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Spring Semester '24 CECs

We are pleased to announce the Community-Engaged Course (CEC) list for Spring 2024. Courses across campus designated as CEC are tagged on MyUI for identification. Students can proactively identify classes that integrate community partnerships into course activities as they register.

spring 2024 community-engaged courses

course title

course NUMBER

course type

description

primary instructor

Inequality in American Sport

AMST:1074:0AAA

GWSS:1074:0AAA

SPST:1074:0AAA 

Lecture

Cultural meanings of sport in contemporary U.S. culture; sport experiences, inclusion, and exclusion as affected by social class, gender and sexuality, age and ability, race and ethnicity, and religion.

Janeanne Levenstein

Inequality in American Sport

AMST:1074:0A01

GWSS:1074:0A01

SPST:1074:0A01

Discussion

AMST:1074:0AAA / GWSS:1074:0AAA / SPST:1074:0AAA automatically added

Cultural meanings of sport in contemporary U.S. culture; sport experiences, inclusion, and exclusion as affected by social class, gender and sexuality, age and ability, race and ethnicity, and religion.

Janeanne Levenstein

Inequality in American Sport

AMST:1074:0A02

GWSS:1074:0A02

SPST:1074:0A02

Discussion

AMST:1074:0AAA / GWSS:1074:0AAA / SPST:1074:0AAA automatically added

Cultural meanings of sport in contemporary U.S. culture; sport experiences, inclusion, and exclusion as affected by social class, gender and sexuality, age and ability, race and ethnicity, and religion.

Janeanne Levenstein

Project Design & Management Civil Engineering

CEE:4850:0001

Stand-alone

Design of civil engineering systems, individual and team design projects oriented toward the solution of local problems, project management, construction management, contracts, budgeting, bidding.

Paul Hanley

International Perspectives: Xicotepec

CPH:4755:0001

Stand-alone

Interdisciplinary service-learning course to enrich understanding of Mexican culture and history; students hone teamwork, leadership, cultural sensitivity, cultural humility, and project management skills while developing and carrying out public health projects that address community-identified needs; coordinated with the support of Rotary International.

Paul Gilbert

Finding Comfort Zone: Secrets to Success

EDTL:2073:0001

Stand-alone

Understanding the strengths and challenges of people with special needs; insights into unwritten "rules" of college life; optional practicum involves working hands-on with people who have multiple learning and cognitive disabilities; students with disabilities or those interested in learning more about disabilities are encouraged to enroll.

Leah Zimmermann

Finding Comfort Zone: Secrets to Success

EDTL:2073:0002

Stand-alone

Understanding the strengths and challenges of people with special needs; insights into unwritten "rules" of college life; optional practicum involves working hands-on with people who have multiple learning and cognitive disabilities; students with disabilities or those interested in learning more about disabilities are encouraged to enroll.

Leah Zimmermann

The Interpretation of Literature

ENGL:1200:0017

Stand-alone

What goes into making a text? How do historical and cultural contexts create conditions for writing, and how does that affect what does or does not make it into the margins? As readers, how do the temporal, geographical, and bodily spaces we inhabit shape our engagement with other texts? Our class is equally invested in both how a text is produced, and how it lives in community with its readers. We will read and reread, considering interpretations of texts as well as how these interpretations grow and change as we ourselves grow and change. We will explore new narratives and old favorites, accounting for the living conditions of writing and reading as we engage with texts, with ourselves as readers, and with young readers.

Jamie Chen

The Interpretation of Literature

ENGL:1200:0018

Stand-alone

What goes into making a text? How do historical and cultural contexts create conditions for writing, and how does that affect what does or does not make it into the margins? As readers, how do the temporal, geographical, and bodily spaces we inhabit shape our engagement with other texts? Our class is equally invested in both how a text is produced, and how it lives in community with its readers. We will read and reread, considering interpretations of texts as well as how these interpretations grow and change as we ourselves grow and change. We will explore new narratives and old favorites, accounting for the living conditions of writing and reading as we engage with texts, with ourselves as readers, and with young readers.

