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Community Based Course Opportunities: Spring 2008

The following courses are being offered in the Spring Semester 2008. They have been listed by department. To view the courses click on the department in the index below and you will be directed to the Community Based departmental course listings.

Experiential Learning (EL) classes put students in direct contact with some aspect of the issues being studied in their coursework. The off-campus area offers sites for learning, but students don't necessarily engage in service.

Through a Community-Based Learning (CBL) course, students contribute to the community beyond the campus. Their experiences are integrated into class like a reading assignment, providing them with an additional text for consideration during class discussions and in written assignments.

Community-Based Research (CBR) involves students in an investigation of a question of concern to an non-profit community organization. The results of the study are intended to assist the organization.

Course Index

FIRST YEAR OF STUDIES

FIRST YEAR COMPOSITION
FYC 13200 (CBL) Bridging the Gap: Community and the Rhetoric of Idealism

COLLEGE OF ARTS & LETTERS

ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTH 20045 (EL) Appreciating World Music

ANTH 33300 ((CBL) Introduction to Community-Based Participatory Research Methods

ANTH 35250 (CBL) Cultural Aspects of Clinical Medicine
ANTH 35210 (CBR) Health, Healing & Culture
ANTH 45250 (EL) Anthropology of Reproduction

COLLEGE SEMINAR
CSEM 23102 (CBR) Labor, Race, and the Struggle for Dignity

ART, ART HISTORY, AND DESIGN
DESN 41103 (CBR) Graphic Design III

ECONOMICS AND POLICY STUDIES
ECON 33480 (EL) Migration, Education, and Assimilation: Three Forces that Built America

MUSIC
MUS 20145 (EL) Appreciating World Music

POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLS 35901 (EL/CBL) Internships
POLS 37906 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Washington, D.C.

PSYCHOLOGY
PSY 23852 (EL) Social Concerns Seminar: L’Arche Communities
PSY 23855 (CBL) Take Ten: Acting to Prevent Childhood Violence
PSY 25270 (CBL) Practicum in Developmental Disabilities
PSY 43271 (CBL) Seminar in Autism
PSY 44370 (CBL) Developmental Disabilities: Integrating Theory and Practice

SOCIOLOGY
SOC 24720 (CBL) Developmental Disabilities: Integrating Theory and Practice
SOC 45000 (CBL/CBR) Sociology Internships

THEOLOGY
THEO 20641 (CBL) Christian Anarchy
THEO 20827 (EL) Christianity and World Religions
THEO 33933 (CBL) Summer Service Learning Program: Hispanic Leadership Internship Program
THEO 33936 (CBL) Summer Service Learning Program: Confronting Social Issues
THEO 33938 (CBL) Summer Service Learning Program: International
THEO 33950 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Appalachia
THEO 33951 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Washington, D.C.
THEO 33966 (EL) Social Concerns Seminar: Border Issues
THEO 33967 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Migrant Experiences
THEO 33968 (EL) Social Concerns Seminar: L’Arche Communities
THEO 33969 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Hispanic Ministry
THEO 33970 (EL) Social Concerns Seminar: International Issues
THEO 34604 (CBL) Catholic Social Teaching Internship

SUPPLEMENTARY MAJORS, MINORS & SPECIAL PROGRAMS

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
CAPP 30515 (EL) Systems Analysis and Design

EDUCATION, SCHOOLING AND SOCIETY
ESS 30611 (CBL) Tutoring in the Community
ESS 34350 (CBL) Developmental Disabilities: Integrating Theory and Practice

CATHOLIC SOCIAL TRADITION
CST 33933 (CBL) Summer Service Learning Program: Hispanic Leadership Internship Program
CST 33936 (CBL) Summer Service Learning Program: Confronting Social Issues
CST 33938 (CBL) Summer Service Learning Program: International
CST 33950 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Appalachia
CST 33951 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Washington, D.C.
CST 33967 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Migrant Experiences
CST 33968 (EL) Social Concerns Seminar: L’Arche Communities
CST 33969 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Hispanic Ministry
CST 33970 (EL) Social Concerns Seminar: International Issues

INSTITUTE FOR LATINO STUDIES
ILS 30804 (EL) Border Issues
ILS 30803 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Hispanic Ministry
ILS 35801(CBL) Summer Service Learning Program: Hispanic Leadership Internship Program

INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE STUDIES
IIPS 50801 (CBR) Strategies and Tactics of Non-Violent Social Change

MENDOZA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

ACCOUNTANCY
ACCT 30210 (CBL) Accounting for Decision Making and Control
ACCT 40660 (CBL) Tax Assistance Program
ACCT 40670 (CBL) Tax Assistance Program: Administrative Elements
ACCT 70691 (CBL) Income Taxation of International Individuals

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BA 40300 (CBL) Business Ethics Field Project

MANAGEMENT
MGT 30630 (CBR) Systems Analysis and Design of Information Systems
MGT 70540 (CBL) Social Entrepreneurship in the Developing World: South Africa and Jamaica MBA Summer Internship

MGT 70570 (CBL) MBA Leadership in Action

GIGOT CENTER FOR ENTREPRENURIAL STUDIES
BAMG 30506 (CBL) Micro-Venturing: The Road to Equality
MGTE 30500 (CBL) Introduction to Entrepreneurship

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

CIVIL ENGINEERING
CE 25600 (CBL) Civil Engineering Service Projects (CESP)
CE 35600 (CBL) Civil Engineering Service Projects (CESP)
CE 45600 (CBL) Civil Engineering Service Projects (CESP)

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
CSE 20600 (EL) Engineering Projects in Community Service

EG 20600 (EL) Engineering Projects in Community Service

LAW SCHOOL

LAW SCHOOL

LAW 75721 (CBL) Legal Aid I and Ethics
LAW 75723 (CBL) Legal Aid II

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BIOS 60585 (EL) Graduate Seminar: Genetics, Ethics and Law

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

ARCH 81151 (CBL) Urban Design II

CENTERS AND INSTITUTES

CENTER FOR SOCIAL CONCERNS
CSC 23855 (CBL) Take Ten: Acting to Prevent Childhood Violence

CSC 33300 (CBL) Introduction to Community-Based Participatory Research Methods
CSC 33933 (CBL) Summer Service Learning Program: Hispanic Leadership Internship Program
CSC 33936 (CBL) Summer Service Learning Program: Confronting Social Issues
CSC 33938 (CBL) Summer Service Learning Program: International
CSC 33950 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Appalachia
CSC 33951 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Washington, D.C.
CSC 33966 (EL) Social Concerns Seminar: Border Issues
CSC 33967 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Migrant Experiences
CSC 33968 (EL) Social Concerns Seminar: L’Arche Communities
CSC 33969 (CBL) Social Concerns Seminar: Hispanic Ministry
CSC 33970 (EL) Social Concerns Seminar: International Issues

PEACE STUDIES
IIPS 50801 (CBR) Strategies and Tactics of Non-Violent Social Change

Course Descriptions

FIRST YEAR OF STUDIES

FIRST YEAR COMPOSITION

FYC 13200 (CBL)
Bridging the Gap: Community and the Rhetoric of Idealism
Ed Kelly

Bridging the Gap focuses on critical reading and writing, community building, and service. It asks students to use close reading skills and experience in community and volunteer service to ground and inform the argumentative essays they generate. In addition to standard FYC goals, there are three others for this course: 1) to foster a genuine spirit of community in the classroom; 2) to deepen student understanding of selected social justice issues; and 3) to promote learning through service. Service opportunities include tutoring local students (including the homeless and detained) or working with the elderly.

