urban Life Center in east Buffalo. Students choose books to read with the children and prepare some questions to encourage further understanding. A reflection journal entry is expected after each visit. WRIT 212 Advanced Composition: Rhetorical Patterns – L. Dashnau There is a service-learning project option offered in this course. Students can interview a person who is an expert in a topic, observing him or her in his or her work, and then (in a subsequent project) write a letter geared towards persuading a group or organization to do (or not do) something related to that topic. An example from a previous semester is: A student interviewed Dr. Jon Arensen about AIDS in Africa and then wrote a letter to the leadership in her denomination (Assemblies of God) regarding changes they could make in what they said, did, and gave monetarily to assist the AIDS crisis in Africa. This course seeks to train students to serve the international population around the world and in the United States, offering opportunities for cross-cultural scholarship and service, even in countries that are closed to receiving missionaries as such. College students will meet one hour a week at Houghton Academy with an international student to facilitate his/her learning of English. This is the central focus of the course. You will do lesson plans for these sessions. There will also be two papers to write up related to this experience. SPAN 302 Spanish Conversation and Readings – R. Loaiza – Fall/Spring In this course the students are involved in service-learning with Vive La Casa, a refugee center in Buffalo. The students are oriented to the cross-cultural encounters that they may have before they go by discussing the difference between immigrants and refugees, some general policies about what is appropriate in conversation with refugees, as well as other cross-cultural communication/interaction tips. Three visits of 6 hours each have been planned where the students have helped with painting the foyer and some hallways of the center to prepare for their open house. The students also eat lunch with the residents giving them a chance to interact with the residents and practice their Spanish or sometimes learn a new language. Students will also have the opportunity to organize activities for the children. Reflection is done on a discussion board, as well as through discussion in class and a final reflection paper in Spanish. LING 220 Introduction to Linguistics - Gallman Students get credit for a Language Project tutoring Bantu children through Journey's End Refugee Services. LING 312 Sociolinguistics - Gallman Students get credit for a Language Project tutoring Bantu children through Journey's End Refugee Services. Students are required to become involved and actually accomplish a political or social work task, using the theory learned in class and applying it in a particular political or social problem situation. The aim is to combine theory, praxis, and the achievement of a service to the community goal. POLS 309 Statistics – P. Young - Fall There is an optional service-learning component offered in this course. A semester-long course project will culminate in a 5 - 7 page paper in which you demonstrate your ability to select and apply appropriate statistical analyses to a research or human problem of your choice. You may choose from these options: a major-related research problem (A), a service-learning problem (B), or a grant proposal to deal with a current social issue (C). HIST 220 American History Survey - Doezema - Fall Students in this class are currently writing and compiling town histories for the towns of Allegany county. First year students are expected to participate in a day-long opportunity in which they serve at a variety of local non-profit organizations. Activities include working with youth, serving in soup kitchens, building/construction, etc. Students organize and execute a musical presentation or worship experience at a local senior citizens care center, usually The Waters of Houghton. There is an optional service-learning component offered in this course. A semester-long course project will culminate in a 5 - 7 page paper in which you demonstrate your ability to select and apply appropriate statistical analyses to a research or human problem of your choice. You may choose from these options: a major-related research problem (A), a service-learning problem (B), or a grant proposal to deal with a current social issue (C). SOC 101 Principles of Sociology – J. Maugans - Spring For the research paper in this course students are asked to provide a service in Allegany County for an individual, group, or organization that relates to their topic. The service need not be for more than one day. SOC 222 Social Problems – J. Maugans In this course students are asked to choose a social problem covered in the course and to then provide a service for an individual, group, or organization that relates to the problem. The service need not be for more than one day. SOC 237 Introduction to Marriage and Family Studies – J. Maugans - Fall There is a group service project in this course that requires students to meet with an individual, couple, or entire family from Allegany County to research about their family life and what they perceive to be the strengths and weaknesses of their family life. Students can assist with the college Intramural Program, the Fillmore Little League, or the administration of Houghton College home track meets for service-learning credit. PHED 227A Sports Ministry: The Integration of Faith & Sport - Lewis Service learning options in this class include assisting with local church sports ministry projects (primarily youth groups), assisting local schools and clubs with coaching, assisting with the Special Olympics program held at HC, parachurch Adventure sports outing (White Water Rafting, Rock Climbing) - planning and leadership, Cross-cultural service with Sports Friends (SIM) in Ethiopia during Spring Break What is the ministry of the church and individual Christians within diverse, complex metropolitan areas? Introduction to the Bible and to research in behavioral sciences on the city, with field trips and projects in the community. INCL/MISS 231 Global Relief and Development – Shea – Fall Participation in a community development project in this area. Could be planning, administration, or hands on ministry. There is a minimum of 6 hours of service preferably over a period of two separate days. |
