Engage Upstate

Check Out the Spring 2026 Schedule of Service-Learning Courses

Evan Lawrence

This Spring, lots of new and exciting service learning opportunities will be available! Below faculty and students can find a list of Service Learning and Community Engagement (SL/CE) courses. These courses give students an opportunity to work with their communities and learn hands-on skills that they can apply to their careers.

Find more information on these courses by searching on Collaboratory.

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Arts & Communication

  • ARTS U207 – SL: Printmaking I
  • JOUR U333 – News and Feature Writing
  • JOUR U428 – SL: Public Relations Campaigns

Behavioral Sciences

Students in Urban Sociology will work in their communities to learn about the characteristics, causes, and impacts of city life!

  • CAST U499 – CE: Child Advocacy Internship
  • CRJU U490 – CE: Criminal Justice Internship
  • PSYC U308 – Biopsychology
  • PSYC U499 – Psychology Internship
  • SOCY U101 – CE: Introduction to Sociology
  • SOCY U323 – Urban Sociology

Business

  • MGMT U475 – CE: Advanced Operations Management
  • MSBA U790 – Business Analytics Practicum

Education

  • CHME U310 – SL: Community Health Field Experience
  • CHME U489 – CE: Community Health Internship
  • EDSC U398 – SL: Topics in Secondary Education
  • EDVIU 730 – Assessment and Educational Methods for Learners with Visual Impairment
  • MATH U102 – Elementary Statistics

Global Studies

  • GLST U301 – Global Cultures and Identity
  • GLST U398 – Topics in Global Studies

Honors

  • HONS U201 – Self and Society

History

In Unruly Women in the 20th Century U.S., students will meet women who are leading in our community, then choose a remarkable woman from their personal life and make an exhibit focused on them!

Interdisciplinary Studies

  • IDST U110 – CE: Community Engagement

Languages

  • ASGL U310 – SL: Introduction to Interpreting American Sign Language (ASL)
  • ASLG U311 – SL: ASL to English Interpreting I
  • ASLG U312 – SL: English-ASL Interpreting I
  • ASLG U499 – CE: ASL Internship
  • ENGL U101 – SE: English Composition I
  • ENGL U102 - SE: English Composition II
  • GERM U101 – CE: Introductory German I
  • SPAN U312 – Introduction to Spanish Interpreting
  • SPAN U313 – Advanced Spanish Translation

Nursing

Students in Child Health Nursing will work in community medical practices to learn evidence-based practices related to clinical issues for children!

  • NURS U306 – SE: Introduction to Professional Nursing
  • NURS U325 – SL: Evidence-based Practice in Nursing
  • NURS U445 – SL: Child Health Nursing
  • NURS U461 – SL: Community & Public Health Nursing
  • NURS U703- SL: Cultural Perspectives in Healthcare

Sciences

Students in Microbiology will have the opportunity to work with a local elementary school to teach students about disease transmission through improper handwashing!

  • BIOL U101 – SE: Introductory Biology I
  • BIOL U220 - SE: Botany and Society 
  • BIOL U330 – SE: Microbiology
  • EXSC U480 – CE: Internship Exercise & Sports Science

Service Learning Requirements

The three dropdowns below indicate what each term ENGAGE Upstate uses means, and what a course would require to be recognized as such.

SL – Service Learning

A course that heavily emphasizes a service project for a community member as a central aspect and includes at least 15 hours* of direct work on the project, academic instruction that ties to the service project, and meaningful reflection.

SE – Service Engaged

A course that facilitates service as a project for students in which they engage in the service for at least 4 hours.  Project is tied to classroom instruction and followed with meaningful reflection.

CE – Community Engaged

A course that requires students to participate in 4 hours of community-related engagement (going to a community event, observing community meetings, et cetera) related to classroom instruction and followed with meaningful reflection.