Student Information
Learn more about CECs and how they can enhance your learning and provide you an opportunity to make an impact in your community.
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 during registration. Students can proactively identify classes that integrate community partnerships into course activities as they register.
Spring 2024 CECs
| Course # | Course Title | Instructor | Description |
| AMST/GWSS/SPST:1074:0A01 | Inequality in American Sport (Discussion) | Janeanne Levenstein | This course offers students an introduction to current scholarship and debates surrounding issues of inequality in sport. Students will learn how to use a critical cultural studies perspective to examine the meaning of sport within the U.S. In particular, the course focuses on the relationships and dynamics of inequities in sport structured along such lines as class, gender, sexuality, ability, race, ethnicity, and religion. The class is offered in a lecture/discussion section format. Requirements include: multiple short reflection writing assignments; reading assignments; lecture attendance and engagement; discussion section attendance and participation; and course roundtable attendance and participation. |
| AMST/GWSS/SPST:1074:0A02 | Inequality in American Sport (Discussion) | Janeanne Levenstein | This course offers students an introduction to current scholarship and debates surrounding issues of inequality in sport. Students will learn how to use a critical cultural studies perspective to examine the meaning of sport within the U.S. In particular, the course focuses on the relationships and dynamics of inequities in sport structured along such lines as class, gender, sexuality, ability, race, ethnicity, and religion. The class is offered in a lecture/discussion section format. Requirements include: multiple short reflection writing assignments; reading assignments; lecture attendance and engagement; discussion section attendance and participation; and course roundtable attendance and participation. |
| CEE:4850:0001 | Project Design & Management Civil Engineering | Paul Hanley | Design of civil engineering systems, individual and team design projects oriented toward the solution of local problems, project management, construction management, contracts, budgeting, bidding. |
| CPH:4755:0001 | International Perspectives: Xicotepec | Paul Gilbert | This course is designed to introduce multidisciplinary students to provision of service to a community in a less developed country. In collaboration with Rotary International, students develop discipline specific projects aimed at improving community life in Xicotepec, Mexico. The course prepares the student culturally and professionally for team work in an international environment. This is a service-learning course that requires travel to Xicotepec, Mexico, over Spring Break. Collegiate permission to enroll in this course is required. Students enrolled in this course must also enroll in ABRD:3352 for 1 sh. |
| EDTL:2073:0001 | Finding Your Comfort Zone: Secrets to Success | Leah Zimmermann | 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. |
| EDTL:2073:0002 | Finding Your Comfort Zone: Secrets to Success | Leah Zimmermann | Exploration of what students need to be successful and happy at the University of Iowa; the unwritten "rules" of college life; becoming more confident about how to gain a worthwhile learning experience and enjoy college life; students with disabilities or those interested in learning more about disabilities are encouraged to enroll. |
| ENGL:1200:0017 | Interpretation of Literature | Jamie Chen | This section is designated as a Community Engagement section of General Education Literature. This will require students enrolled to engage, 7 Fridays during the semester, in reading one-on-one with students at a local elementary school. The course provides the opportunity to participate in storytelling partnerships with young readers, enhancing their reading skills and yours. Because of transportation to and from Kirkwood Elementary School on Fridays, students in this section of GEL cannot enroll in another class on Fridays that immediately follows this one. We will leave campus promptly at 9:30 on Fridays and return to campus no later than 10:45. Every student in this course must also undergo a background check. 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. |
| ENGL:1200:0018 | Interpretation of Literature | P.J. Zaborowski | This section is designated as a Community Engagement section of General Education Literature. This will require students enrolled to engage, 7 Fridays during the semester, in reading one-on-one with students at a local elementary school. The course provides the opportunity to participate in storytelling partnerships with young readers, enhancing their reading skills and yours. Because of transportation to and from Kirkwood Elementary School on Fridays, students in this section of GEL cannot enroll in another class on Fridays that immediately follows this one. We will leave campus promptly at 9:30 on Fridays and return to campus no later than 10:45. Every student in this course must also undergo a background check. 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. |
| ENTR/MGMT:3850:0001 | Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy II | Kevin Krause | 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. |
| ENTR:4200:0AAA | Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting (Lecture) | Kimm Harris | 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. |
