There are a number of regularly-offered courses at Davidson that include community-based learning components or focus on social action themes. The terms “social action” and “community-based learning” often carry different meanings across disciplines.  The courses listed on this page engage students in projects, research, or assignments that meet a community-defined need with public and non-profit organizations; encourage students to become active participants in the political and social world around them; and/or promote students’ understanding of contemporary social issues.

Ant 263 - Social Change & Social Justice

Ant 267 – Food and Culture

Ant 340 - Medical Anthropology

Bio103 – The Aids Pandemic

Bio 361 – The Biology of HIV / AIDS

Bio Podcast – The Aids Pandemic

Bio 368 – The Study and Treatment of Human Disease

Che 103 – Community Air Quality

Che 490 – Chemistry Independent Study / Studying Air Quality in Davidson College

Cis 171 - Introduction to Environmental Studies

Cla 452 - Pompeii

Eng 101 – Writing Photography

Eng 100 W– Composition I  / Environmental Writing

Eng 100W- Composition and Literature: Extraordinary Bodies (focuses on disability

history, disability activism, and disability art)

Eng 201 – Professional Writing

Eng 201 – Writing for the Community

Eng 293 – Film as Narrative Art

Ger 340 - Environmentalism on Film

Mth 110-  Finite Mathematics

Pol 214 - Public Policy:  Environment

Pol 324 – Philanthropy in the Nonprofit Sector

Pol 469 – The Politics of Health Care

Psy 377 – Autobiographical Memory & Reminiscence

Spa 101- Spanish I

Spa 102 – Spanish II

Spa 201 – Intermediate Spanish

Spa 303 – Advanced Grammar and Composition

The 362 – Community-based Theatre for Social Change

The 380 / Eng 494 – Queer Performance as / and Activism

To post your course and syllabus on this webpage, please contact Stacey Riemer, Assistant Dean of Student for Community Service.