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Example Syllabus
Intro to Community Engagement

Course: CIVC 200 | Introduction to Community Engagement
Institution: Sewanee: The University of the South
Instructor: Dr. Amy S. Patterson

Excerpt from Syllabus
This course invites you, as members of the Sewanee community and beyond, to practice and reflect on one, or more, character virtues as they relate to community development, your role as someone engaged in communities, and your quest for meaning and purpose during your time at college and beyond. I will stress some virtues central in community development– humility, curiosity, hope– but there are many others that are applicable to our work and life goals. Virtues are broadly defined as “personal qualities that are morally worthwhile and that enable us to live productive, socially engaged and ultimately, flourishing lives.” (P. Watts, M. Fullard, & A. Peterson. 2021.Understanding Character Education, p. 23). Periodically we will engage with such questions as:

  1. How do we approach a course text with an attitude of intellectual curiosity and humility?
  2. How can the practice of humility, curiosity and hope help us build community?
  3. How can we learn about humility, curiosity and hope from those we encounter in the community? From our colleagues in class?
  4. How could these character traits open us up to new experiences that shape our life purpose?

You will be asked to keep a “virtue journal” in which you respond to prompts.

About 

Course format: The course uses a seminar, cumulative format that is discussion-based. A substantive portion of the grade is based on participation and reflections.

Virtues integrated: Curiosity, Intellectual Humility, Hope.

Example Syllabus
Intro to Community Engagement

Course: CIVC 200 | Introduction to Community Engagement
Institution: Sewanee: The University of the South
Instructor: Dr. Amy S. Patterson

Excerpt from Syllabus
This course invites you, as members of the Sewanee community and beyond, to practice and reflect on one, or more, character virtues as they relate to community development, your role as someone engaged in communities, and your quest for meaning and purpose during your time at college and beyond. I will stress some virtues central in community development– humility, curiosity, hope– but there are many others that are applicable to our work and life goals. Virtues are broadly defined as “personal qualities that are morally worthwhile and that enable us to live productive, socially engaged and ultimately, flourishing lives.” (P. Watts, M. Fullard, & A. Peterson. 2021.Understanding Character Education, p. 23). Periodically we will engage with such questions as:

  1. How do we approach a course text with an attitude of intellectual curiosity and humility?
  2. How can the practice of humility, curiosity and hope help us build community?
  3. How can we learn about humility, curiosity and hope from those we encounter in the community? From our colleagues in class?
  4. How could these character traits open us up to new experiences that shape our life purpose?

You will be asked to keep a “virtue journal” in which you respond to prompts.

About 

Course format: The course uses a seminar, cumulative format that is discussion-based. A substantive portion of the grade is based on participation and reflections.

Virtues integrated: Curiosity, Intellectual Humility, Hope.