| ENTR:4200:0A01 | Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting (Discussion) | Kimm Harris | Students should enroll in section 0A01 and may be placed in other sections (0A02, 0A03) at a later date in the semester. |
| ENTR:4200:0A02 | Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting (Discussion) | Students should enroll in section 0A01 and may be placed in other sections (0A02, 0A03) at a later date in the semester. | |
| ENTR:4200:0A03 | Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting (Discussion) | Students should enroll in section 0A01 and may be placed in other sections (0A02, 0A03) at a later date in the semester. | |
| ENTR:4200:0BBB | Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting (Lecture) | Kimm Harris | 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. |
| ENTR:4200:0B01 | Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting (Discussion) | Kimm Harris | Students should enroll in section 0B01 and may be placed in other sections (0B02, 0B03) at a later date in the semester. |
| ENTR:4200:0B02 | Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting (Discussion) | Students should enroll in section 0B01 and may be placed in other sections (0B02, 0B03) at a later date in the semester. | |
| ENTR:4200:0B03 | Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting (Discussion) | Students should enroll in section 0B01 and may be placed in other sections (0B02, 0B03) at a later date in the semester. | |
| ENTR:4200:0EXB | Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting (Lecture) | Kimm Harris | For this online section, offered through DOE, the strategic business consulting services will be provided to international start-up and early-stage companies/organizations. This course requires access to a computer with a webcam and headset/microphone. |
| ENTR:4200:0EX1 | Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting (Discussion) | Kimm Harris | This course consists of an online discussion section plus a lecture section (face-to-face or online). Students must attend all to successfully complete this course. Students should enroll in section 0EX1 and may be placed in other sections (0EX2, 0EX3) at a later date in the semester. |
| ENTR:4200:0EX2 | Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting (Discussion) | This course consists of an online discussion section plus a lecture section (face-to-face or online). Students must attend all to successfully complete this course. Students should enroll in section 0EX1 and may be placed in other sections (0EX2, 0EX3) at a later date in the semester. | |
| ENTR:4200:0EX3 | Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting (Discussion) | This course consists of an online discussion section plus a lecture section (face-to-face or online). Students must attend all to successfully complete this course. Students should enroll in section 0EX1 and may be placed in other sections (0EX2, 0EX3) at a later date in the semester. | |
| EVNT:3154:0001 | Foundations of Event Management | Tracy Hufford | Event management is a growing, changing industry that allows professionals to employ their communication, marketing, social media, and project management skills. In this course we will explore the event-planning field through speakers, research, and hands-on experiences. Students must be willing and able to put in time outside of class to volunteer at an event and visit an event site. It may be necessary to travel off campus or out of Iowa City to complete these tasks |
| EVNT:3154:0EXW | Foundations of Event Management | Heather Spangler | Event management is a growing, changing industry that allows professionals to employ their communication, marketing, social media, and project management skills. In this course we will explore the event-planning field through speakers, research, and hands-on experiences. Students must be willing and able to put in time outside of class to volunteer at an event and visit an event site. It may be necessary to travel off campus or out of Iowa City to complete these tasks |
| EVNT:3180:0001 | Sustainable Events | Heather Spangler | 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. |
| EVNT:3185:0001 | Topics in Event Management | Andre Wright | 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. |
| EVNT:3260:0001 | Event Management Workshop | Heather Spangler | 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. |
| HHP:4365:0001 | Internship in Health Coaching | Lauren Steinke | 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. |
| IS:3012:0001 | Service Learning - International Studies | Peter Gerlach | Using the Community Engaged Learning (CEL) model, 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. |
| JMC:3700:0001 | Nonprofit Internship | Jenifer Vick | 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. |
| JMC:3720:0001 | Nonprofit Communications | Jenifer Vick |
*JMC:3720 fulfills the Managing/Planning requirement for JMC majors pursuing the Multimedia Production track, the Strategic Communication track, and those not pursuing a specific track.* 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. |
| JMC:3720:0EXW | Nonprofit Communications | Angela Joens |
*JMC:3720 fulfills the Managing/Planning requirement for JMC majors pursuing the Multimedia Production track, the Strategic Communication track, and those not pursuing a specific track.* 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. |
| LAW:9302:0001 | Clinical Law Program: Internship | John Allen | 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. |