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COLLEGE OF ARTS & LETTERS

ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH 20045/MUS 20145 (EL)

Appreciating World Music

Stephanie Ng, Ph.D.
Department of Music

This course introduces students to the methods for conducting field research, reviewing live musical events and evaluating world music recordings. Through discussions about music from Indonesia, South Africa, Mexico, the Philippines, China and India, the students learn about the musical practices of these cultures and understand their motivations for musical production. Challenges faced by musicians from colonialism, racism, nationalism, cultural imperialism and commercialism are also engaged. In addition, students are encouraged to 'discover' world music among the diaporic communities in their own backyards through field projects, and get the opportunity to perform music of some of the cultures studied including the Indonesian angklung and gamelan, and Chinese percussion.

In the Music in the Diaspora project, students will conduct interviews with musicians of another culture. The musicians are members of the diaporic communities found in the area. The students are also encouraged to invite their informants to class for a demonstration. This is a group project involving 3 to 5 students per group. At the end of the project, each group will give a presentation on their findings, often also showing videos obtained during their field research.

ANTH 33300/CSC 33300 (CBL)

Introduction to Community-Based Participatory Research Methods

Naomi Penney

Center for Social Concerns

Overview:

This interdisciplinary seminar focuses on the ways in which researchers and community members collaborate to conduct research that leads to community change and improvement in the quality of community life. The purpose of this seminar is to introduce students to Community-Based Participatory Research as a method for conducting community research and as an introduction to quantitative and qualitative research methods. The seminar is offered through the collaboration of the Center for Social Concerns and the Department of Anthropology.

Objectives: By the end of this course students will be able to:

Explain and describe CBPR
Explain when quantitative or qualitative methods are best used in a given circumstance
Discuss the role partners play in question identification, feedback, interpretation and application of research results
Discuss the challenges and rewards of conducting research using this method

Course Requirements:

Attendance at all class sessions
Assigned readings
Participation community project

Selection: Open to first 10 students from across disciplines. No previous research methods classes required.

ANTH 35250 (CBL)
Cultural Aspects of Clinical Medicine
Robert Wolosin
Permission Required

This course focuses on social science approaches to sickness and healing. The medical encounter is examined from anthropological perspectives. The course emphasizes the difficulties traditional biomedicine has in addressing patients’ expectations for care. Students serve an internship as patient ombudsman in a local hospital emergency room four hours per week. Students must obtain authorization numbers through the Department of Anthropology (314 O’Shaughnessy).
Prerequisite: Open only to juniors and seniors. Must have access to transportation to a local hospital. Must be able to spend one four hour evening session per week in hospital internship.

ANTH 35210 (CBR)

Health, Healing & Culture
Daniel Lende

Methods or Elective

Majors and minors only

This course provides an introduction to the field of medical anthropology .Medical anthropology examines beliefs, practices, and experiences of illness, health, and healing from a cross-cultural perspective to show that illness, health, medicine, and the body are shaped by social relationships and cultural values from the local level of the family and community to the global level of international development and transnational capitalism. This course will consider the ways in which medical anthropology has historically been influenced by debates within the discipline of anthropology as well as by broader social and political movements. Particular emphasis will be placed on the importance of viewing biomedicine as one among many culturally constructed systems of medicine. Some of the key issues which we will explore are: medical pluralism and therapeutic choice; biocultural studies; medicalization; the political economy of health and disease; the anthropology of the body; the role of medicine and disease incolonialism and postcolonial movements; and applied medical anthropology. Students participate in CBR projects and community service around HIV/AIDS--education, prevention & outreach, and clinical care. Previous research has focused on alcohol use among college students, HIV education in secondary schools, alcoholism services and faith-based communities, and humor in breast cancer recovery. Each project had a respective partner: Office of Alcohol and Drug Education, IMANI UNIDAD for HIV and faith-based, and Women in Touch.

ANTH 45250 (EL)
Anthropology of Reproduction
Vania Smith-Oka

In this course we will examine a variety of issues related to reproduction. We will concentrate on anthropological studies related primarily to reproductive health throughout the life cycle, such as sexuality, pregnancy and childbirth, midwifery, reproductive freedom, and the politics of the nation-state as they affect women’s (and men’s) reproductive lives. We will use ethnographic readings and examples from around the world to illustrate our discussions and gain an understanding of the complex intertwining of local and global politics regarding reproductive experiences and choices. An important part of the course will be a research project and poster presentation of your work at the Department of Anthropology's Undergraduate Research Expo.

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COLLEGE SEMINAR

CSEM 23102 (CBR)
Labor, Race, and the Struggle for Dignity
Marty Wolfson

This course will examine the lives of workers and people of color in America by examining their struggles for dignity and respect, especially as they come together in our nation’s workplaces. The perspective will be on people’s own stories about the conditions of their daily lives as expressed in nonfiction, novels, films, and oral histories. The course will also examine the methods that have been used in the struggle for dignity, especially through the roles of unions and nonviolent campaigns.

The content of the course will focus on three areas:
The African-American Civil Rights Movement, especially as it linked up with workers’ lives in the campaign of the Memphis sanitation workers in 1968
The Farmworkers’ campaign led by Cesar Chavez and influenced by the philosophy of the nonviolent direct action of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The struggles of workers in the meatpacking industry as representative of current labor developments, and especially as related to the issues of interracial conflict and unity.

A requirement of the course is to conduct an oral history with a worker and/or person of color in order to understand their life experiences in the context of the issues discussed in the course.

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ART, ART HISTORY, AND DESIGN

DESN 41103 (CBR)
Graphic Design III
Robert Sedlack, Jr.

