| | | SVL210X - Adv Seminar for Accounting Facilitators | | In this course, student facilitators are trained to work with the instructor in support of the connected learning project of Monopoly in Financial Accounting - BUSS 201. The student facilitators participate in the weekly classes by providing individual and group instruction and supervision. The facilitators also work with students as they complete their project providing the necessary tutoring to enhance the students learning of accounting. | | SVL203 - Env Service-Learning in Ecuador | | This fall semester course is linked to ten days of service-learning and study in Ecuador during January break. The course is designed to educate students about the history, people, culture, politics, eco-systems, climate, and language of Ecuador. The experience in Ecuador includes group accommodations in home-stays or lodges, full days of travel, outdoor manual labor and reflective intellectual work. We learn through service alongside community members at foundations, schools, government agencies, and local businesses. The goal of both the course and the experience is to immerse students in the culture of Ecuador, while exploring the natural environment and the impact humans have over time. Students must apply and may only register with the permission of the Ecuador program director. | | SVL103X - Intro to Community Partnership | | In this course students will mentor participants at the ASCENT program within the Barry Price Center. This course will explore developmental disabilities such as Down syndrome and autism, two common diagnostic conditions experienced by participants at the Center. The class will consist of discussion of related issues and guest speakers will offer their experiences in working with this population. Barry Price Center participants will come to campus twice a month, and students will use the skills they develop in the workshops to mentor the participants. | | SVL202 - Introduction to Community Organizations | | This course provides a forum for community service house residents to explore challenging service opportunities. The residents have opportunities to examine past service experience in order to identify more clearly with a cause or find an area about which they wish to learn more. They also have opportunities to research service needs for Greater Boston or for their hometowns, and to challenge themselves to envision events that would meet those needs. The course explores different ways of gaining insight into and knowledge of the service-learning field through discussion, peer-led activities, reflection, learning circles, and guest speakers. The materials and discussion serve to empower the residents to find and/or initiate meaningful service events. Open only to service house residents. Pass/Fail. | | SVL211X - Mentoring for College Access | | In Mentoring for College Access students will learn the importance of developing strategies and policies for enhancing college access for under-represented, inner city middle schoolers. Through skill development activities which enhance students' active listening, activity development, group facilitation as well as relevant readings Students will learn how to reach out to and mentor 5th and 6th graders from the Boston Renaissance Charter Public School, who will be visiting Lasell throughout the semester. | | SVL202C - Partnerships with the Community | | In this course the student will facilitate many of the discussions; research and work with community partners; and serve as a broker between the students and the community partner. | | SVL213X - Peer Mentoring at the Boys & Girls Club | | This service-learning / civic engagement course questions the politics, challenges and opportunities of developing non-academic youth mentoring programs in Boys & Girls Clubs. Using an appreciative inquiry model, students will analyze Mentoring at the Boys & Girls Clubs from the lens of race, class, gender, culture, and power relations. Through fieldwork, course readings, class discussions, and guest lectures, students will develop an understanding of what it means to be a youth in the margins of the inner cities of Boston and the role of a mentor in supporting the growth and development of these youth. The fieldwork portion of this course requires students to apply their learnings 2 hours per week as a mentor at the South Boston Boys & Girls Club. Students will be expected to participate in programming within the Early College Awareness and Access Partnership of Lasell and the SBC. Transportation will be provided. | | SVL207 - Seminar for Accounting Facilitators | | In this course, student facilitators are trained to work with the instructor in support of the connected learning project of Monopoly in Financial Accounting - BUSS 201. The student facilitators participate in the weekly classes by providing individual and group instruction and supervision. The facilitators also work with students as they complete their project providing the necessary tutoring to enhance the students learning of accounting. | | SVL209 - Seminar for Math Tutors | | This course is about learning to tutor, and tutoring to understand mathematics in depth. It targets Math Minors (and other students who are strong in math) and trains them as tutors/mentors for peers who need extra math help. Students maintain a journal of their weekly tutoring experience (one hour a week in the Academic Achievement Center) and participate in a weekly MATH SENSE seminar, which is a discussion-based training/coaching class. They are provided with special guidelines, math tutoring tips, problem solving strategies, and communication skills to improve their math knowledge and tutoring skills. Here, they also get the opportunity to share their ideas and experiences from tutoring math. Permission of the instructor required. | | SVL104 - Seminar for Writing Tutors | | In this course, students are trained as peer writing tutors and work two hours per week in the Academic Achievement Center. Students participate in weekly seminars and individual tutoring supervision; preparation involves assigned readings and both reflective and analytic writing on the tutoring experience. | | SVL204 - Seminar in Speech Tutoring | | In this course, students are trained as peer speech tutors. They participate in bi-weekly seminars and individual tutoring supervision. In addition, students keep journals of their weekly tutoring experience one hour per week in the Academic Achievement Center. Preparation involves assigned readings and both reflective and analytic writing on the tutoring experience. The weekly seminar is a discussion-based training/coaching class where students have the opportunity to share training/coaching class. They are provided with special guidelines, oral communication tutoring tips, problem-solving strategies, and communication skills to improve their oral communication knowledge and tutoring skills. Here, they also get the opportunity to share their ideas and experiences from tutoring speech. Permission of instructor required. | | SVL115 - Service Learning | | This course is linked to three- or four-credit courses across the curriculum. Course content includes both 15 – 20 hours of community service and related written and/ or oral assignments. Students wishing to enroll in an SVL Linked-Credit course must have the permission of the instructor. Restrictions: Students may enroll for only one SVL Linked-Credit in a given semester; students may complete up to, but no more than, three SVL Linked- Credits towards completion of the bachelor’s degree. To receive credit and a grade for an SVL linked option, students must receive a passing grade in the host course. The SVL Linked-Credit cannot be taken pass/fail, and cannot be linked to a course that is taken pass/fail. This credit counts toward an unrestricted elective. It does not satisfy other degree requirements unless authorized by an academic department.