P J Zaborowski

Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy II

ENTR:3850:0001

MGMT:3850:0001

Stand-alone

Students work in teams to provide advanced strategic management consulting services to entrepreneurial ventures, corporations, and select nonprofit organizations; students work directly with C-level executives on projects and receive mentoring from faculty who have built and led successful organizations; teams are responsible for developing innovative strategies to address significant challenges facing clients; second of a two-course sequence.

Kevin Krause

Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting

ENTR:4200:0AAA

Lecture

Students provide strategic business consulting services to new entrepreneurial ventures, existing small-to-medium size enterprises, and select social/non-profit organizations. Real-world application of the project consulting process including proposal development, data collection and analysis, leading and working in interdisciplinary teams, professional communications with clients, developing actionable business strategies, and preparing formal written and oral reports. Projects may include market research and competitive analysis, financial analysis and modelling, and strategic growth planning. Opportunities to complete international projects are also available.

Must add discussion ENTR:4200:0A01, ENTR:4200:0A02, or ENTR:4200:0A03

Kimm Harris

Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting

ENTR:4200:0A01

Discussion

Must add lecture ENTR:4200:0AAA

Kimm Harris

Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting

ENTR:4200:0A02

Discussion

Must add lecture ENTR:4200:0AAA

Kimm Harris

Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting

ENTR:4200:0A03

Discussion

Must add lecture ENTR:4200:0AAA

Kimm Harris

Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting

ENTR:4200:0BBB

Lecture

Students provide strategic business consulting services to new entrepreneurial ventures, existing small-to-medium size enterprises, and select social/non-profit organizations. Real-world application of the project consulting process including proposal development, data collection and analysis, leading and working in interdisciplinary teams, professional communications with clients, developing actionable business strategies, and preparing formal written and oral reports. Projects may include market research and competitive analysis, financial analysis and modelling, and strategic growth planning. Opportunities to complete international projects are also available.

Must add discussion ENTR:4200:0B01, ENTR:4200:0B02, or ENTR:4200:0B03

Kimm Harris

Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting

ENTR:4200:0B01

Discussion

Must add lecture ENTR:4200:0BBB

Kimm Harris

Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting

ENTR:4200:0B02

Discussion

Must add lecture ENTR:4200:0BBB

Kimm Harris

Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting

ENTR:4200:0B03

Discussion

Must add lecture ENTR:4200:0BBB

Kimm Harris

Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting

ENTR:4200:0EXB

Lecture (online)

Students provide strategic business consulting services to new entrepreneurial ventures, existing small-to-medium size enterprises, and select social/nonprofit organizations; real world application of project consulting process including proposal development, data collection and analysis, leading and working in interdisciplinary teams, professional communications with clients, developing actionable business strategies, preparing formal written and oral reports; projects may include market research and competitive analysis, financial analysis and modeling, and strategic growth planning; opportunities to complete international projects.

Must add discussion ENTR:4200:0EX1, but may be placed in discussions ENTR:4200:0EX2, or ENTR:4200:0EX3

Kimm Harris

Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting

ENTR:4200:0EX1

Discussion (online)

Must add lecture ENTR:4200:0EXB

Kimm Harris

Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting

ENTR:4200:0EX2

Discussion (online)

Must add lecture ENTR:4200:0EXB

Kimm Harris

Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting

ENTR:4200:0EX3

Discussion (online)

Must add lecture ENTR:4200:0EXB

Kimm Harris

Foundations of Event Management

EVNT:3154:0001

Stand-alone

Large, major special events, professional meetings, and conferences; development and planning, implementation of events, management and evaluation of events; development requirements of planning events, development strategies, budgeting, staffing requirements, resource allocation, site planning, basic risk management requirements, emergency procedures; event implementation policy and procedures; relationship to elements within development stages; event management and evaluation procedures.

