Service learning is a High Impact Educational Practice demonstrated to have a positive impact on student engagement and success. In this project, service learning will be directed toward research that informs policy makers in their efforts to rejuvenate Utah Lake, a major geological feature at the heart of the community. Through this project, we strive to have students study geo science issues and their effects on society, draw on the knowledge and skills learned in geo sciences to address real-world issues of genuine importance to their community, collaborate with others to better understand and/or devise solutions to problems, and reflect on the successes and challenges they encountered and what they learned from the experience.

Service learning and community-based research related to the UP-Utah Lake project will also be integrated into several courses taught during the academic year by participating faculty in their respective disciplines to facilitate geoscience learning as well as recruitment into the summer program.

Connected Service-Learning Courses

Spring Semester Courses

  • Communication Research MethodsCOMM 3020
  • Wetland Studies GEOG 3700 and Introduction to Geographic Information Systems GEOG 3600 and GEOG 3600
  • Urban GeographyGEOG 3110 and Geography of Utah GEOG 1600
  • Organizational Development and Change Management HR 3550
  • Introduction to Environmental Management ENVT 1110

Fall Semester Courses

  • Communication Research MethodsCOMM 3020
  • Wetland Studies GEOG 3700 and Introduction to Geographic Information Systems GEOG 3600 and GEOG 3600
  • Urban GeographyGEOG 3110 and Geography of Utah GEOG 1600
  • Organizational Development and Change Management HR 3550
  • Introduction to Environmental Management ENVT 1110

 

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Course Projects & Research Presentations

Visit the Utah Lake and UVU Undergraduate Service Learning Projects Digital Collection to see student project artifacts, including final presentation materials and video recordings.

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