Projects of the BT2P Community

Integration at the Core: Engaged Learning in Rhodes’ Interdisciplinary Courses

Description:

The core curriculum at Rhodes College exposes students to a course sequence that explores history and culture through an interdisciplinary lens. Rhodes also has a tradition of engaging students in the community in order to connect their academics with civic and experiential learning. With support from a BT2P Program Development Grant, the college intertwined these two elements of the Rhodes education, embedding experiential and community-based learning into the core curriculum required of all students.  Faculty re-evaluated and rewrote the shared Instructors Guide for foundational courses, creating a formal connection between the core curriculum and community engagement in both faculty preparation and student experience.

Institution(s):

Rhodes College

Institutional Type:

  • 4-year liberal arts college

Theme(s):

  • Civic and community engagement
  • Engaged and active learning
  • Faculty development
  • Curricular innovation

State(s):

Tennessee

Contacts:

Dr. Milton Moreland, [email protected]