The Center offers a variety of one-credit Social Concerns Seminars throughout the year and academic break periods. The seminars are facilitated by Center Faculty and staff in conjunction with academic departments and community resource persons. Students provide leadership and direction for the seminars, offering the opportunity for student-directed learning. Student-Directed Learning Social Concerns Seminars provide students with opportunities to take active roles in the learning process. Participation in the community of learning is central to each seminar.
Students make decisions about the types of learning experiences desired.
Prior participants often take leadership in developing the experiential opportunity for following semesters. An Experiential Learning Council facilitates leadership development for seminar coordinators. Faculty members from the Center for Social Concerns and various academic departments serve as facilitators and resource persons throughout the process. Students are encouraged to link their seminar experiences with related course work when applicable. For example, student participants in courses on Liberation Theology may explore the implications of this theology for rural American settings by participating in the Appalachia Seminar.