Community-Engaged Learning Course Guide

Community-engaged learning courses take students beyond the classroom, where they collaborate with communities—in Ithaca and around the globe—to design, implement and evaluate real solutions to real problems. These academically rigorous courses advance knowledge within specific fields of study while preparing students to become lifelong learners and leaders with a public purpose who practice respect and empathy; seek collaboration, equity and creativity; and embrace differences and build belonging.

A community-engaged learning course is one that includes an organized community-engaged activity outside the context of the classroom and does the following:

  1. Addresses a specific interest, problem or public concern
  2. Includes working with and learning from a community partner
  3. Connects and integrates community-engaged experiences with educational content
  4. Includes structured, documented critical reflection

Learn more: einhorn.cornell.edu and the “Community-Engaged Learning Course Tagging Guide” on that site.

Community-Engaged Learning Courses (CU-CEL) 

AEM 1101Dyson Foundations: Business for a Better World3
AEM 2025Work and Well-Being3
AEM 3000Collaboration and Strategic Impact1.5
AEM 3110Design and Innovation3
AEM 3205Ethics in Business and Organizations3
AEM 3260Cooperative Business Management4
AEM 3385Social Entrepreneurship Practicum: Anabel's Grocery3
AEM 4000Grand Challenges Project3
AEM 4090Environmental Finance and Markets3
AEM 4375Business Design3
AEM 4415Field Research and Pre-Engagement with Social Enterprises in Emerging Markets1.5
AEM 4421Research and Strategy in Emerging Markets3
AEM 4533Federal Income Taxation of Low Income Taxpayers2
AEM 4585Sustainable Business3
AEM 4875Low-Income Taxpayer Law & Accounting Practicum3
AEM 5260Cooperative Business Management4
AEM 5300CEMS Block Seminar1.5
AEM 5305Global Citizenship Seminar1
AEM 5415Field Research and Pre-Engagement with Social Enterprises in Emerging Markets1.5
AEM 5421Research and Strategy in Emerging Markets3
AEM 6090Environmental Finance and Markets3
AEM 6533Federal Income Taxation of Low Income Taxpayers2
AIIS 3324Cayuga Language and Culture3
AIIS 3325Cayuga Language and Culture II3
AIIS 3330Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Place-Based Ecological Knowledge3
ALS 2300CALS Global Fellows Intl Internship Prep. Workshop1
ALS 3105Post-Internship: Reflection on Engaged Experiences1
ALS 3260Cooperative Business Management4
AMST 2016Understanding Global Capitalism Through Service Learning4
AMST 3121Crime and Punishment4
AMST 3330Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Place-Based Ecological Knowledge3
AMST 3434Underground Railroad Seminar3
AMST 6464Underground Railroad Seminar3
ANSC 1249Applied Dairy and Food Production0.5
ANSC 1250Applied Dairy and Food Production Field Experience1.5
ANSC 3510Dairy Herd Management4
ANSC 3511Junior Dairy Fellows2
ANSC 3561International Dairy Study Trip II0.5
ANSC 4510Dairy Herd Business Management4
ANSC 4560Dairy Management Fellowship2
ANSC 5510Dairy Herd Management4
ANSC 6510Dairy Herd Business Management4
ANTHR 1900Global Engagements: Living and Working in a Diverse World3
ANTHR 4200Field Methods in Community-Engaged Archaeology3
ANTHR 4530Mental Health, Healing Systems, Community-Based Care: Resilience in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve4
ANTHR 7200Field Methods in Community-Engaged Archaeology3
ARCH 6318Mellon Design Justice Workshop4
ARCH 6418Mellon Design Justice Workshop4
ARKEO 2620Laboratory in Landscape Archaeology3
ARKEO 4200Field Methods in Community-Engaged Archaeology3
ARKEO 7200Field Methods in Community-Engaged Archaeology3
ART 3011LAND: Art, Ecology and Environmental Activism4
ART 5101Image Text Independent Field Practicum1
ASRC 2006Understanding Global Capitalism Through Service Learning4
ASRC 3434Underground Railroad Seminar3
