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Academic Community Engagement (ACE) is an umbrella term for scholarly work done within a community context. The different forms of ACE integrate community expertise into the academic work of students and provide real-world experiences.
- Service-Learning: a teaching method that meets the academic goals of a credit-bearing course by encouraging students to apply theories and skills to meet actual needs within the community.
- Community-Based Research: a type of research using established academic methods to answer a question of interest to the community.
- Internship and Practicum: pre-professional experiences in a student's field of study, which typically culminates with a project or research paper regarding the students' experiences.
Working With an ACE Project:
ACE Projects take many forms, however, all follow the same format:
As you begin planning an ACE project, faculty may wish to consult Campus Compact's list of example syllabi. Students may use the planning guide developed by our office. We also have compiled tips for faculty and partners.
What participants are saying:
Past ACE Projects:
- Anthropology 216: Archaeological Methods
Community-based research (CBR), practicum
- Anthropology 115: Museum Studies
Service-learning, internship
- Art 375: Art and Gender
Service-learning
- Biology 247 General Ecology
Field studies
- Biology 300: Biology of Cancer
Service-learning, CBR
- Business 310: Nonprofit Organization Management
Service-learning, CBR
- Classics 300 : Roman Coins and Roman Emperors
Service-learning
- Communications 440: Applied Communication
Service-learning
- Education 421, 431, 441, 451, 461: Student Teaching
Practicum, service-learning
- French 175: First Year Studies: Sex, Gender & Culture
Field studies
- History 220: Non-conformity and Deviance in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Service-learning
- Interdisciplinary Studies 150: Fisk
Practicum, field studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies 212: Journalism II
Internship, practicum
- Leadership Studies 100: Introduction to Leadership Studies; Leadership and the Human Spirit
Service-learning
- Leadership Studies 264: Team Learning Workshop
Service-learning
- Philosophy 120: Introduction to Philosophy
Service-lLearning
- Philosophy 281: Human Nature
Service-learning
- Psychology 300.02: Positive Psychology
Service-lLearning
- Psychology 313: Social Psychology
Field studies, CBR
- Psychology 326: Theories of Motivation
Service-learning
- Spanish 451: Applied Spanish
Service-learning
- Religion 122: Introduction to Christian Scriptures
Service-learning
- Religion 231: History of Christian Theology and Ethics
Service-learning, field studies
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