Tracy Hufford

Foundations of Event Management

EVNT:3154:0EXW

Stand-alone (online)

Large, major special events, professional meetings, and conferences; development and planning, implementation of events, management and evaluation of events; development requirements of planning events, development strategies, budgeting, staffing requirements, resource allocation, site planning, basic risk management requirements, emergency procedures; event implementation policy and procedures; relationship to elements within development stages; event management and evaluation procedures.

Heather Spangler

Sustainable Events

EVNT:3180:0001

Stand-alone

Events can have a substantial impact on our natural environment, and choices event managers make are critical in minimizing an event's carbon footprint; students explore sources of event waste, zero-waste event planning, careers in sustainable events, and more.

Heather Spangler

Topics in Event Management

EVNT:3185:0001

Stand-alone

Fashion Events

Focus on particular area, issue, approach, or body of knowledge in the world of event planning; topics may include political campaign events, social media events, diversity issues, and risk management.

Andre Wright

Event Management Workshop

EVNT:3260:0001

Stand-alone

Hands-on experience in event planning; working with clients, conceptualizing events, lining up small and large details, promoting events via social media and other means, carrying out events, and reflecting on outcomes; meet with event planning professionals; complete individual and group projects.

Heather Spangler

Internship in Health Coaching

HHP:4365:0001

Stand-alone (internship)

Opportunity to develop and practice health coaching skills with community outreach programs, may include community health collaborative clinical health coaching, community behavioral health programs, and research studies engaging health coaches in intervention; students complete up to 45 hours of coaching in addition to project management, training, and internship development requiring a high level of professionalism.

Lauren Steink

Service Learning - International Studies

IS:3012:0001

Stand-alone

Using the Community Engaged Learning (CEL) model (see below), this course explores the lives of immigrants and refugees in Iowa and the communities and organizations that welcome them. While we will ground the course in the history of immigration to the state and discuss the charged, national immigration debates of the present, our primary focuses are individuals and their lived experiences. We will partner with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) , an international non-profit founded at the call of Albert Einstein in 1933 that “provides opportunities for refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking, survivors of torture, and other immigrants to thrive in America.” This organization is committed to welcoming and supporting “new Iowans” as well as to connecting them, in various ways, to the Iowa City area and its residents so that they feel a part of the wider community. Working with and for the IRC, understanding the broad and specific issues at stake, students will complete group projects designed to advance and amplify the organization’s mission and broaden their visibility within the community to resettle refugees. The course includes a tour of our partner’s center of operations, visits from the partner and other guest speakers, as well as hands-on volunteering at the IRC. This collaborative approach offers a practical and mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge, experiences, and ideas. 

Peter Gerlach

Nonprofit Internship

JMC:3700:0001

Stand-alone

This course requires students to complete a minimum 135 contact hour paid or unpaid internship with a nonprofit organization. The course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore career interests while applying knowledge and skills learned in the classroom in a professional work setting. The experience also helps students gain a clearer sense of what they still need to learn and provides an opportunity to build professional networks.

Jenifer Vick

Nonprofit Communications

JMC:3720:0001

Stand-alone

This course will demonstrate, discuss, and implement best practices for creating nonprofit communications. It is an experiential course where you will work to create several foundational and targeted materials and projects for a nonprofit community partner. This course will help you understand communication strategies that result in raising money and awareness for nonprofit organizations; gain practical experience planning, writing, and designing fundraising, marketing and stewardship materials; analyze communication strategies to better understand the nonprofit field. 

Jenifer Vick

Nonprofit Communications

JMC:3720:0EXW

Stand-alone (online)

This course will demonstrate, discuss, and implement best practices for creating nonprofit communications. It is an experiential course where you will work to create several foundational and targeted materials and projects for a nonprofit community partner. This course will help you understand communication strategies that result in raising money and awareness for nonprofit organizations; gain practical experience planning, writing, and designing fundraising, marketing and stewardship materials; analyze communication strategies to better understand the nonprofit field. 

