Univercity Year Guided Experience
An orientation to the UniverCity Year program covering community engagement, local government functions, and working with local officials to prepare for applied, community-based learning projects.
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Understand concepts of community-based learning and their application to community-based projects.
Understand local government structure and opportunities for engagement in light of existing strategic plans, priorities, and initiatives.
Observe and understand professional relationships with project clients and other community partners
Understand the UniverCity Year program and how individual projects fit within a larger context of UW-Madison’s civic engagement and community-based learning efforts.
Understand the role of students as ambassadors of UW-Madison
Source: UW Guide
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the class
Orientation to the UniverCity Year program and underlying theory and applied knowledge around community engagement, the function of local governments, and working with local officials and professional staff. Gain core competencies for applied, community-based learning projects and the importance of place-based learning. Includes multidisciplinary approaches to problem-solving, access and use of information resources, reflection and action on ethical and professional issues, consideration of social and systemic roots of issues faced by local municipalities, and preparing written reports.
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Topics
- Community engagement, local government function, and collaboration with local officials
- Applied community-based learning projects and place-based learning
- Social and systemic roots of issues faced by local municipalities
Skills
- Core competencies for applied, community-based learning projects and place-based learning
- Multidisciplinary problem-solving, accessing information resources, and reflecting on ethical and professional issues
- Preparing written reports
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