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Spring 2012 EXL Activities

Wine Appreciation Trip to Canada to study wineries
Agriculture Planning & implementing a ¼ acre garden on campus

Equine Reproduction
Follow a mare throughout the semester

Soil and Water Conservation
Analyze erosion sites and make recommendations

Problems in Agriculture
Trip to Argentina working in a nursery, horse farm, winery, poultry processing facility, goat farm, and a row crop farm

Theory of Flight
Design, research and development of a balsa wood glider for competition at end of semester

Fundamentals of Aerodynamics
A flight experiment to obtain aerodynamic characteristics curves for a Piper Saratoga aircraft

Airline Management
Form an airline and actively manage it using airline management simulation

Comm 3220
Students participate in a class community project

Comm 3340
Interview Comm Students conduct a mock hiring interview in the community, do five minute reflection presentation, create a portfolio

Comm 4900
Internship Secure Internship either paid or non-paid

CSCI 4910
A 3 credit hour internship course

ECE 4300
Preschool Practicum Students will spend 3 hours per week working directly with children in a preschool classroom for a total of 36 hours

ECE 4330
Primary Practicum An 18-hr placement with reflection logs of classroom experiences

ECE 4110
Students participate in 15 weeks of student teaching in public school

ECE 4380
Infant and Toddler Internship, students will spend 2.5 hrs. per week working directly with children for a total of 30 hrs.

ENGL 3580
Teaching Intern Engage students in a teaching internship with an area educator

ENGL 4600
Writing Internship Complete a 120 hr. internship and submit a portfolio of work

EXL 3010
Students complete 10 hrs. of service at Hobgood Elementary in order to apply skills learned in UNIV 1010 and give back to the Generation Next Program.

EXL 3020
Practicum in Leadership Studies, independent leadership projects with the campus or community entities, also includes churches and Girl Scts

Civic Engagement Practicum
Develop and carry out campus survey on MTSU undergraduate voting patterns including data entry and statistical analysis

FCSE 2510
Students will select a specific school, collect demographic and educational needs data and develop and present a 30 minute lesson

FOED 2110
Students spend 8 hrs. tutoring in public school and 2 hrs. observation

GS 3010
Hands-on learning incorporating group activities focusing on cross cultural experiences using Twitter, social media , etc.

HIST 2020
Involves 2 out-of-class oral history interviews, one with a person who contributed a personal memory to Gore Center Memory Capsule and one with person over age 70 regarding late 20th century

Practicing Anthropology
Volunteer several hours per week in non-profit and observe participants

Zooarcheology
Analyze a sample of unanalyzed faunal remains, write paper/present

Art Lithography Class
Will pick a theme and create a portfolio of fine art prints

Strength, Conditioning and Human Performance
Self-evaluation/group evaluation of performance, explain why they evaluated themselves and group and peers the way they did

Clinicals in Athletic Training
Complete 200 service learning hours on campus with athletic team

Clinicals in Athletic Training
Compete 200 service learning hours off campus with team at a local high school

BIOL 3200 Internship
Each internship unique, each project will allow the student to grow as a scientist in that particular field of biology

Diagnostic Microbiology
Involves an epidemiological activity attempting to identify whether individual cases of a particular disease are related to another. Look at bacteria at the level of DNA.

Human Genetics
Amplifying and cloning human aminopepidase genes into a yeast expression vector. Examine how immune cells mature.

Business Law
Participate in a Supreme Court project including researching, analyzing, presenting and reflecting on cases currently pending

Senior Seminar BUAD 4000
Partner with Journey Home to expand their Community Garden, provide irrigation system, rain capturing system, build storage shed, design a sign for the road, secure tools, build brand awareness and create new partnerships

Aging Heath & Development
Interaction and activity planning with seniors for 2 – 2 ½ hrs. per wk.

Family Centered Comm
Build, gather and analyze info. about world hunger and develop a fundraiser

CHEM 3890
Serve as weekly lab assistants helping students

Interpersonal Communication
Initiate conversations with a stranger, write paper on breaking barriers, write a paper in which emotions prevented understanding and write a paper regarding conflict resolution

HIST 2030
A driving tour of the Trail of Tears in Rutherford County, conduct research and interview scholars, locate and map relevant sites

HIST 3870
Students make a history documentary using new media tools

HSC 4104
Internship, students complete 300 hours of work experience in a social service, government, or family-oriented organization

Leadership Theories and Pract Servant Leadership
Community Service Project. Students work independently with community organization or church

LEAD 4001
Professional Development Assignment: Students attend a conference related to Student Affairs, write paper and share. Community Service: Student participate in a community service project, write a reflection paper and participate in class debriefing.

