ICS-3064 Integrated Praxis in an Intercultural Context

This course provides students an opportunity to integrate and apply disciplinary knowledge to an international context. It will focus on the critical thinking skills, experience based tools and reflective practice needed to identify and collaborate with key stakeholders to identify community assets, needs, and resources and use that information to design and evaluate programs to meet felt needs in a community. The course introduces students to the major approaches to community assessment, including their benefits and drawbacks, as well as various methods for gathering and analyzing data. As funding is a key component in international work, the course will integrate grant writing in the program development and evaluation process. The course gives special attention to developing the skills needed to work cross-culturally and the importance of meaningful collaboration and reciprocity in working with global partners.