PSYCH 2820 - Community Outreach

(crosslisted) HD 2820
(CU-CEL)

Fall. 2 credits. Letter grades only.

Students may not register concurrently with HD 3270 or PSYCH 3270 or PSYCH 3280.

H. Segal.

Provides students with information and perspectives essential to volunteer fieldwork with human and social service programs in the community. Readings are drawn from the field of community psychology and include analyses of successful programs, such as Head Start, as well as a review of the methods by which those programs are developed and assessed. Although students are not required to volunteer, the instructor provides students with a list of local agencies open to student placements.