Service Learning

Wisconsin has a vibrant academic service-learning program, allowing students to integrate course work with hands-on community service and research. In fact, our 80 service-learning courses, prestigious awards given to students who engage in community service, student-led service initiatives, and the presence of the Morgridge Center for Public Service earned UW-Madison acclaim in the Princeton Review guidebook titled Colleges with a Conscience: 81 Great Schools with Outstanding Community Involvement.

Sample Fall 2009 Service-Learning/
Community-Based Research Courses

• Afro-American Studies 151 Introduction to Contemporary Afro-American Society
  (Service component: 25 hours of community service)
• Political Science 100 Freshman Topics Seminar: Political Economy
  (This is a community-based research course)
• Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education 300 Individuals with Disabilities
  (Service component: 25 hours of community service)