Community-based learning is a teaching methodology and philosophy of reciprocal learning designed to put theory into practice by combining the elements of academic study with interactive community placements or research.

Community-based learning courses for Fall 2009:

• EDC 210: Literacy in Cross-Cultural Perspective
  Lucy Mule

• SWG 230: "Feminisms and the Fate of the Planet"
  Lisa Armstrong

• SOC 214: Sociology of Hispanic Caribbean Communities
  Ginetta Candelario

• EDC 200: Education in the City
  Sam Intrator

• EDC 336: Youth Development and Social Entrepreneurship
  Sam Intrator and Don Siegel
  

Community-based learning methodology has also been incorporated in special studies, honors theses, and Smith Scholar projects in philosophy and sociology.