CBL: Social Action for Leaders

1 Credit · Level: Undergraduate

The one credit course, UNXD 351: Social Justice Leadership & Immersion, is designed to enhance students’ learning and commitment to social justice by offering the space and skills needed for meaningful and reflective social action. All students enrolled in the course must be current trip leaders or board members in the program. Through the study of immersion pedagogies and experiential learning theories, students will examine the mission and vision of the Alternative Breaks Program. Using the text, Working Side by Side: Creating Alternative Breaks as Catalysts for Global Learning, Student Leadership, and Social Change, students will deepen their knowledge of effective and ethical immersion experiences and apply it all through assignments, such as writing a social action plan. Course assignments will directly impact the students’ trips and their immersion work in the community. The course sessions will take place throughout the Spring semester, allowing for the students to learn about social justice leadership and immersion before, during and after the trip.