Learn to Serve: College Credit
"India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She was the mother of our philosophy, mother through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics, mother through Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity, mother through village communities of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all."
— Will Durant
Learn to Serve participants have the option to earn college credit through a simple and inexpensive process. We have an arrangement with Seattle Central Community College (SCCC) that allows you to earn up to 15-quarter hours of credit for the Learn to Serve program. SCCC is accredited through the Northwestern Association of Schools and Colleges.
Credit can be earned for language study, service work, and internships--all part of Learn to Serve: India. The College offers a number of courses designed to allow students to earn academic credit for international study or work experience. These courses don’t require you to go to Seattle, and there is no physical classroom. The course meets electronically by email, or by mail, phone or fax. Reading, journaling and paper-writing are an integral part of the curriculum.
There is a high degree of latitude for you in determining what you would like to study within each course – you can focus on the aspects of the region or culture that are of most interest to you, and both courses integrate well with the Learn to Serve experiential curriculum. Since we have a home base in Varanasi, and only travel on the weekends, the Learn to Serve - India program has a stability and continuity that lends itself nicely to doing the work required to earn college credit.
Possible Courses include:
- EDU 291: Using the World as a
Classroom (5 or 10 credits)
Research outside the classroom is now a reality. Students will pick a travel destination, select a research topic, gather research data, and combine them all into a learning experience. This is a self-paced course designed to maximize learning and travel experiences. - HUM 291: Hindi Language Enhancement
through Experiential Activities (5 or 10 credits)
This course is for the undergraduate student who plans on taking advantage of language study opportunities outside the USA, living with a family for total language immersion, or attending a language school while at the same time studying the culture of the country. Students are expected to complete all course requirements upon their return to the United States.
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