A.B. Freeman School of Business Service Learning Classes

FINE 4890 - Financial Literacy Service Option

Instructor: Robin Desman
Community Partner: Various
(Course Description: The Cases in Finance Service Learning course offers students an opportunity to effectively research and build lesson plans that they can use to teach core elements of financial literacy to high school students. This service learning lab serves as a bridge between the corporate finance curriculum we emphasize at the university level and personal finance learning objectives associated with basic financial literacy.
Co-requisites: FINE 4100 OR FINE 4600
Open to seniors only. Satisfies the second-tier public service requirement.

LGST 3890 - Legal Studies Service Learning Option

Instructor: Sanda Groome
Community Partner: Court Watch NOLA (www.courtwatchnola.org)
Course Description: The Legal Studies Service Learning Option gives students an opportunity to become familiar with court room procedure and acquire research, investigation, and analytical skills through court room observation and data collection. Students will: identify and analyze various legal issues associated with court cases; develop investigation and information-gathering skills through the collection of information on real-life court cases, specifically felony cases; develop data analysis skills and assessment methods for improving the effectiveness of a community-based program; make recommendations on ways to improve the effectiveness of the Orleans Parish criminal justice system; and consider the importance of ethical behavior and confidentiality in civil and criminal litigation proceedings.
Co-requisites: LGST 3010, LGST 4100, LGST 4110, LGST 4120, LGST 4130, LGST 4140, LGST 4150, LGST 4160, LGST 4170, LGST 4180, LGST 4210/4220
Open to juniors and seniors. Satisfies the second-tier service learning requirement.

MCOM 3890 - Management Communication Service Learning Option

Instructors: Kelly Grant and Ashley Nelson
Community Partner: Junior Achievement (www.jagno.org )
Previous Community Partners: ARC of New Orleans, Idea Village, New Orleans Outreach
Course Description: In the Management Communication Service Learning class, students will participate in a hands-on project that will give them opportunities to apply newly acquired communication skills. Students will: identify communication opportunities and challenges within a specific organization; identify and analyze various stakeholder groups associated with the organization; develop a communication strategy for one of these stakeholder groups; and consider the role of communication in the project process.
Co-requisite: MCOM 3010
Open to juniors and seniors. Satisfies the second-tier service learning  requirement.

MGMT 4160 - Leadership

Instructor: Christopher McCusker
Community Partner: Second Harvest Food Bank www.no-hunger.org), St. Bernard Project, and Idea Village (www.ideavillage.org).
Course Description: The Legal Studies Service Learning Option gives students an opportunity to lead a one-day service learning project in which they assemble a team and motivate that team to carry out their vision for the project.
Co-requisites: none
Open to juniors and seniors. Satisfies the second-tier service learning  requirement.

PERS 4560 (fall semester) or PERS 4570 (spring semester) - Business Service Learning Internship

Instructor:
Community Partner: Various
Course Description: This practicum is designed for students participating in an intensive business public service internship experience. Students have an opportunity to discuss issues related to their service learning internship experience. The course encourages active exploration of issues related to the internship and the student's major and facilitates individual growth and career development. Students are required to complete 60 hours of public service and attend a weekly workshop.
Co-requisites: PERS4890
Open to juniors and seniors. Satisfies the second-tier public service requirement.

TIDB1890 - Business Tides Service Learning

Instructor: Various
Community Partners Fall 2010: Backyard Gardener's Network (www.backyardgardenersnetwork.org ), Hands On (www.handsonneworleans.org ), City Park (www.neworleanscitypark.com ), Habitat for Humanity (www.habitat-nola.org ) Arc of Greater New Orleans (www.arcgno.org ), The Green Project (www.thegreenproject.org ) Tulane Athletics (www.tulanegreenwave.com ) Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation (www.saveourlake.org) , The Preservation Resource Center (www.prcno.org).
Course Description: Students engage in service learning activities that will complement the introductory business curriculum in TIDB1010 and TIDB1110.
Co-requisites: TIDB1010 and/or TIDB1110
Open to freshmen only. Satisfies the first-tier service learning requirement.