Service-learning courses

Course Description: Students are paired with an elementary school teacher and their class for three hours per week to teach hands-on, inquiry based science. (ABNR 415 and SCI 415 are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)

Course Description: Analysis of the basic framework utilized in measuring and reporting taxable income of individuals and business entities.

Course Description: Independent laboratory research. Written thesis of the research experience. Limited to biochemistry majors.

Course Description: An overview of wellness dimensions, peer support specialists' ethics, patient advocacy, and systems of care navigation for the mental health and substance abuse services provider.

Course Description: Development of equations to model reactions, speciation and movement of pollutant in natural waters. Applications of equations to contaminants in streams, lakes, rivers and groundwater

Course Description: Overview of contemporary global public health concerns and their determinants and potential solutions.

Course Description: An understanding of the HIV/AIDS pandemic from an ecological approach. The individual, interpersonal, organizational, and social/political factors that have shaped this pandemic will be explored.

Course Description: Supervised field experience in health & wellness settings.

Course Description: This course is designed to advance students' skill and knowledge of qualitative methodologies for addressing public health problems.

Course Description: Supervised field experience in health and wellness settings.

Course Description: This is a service-learning class focused on reflection, ethics, civic engagement, community building, and communication in community contexts.

Course Description: Study of a major topic or issue in criminal justice. May be repeated when course content differs.

Course Description: Emphasizes the characteristics of effective teachers in contemporary secondary classrooms. Includes field experience.

Course Description: Analysis and writing practice in selected genres and themes.

Course Description: Research/apply science & technology in societal context; integrate/synthesize knowledge; communicate orally, written, and visually; must be taken in residence; substitutions/waivers not permitted.

Course Description: Introduction to field techniques and methodologies used in geographic research. Emphasis on practical experience and analysis of data. May be repeated once with approval of instructor.

Course Description: Introduction to skills competencies and knowledge base necessary for pursuing a career in aging.

Course Description: Theory, research, and issues in adult development and aging.

Course Description: Patterns and dynamics of later life focusing on the family and total ecosystem: natural, socio-cultural, economic, political and human-built environments.

Course Description: Observing and working with children, adults or families in a supervised setting.

Course Description: Contemporary issues examined through reading, theoretical grounding and practical experience in a one-to-one mentoring relationship.

Course Description: Supervised field experience with one or more community agencies or family services. Includes seminar.

Course Description: Operation and administration of historical museums, including training in archival procedures, publications and related museum management procedures.

Course Description: Practicum providing hands-on experience in the history department and associated programs.

Course Description: The International Affairs Internship Program is designed to give interested and qualified students an opportunity to serve as an intern with internationally-focused organizations in the community, outside the region, or while abroad.

Course Description: Sponsored by the Renown Health Foundation in collaboration with UNR Med, this course will provide a unique experience for UNR Med students. Limited reimbursement for production costs is available with prior approval. Completion of the work and final project should culminate in an artistic representation which demonstrates the valuable roles the arts can play in enhancing the healing process and must advocate for the integration of the arts into the environment and delivery of care within healthcare facilities to patients and/or providers.

Course Description: Laboratory to accompany MICR 276, will include basic microbiological techniques, experimental design, data collection and analysis.

Course Description: Contribute to the nutritional health of the local community through service learning.

Course Description: NVTC 401 provides an investigation of the theory that drives project-based instruction (PBI) and a technological component to support PBI.

Course Description: NVTC 491, Apprentice Teaching A, provides NevadaTeach students with an initial supervised student teaching experience at the secondary (grades 7-12) level.

Course Description: Culminating experience for NevadaTeach students in which they put all previous learning into practice by taking full responsibility for teaching classes at the 7th - 12th grade level for a minimum of 14 weeks.

Course Description: The Public Service Internship Program is designed to give interested and qualified students an opportunity to serve as an intern at public, non-profit, research, or approved private organizations in the community.

Course Description: The Congressional Internship Program is designed to give students first-hand experience of the inner workings of the United States Congress.

Course Description: The Public Service Internship Program is designed to give interested and qualified students an opportunity to serve as an intern at public, non-profit, research, or approved private organizations in the community.

Course Description: Exploration of research and career options in the sciences and mathematics. Development of peer, academic, and professional support networks.

Course Description: Appraisal and diagnosis of speech and language disorders including infant/toddler, preschool, school-aged, and adult populations.

Course Description: Aspects of healthy aging and acquired disorders of speech, language, hearing, and swallowing.

Course Description: Intended for students who have a Spanish language background but little or no formal training. Emphasis on writing skills, grammar and vocabulary enrichment.

Course Description: Syntax and idiomatic usage. Not intended for heritage or native speakers of Spanish (please enroll in SPAN 307).

Course Description: Through community-based service learning, introduction to Spanish-speaking communities, issues of interest to local Hispanic community, develops oral proficiency, facilitates student civic engagement.