The purpose of this student-initiated, student-run course is not to evangelize community service as undisputedly good, but to challenge conceptions of "service" and motivations to "serve." Volunteer experiences integrated with reflection are a vehicle for questioning one's conception of self and relations to a community. Thus, this course is directed not only to students who want to enter the field of social work, but to anyone who pays taxes, votes, and is a participating member of society. Students integrate active participation in a community social service organization with readings and class discussions. The readings are interdisciplinary, ranging from fiction and autobiographies, to sociological studies and political-economic analyses. Requirements include four to five hours of community service work per week, facilitation of two class discussions, journal entries, a group collaborative presentation, a short paper, and a final long paper or project of equivalent effort. Satisfies one semester of Division II requirement.

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