Angela Joens

Clinical Law Program: Internship

LAW:9302:0001

Stand-alone (internship)

Students work directly with faculty members in an in-house program on cases involving civil rights and liberties, statutory entitlements, criminal defense, and general representation in civil matters.  The Clinic offers special programs relating to employment law, farm bankruptcy and the representation of persons with the HIV virus.  Interns participate fully in interviewing, fact investigation, negotiation, and courtroom proceedings.

Off-cycle

John Allen

Career Leadership Academy Part 2

LS:3002:0001

Stand-alone

Leadership development and career readiness; application of strengths, building effective teams, motivation, and delegation skills to a service-learning project designed by the class through engagement with a community partner; explore interviewing, personal branding, job searching, professional etiquette, salary negotiation, and transitioning successfully into the workplace; second in a two-course series.

Susie Regan

Career Leadership Academy Part 2

LS:3002:0002

Stand-alone

Leadership development and career readiness; application of strengths, building effective teams, motivation, and delegation skills to a service-learning project designed by the class through engagement with a community partner; explore interviewing, personal branding, job searching, professional etiquette, salary negotiation, and transitioning successfully into the workplace; second in a two-course series.

Bailey Anderson

Career Leadership Academy Part 2

LS:3002:0EXV

Stand-alone (online)

Leadership development and career readiness; application of strengths, building effective teams, motivation, and delegation skills to a service-learning project designed by the class through engagement with a community partner; explore interviewing, personal branding, job searching, professional etiquette, salary negotiation, and transitioning successfully into the workplace; second in a two-course series.

Tracey Pritchard

Career Leadership Academy Part 2

LS:3002:0EXW

Stand-alone (online)

Leadership development and career readiness; application of strengths, building effective teams, motivation, and delegation skills to a service-learning project designed by the class through engagement with a community partner; explore interviewing, personal branding, job searching, professional etiquette, salary negotiation, and transitioning successfully into the workplace; second in a two-course series.

Ben Landsee

Nonprofit Ethics and Governance

MGMT:4600:0EXW

Stand-alone (online)

Tools to help identify, understand, and resolve ethical issues in nonprofit sectors; how individual beliefs and societal standards shape ethical decision-making; application of ethical frameworks to classic and contemporary ethical dilemmas; how various forms of governance shape ethical behavior in organizations; case studies, readings, lectures, and guest speakers.

Ken Brown

Marketing Institute Seminar I

MKTG:3700:0001

Stand-alone

Soft skills and professional expertise to succeed in marketing and consulting careers; résumé and interview training, industry presentations, business case assignments, lectures.

Peggy Stover

Marketing Institute Seminar II

MKTG:3702:0001

Stand-alone

Development of soft skills and professional expertise to succeed in marketing and consulting careers; résumé and interview training, industry presentations, business case assignments, lectures; mentor students in marketing institute seminar.

Peggy Stover

Community and Public Health Nursing Practicum

NURS:3655:1005

Stand-alone

Learning opportunities to apply principles of public health with nursing knowledge and skills to address health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and nursing management of infectious disease and chronic health conditions; nursing activities focus on improvement of health outcomes at individual, family, community, and global levels within the context of population-focused practice.

Janice Miller

Community and Public Health Nursing Practicum

NURS:3655:1006

Stand-alone

Learning opportunities to apply principles of public health with nursing knowledge and skills to address health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and nursing management of infectious disease and chronic health conditions; nursing activities focus on improvement of health outcomes at individual, family, community, and global levels within the context of population-focused practice.

Janice Miller

Public Affairs Capstone II

PBAF:6210:0001

Stand-alone

Students work on a community, state, federal, or nonprofit-based project with focus on research and development of policy proposals and management action steps.

Travis Kraus

Community Development Through Creative Placemaking

PBAF:6273:0001

URP:6273:0001

Stand-alone

Examination of practices, ideas, and techniques for community development in small to large communities; particular focus on creative placemaking, in which planners and the public strategically shape the physical and social character of a neighborhood, town, city, or region around arts and cultural activities; students and faculty apply this approach to a specific community project; for students in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and planning and public affairs.