| | SVL301 - Service learning Internship | | The Service-Learning Internship provides individually arranged participation in a community-based or other non-profit organization in which the student provides 150 hours meaningful service to that organization. Students may also be placed at a for-profit organization to work on a service project for the community. The primary area of responsibility rests with the student in identifying and pursuing the internship, with the support of the Center for Community-Based Learning. Students meet regularly with the Director of the CCBL to discuss the internship. Evaluation of the internship is based on the students' reflections about that experience, a site visit, and communication with the internship site supervisor. Students may do six credits of service-learning internships. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing and the approval of the Director of the CCBL and the agency representative are required. This internship fulfills unrestricted elective credit; it does not supplant any internship requirement within a major. | | SVL201 - Service Learning Internship | | The Service-Learning Internship provides individually arranged participation in a community-based or other non-profit organization in which the student provides 100 hours of meaningful service to that organization. Students may also be placed at a for-profit organization to work on a service project for the community. The primary area of responsibility rests with the student in identifying and pursuing the internship, with support of the Center for Community-Based Learning (CCBL). Students meet regularly with the Director of the CCBL to discuss the internship. Evaluation of the internship is based on the students' reflections about that experience, a site visit, and communication with the internship site supervisor. Students may do six credits of service-learning internships. Prerequisite: At least sophomore standing and the approval of the Director of the CCBL and the agency representative are required. This internship fulfills unrestricted elective credit; it does not supplant any internship requirement within a major. | | SVL206 - Student Academic Counselors | | This course provides upper class Social Science majors with the opportunity of mentoring two or three first year social science majors during their first semester at Lasell. The student counselors meet with a faculty member once every two weeks to plan activities for the students they are mentoring during the week in between meetings. They meet with their tutees in the planned activity every other week. The student counselors evaluate each activity, and at the end of the semester write a summative evaluation reflecting on the mentoring process and making recommendations for improving the experience. One goal is to develop a portfolio of activities and interactions that help first year students evaluate the match between themselves and the major and become identified with the social science department academically. | | SVL109X - Student Academic Counselors/Psych. | | This course will provide upper class Social Science majors with the opportunity of mentoring two or three first year social science majors during their first semester at Lasell. The student counselors will meet with a faculty member once every two weeks to plan activities for the students they are mentoring during the week in between meetings. They will meet with their tutees in the planned activity every other week. The student counselors will evaluate each activity, and at the end of the semester, write a summative evaluation reflecting on the mentoring process and making recommendations for improving the experience. One goal will be to develop a portfolio of activities and interactions that help first year students evaluate the match between themselves and the major and become identified with the social science department academically. | | SVL108 - SVL: Tax Volunteer | | This course consists of study and training in federal income taxation, as well as tax return preparation using IRS software for electronic filing. Students also learn how to file Massachusetts returns electronically and conduct research on selected federal and state income tax issues. After passing a proficiency test at the conclusion of the training, students receive an IRS certificate. The test is provided by the IRS and requires the students to recognize tax status and income issues in the preparation of appropriate tax returns. Upon being certified by the IRS, students can prepare basic tax returns in the program without personal liability. Using computer software, students prepare and electronically file taxpayers’ returns as a community service. Pass/Fail. Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor | | SVL208X - Talk of the Ages | | This one-credit seminar will apply foundational knowledge of research methods to a study of intergenerational perceptions of civic engagement. Student will work alongside Center for Community-Based Learning and Fuss Center for Intergenerational Research staff and faculty to explore topics related to aging, civic engagement and alumni, so that we may better understand the pathways to service and the historical context in which individuals have served. Student participants in this course will be an integral part of this ongoing, multidisciplinary project and will support the goal of gathering alumni service stories and generating a book for publication. |
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