| LS:3002:0001 | Career Leadership Academy Part 2 | Susie Regan | Career Leadership Academy Part 2: Leadership in Action (LS:3002) – is the final course in the Career Leadership Academy series. It also counts towards the Certificate in Leadership Studies, the Enterprise Leadership Major, and the Tippie College of Business’s Research, Internship, Study Abroad and Experiential Learning graduation requirement. The purpose of this course is to increase students’ understanding of how to interact and work with others as effective team members and engaged citizens. The semester-length course covers transferable skills, collaboration, conflict resolution, motivation and delegation, interviewing, understanding power, networking, and working on a team with various stakeholders. Students will also learn about professionalism and office communication, effectively using LinkedIn, marketing their skills, dining etiquette, negotiating salaries, understanding benefits, realistic expectations in the world of work, and building a career. Students have the opportunity to develop those skills and apply what they have learned in CLA. Students will accomplish this by conducting a service project with a community partner of their choosing. This project work is intended to connect what students learned about themselves in CLA Part 1 to community needs and the agencies that address those needs. |
| LS:3002:0002 | Career Leadership Academy Part 2 | Bailey Anderson | Career Leadership Academy Part 2: Leadership in Action (LS:3002) – is the final course in the Career Leadership Academy series. It also counts towards the Certificate in Leadership Studies, the Enterprise Leadership Major, and the Tippie College of Business’s Research, Internship, Study Abroad and Experiential Learning graduation requirement. The purpose of this course is to increase students’ understanding of how to interact and work with others as effective team members and engaged citizens. The semester-length course covers transferable skills, collaboration, conflict resolution, motivation and delegation, interviewing, understanding power, networking, and working on a team with various stakeholders. Students will also learn about professionalism and office communication, effectively using LinkedIn, marketing their skills, dining etiquette, negotiating salaries, understanding benefits, realistic expectations in the world of work, and building a career. Students have the opportunity to develop those skills and apply what they have learned in CLA. Students will accomplish this by conducting a service project with a community partner of their choosing. This project work is intended to connect what students learned about themselves in CLA Part 1 to community needs and the agencies that address those needs. |
| LS:3002:0EXV | Career Leadership Academy Part 2 | Tracey Pritchard | Career Leadership Academy Part 2: Leadership in Action (LS:3002) – is the final course in the Career Leadership Academy series. It also counts towards the Certificate in Leadership Studies, and the Tippie College of Business’s Research, Internship, Study Abroad and Experiential Learning graduation requirement. The purpose of this course is to increase students’ understanding of how to interact and work with others as effective team members and engaged citizens. The semester-length course covers transferable skills, collaboration, conflict resolution, motivation and delegation, interviewing, understanding power, networking, and working on a team with various stakeholders. Students will also learn about professionalism and office communication, effectively using LinkedIn, marketing their skills, dining etiquette, negotiating salaries, understanding benefits, realistic expectations in the world of work, and building a career. Students have the opportunity to develop those skills and apply what they have learned in CLA. Students will accomplish this by conducting a service project with a community partner of their choosing. This project work is intended to connect what students learned about themselves in CLA Part 1 to community needs and the agencies that address those needs. |
| LS:3002:0EXW | Career Leadership Academy Part 2 | Ben Landsee | Career Leadership Academy Part 2: Leadership in Action (LS:3002) – is the final course in the Career Leadership Academy series. It also counts towards the Certificate in Leadership Studies, and the Tippie College of Business’s Research, Internship, Study Abroad and Experiential Learning graduation requirement. The purpose of this course is to increase students’ understanding of how to interact and work with others as effective team members and engaged citizens. The semester-length course covers transferable skills, collaboration, conflict resolution, motivation and delegation, interviewing, understanding power, networking, and working on a team with various stakeholders. Students will also learn about professionalism and office communication, effectively using LinkedIn, marketing their skills, dining etiquette, negotiating salaries, understanding benefits, realistic expectations in the world of work, and building a career. Students have the opportunity to develop those skills and apply what they have learned in CLA. Students will accomplish this by conducting a service project with a community partner of their choosing. This project work is intended to connect what students learned about themselves in CLA Part 1 to community needs and the agencies that address those needs. |
| MGMT:4600:0EXW | Nonprofit Ethics and Governance | Ken Brown | 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. |