Logo and Identity Design for local not-for-profit agencies

Every semester my Graphic Design 3 students are asked to design a new logo and initial identity pieces for not-for-profit organizations. The organization can be in South Bend area or their hometown. Many students have had their work accepted and produced, including logo and additional design materials for the Potawatomi Zoo, Center for the Homeless Paint Services, El Buen Vecino, Notre Dame Pilot Initiative, Campus Ministries, Global Health Alliance, A Different Way, Iron Sharpens Iron, Reins of Life, A.D.A.P.T., and Holy Cross Elementary School.

Art in April at St. John the Baptist
In a continuing effort to have the class give back to the community and help more people understand what design is, every year my spring semester Graphic Design 3 class visits children at St. John the Baptist elementary school here in South Bend and guide the upper level students through a graphic design project. The Notre Dame students are broken up into groups and each group selects a project they would like to teach to the elementary school children. We visit St. John two times, first to introduce ourselves and the project and a second time to "art direct" the students as they create their pieces.

Bottle Prop Poster
This semester (spring 2004), my Graphic Design 3 class created various posters for South Bend's Center for the Homeless. The subject matter was centered on the dangers of bottle propping for mothers with infant children. The Center for the Homeless has reviewed all of the posters and will receive a select group for display.

Banned Books Week
In the fall of 2003, my Graphic Design 3 class worked with area libraries (Notre Dame, St. Mary's, St. Joe County and St. Joe High School) to create posters for the national Banned Books Week campaign. A variety of posters were selected and displayed at the various libraries. St. Mary's Library displayed all twenty-two posters in their library's exhibit space.

Billboard
My spring 2003 Graphic Design 3 class designed various billboard options for Take Ten, a national organization that works to prevent violence. Senior Tara Beckley's billboard was chosen and is currently on display in downtown South Bend.

Northern Indiana Center for History
My spring 2002 Graphic Design 3 class designed various poster options for the Northern Indiana Center for History's "Women in Sports: Breaking Barriers" exhibition. Senior design major Emily Hallinan's poster was chosen for production and Ms. Hallinan was hired by the museum for the following summer to create an entire marketing campaign under my pro-bono art direction.

Voter Participation
In the fall of 2000, my Graphic Design 3 class mounted an on-campus voter participation campaign. The campaign was funded in part by both the university's Young Republicans and Young Democrats organization. The produced pieces included almost 300 silk-screened posters, hundreds of buttons and a website that included voter information.

Reunion T-shirt (yearly)
Each spring semester my Graphic Design 3 class designs various t-shirts for the ND Alumni Association's Alumni Reunion event, which occurs in the early summer. One student's work is selected for the final shirt and produced.

Snite T-shirt (yearly)
Each spring semester my Graphic Design 3 class designs various t-shirts for a selected gallery (e.g. Pre-Columbian, American, 20th Century, etc) in the Snite Museum of Art. One student's work is selected for the final shirt and produced.

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ECONOMICS AND POLICY STUDIES

ECON 33480 (EL)
Migration, Education, and Assimilation: Three Forces that Built America
Professor Abigail Wozniak

This course uses the tools of economics to understand major trends and episodes of migration, education, and assimilation throughout America’s history. Readings apply economic concepts to these themes in a variety of contexts, from the settling of the country by Europeans to the present day. Examples include: the major waves of migration to the U.S., including Irish immigration and the current wave of Spanish-speaking and Asian immigrants; the development and rise of the high school in America; important trends in educational attainment, particularly of women and minorities; the economic effects of civil rights legislation; and the English language only debate. Economics knowledge at the level of Principles of Microeconomics would be helpful but is not required. The course is organized around writing a research paper using primary sources. Primary sources may, but need not, include interactions with members of the local community who have experiences relevant to the course.

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MUSIC

MUS 20145/ANTH 20045 (EL)

Appreciating World Music

Stephanie Ng, Ph.D.
Department of Music

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POLITICAL SCIENCE

POLS 35901 (EL/CBR)
Internships
Carolina Arroyo
Permission required

The goal of the internship program is to provide opportunities to integrate coursework with real work experience. Internships are available throughout the Notre Dame area with a variety of government offices, non-profit agencies, and NGO’s. Students will work with professionals in their field of interest while exploring career options, improving their writing, analytical, organizational and networking skills. Students will need a resume and a cover letter to apply for an internship. Interns are required to work at least six to eight hours per week. All internships are unpaid. Internship credits do not fulfill the Political Science major requirements.

POLS 37906/THEO 33951/CSC 33951/CST 33951 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Washington, D. C.
Angela Miller McGraw and Fr.William Lies

This course centers on a trip to Washington, D. C. over spring break during which time students analyze a significant social issue through contact with various agencies, government offices, and church organizations. Students participate in preparation and follow-up sessions. Themes (e. g. , Educational Reform, Violence in America) vary each year.

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PSYCHOLOGY

PSY 23852/THEO 33968/CSC 33968/CST 33968 (EL)
Social Concerns Seminar: L’Arche Communities
Angela Miller McGraw and Nichole Maguire

This Seminar centers around travel to a L’Arche community (e. g. , Toronto, Canada) to share community life with developmentally challenged persons. Students draw from the philosophy of Jean Vanier, the works of theologian Henri Nouwen, and other spiritual writings to augment this participatory learning experience.

PSY 23855/CSC 23855 (CBL)
Take Ten: Acting to Prevent Childhood Violence
Ellen Paul, Jay Caponigro, Jay Brandenberger

The goals of Take Ten are to reduce and prevent violence by teaching positive alternatives to solving problems and expressing feelings. Students work with children in the South Bend Public Schools and teach nonviolent communication and listening skills, conflict resolution skills, and respect for diversity. Take Ten promotes a new social norm—nonviolence—to a group desensitized to violence through the media.

PSY 25270 (CBL)
Practicum in Developmental Disabilities
Thomas Whitman
Permission Required

This practicum/seminar is the logical outgrowth of a long informal relationship that student volunteers have had with families in the Michiana community who have autistic and other special needs children. The practicum aspect of the course will involve students going into a family home and working in a structured program with an autistic child—on average about two times a week for about a total of four to five hours. In addition, students will meet in class once a week for discussion of a range of topics relating to autism: including issues regarding its definition, assessment, etiology, and treatment, as well as topics regarding the impact of autism on the family, community resources and social policy. A number of classes will feature discussions led by parents of autistic children.
This class is particularly recommended for students interested in child clinical psychology, education, developmental psychology, medicine (Pediatrics, Developmental Pediatrics, and General Practice), social work, physical therapy and occupational therapy. The course is open to non-majors. Students must have access to a car in order to attend their practicum.

