“The service learning provided an edge that cannot be given through traditional classroom experiences. I was able to see course material displayed every time I went to serve.”

Marshall University SL Student, CJ 325

Service Learning is a course-based, credit-bearing form of experiential education in which students participate in organized service that meets community-identified needs, and reflect on the service activity, in order to gain:

• Further understanding of course content
• An enhanced sense of civic responsibility and engagement
• A broader appreciation of the discipline's role in analysis of social systems and community improvement.

Service Learning combines academic theory with community service to enhance student learning by offering hands-on experience outside of the classroom and simultaneously provides community organizations and citizen initiatives with needed expertise.

MUSLP facilitates three types of campus-community partnerships, each based in specific academic courses and disciplines:

• Discipline-Reflective Service Learning: In Discipline-Reflective Service Learning, intellectual growth occurs primarily during critical reflection on the service experience...More
• Problem-Based Service Learning: In Problem-Based Service Learning, intellectual growth occurs primarily through application of skills learned in the course...More
• Community-Based Research: In Community-Based Research, intellectual growth occurs primarily through the development of research skills appropriate to the discipline...More