Service Learning Course Offerings
| Courses | Number | Description of Service/Projects |
| Health Communication | CO 248 | Students will observe nursing students in patient interactions and advise on improving communication. They will collect research on patient-provider interactions. |
| Grant Writing | ENW 339 | Students will provide grant writing services for several non-profits in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The whole class will work as an extended creative team, supporting each other and acting as a consulting group to meet needs in our community. |
| Finding God in All Things: The Spiritual Legacy of Ignatius of Loyola | RS 202 | Students will chose a service experience that best engages their passions and interests and will connect their experience of engagement with the life and teachings of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. |
| Develop Psy/majors | PY 264 | Students work with the adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project, doing literacy work and mentoring. |
| Literacy and Language | EN 249 | Students will work at the Mercy Learning Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing basic literacy and life skills to low-income women in Bridgeport, Connecticut. |
| International Refugee Law | IL 295/ PO 390 | Students will engage in direct service with refugees in the Fairfield County, or conduct research on the needs of these refugees with the aim of submitting a final consolidated paper to a relevant political office or NGO. Through these services and research, the students will be part of the process of rebuilding the lives of refugees in their own community, and the continuing advocacy for their needs. |
| Regional Economics | EC 185 | This course has two key components; a theoretical examination of the basic theories of regional economic development coupled with an application of these theories to a specific economic issue. Students will work in a variety of community-based organizations to address issues of unemployment, assisting individuals with job seeking, resume development, and so on. |
| American Society | SO 112 | Students who choose the service-learning option will work at least 4 days at Habitat for Humanity in Bridgeport, CT. Students will assist with building houses for and with first-time low income home owners relating the experience to the study of American Society, particularly, urban areas. |
| Challenges of Global Politics | IL 51 | This course examines how different kinds of players ranging from states and international organizations, to transnational social movements and illicit networks work together or confront each other over issues in: (1) global development; (2) global justice and humanitarianism; and (3) diplomacy and peace building. Students who choose the SL option will work with a partner agency in international affairs. |
| Psychobiology Lecture / Lab | PY271A/B | Fairfield University students will learn by mentoring and teaching others. Through these activities, and by working in collaboration with middle school teachers, they will also contribute to enhancing the science curriculum for middle-school students in Bridgeport. |
Charles F. Dolan School of Business
| Courses | Number | Description of Service/Projects |
| Technology & Society | IS 220 | Students will work with Bassick High School students through Youth Power Partnership on basic computer applications. Specific projects will be developed. |
| Courses | Number | Description of Service/Projects |
| Wellness to Illness | NS 301 | Students work in clinical settings in Bridgeport. |
School of Engineering
| Courses | Number | Description of Service/Projects |
| Senior Design I/Capstone Project I | SW 390/550 | Students will work on software related service project for and with the community. The course is designed as 1 year project course and students are organized as a team (3-5 members/team) working on a large scaled software engineering project following the software life cycle. The project can be anything related to software from developing organization management software tools to setting up wireless network to help community. |
| Senior Design II/Capstone Project II | SW391/SW551 | Students will work on software related service project for and with the community. The course is designed as 1 year project course and students are organized as a team (3-5 members/team) working on a large scaled software engineering project following the software life cycle. The project can be anything related to software from developing organization management software tools to setting up wireless network to help community. |
| Internet Development / Web Development I | SW304/SW406 | Students will engaged in semester-long team projects that provide assistance to local community service organizations. The Web Development techniques and methodologies studied in the course will be applied to designing and developing real-world Web applications, providing valuable learning opportunities. |
Spring 2010 (check back in October 2009 for updates to the Spring 2010 listing)
| Courses | Number | Description of Service/Projects |
| Grant Writing | ENW 339 | Students will provide grant writing services for several non-profits in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The whole class will work as an extended creative team, supporting each other and acting as a consulting group to meet needs in our community. |
| Literacy & Language | EN 249 | Students will work at the Mercy Learning Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing basic literacy and life skills to low-income women in Bridgeport, Connecticut. |
| American Social Protest Literature | EN 277 | Working with the Office of Service Learning, students chose their own projects to extend the classroom discussion into the realm of real life service. The course groups literary texts around several major themes of relevance in contemporary life: war, race, women's rights, class, poverty. Students are asked to relate their discussions of literature to the problems they encounter in their experiences outside the classroom. Service learning provides an opportunity to experience first-hand the social problems against which many writers protested. |
| Environmental Justice | Applied Ethics | Through a focus on individual core academic and extra-curricular competencies while working with the Beardsley Zoo, students can/will conduct research and interviews, delineate/define opportunities, create plans and strategies appropriate to leverage those opportunities and work on implementation, converting opportunities into deliverables. |
| End of Life Communication | CO 329 | This course will provide students with an applied approach to the study of end-of-life health communication, as well as an opportunity to provide service to community members who are terminally ill, but still seek human interaction. This course is intended to examine the processes, complexities, and impact of communication between Hospice: staff and patients/families, volunteers and patients/families; patients and families; staff; and staff and the administration. |
Charles F. Dolan School of Business
| Courses | Number | Description of Service/Projects |
| Tax II | AC 345 | Students will work as volunteer income tax preparers and prepare the 2007 income tax returns for taxpayers eligible for free tax return preparation service through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program of the IRS. |
| Technology & Society | IS 220 | Students will work with Bassick High School students through Youth Power Partnership on basic computer applications. Specific projects will be developed. |
| Courses | Number | Description of Service Projects |
| Wellness to Illness | NS 301 | Students work in clinical settings in Bridgeport. |
School of Engineering
| Courses | Number | Description of Service/Projects |
| Senior Design I/Capstone Project I | SW 390/550 | Students will work on software related service project for and with the community. The course is designed as 1 year project course and students are organized as a team (3-5 members/team) working on a large scaled software engineering project following the software life cycle. The project can be anything related to software from developing organization management software tools to setting up wireless network to help community. |
| Senior Design II/Capstone Project II | SW391/SW551 | Students will work on software related service project for and with the community. The course is designed as 1 year project course and students are organized as a team (3-5 members/team) working on a large scaled software engineering project following the software life cycle. The project can be anything related to software from developing organization management software tools to setting up wireless network to help community. |