PSY 43271 (CBL)
Seminar in Autism
Thomas Whitman
Permission Required

This practicum/seminar is the logical outgrowth of a long informal relationship that student volunteers have had with families in the Michiana community who have autistic and other special needs children. The practicum aspect of the course will involve students going into a family home and working in a structured program with an autistic child - on average about two times a week for about a total of four to five hours. In addition, students will meet in class once a week for discussion of a range of topics relating to autism, including issues regarding its definition, assessment, etiology, and treatment, as well as topics regarding the impact of autism on the family, community resources, and social policy. A number of classes will feature discussions led by parents of autistic children. This class is particularly recommended for students interested in child clinical psychology, education, developmental psychology, medicine, social work, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. The course is open to non-majors as well as majors.
Requirements: Regular attendance (practicum setting and class), completion of practicum diary, active class participation, a paper on some topic related to autism. Students must have access to a car in order to attend their practicum.

PSY 44370/SOC 24720/ESS 34350 (CBL)

Developmental Disabilities: Integrating Theory and Practice
Cornelius O’Boyle
Minors only, permission required

This course is for students selected to study in Notre Dame’s London Undergraduate Program. Further information may be obtained for the London Undergraduate Program on campus (153 Hurley Hall).

In this course, students learn how knowledge and understanding of developmental psychology inform professional practice in schools for pupils with severe and profound learning disabilities. The course examines how children with severe developmental disabilities come to understand their world and how teachers and other school-based professionals devise programs to meet children's very individual needs. The course is based at Riverside School (formerly called Rectory Paddock School), a State school for young pupils with severe learning disabilities. Each week, students spend time with pupils and professionals in classrooms. This practical focus is followed by a class that treats such topics as Severe and Profound Learning Disabilities; the Autistic Spectrum; Language and Communication, Children with Complex Health Needs; Challenging Behavior; Multidisciplinary Therapeutic Practice; and Integration. Students have opportunities to meet with parents and families of young people with disabilities.

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SOCIOLOGY

SOC 24720/ESS 34350/PSY 44370 (CBL)

SOC 45000 (CBL/CBR)
Sociology Internships – Spring

Ann R. Power

Permission Required

This is an experiential course designed to give students some practical experience in the area of urban affairs, social welfare, education, health care, or business, in order to test their interest, complement their academic work, or acquire work experience preparatory to future careers. Students are placed in a community agency in the South Bend area and normally work six hours per week as interns under the supervision of an experienced practitioner. Hours are flexible, usually set to accommodate the intern's availability and the needs of the host agency.
While there are no prerequisites, preference is given to Sociology majors, ESS minors, and students who have had course work in a related area. This is a graded course. In addition to field work, academic work includes reading scholarly works related to the field placement and a final paper. Contact Ann Power for more information and/or an application, at Power.4@nd.edu.

The following is a list of agencies that have accepted interns. Students may also request placement in an agency they find on their own (subject to approval by the instructor).

La Casa de Amistad
Near Northwest Neighborhood Inc.
Neighborhood Development Association
Safe Station (Youth Runaway Shelter)
Sex Offense Services, Madison Center
South Bend Housing Authority

Early Childhood Development Center
Good Shepherd Montessori School
Robinson Community Learning Center
Upward Bound
Washington High School, South Bend

Aids Ministry
Hospice of St. Joseph County
St. Joseph Medical Center’s Chapin Street Health Center

The CASIE Center
Family Justice Center
Indiana Legal Services

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THEOLOGY

THEO 20641 (CBL)

Christian Anarchy MW 3:00-4:15

Margaret Pfeil

This course will explore ethical and theological issues around the relationship of Christian ecclesial communities to the state, personalist approaches to issues of social justice, and theological and philosophical understandings of a needs-based political economy.
Methodologically, it will proceed through an historical consideration of the development of thought on these issues in the Christian tradition, beginning with views of community and political authority in Scripture and the early Church and including the thought of Peter Kropotkin, Leo Tolstoy, Peter Maurin, Dorothy Day, Karl Barth, Jacques Ellul, and Vernard Eller, among others. Community-based learning, in the form of 20 hours of site work in the South Bend community over 10 weeks, is a requirement for this course.

THEO 20827/THEO 20828 (EL)
Christianity and World Religions
Bradley Malkovsky

The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the basic teachings and spiritualities of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. We will approach these religions both historically and theologically, seeking to determine where they converge and differ from Christianity on such perennial issues as death, meaning, the nature of ultimate Mystery, the overcoming of suffering, etc. We will also examine some traditional and contemporary Catholic and Protestant approaches to religious pluralism. Our own search to know how the truth and experience of other faiths is related to Christian faith will be guided by the insights of important Catholic contemplatives who have entered deeply into the spirituality of other traditions. By course end we ought to have a greater understanding of what is essential to Christian faith and practice as well as a great appreciation of spiritual paths of others.
The experiential learning opportunities involved are comparisons of the doctrines and spiritualities of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam with those of Christianity. In class we regularly practice a type of meditation that is foundational to both Hindu and Buddhist schools.

THEO 33933/CST 33933/CSC 33933/ILS 35801 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Program: Hispanic Leadership Internship Program
Rosie McDowell and Margaret Pfeil

Application Deadline: November 21, 2007 for Summer 2008 Immersion

Students are immersed as interns in community based organizations in the Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods of Chicago, Cicero and Berwyn for eight weeks to live as members of, learn from, and serve the Hispanic community. Students will grow as servant leaders in their work on issues affecting youth, adults, immigration, and health care.
Additional course requirements include a weekend immersion to Pilsen in February 2008, three orientation sessions during the spring 2008 semester, completion of reading assignments, regular reflection sessions during the summer, learning journal, integration paper, and follow-up activities upon return to campus in Fall 2008. The Center for Social Concerns and the Institute for Latino Studies collaborate to offer this course which is also cross-listed in Theology.
Successful applicants must be fluent in Spanish, have a strong interest in issues facing the Hispanic community, and previous service experience.
Application available online for download beginning Oct 15 2007 at http://socialconcerns.nd.edu

THEO 33936/CSC 33936/CST 33936 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Program: Confronting Social Issues
Andrea Smith Shappell and Margaret Pfeil

Immersion: For 2007 summer participants who are returning from Fall 2007 study abroad programs

This three-credit hour service-learning course takes place before, during, and after student participation in eight-week summer service experiences sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns and the Alumni Association. The goals of the course are to reflect on the meaning and dynamics of Christian service, compassion and Catholic social teaching through readings and writing, along with discussion and reflection with site supervisors and alumni/ae, and scheduled group discussions upon return to campus. Writing assignments include 16 structured journal assignments and a final paper of six to eight pages. The course is completed during the first four weeks of fall semester and is graded Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory.

