join Peer Leadership must be completed by students in the spring of Freshman or Sophomore year. It is expected that Peer Leaders attend a 3-day Peer Leadership camp in the third week of July.
interested in the service learning honors program must apply during the spring of their Sophomore year. The service learning honors class is designed to help Junior and Senior students to understand the concepts of Catholic faith in action and servant leadership. Students are encouraged to reflect on what their God given gifts and talents are and how they can use them best to serve a hurting world.
6510/6515 Peer Leader Practicum (10, 11) 2.5 credits Period 9, 2 Semesters This companion course to the Peer Leadership elective, taken during the same academic year, requires completion of various service projects from July to June of the academic year. Students will meet several times with their teacher outside of the classroom to plan and complete projects whose primary goal is to foster a mentoring relationship between Peer Leaders and students of the freshman class while serving the wider Notre Dame community. This course will receive a Pass/Fail grade.
The students will also learn essential leadership and hospitality skills to best collaborate and build community among the leadership class and the wider Notre Dame community. The students will learn to engage and inspire other students to serve their fellow man through creating a community of compassion and kindness. Mercy values and Catholic Social Teaching are the foundation of the program. Students will also gain an understanding of healthy communication, listening, conflict resolution and the ability to collaborate with their teams. As they learn to serve one another and plan service opportunities for other students, they grow to see that the work they do with and for one another is really service to God and a path to their ultimate vocation of holiness.
6520 Introduction to Western Philosophical Thought (10,11,12) 2.5 Credits 40 Minutes, 1 Semester This course is an introduction to the methods, problems, and theories of the main branches of Western Philosophy and the fundamental questions raised in regard to reality, truth, power, meaning, purpose, and valid reasoning from ancient times to the present. The central themes of Ethics, Political Philosophy, Free Will & Determinism, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology and Logic will be addressed, in a topical course format, organized around a set of key questions that invite conversation, analysis, and discussion among the students aimed at developing critical thinking skills. (NCAA)
6500 Peer Leadership (10, 11) 2.5 credits 40 minutes, 1 Semester This elective is offered to Sophomores and Juniors in the Fall semester. It is designed to help students integrate classroom experience with school and community leadership. Students will learn how to effectively communicate with others to foster an environment of inclusion and service in the Notre Dame community while acting as mentors to members of the Freshmen class. The application process to
6540 Women Empowered by Faith (10, 11, 12) 2.5 Credits 40 Minutes, 1 Semester
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