Designing Your AS-L Course

The Office of Academic Service-Learning is here to assist you with all aspects of planning for your academic service-learning project.

To begin the initial planning process, you should decide:

• What course would be most appropriate for including an academic service-learning project?
• How will this AS-L project help your students to better understand the course goals and learning objectives?
• What type of service activity will be most effective for this course?
• Will the AS-L project be optional or required for the students in your course?
• If AS-L is going to be optional, what will the alternative assignment be for those choosing not to participate in AS-L? How will the assignment be equally as involved and rigorous?
• What type of reflection assignment will your students complete? How will the reflection help to reinforce the learning objectives of your course?