Health and Wellness in the Community: A Service Learning Seminar

4 units

This 4-credit course is designed to be an interactive course whereby students will volunteer with a local/community-based health or health affiliated organization under the supervision of an anthropology faculty member and explore the anthropological theories and methods of analyzing applied service and research. Students will be expected be in class with the instructor twice a week for 1.5 hours each time AND volunteer a minimum of 4-5 hours each week at an approved social service organization, which must be confirmed during first 2 weeks of the semester. In class readings and assignments will be topical and relevant to current events, local issues, and the relationships among community and health. Students must have taken L48 141 AND L48 142.