SERVICE WITH YOUTH IN STEM
Teaches students about community engagement experiences, focusing on building community partnerships, understanding organizational missions and community needs, assessment of informal science outreach experiences, and issues related to scientific literacy and access to science.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop leadership skills & recognize their application to multiple contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Develop competencies to work in an after-school setting with children and adult staff from a variety of cultures and backgrounds. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Effectively facilitate the scientific thought process in a way that is age/developmentally appropriate. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop and understand personal scientific identity. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Connect community experience to personal perspectives through reflection. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop leadership skills & recognize their application to multiple contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Develop competencies to work in an after-school setting with children and adult staff from a variety of cultures and backgrounds. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Effectively facilitate the scientific thought process in a way that is age/developmentally appropriate. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop and understand personal scientific identity. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Connect community experience to personal perspectives through reflection. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027