THEO 33938/CSC 33938/CST 33938 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Program: International
Rachel Tomas Morgan and Paul Kollman

Application Deadline November 1, 2007 for Eight-Week Summer 2008 Immersion

This course center’s around an eight week community based learning placement in one of fourteen developing countries through the International Summer Service Learning Program. The course seeks to challenge students who have had domestic service-learning experiences to encounter global realities, examine causes of poverty and identify strategies for social development, and gain an understanding of international social issues in light of Catholic Social Teaching. In addition to the community based learning placement, academic requirements for the course include readings and written requirements during the summer months, a re-entry weekend retreat, four re-entry sessions meeting on Thursdays 6:30-7:45pm in the fall semester, and evaluation/development of the ISSLP site and program. Students accepted into the International Summer Service Learning Program, and taking this course, are also required to take THEO 33970 (International Issues 1.0 credit orientation seminar) which meets 6:30–7:45 pm on Thursdays during spring semester.

THEO 33950/CSC33950/CST33950 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Appalachia
Angela Miller McGraw and Matt Ashley

1 week immersion required

This seminar involves experiential learning during the semester break. The course is centered on a service-learning immersion in the region of Appalachia and provides preparation for and follow-up to that experience. Students may focus on particular themes (e.g., rural health care, environmental issues) at various sites while learning about the region and rural issues.

THEO 33951/CSC 33951/CST 33951/POLS 37906 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Washington, D. C.
Angela Miller McGraw and Fr. William Lies

THEO 33966/ILS 30804 01/CSC 33966 (EL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Border Issues

Jim Paladino

Size: 10 students
Location: El Paso/Ciudad Juarez
Date: January 3 - 8, 2008 (During Winter Break)
Application: Available October 5, 2007 - Apply Online
Application Period: October 5, 2007 - November 2, 2007
Application Deadline: November 2, 2007
Registration Period: November 19, 2007 - December 5, 2007
Registration Deadline: December 5, 2007

This Social Concerns Seminar in El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez will be a six-day immersion experience to explore immigration from a variety of perspectives. There will be dialogue with members of the community and parish organizations to better understand, from theological and interdisciplinary perspectives, the Church's role as it relates to immigration, the faith of the immigrants and the Church's role in their lives. Seminar participants will visit immigration-related sites such as border patrol posts, colonias, and maquilas, and will explore legal aspects of the immigration process.

THEO 33967/CSC 33967/CST33967 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Migrant Experiences
Angela Miller McGraw

This seminar is a unique immersion into the lives of migrant farm workers in Florida during the spring harvest. Students pick tomatoes in the fields (donating their wages), live with migrant families, assist church and social agencies that serve migrants, and meet with community leaders, never again to take food for granted.

THEO 33968/CSC 33968/CST 33968/PSY 23852 (EL)
Social Concerns Seminar: L’Arche Communities
Angela Miller McGraw and Nichole Maguire

This seminar gives participants the opportunity to experience the Church’s option for the poor through an immersion into the spirituality, culture, and economy of the rural, southern California valley community of Coachella. Students work with the members of the Congregation of Holy Cross who are in ministry there.

THEO 33970/CSC 33970/CST 33970 (EL)
Social Concerns Seminar: International Issues
Rachel Tomas Morgan and Paul Kollman

This seminar serves as the required orientation course for all THEO 33938: International Service-Learning Program participants. It will provide students with an introduction to international issues in developing countries through the lens of Catholic social tradition, guidance in independent country/area study, preparation and tools for cross-cultural service, opportunities for theological reflection, logistical information necessary for international programs and travel, and general support within the context of a community of colleagues. Meets Thursdays 6:30-7:45 p.m. Other students participating in summer internships or research in developing countries may take the seminar with permission from the instructor.

THEO 34604 (CBL)

Catholic Social Teaching Internship
Dr. Cornelius O’Boyle

This course is for students selected to study in Notre Dame’s London Undergraduate Program. Further information may be obtained for the London Undergraduate Program on campus (153 Hurley Hall).

Catholic Social Teaching (CST) interns in Notre Dame’s London Undergraduate Program work in inner-city Catholic parishes in London, learning about the practical application of CST to the needs of deprived communities in urban areas. Interns work in collaboration with London Citizens, an organization devoted to identifying problems in these neighborhoods and working to provide appropriate leadership training within the community to facilitate change. In conjunction with this work experience, SCT interns study the social teaching of the Catholic Church in small groups led by tutors from the Contextual Theology Centre in London. Interns also write a research paper based upon their experiences, which is directed by a faculty member of the Theology Department on campus.

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SUPPLEMENTARY MAJORS, MINORS & SPECIAL PROGRAMS

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

CAPP 30515 (EL)
Systems Analysis and Design
Louis Berzai

Administered in two major segments, the course first exposes students to the full scope of analyzing and designing computer systems by covering problem definition, data collection, documentation of existing systems, and definition of new systems requirements. We use the methodology of Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The second segment deals first with students working on genuine business projects. The second phase of this segment gets into object-oriented systems analysis, which is a new concept in systems analysis and design.

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EDUCATION, SCHOOLING AND SOCIETY

ESS 30611 (CBL)
Tutoring in the Community
Nancy Masters

This class is offered for students who are taking part in any of the campus-wide tutoring programs, like Teamwork for Tomorrow. The class is an overview of teaching methods for the tutoring setting.

ESS 34350/PSY 44370/SOC 24720 (CBL)

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CATHOLIC SOCIAL TRADITION

CST 33933/CSC 33933/THEO 33933/ILS 35801 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Program: Hispanic Leadership Internship Program
Rosie McDowell and Margaret Pfeil

Application Deadline: November 21, 2007 for Summer 2008 Immersion

Students are immersed as interns in community based organizations in the Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods of Chicago, Cicero and Berwyn for eight weeks to live as members of, learn from, and serve the Hispanic community. Students will grow as servant leaders in their work on issues affecting youth, adults, immigration, and health care.
Additional course requirements include a weekend immersion to Pilsen in February 2008, three orientation sessions during the spring 2008 semester, completion of reading assignments, regular reflection sessions during the summer, learning journal, integration paper, and follow-up activities upon return to campus in Fall 2008. The Center for Social Concerns and the Institute for Latino Studies collaborate to offer this course which is also cross-listed in Theology.
Successful applicants must be fluent in Spanish, have a strong interest in issues facing the Hispanic community, and previous service experience.
Application available online for download beginning Oct 15 2007 at http://socialconcerns.nd.edu

CST 33936/THEO 33936/CSC 33936 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Program: Confronting Social Issues
Andrea Smith Shappell and Margaret Pfeil

Immersion: For 2006 summer participants who are returning from Fall 2006 study abroad programs

CST 33938/CSC 33938/THEO 33938 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Program: International
Rachel Tomas Morgan and Paul Kollman

Application Deadline November 1, 2007 for Eight-Week Summer 2008 Immersion

CST 33950/THEO 33950/CSC 33950 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Appalachia
Angela Miller McGraw and Matt Ashley

1 week immersion required

This seminar involves experiential learning during the semester break. The course is centered on a service-learning immersion in the region of Appalachia and provides preparation for and follow-up to that experience. Students may focus on particular themes (e.g., rural health care, environmental issues) at various sites while learning about the region and rural issues.

