Service-learning is a "for-credit" educational experience. Learning through service enables students to apply academic knowledge and critical thinking skills to meet genuine community needs. Faculty-guided reflection and assessment, combined with community partner enrichment, helps students gain a deeper understanding of course content, develop their sense of self-efficacy, and build their future as active citizens.

Community service or volunteerism can be transformed into service-learning by linking it to academic material and adding a reflection component.

For example, sorting food at a local food bank becomes service-learning when a Sociology Professor requires her students to explore the root causes of poverty in this area and to link the service experience to what is being learned in the classroom. Students may reflect upon their experiences through journal entries, class discussions, or online blogs.

Use this Georgia Southern Service-Learning Course Listing
to find service-learning courses on campus!

Guide coming soon!

Dr. Nancy Shumaker, retired Professor and founder/director of Georgia Southern’s Center for International Studies, has joined the Office of Student Leadership and Civic Engagement! Dr. Shumaker will help develop service-learning and alternative break opportunities abroad. Faculty with an interest in creating study-abroad courses with a service-learning element are encouraged to contact Dr. Shumaker.

Students with an interest in service-learning opportunities abroad are encouraged to contact Dr. Shumaker to learn more about the programs offered or being developed through our office.

Great Georgia Southern examples abound - this page coming soon!