Service Learning

Service learning is a specialized form of experiential education that combines academic study and community service. Both the students and the community partners learn and contribute concurrently. Students can participate in immersive trips or may engage in community based service learning projects within their courses. The following are examples of the latter from the past two years.

Courses in which a service learning pedagogy is used include: BSAD 424 Financial Accounting Theory BSAD 461 Leadership BSAD 352 Social Entrepreneurship BSAD 367 Gender and Management BSAD 473 Advanced Topics in Responsible Management BSAD 374 Geographic Information Systems

Financial Accounting Theory students developed and delivered financial literacy workshops for community groups. Students were required to learn about a community group, thereby learning about community offerings, resourcefulness, need and resiliency, and then develop a tailored program in support of the development of leaders and learning within both the student and the member of the community organization.

Social Entrepreneurship students worked on behalf of youth entrepreneurs affiliated with the Haitian Centre for Leadership Excellence. Working at a distance of several thousand miles, students learned about the entrepreneurship processes and challenges faced by peers in Haiti while providing services in the form of business planning and marketing supports for clients who directly benefited from these deliverables.