CST 33951/CSC 33951/POLS 37906/THEO 33951 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Washington, D. C.
Angela Miller McGraw and Fr. William Lies

CST 33968/PSY 23852/THEO 33968/CSC 33968 (EL)
Social Concerns Seminar: L’Arche Communities
Angela Miller McGraw and Nichole Maguire

CST 33970/CSC 33970/THEO 33970 (EL)
Social Concerns Seminar: International Issues
Rachel Tomas Morgan and Paul Kollman

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INSTITUTE FOR LATINO STUDIES

ILS 30804 01/CSC 33966/THEO 33966 (EL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Border Issues

Jim Paladino

ILS 30803/THEO 33969/CSC 033969/CST 33969 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Hispanic Ministry
Bill Purcell

ILS 35801/CST 33933/THEO 33933/CSC 33933 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Program: Hispanic Leadership Internship Program
Rosie McDowell and Margaret Pfeil

Application Deadline: November 21, 2007 for Summer 2008 Immersion

Students are immersed as interns in community based organizations in the Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods of Chicago, Cicero and Berwyn for eight weeks to live as members of, learn from, and serve the Hispanic community. Students will grow as servant leaders in their work on issues affecting youth, adults, immigration, and health care.
Additional course requirements include a weekend immersion to Pilsen in February 2008, three orientation sessions during the spring 2008 semester, completion of reading assignments, regular reflection sessions during the summer, learning journal, integration paper, and follow-up activities upon return to campus in Fall 2008. The Center for Social Concerns and the Institute for Latino Studies collaborate to offer this course which is also cross-listed in Theology.
Successful applicants must be fluent in Spanish, have a strong interest in issues facing the Hispanic community, and previous service experience.
Application available online for download beginning Oct 15 2007 at http://socialconcerns.nd.edu

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PEACE STUDIES

IIPS 50801 (CBR)
Strategies and Tactics of Non-Violent Social Change
David Cortright

This course will help students understand and participate more effectively in movements for nonviolent social change. Students will become familiar with both the theories of nonviolence and social action and the practice of effective social organizing, and will meet organizers and representatives of social change groups, conduct research that is relevant to community-based movements, and participate in strategic planning exercises for specific social action campaigns. Topics to be addressed include the religious roots and philosophy of nonviolence, recent cases of nonviolent social struggle, principles of strategy, and the techniques and methods of nonviolent action, including media communications, fundraising, lobbying, grass roots organizing, and coalition building. Relevant historical and contemporary examples will be reviewed to illustrate how movements for social change work in practice. Coursework will consist of readings, lectures, videos, and class discussion on the identified topics. In addition, students will be asked to participate in class activities and team-learning exercises. Two team-learning exercises are scheduled during the semester.

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MENDOZA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

ACCOUNTANCY

ACCT 30210 (CBL)
Accounting for Decision Making and Control
Sandra Vera-Munoz

This course incorporates projects with local community-based organizations and application of skills to social service organizations.

ACCT 40660 (CBL)
Tax Assistance Program
Ken Milani

Preparing income tax returns for low-income individuals is the primary purpose of the Tax Assistance Program. An introductory Federal Income Tax course is a prerequisite. The course begins with four weeks of classes that focus on tax issues that are important when helping low-income individuals (e.g., determining filing status, calculating the child credit, computing the earned income credit). Following the class sessions, students are assigned to specific locations in South Bend or Mishawaka where the returns are prepared. Certified public accountants are available at several locations to help with complex matters. The Tax Assistance Program has been operating since 1972. The course is a two-credit hour offering graded using a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory scale.

ACCT 40670 (CBL)
Tax Assistance Program: Administrative Elements
Ken Milani

This course is designed for students participating in the Tax Assistance Program for the second time. Administrative elements of the Tax Assistance Program (e. g, coordinating, organizing, scheduling) will be emphasized in this offering in addition to the tax compliance activities. Students enrolling in this course will handle administrative responsibilities in the Tax Assistance Program (e. g., Chairperson, Logistics Director, Public Relations Director) as well as being involved in the preparation of income tax returns for individuals. The course is a two-credit hour offering graded using a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory scale.

ACCT 70691 (CBL)
Income Taxation of International Individuals (CBL)

Ken Milani

Income Taxation of International Individuals--is a graduate course that includes participation in the Tax Assistance Program as a requirement of the course. The students involved prepare tax returns for foreign students and international scholars at Notre Dame. Last year, that involved helping more than 700 taxpayers and preparing over 1,300 (federal and state) income tax returns.

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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

BA 40300 (CBL)
Business Ethics Field Project
Jessica McManus Warnell

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MANAGEMENT

MGT 30630 (CBR)
Systems Analysis and Design of Information Systems
Daewon Sun

An in-depth study of the analysis and design of information processing systems. One of the projects is Analysis and Design of Information Systems in Community Service Organizations where the students will determine the problems and opportunities of the current system used in the social organizations, provide a business model of the system, recommend a revised model, and create a prototype of the revised model, usually a database management system on Microsoft Access. All work completed will be documented and submitted to the social organization for future reference and implementation.

Participants in the past included the following:

DISMAS House of Michiana
Center for the Homeless
Women’s Care Center
La Casa de Amistad
YWCA
Habitat for Humanity

MGT 70540 (CBL)
Social Entrepreneurship in the Developing World :
South Africa and Jamaica MBA Summer Internship
Melissa Paulsen

This course is a joint effort between the Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the Center for Social Concerns. The course will address entrepreneurship in emerging markets, social issues prevalent in our global society in light of Catholic Social Tradition, as well as provide tools for cross-cultural living and service, including general support within the context of a community of colleagues. This course will serve as preparatory course for the following programs:
South Africa Summer Internship Program: This course examines how businesses are launched in different global contexts. Issues to be discussed include global and national support agencies, market feasibility and cultural issues. Students become involved in a practicum in which they provide consultative service to a startup in a third-world country. Please note that this course is the preparatory course for the South Africa Intern Program.
Jamaica Summer Internship Program: Launched in 2001, this program pairs MBA students and recent graduates with not-for-profit organizations in the local Kingston area to help create effective partnerships for collaborative growth and change. During the summer months, the interns work on various projects that foster entrepreneurship and create effective business strategies to improve the overall performance of our not-for-profit partners. Program affiliates include Mustard Seed Communities, University of West Indies, and St. Patrick Foundation.
For more information, visit: www.nd.edu/~entrep/

MGT 70570 (CBL)
MBA Leadership in Action

Jessica McManus Warnell

Building on the MBA Community Partners program, the Leadership in Action course has been developed to provide students an opportunity to build leadership and business skills while providing meaningful community service. The Leadership in Action course is a two-credit course spanning Modules 3 and 4 in the MBA curriculum. Students work in teams of four to consult on a business problem facing a local non-profit. Deliverables include the project analysis and solution, analysis of the community-based learning experience and relevance to MBA functional areas, and reflection.

