Why take a CBL course?
- Employers seek to hire individuals who are “world ready” and empowered for citizenship, work, and life.
- Real-world practice to develop skills in design, communication, teamwork, leadership.
- Hands-on learning allows you to engage more deeply with learning process, and to clarify your purpose, values, and civic identity.
- Gain firsthand knowledge of community needs and collaborate with community organizations to examine and solve community-identified challenges.
- Interact with faculty and peers outside the classroom around substantive issues.
How is CBL different from other volunteer/service experiences?
- CBL is part of an academic course and includes learning goals, partnership goals, and community change goals.
- CBL centers collaborative partnerships with community organizations and leaders.
- CBL includes integrative reflection which encourages students to examine their purpose while exploring solutions to improve the human condition.
Experiential Education Stipend
Funded by the Ethelyn and Albert Daniel endowment, this fund provides a limited number of stipends for undergraduate students who seek to gain knowledge about career opportunities in their major through unpaid internships with non-profit and community service organizations.
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Current CBL Curricular Offerings
| Course Name | Course Number | Community Partners |
| Urban Transportation Planning | CP 4310 | The Ray, Propel ATL |
| Science Fiction Film and Television | LMC 3215 | Atlanta Sci-Fi Film Festival |
| Semester in the City: Engaging Communities | HTS 2086 | Varies |
| Scientific Foundations of Health | APPH 1040 | CHOA, East Decatur Greenway, Friends School of Atlanta, Forrest Hills |
| Integrative Management | MGT 4611 | Autistic Art, Biofilter, No Bad Kid, Clean Air Action Group, Vilagzep, The Association of Conscious Consumers, Bator Tabor, Carpathian Foundation, Domino Tanoda, Cargonomia |
| Business Fundamentals for Social Enterprises | MGT 4803 | Autistic Art, Biofilter, No Bad Kid, Clean Air Action Group, Vilagzep, The Association of Conscious Consumers, Bator Tabor, Carpathian Foundation, Domino Tanoda, Cargonomia |
| Social Impact: Exploration and Design | MGT 4189 | Southern Center for Human Rights, Freedom is a Choice, Hands on Atlanta, Historic Westside Garden, Hand Heart and Soul Project, 3DGirls, Hopeful Change, Helping Empower Youth, Lead Center for the Youth, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, Center for Community Progress, Center for Civic Innovation |
| General Ecology Lab | BIOS 2301 | WAWA, CHASE, CHARRS (through Greater Atlanta Science Collaboratory) |
| Communication and Culture | LMC 3206 | 3D Girls Inc, Amani Women Center, Asian American Advocacy Fund, CHARRS (Community Health Aligning Revitalization, Resilience, and Sustainability), The Hopeful Change, ReGen Community Advisory, Swim Life Fitness (Sensory H2O) |
| Content Strategy (Special Topics) | LMC 3813 | Amani Women Center, CHARRS, The Hopeful Change, ReGen Community Advisory, Wealthy Habits |
| Arduino Prototyping | LMC 3813/4720 | TBD |
| Architecture In Georgia | ARCH 4803/8803 | TBD |
| Information and Communication Technologies | CS 4745/6745 | TBD |
| Business Decisions for Sustainability and Shared Value | MGT 3770 | Center for Sustainable Communities |
Amplify Impact: Embrace our power as agents of change for the public good and generate talent, ideas, and solutions with unmatched impact and scale to help define and address the most critical problems of our time, locally and globally.