Principles of MGMT
Social Responsibility Project: Work with community organizations, schools, or churches.

MGMT 3610
Students will present their project on bullying in high schools

Managerial Decision Making
Host the Hobgood Family Wellness Festival at Hobgood Elementary

Personal Selling MKT 3840
Students simulate sales calls both in and out of Sales lab. Interview B2B salesperson and/or job shadow

Personal Selling MKT 3840
Complete a sales proposal project using real companies.

Promotion MKT 3850
Create integrated marketing plans for two academic programs

Sports Marketing MKT 3865
Each student will identify a prospective sponsor for Tim Mitchell, a driver in the ARCA stock car racing series, prepare a sponsorship proposal that will be mailed to the company. Other optional activities.MKT 3920 A completed marketing plan including the media plan, strategy development, situation analysis, and creative output, budget,
benchmarks and evaluation.

MKT 4170
Complete creative work and a press kit for a company, a Facebook page, bumper stickers, and specialty advertisement

MUTH Music Theory

NFS 4220 Food Systems MGT
Field Experience Journal, Sustainability Audit for a long term care facility, Perform Sanitation and Food Safety Inspection for a public school, Development and testing of recipe for a school system using nutritional guidelines

NFS Nutrition Coaching
Reflective journal on coaching each other on nutrition related behavior changes and coaching/counseling skills with recruited clients

NUR 3360 Nursing Practice
Clinical, Students spend 48 hours in long term care

NURS 3370 Health & Gerontology
Students complete a learning project with an elderly person (65 and older), interview for health history, complete assessments and design a teaching project and evaluate it

NURS 3370
Utilizes a PowerPoint presentation to assist peers with expanding knowledge on needs of the aging population and resources available in the community

NURS 3540
A research case study where one patient is chosen by the student to demonstrate the application of practice guidelines and nursing research to support the care delivered to the patient.

NURS 4039
Each student is expected to spend a minimum of 8 hours providing volunteer community service to the agency of their choice on a healthrelated issue. Hands on experience providing a service or furthering a cause that is aligned with current healthcare issues and trends.

NURS 4340
Students worked with a critical care preceptor at Middle TN Medical Center Critical Care Unit providing direct patient care.

NURS 4340
Each student chooses one patient, prepares a case study related to that patient and presents the case to peers and course faculty

NURS 4350
Scholarly Pediatric Case Study requires students to compare an actual experience with the evidence available in the literature.

NURS 4360
Each student will complete a Clinical Evaluation Tool which tracks competence and provides a reflective component at the end of each clinical experience

NURS 4560
Complete a case study concerning a mentally ill patient met in the clinical experience. Develop an appropriate plan of care and answer personal reflection questions. Participate in ongoing service-learning project in partnership with community agencies to promote health of vulnerable clients.

NURS 4580
Develop and implement a management or leadership project. Examples are policy development, process redesign, and staff education.

NURS 4580
Utilize skills of inquiry, research and problem solving to identify essential components of the leadership and management roles that are present in Nursing.

ORCO 3240
Organizational service project to practice organizational listening and observing skills, at least 10 hours outside of class, must be value added, addressing org. culture, communication networks, what is good and what needs improvement in the organization

ORCO 3250
Each student spent 4 hours on Careers in Music Transition Program, students work either at Country Music Hall of Fame, Major Bob Music, TPAC or the Nashville Symphony, 4 hours Fontanel Program, spent 45 hrs. where students created their own organization through a "mock" grant

ORCO 3500
Students will compile a field project designed for interaction and observation of an on-campus organization or office. Students will observe as volunteers for 10 to 15 hours during the semester.

ORCO 3650
Conflict and Orgs Study conflict resolution processes then focus on negotiation by actually negotiating on an issue of importance to them, write a reflection paper on the experience

ORCO 3750
Students complete 3 projects for 30 experiential hours per student, students create a survey dealing with language in the workplace and gather data and report on results

ORCO 4000
Students will complete 3 papers that require interview, direct observation and reflection. They will also put together and guide a class discussion on a gender topic of their choice.