| MKTG:3700:0001 | Marketing Institute Seminar I | Peggy Stover | Soft skills and professional expertise to succeed in marketing and consulting careers; résumé and interview training, industry presentations, business case assignments, lectures. |
| MKTG:3702:0001 | Marketing Institute Seminar II | Peggy Stover | 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. |
| PBAF/URP:6273:0001 | Community Development Through Creative Placemaking | Travis Kraus |
How do arts and culture contribute to community planning and community identity? How does inclusive planning promote equitable development and economic inclusion for historically marginalized communities? How do we respectfully and authentically engage the culture of a community? This course examines the practices, ideas, and techniques for community development in small to large communities. Particular focus is placed 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.” In this course, students and faculty will apply this approach to a specific community project. Students in the arts, humanities, the social sciences, and planning and public affairs are encouraged to take this class. |
| PBAF:6210:0001 | Public Affairs Capstone II | Travis Kraus | Students work on a community, state, federal, or nonprofit-based project with focus on research and development of policy proposals and management action steps. |
| SRM:4197:0009 | Sport and Recreation Field Experience | Kathryn Wakenight | 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 designated industry partner; sport or recreation enterprise vary according to faculty expertise and industry partner availability. |
| SRM:4197:0019 | Sport and Recreation Field Experience | Alex Voss | 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 designated industry partner; sport or recreation enterprise vary according to faculty expertise and industry partner availability. |
| THTR:3615:0001 | Action-Engage-Art! Creative Placemaking | Loyce Arthur | The course will give students the opportunity to learn best practices for working on community art projects-- locally, nationally, and globally. They will be given tools and mentorship so that they can take on projects that can make a difference in the world around them, including projects that address social justice issues in communities. The course also focuses on the ways in which artists, urban planners, and the public “strategically shape the physical and social character of a neighborhood, town, city, or region around arts and cultural activities.” Discussions will focus on public & community arts, broadly defined and including parades, festivals, green spaces and environmental art, murals, concerts, interactive performances, and multi-media presentations and more. Students will work in teams and develop partnerships with fellow students across disciplines and community members to create arts and community engagement project(s). |
| TR:3164:0001 | Therapeutic Recreation: Rehabilitation | Bri Swope | In-depth review of therapeutic recreation techniques used in clinical and community rehabilitation; opportunities to use techniques with patients. |
| TR:3262:0001 | Therapeutic Recreation Administration | Adrienne Johnson | 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. |
| TR:5167:0001 | Child Life Practicum | Emily Mozena | 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. |
| URP:4273:0001 | Community Development Through Creative Placemaking | 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. | |
| URP:6210:0001 | Sustainable Communities Lab II | Travis Kraus | This course meets collectively weekly for 75 minutes. In addition there are weekly meetings with your individual groups. Also, each group meets regularly with their clients. |
| WRIT:2100:0001 | Writing and Community Outreach | Brayan Salinas | Service-learning course offered in coordination with local community organizations and nonprofits; students consider critically ways in which written content (creative, promotional, and logistical) can help ensure outreach initiatives prioritize inclusivity. Assignments include readings and discussions surrounding community outreach and social justice, written reflections about the relationships between self and community to enhance interdisciplinary perspectives, and volunteering time and energy with a local organization or nonprofit group in meaningful ways. |
| WRIT:2100:0002 | Writing and Community Outreach | Erin Sherry | How do the communities we’re a part of inform the perspectives through which we approach the world, as writers, thinkers, and human beings? What are the unique contexts that give shape to our points of view, and what are the connections between social equity, community, and self-expression? How can we harness our individual voices as writers by examining the historical, structural, and cultural forces that make them our own, and how can we use them to be meaningful community advocates in the place we call home? Through writing, reading, robust discussion, and experiential community outreach, we’ll spend the semester engaging with the Iowa City community beyond campus not only as observers but as active participants. Beginning in Week 5, you will put your study into regular practice by forming volunteer teams, partnering with an area nonprofit, and helping to bring a community initiative to fruition. By working closely with local leaders in fields related to food and sustainability, literacy and the literary arts, performance, theater, and beyond, you will play an essential role in the story that drives change, promotes empowerment, and fosters enrichment in "the greatest small city for the arts." |