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GIGOT CENTER FOR ENTREPRENURIAL STUDIES

BAMG 30506 (CBL)
Microventuring: The Road to Equality
Melissa Paulsen

This course will be a comprehensive review of the fundamentals introduced in Semester 1: finance, law, marketing, and management. Students will take these newly learned skills, and apply them by working with business owners and acting as mentors. In classroom and workshop formats, students will be teamed up with their fellow students and a local micro–entrepreneur to develop sound business plans and compete for available seed capital to implement their business plans within the surrounding community.
Prerequisite: BAMG 30505

MGTE 30500 (CBL)
Introduction to Entrepreneurship

For more information, please Contact the Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
Open to all business undergraduate juniors and seniors. This course introduces students to the basic concepts and skills required to understand the nature of entrepreneurship, recognize opportunity, and assemble the resources to start a new business. Students will develop a market feasibility study for a new business concept. The class includes entrepreneur guest speakers, cases, and activities that will help students experience what it is like to be an entrepreneur. Several projects are applied to local non-profit organizations. One assignment is to take a $20 loan and develop a “for profit” or “not-for-profit” business during the semester with a team of classmates. The goal for each “company” is to achieve a minimum of a 700% return on investment without going into debt. In the past, students have turned this project around in extraordinary ways to benefit their favorite charities.

In addition to course material examining the role of business in community stewardship, students work with the instructor to select a project and spend 12 hours during the five weeks working with a local not–for–profit organization. Previous projects include working with youth entrepreneurs as they design business plans, designing accounting programs for staff of an advocacy center and assisting with job preparation programs at a homeless center. Written assignments and class discussions allow students to reflect on their experience and examine it in the context of business ethics theory.

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

CIVIL ENGINEERING

CE 25600/CE 35600/CE 45600 (CBL)
Civil Engineering Service Projects (CESP)
Lloyd H. Ketchum, Jr.
Permission Required

Civil Engineering Service Projects (CESP) is a course that partners teams of students with local community service organizations. Projects involve strong technical content, significant design, and multidisciplinary effort and a strong communication component. These projects have a civil engineering emphasis, but benefit from enrollment of most other undergraduate majors. CESP brings sophomores, juniors, and seniors together to form multidisciplinary teams across the curriculum. Students may enroll for variable credits in more than one semester, for example, one credit per semester during the first three years and for two credits as a senior. It is unusual for a student to enroll for three credits for only one semester. Seniors assume leadership of the teams
This is a Community-Based Learning course the South Bend Potawatomi Zoo and YMCA Camp Eberhart. The zoo projects focuses on developing preliminary plans for exhibits, improving utilities and existing facilities, developing educational units, and preparing proposals for use by the zoo staff to seek external funding. The current Camp Eberhart project, which will be the major focus for several semesters, seeks to develop a nature walk near wetlands and uplands areas. The plan may result in one or more construction weekends to complete the path with wheelchair access, a boardwalk and outdoor learning center in the wetlands, observation areas, and numerous nature educational signs and modules. A fall 2007 CESP Team has begun development of renovation plans for the old stone cabins. Continuation of this project is expected. An investigation of the camp's utilities is desired. These include electrical, water and sewer.

For more information, visit the web site: http://www.nd.edu/~cegeos/Service/Local.htm or contact Lloyd H. Ketchum, Jr.at ketchum@nd.edu.

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COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

EG/CSE 20600 (EL)
Engineering Projects in Community Service

Habitat for Humanity | Contact Greg Madey

Database design and implementation for the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity. The database projects will develop tools for the Habitat organization to track materials, donors, and other information related to the mission of Habitat.

Toys Group | Contact Greg Madey
This project involves the configuring of toys and other electrical powered items for use by the therapists at the Logan Center. With the modified items, the therapists will be able to work more effectively with the mentally and physically challenged youth.

St. Margaret’s House, Women’s and Children’s Center | Contact Greg Madey
Architectural design project for open unused space at the center. Additional software support projects anticipated.

Logan Industries | Contact Greg Madey
Design projects for Logan Industries packaging and assembly facility. Additional software support projects anticipated.

Autism Center of Michiana | Contact Greg Madey
Development of an interactive website that serves as a critical component of the Center, which was created through a cooperative effort between a variety of community institutions (local school systems, hospitals, and the Logan Center) and the University of Notre Dame. The website serves as an informational tool, both locally and nationally, and a search vehicle to identify the population of individuals with autism in this region (estimated to number about 2000).

The River Project | Contact Curt Freeland
Database development for the communities of South Bend, Mishawaka, and Elkhart. This database may one day be used by every community in the state, to track the quality of water in rivers, lakes, streams, and creeks. The three local communities are part of a pilot project to develop this database and the types of information stored.

Visit http://epics.cse.nd.edu/ for more information.

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LAW SCHOOL

LAW SCHOOL

LAW 75721 (CBL)
Legal Aid I and Ethics
Robert Jones/Judith Fox/Michael Jenuwine/Bridgette Carr

Legal Aid I and Ethics is a graded course providing training in basic lawyering skills, including interviewing and counseling as well as ethics, substantive law, and procedural law relevant to the representation of low-income clients in the courts and administrative agencies. Eligible students receive a student-practice certification from the Indiana Supreme Court allowing them to represent clients under the close supervision of a clinical faculty member. Students typically represent three-five clients during the course of a semester. The case types vary somewhat among the sections, as described below. Each week, student interns are expected to attend class meetings, attend a regular one-on-one supervision meeting with a faculty member, and devote approximately six-ten hours to their cases outside of class time. Demands may vary from week to week as the intensity of particular cases ebbs and flows. Students are expected to be flexible and ready to meet the needs of their clients. For example, students may have to put in extra time during final preparation for a hearing or while finalizing a brief.
The classroom component of the course uses a combined lecture and mock exercise format. Students are typically required to participate in at least one community-education presentation. This course satisfies the upper level ethics requirement.