ORCO 4210
Students choose a project that includes planning and implementing such as the MTSU Homecoming Parade, coordinating events at the The Avenue in Murfreesboro, working on promotions and events for the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, planning a golf fundraiser, and MTSU Centennial Gala.

ORCO 4220
Internship – 40 hours per student

ORCO 4500
Students complete 2 projects: Consulting Business Plan project with consulting and auditing of a hypothetical consulting business and apply discipline specific readings to analyze a for-profit and not-for-profit business. 20 hours per student

PS 4040
Internship where students work in a law office or law related agency for 120 hours minimum

PS 4270
Internship

PS 4280, PS 4290, PS 4360
A reflective paper which includes the student's journal, a description of the agency, nature of the tasks, an analysis of the seminar activities and reflections linking theory to practice

PSY 4750
A practicum with projects that require 9 hours per week; for example, judicial research with Judge Ash, research assistant in various agencies, assistant in hospital and clinic setting including Vanderbilt's TRIAD and Head Injury and Rehab setting

READ 4510
Students will plan and implement a Family Literacy Night Program in collaboration with Read to Succeed to furnish support in the areas of literacy education and family involvement

RIM 3020 Commercial Songwriting
Students will work with professional mentors and document the experience from start to finish. Each student will turn in a CD of all songs written for the class.

RIM 3580 Internship

RIM 4000
A supervised internship with a company in the music business including record labels, music publishing companies, music management companies, live event companies, new media and marketing companies and others. To serve as a launching pad for employment in the industry.

RIM 4010
Internship

RIM 4020 Advanced Songwriting
Students will work with professional mentors and document all the experience from start to finish. Each student will turn in a CD of all songs written for the class.

RIM 4580
Students will be given their own extraction of an actual television show with audio and video. Their assignment is to isolate the various sound elements into talking dialogue, sound effects, music, and narration. They are to choice appropriate microphone channels, adjust the edits of all the sound files, balance the frequencies and loudness of all audio. Using professional monitoring meters, they will keep the sound mix levels within network spec. End product is an intense two-minute excerpt from a television show.

RIM 4590
Students will be given a short scene from a motion picture. All sound will have been removed from the scene and it will be the student's responsibility to write appropriate music for the scene. This will require analysis of the action, mood, subtext, and historical context of the visual and determine the musical style that will best convey the meaning of the scene. The student will work with other students who will be creating sound effects and will collaborate with a mix engineer in combining all the audio elements.

RIM 4670
Students are responsible for the complete production of 2 – 3 recordings intended for release on the campus record label. Responsibilities include the selection of an artist, selection and development of songs suited for the artist, all preproduction activities and all studio work.

RIM 4840
All notes and material provided during the semester is compiled into a final project which must be organized and presented in a professional manner with a brief statement of experiences from the student.

SPED 3010 Special Ed.
Students complete a practicum hours at a designated school or Project Help with supervision and guidance with a trained teacher.

UH 3001
Students will be required to produce an issue of Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression. Collage is a collection of creative student work submitted by MTSU students and recent alumni each semester. 200 to 300 submissions are reviewed through a blind grading process with approx. 50 works chosen for publication. Selected literary works are edited, and visual works are tweaked using PhotoShop. Visual and literary works are paired and placed in a student-created design using Adobe InDesign. A professional printing company prints the magazine from the submitted InDesign file.

 

 

Impact of EXL on the Community

During the 2008 – 2009 year, 2,653 students participated in EXL community projects, spending approximately 139,561 hours on these activities. 2,185 projects completed. Based on $8 an hour estimate, the value of the volunteer contributions to the community by MTSU students in 2008-2009 were $1,116,488. Expectations are the 14,000 hours will be spent on contributions to the community in 2009-2010 for a value of $1.2 million

University Involvement in Experiential Activities

During 2008 – 2009, students participated in a variety of experiential learning activities:

• 3,610 MTSU students completed internships/practicum experiences.
• The American Democracy Project implemented nine projects involving 6,899 students.
• 556 students participated in international programs
• 3,367 students were enrolled in EXL designated courses

Students Make Impact on Community

Students in a class taught by Tara Prarie (WMST 2500 - Women and Leadership) had the choice of creating a support group for an underserviced population in Middle TN or hosting a fundraiser for a non-profit. Class members decided to do both activities and they started the Middle Tennessee Eating Disorder Group and they hosted the Rock Your Body Benefit for the group. Please take the time to view photos of the event.