Course Focus Areas:
- Community Engagement Professional Development
- Leadership Professional Development
- STEM Student Support
- Teaching Professional Development
Community Engagement Professional Development
Exploring Research in STEM – INTEGSCI 150
Offers an overview of the research process and opportunities to build skills in reading scientific literature. Understand different approaches to science and to be flexible in thinking about gathering evidence or solving problems. Supports articulation of research interests, identifying potential research mentors, and writing professional emails to secure research opportunities. Explore STEM careers and pathways that can come from engaging in research.
Schedule Spring 2023:
- Tues. 11:00 – 12:15 p.m.
| undergrad, credits 1 |
Service with Youth in STEM – INTEGSCI 240
Teaches students about community engagement experiences, focusing on building community partnerships, understanding organizational missions and community needs, assessment of informal science outreach experiences, and issues related to scientific literacy and access to science.
Schedule Spring 2023:
Lecture
- Tues. 9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
+ Lab
- Thurs. 9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
| undergrad, credits 2 |
Service with Youth in STEM Practicum – INTEGSCI 341
Apply communication, cultural competency, and leadership skills to work with community partners in a service learning practicum. Work with underrepresented students in the Madison metropolitan area in elementary after-school science clubs, and critically reflect on the ties between their academic and community partnerships, and differences between campus and community culture. Work with different community partners than they did in previous Service with Youth in STEM courses. This practicum combines the service experience with an in-class component to prepare to provide opportunities to critically reflect upon the ties between academic preparation and community partnerships, and on their experiences in varied community settings.
Schedule Spring 2023:
Lecture
- Thurs. 9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
| undergrad, credits 1 |
Public Service in STEM – INTEGSCI 640
Discusses the fundamentals of public service and civic engagement in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) disciplines grounded in evidence-based knowledge and research. Provides an overview of the core pathways of public service, the knowledge required to effectively initiate and cultivate community partnerships, and the skills necessary to reflect upon personal experiences with community engagement activities. Fosters understanding of the broader impacts in STEM fields and prepares students to begin specializing in a specific pathway and develop relationships with a community partner. This course is required for Public Service Fellows participants.
Schedule Spring 2023:
- Wed. 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
| grad, credits 1 |
Leadership Professional Development
Exploring Discipline-Based Leadership and Mentoring – INTEGSCI 230
Students will build practical peer leadership and mentoring skills, while evaluating and reflecting on personal experiences among a group of peers who challenge and learn from each other as they explore leadership. Class activities are designed to develop critical thinking around student development issues and provide strategies for integrating discussions of diversity, ethics, social justice, community, and civic responsibility into leadership experiences.
Schedule Spring 2023:
Lecture
- Tues. 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
+ Discussion
- Thurs. 1:00 – 1:50 p.m.
| undergrad, credits 2 |
Teaching Professional Development
College Science Teaching – INTEGSCI 650
Covers the fundamentals of learning theory and practical strategies for teaching science courses, while also developing community around this shared experience. The cohort will work together to learn the core themes of scientific teaching (active learning, assessment, and diversity) in theory so that they can make informed decisions about their teaching in the future. This course is required for Teaching Fellows Program participants.
Schedule Spring 2022:
- Wed. 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
| grad, credits 1 |