A term paper is assigned in which students address the linkage between course materials and service activities. Service recipient's needs are recognized. This has been accommodated through preliminary discussions with the service recipient and will be modified if needed through continued discussions. Service recipient is involved in service evaluation. While the Director of Future Moves will be given an opportunity to participate in grading student submissions, the more telling evaluation comes with his decision to include or not the submitted materials in his own media presentations.
Service is aimed at the civic education of the students.
Course materials address issues in the public domain. The proposed service project instructs students in the means for improving public awareness of civic issues and engaging constructively in civic discourse. Service experience is informed by discipliner knowledge. Service projects draw upon disciplinary knowledge in urban geography, urban planning and urban design as identified by the materials in the syllabus and by the instructors grounding in these disciplinary bases. Opportunities for learning from classmates as well as the instructor are provided.