Travis Kraus

Community Development Through Creative Placemaking

URP:4273:0001

Stand-alone

Examination of practices, ideas, and techniques for community development in small to large communities; particular focus on creative placemaking, in which planners and the public strategically shape the physical and social character of a neighborhood, town, city, or region around arts and cultural activities; application of this approach to a specific community project; for students in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and planning and public affairs.

Tavis Kraus

Sustainable Communities Lab II

SDG:6210:0001

URP:6210:0001

Stand-alone

Continuation of URP:6209

Travis Kraus

Sport and Recreation Field Experience

SRM:4197:0009

Stand-alone

Educational opportunities involving a small group of students in a unique sport business experience; students serve as consultants for a sport or recreation organization; in-class preparation complements off-campus work with a designated industry partner; sport or recreation enterprise vary according to faculty expertise and industry partner availability.

Kathryn Wakenight

Sport and Recreation Field Experience

SRM:4197:0019

Stand-alone

Educational opportunities involving a small group of students in a unique sport business experience; students serve as consultants for a sport or recreation organization; in-class preparation complements off-campus work with a designated industry partner; sport or recreation enterprise vary according to faculty expertise and industry partner availability.

Alex Voss

Action-Engage-Art! Creative Placemaking

THTR:3615:0001

Stand-alone

This course is taught in conjunction with Community Development Through Creative Placemaking URP:6273:0001 / PBAF:6273:0001

Best practices for community projects; students in any discipline partner with artists to make change in the world; topics and activities include how to collaborate with creative partners and be a strong partner, develop ethical community partnerships, cultural competency, how to work for sustainable goals, team leadership skills, prepare social justice skills portfolios, investigate established projects, and develop individual or team projects for future semesters and beyond.

Loyce Arthur

Therapeutic Recreation: Rehabilitation

TR:3164:0001

Stand-alone

In-depth review of therapeutic recreation techniques used in clinical and community rehabilitation; opportunities to use techniques with patients.

Bri Swope

Therapeutic Recreation Administration

TR:3262:0001

Stand-alone

Examination of the organization and administration of therapeutic recreation services; focus on planning, organizing, and managing therapeutic recreation services; comprehensive and strategic planning, funding, marketing, legal and legislative issues, personnel management, and professional practice of therapeutic recreation.

Adrienne Johnson

Child Life Practicum

TR:5167:0001

Stand-alone

Observational experience with children and families in hospitals and other community settings to understand the scope of practice for child life; development of basic clinical skills in child life; opportunities to observe the integration of theories with practice and understand the impact of illness, injury, and health care on patients and families; integration of therapeutic play and preparation for children; academic requirements in addition to clinical observation hours under supervision of a Certified Child Life Specialist in hospital, outpatient, rehabilitation, camp, or bereavement setting.

Emily Mozena

Writing and Community Outreach

WRIT:2100:0001

Stand-alone

Arts-Based Service Learning with the Iowa Youth Writing Program

Service-learning course offered in coordination with local community organizations and nonprofits; students critically consider ways in which written content—creative, promotional, and logistical—can help ensure outreach initiatives prioritize inclusivity; assignments include readings and discussions on community outreach and social justice issues, written reflections on relationships between self and community to enhance interdisciplinary perspectives, and volunteering time and energy with a local organization or nonprofit group in meaningful ways.

Brayan Salinas

Writing and Community Outreach

WRIT:2100:0002

Stand-alone

Experiential Learning, Community Building, and Writing

Service-learning course offered in coordination with local community organizations and nonprofits; students critically consider ways in which written content—creative, promotional, and logistical—can help ensure outreach initiatives prioritize inclusivity; assignments include readings and discussions on community outreach and social justice issues, written reflections on relationships between self and community to enhance interdisciplinary perspectives, and volunteering time and energy with a local organization or nonprofit group in meaningful ways.

Erin Sherry