Section 01
Robert Jones
Students in this section may handle landlord-tenant cases, Social Security disability cases, or other poverty-law matters. A goal of this section, subject to the inherent uncertainties of litigation, is to provide each student with at least one opportunity to conduct a hearing before a court or administrative agency. Many cases handled in this section can be completed in the course of a semester, allowing students an opportunity to see a matter through from beginning to end.

Section 02
Judith Fox
This section focuses on consumer protection issues. The particular substantive law issues vary by semester, depending on client needs. The cases during the spring semester will likely involve the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, common law fraud, and Indiana’s small-loan statute, among other issues. Much of the spring semester work will be devoted to discovery. Students can expect to draft and answer interrogatories, conduct and defend depositions, and participate in settlement efforts. Court appearances tend to be motion hearings, with an occasional trial.

Section 03
Michael Jenuwine
This section trains students to advocate on behalf of individuals with mental illnesses and disabilities. Students will participate in cases involving clients who are mental-health consumers and clients with disabilities. Case types may include civil court proceedings such as guardianships, criminal hearings involving mentally ill or mentally retarded defendants, and administrative proceedings involving the denial of benefits such as Social Security disability, Medicaid, or Vocational Rehabilitation.

LAW 75723 (CBL)
Legal Aid II
Robert Jones/Judith Fox/Michael Jenuwine
Permission Required

Legal Aid II is a graded course open to students who have satisfactorily completed Legal Aid I and Ethics. Legal Aid II allows students to progress to more advanced lawyering skills. Each week, student interns are expected to attend class meetings, attend a regular one-on-one supervision meeting with a faculty member, and devote approximately six-ten hours to their cases outside of class time. Demands may vary from week to week as the intensity of particular cases ebbs and flows. Students are expected to be flexible and ready to meet the needs of their clients. For example, students may have to put in extra time during final preparation for a hearing or while finalizing a brief.

Michael Jenuwine
This section trains students to advocate on behalf of individuals with mental illnesses and disabilities. Students will participate in cases involving clients who are mental-health consumers and clients with disabilities. Case types may include civil court proceedings such as guardianships, criminal hearings involving mentally ill or mentally retarded defendants, and administrative proceedings involving the denial of benefits such as Social Security disability, Medicaid, or Vocational Rehabilitation.

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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

BIOS 60585 (EL)
Graduate Seminar: Genetics, Ethics and Law
Harvey Bender

This seminar will focus on the investigation and exploration of the potential impact of genetic research upon contemporary social life. Students will compare and contrast the development of policy deliberations regarding genetic technology voiced not only be those individuals and institutions that normally are heard but also by a broader segment of society who are profoundly affected by such technologies but are rarely invited to participate in significant policy deliberations.
The primary source materials for the seminar will be original articles from the recent monograph “The Double-Edged Helix” (The Johns Hopkins University Press – 2002 and current complementary materials) and a collection of essays edited by Joseph Alper, Catherine Ard, Adrienne Asch, Jon Beckwith, Peter Conrad, and Lisa Geller.

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SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

ARCH 81151 (CBL)

Urban Design II

Part two of a two-studio sequence for students concentrating in urban design, entailing an on-site real-world charrette to create a neighborhood or town plan and the graphic documents and legal mechanisms needed to implement it. Location changes every year.

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CENTERS AND INSTITUTES

CENTER FOR SOCIAL CONCERNS

CSC 23855/PSY 23855 (CBL)
Take Ten: Acting to Prevent Childhood Violence
Ellen Paul, Jay Caponigro, Jay Brandenberger

CSC 33300/ANTH 33300 (CBL)

Introduction to Community-Based Participatory Research Methods

Naomi Penney

Center for Social Concerns

Overview:

Objectives: By the end of this course students will be able to:

Explain and describe CBPR
Explain when quantitative or qualitative methods are best used in a given circumstance
Discuss the role partners play in question identification, feedback, interpretation and application of research results
Discuss the challenges and rewards of conducting research using this method

Course Requirements:

Attendance at all class sessions
Assigned readings
Participation community project

Selection: Open to first 10 students from across disciplines. No previous research methods classes required.

CSC 33933/CST 33933/THEO 33933/ILS 35801 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Program: Hispanic Leadership Internship Program
Rosie McDowell and Margaret Pfeil

Application Deadline: November 21, 2007 for Summer 2008 Immersion

Students are immersed as interns in community based organizations in the Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods of Chicago, Cicero and Berwyn for eight weeks to live as members of, learn from, and serve the Hispanic community. Students will grow as servant leaders in their work on issues affecting youth, adults, immigration, and health care.
Additional course requirements include a weekend immersion to Pilsen in February 2008, three orientation sessions during the spring 2008 semester, completion of reading assignments, regular reflection sessions during the summer, learning journal, integration paper, and follow-up activities upon return to campus in Fall 2008. The Center for Social Concerns and the Institute for Latino Studies collaborate to offer this course which is also cross-listed in Theology.
Successful applicants must be fluent in Spanish, have a strong interest in issues facing the Hispanic community, and previous service experience.
Application available online for download beginning Oct 15 2007 at http://socialconcerns.nd.edu

CSC 33936/CST 33936/THEO 33936 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Program: Confronting Social Issues
Andrea Smith Shappell and Margaret Pfeil

Immersion: For 2006 summer participants who are returning from Fall 2006 study abroad programs

CSC 33938/THEO 33938/CST 33938 (CBL)
Summer Service Learning Program: International
Rachel Tomas Morgan and Paul Kollman

Application Deadline November 1, 2007 for Eight-Week Summer 2008 Immersion

CSC33950/CST33950/ THEO 33950 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Appalachia

1 week immersion required

This seminar involves experiential learning during the semester break. The course is centered on a service-learning immersion in the region of Appalachia and provides preparation for and follow-up to that experience. Students may focus on particular themes (e.g., rural health care, environmental issues) at various sites while learning about the region and rural issues.

CSC 33951/CST 33951/POLS 37906/THEO 33951 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Washington, D. C.
Angela Miller McGraw and Fr. William Lies

CSC 33966/ILS 30804 01/THEO 33966 (EL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Border Issues

Jim Paladino

CSC 33967/CST33967/THEO 33967 (CBL)
Social Concerns Seminar: Migrant Experiences
Angela Miller McGraw

CSC 33968/CST 33968/PSY 23852/THEO 33968 (EL)
Social Concerns Seminar: L’Arche Communities
Angela Miller McGraw and Nichole Maguire