Criteria for Applied 公民参与 Course Designation

The Applied 公民参与 (ACE) course designation will help students identify courses that include applied community-focused experiences and help the College assess and compare our civic engagement efforts to incoming student expectations and other 机构. 

The ACE course designation will be given to courses that meet either the Service-Learning (SL) Course Definition or the Community-Based Research (CBR) Course Definition and will allow appropriate courses to be flagged in the Master Course Schedule. 教师 members may apply to have their courses designated as ACE by submitting the appropriate application form and the required documentation.

 ACE Course Designation Application

为什么要申请指定?

Identifying courses that meet ACE criteria in the schedule of classes:

• allows students with an interest in civic engagement to identify courses that will 给他们这个机会;
• allows students to know that they are enrolling in such a course in the registration process and begins to educate them about the terminology before they have the service-learning or community-based research experience;
• brings greater visibility to the practice of service-learning and community-based research on the Skidmore campus and allows us to better document the benefits of this pedagogy to students, the community, and faculty;
• allows us to track such courses and the faculty and students who engage in this meaningful 报告实务.

 

The Skidmore definition of Community-Based Research is as follows:

Community-based research is scholarship involving collaboration of faculty and/or students with community partners that is directed toward investigating, assessing, and addressing behavioral, social, educational, cultural, and environmental 问题.

Although many courses may incorporate civic learning, civic skill development, and community service, to meet Skidmore’s criteria for designation, Community-Based Research Courses will be assessed by the following criteria:  

1. 集成. The civic engagement project must be relevant to course content.
2. 好处. The civic engagement project must seek to offer benefits beyond the class members. 项目 should respond to behavioral, social, educational, cultural, and/or environmental 问题.
3. 实质性的承诺. A significant portion of the course should be committed to the civic engagement project through class discussion, direct service, and/or research design, and/or data collection, 分析和报告.
4. 社区伙伴关系. Where appropriate, community partners should be actively involved in the conceptualization and/or implementation of the civic engagement project.
5. 反射. Intentional examination and assessment of the research project, course content, and 学生的学习.

 

The Skidmore Definition for Service-Learning Course is as follows:

Service learning is a credit-bearing educational experience that integrates meaningful community service with guided reflection to improve 学生的学习 of course content, student sense of social, artistic and environmental responsibility, and responds to 已确定的社区需要.

Although many courses may incorporate civic learning, civic skill development, and community service, to meet Skidmore’s criteria for designation, service-learning courses should be assessed by the following criteria:

1. 集成: The service project must be relevant to course content.
2. 好处: The service project must seek to offer benefits beyond the class members. 项目 should respond to behavioral, social, educational, cultural, and/or environmental 问题.
3. 实质性的承诺: A significant portion of the course should be committed to the service project through class discussion, research, and/or direct service.
4. 社区伙伴关系: Where appropriate, community partners should be actively involved in the conceptualization and/or implementation of the service project.
5. 反射: Intentional examination and assessment of the service project, course content, and 学生的学习.

 

Review of Applications: Applications will be reviewed by members of the Subcommittee 论负责任的公民. Recommendations will be approved by the Curriculum Committee.

 ACE COURSE Designation APPLICATION