Program Requirements and Curriculum

Each student will work with the Track Coordinator to develop a masters program that will be individualized, but closely resemble the following list of courses and experiences.
(13 classes)

  First Year

• Proseminar in Higher Education
• History of American Higher Education
• Introduction to Service-Learning and Community Engagement in Higher Education

• Proseminar II
• College Student Development Theory or College Impact
• Law in Higher Education

  Summer Practicum

• With the assistance of the Advisory Board, a practicum following the first year will be developed for each student under the mentorship of a Director of SL or with a national SL organization (e.g. Campus Compact, Learn and Serve America, etc.)
  (minimum of 120 hours)

  Second Year

• Research Course (the ideal research project will explore a service-learning or engagement topic)
• Integrative Seminar (emphasis in final portfolio on competencies developed around working with faculty, students, and communities in service-learning and engagement)
• Students will take 4 other courses that address core competencies of the Masters Track in Service-Learning and Community Engagement Program. Likely courses may include:
  • The Academic Profession
  • Race, Class, and Gender or Social Justice Program Elective
  • Student Activism
  • Course outside School of Education

Additional Program Requirements

• Requirement to present at one engagement conference (e.g. National or Massachusetts Campus Compact conference).
• Requirement to engage in a service-learning project with a community-based organization or group, 2 of the 4 semesters of the program. This will often be integrated into existing coursework.