STU 299 - Independent Study Life Management Skills

1. Specific knowledge and skills
2. Learning objectives and competencies relevant to the discipline area and the community service setting
3. Critical analysis of the service-learning experience
4. Effective leadership, interpersonal, and writing skills
5. Evaluation and improvement of performance

1. Apply discipline-specific knowledge and skills to a community-service setting.
2. Develop an individual educational plan with the faculty liaison and agency/business.
3. Accomplish specific learning objectives and competencies.
4. Use critical thinking, problem-solving, ethical awareness, and effective writing skills in discussions, a daily journal and an analytic paper.
5. Exhibit personal development and leadership foundation skills such as acceptance of responsibility, self-confidence, respect for others and their views, social and interpersonal skills; initiative, and follow-through.
6. Formulate a critical perception about civic responsibility, social problems, economic systems, cultural patterns, and policy issues.
7. Conduct a self-appraisal, evaluate the structured service-learning experience, and identify ways students may contribute to the local and regional needs of the community.