ASRC 6464Underground Railroad Seminar3
BEE 4730Watershed Engineering4
BEE 5730Watershed Engineering4
BIOEE 2001Bringing Specimens to Life: Using Natural History Collections to Engage Communities in Sci Outreach3
BIOG 3500Introduction to Applied Science Communication: Digital Platforms and Public Engagement3
BIOMS 5660Social Issues in Community Engagement by Cancer Scientists1
BME 4440Science Policy Bootcamp: Concept to Conclusion3
BME 5100Clinical Preceptorship for Biomedical Engineers1
BME 7160Immersion Experience in Medical Research and Clinical Practice6
CEE 3090Special Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering1-6
CEE 5050Interdisciplinary Master of Engineering Project1-6
CEE 6091Seminar: Project Management1
COGST 1111Making a Difference by Design3
COGST 1501Introduction to Environmental Psychology - Writing in the Major4
COGST 4940Moral Psychology in Action3
COML 3010Latinx Theatre Production1-3
COML 6021Latinx Theatre Production1-3
COMM 3010Writing and Producing the Narrative for Digital Media3
COMM 3050Advanced Media Writing about Cultural, Social, and Environmental Crises3
COMM 3110Educational Psychology4
COMM 3189Taking America's Pulse: Creating and Conducting a National Opinion Poll3-4
COMM 3760Planning Communication Campaigns3
CRP 3072Land Use, Environmental Planning, and Urban Design Workshop4
CRP 3270Regional Economic Impact Analysis3
CRP 3348Design Connect1-4
CRP 4080Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)4
CRP 4160Rome Workshop6
CRP 5072Land Use, Environmental Planning, and Urban Design Workshop4
CRP 5160Rome Workshop6
CRP 5172NYC Workshop: Land Use, Environmental Planning, and Design6
CRP 5173NYC Studio: Integrated Urbanism as a Platform for Engagement6
CRP 5348Design Connect1-4
DEA 1110Making a Difference by Design3
DEA 1501Introduction to Environmental Psychology - Writing in the Major4
DEA 2700Healthy Places: Design, Planning and Public Health3
DEA 3055Hospitality, Health and Design Industry Immersion Seminar1
DEA 4375Business Design3
DEA 4401Adaptive Reuse Studio: Recycling the Built Environment4
DEA 4500Policy Meets Design: High-Impact Facilities of the 21st Century3
DEA 4590Problem-Seeking through Programming3
DEA 5305Health and Healing Studio4
DEA 5540Workplace Strategy Studio4
DEA 5700Designing Age Friendly Environments3
DEA 6055Hospitality, Health and Design Industry Immersion Seminar1
DEA 6500Problem-Seeking through Programming3
EAS 3450Environmental Geophysics3
EAS 4370Field Geophysics3
EAS 4443Global Climate Change Science and Policy3
EAS 4447Interacting with Global Climate Policy1
EAS 5443Global Climate Change Science and Policy3-4
EAS 5450Environmental Geophysics3
EAS 5555Numerical Techniques for Weather and Climate Modeling2
EAS 6370Field Geophysics3
EDUC 2200Introduction to Adult Learning4
EDUC 2210Designing and Facilitating Learning for Development4
EDUC 2410The Art of Teaching4
EDUC 2610Intergroup Dialogue3
EDUC 3110Educational Psychology4
EDUC 3142Reflecting on the Intersections of Education and Prison Systems2-4
EDUC 3350Youth Organizations and Leadership Development3
EDUC 4200Adult Language Learners and Marginalization: Applied Teaching Methods for Empowerment4
EDUC 4223Community Learning Ecosystems: Place, SDGs & Hope4
EDUC 5223Community Learning Ecosystems: Place, SDGs & Hope4
EDUC 5350Youth Organizations and Leadership Development3
ENGRC 3350Organizational Communications for Engineers3
ENGRG 3910Applied Engineering Leadership3
ENGRI 1190Biomaterials for the Skeletal System3
ENMGT 5050Interdisciplinary Master of Engineering Project1-6
ENMGT 6091Seminar: Project Management1
ENTOM 3350Naturalist Outreach Practicum4
ENTOM 3360Naturalist Outreach Continued1-2
ENVS 4443Global Climate Change Science and Policy3
ENVS 4500Climate Solutions Capstone3
ENVS 4700Art and Science of the Mohawk River Watershed3
FDSC 4000Capstone Project in Food Science2
FREN 2070Medical French3
FSAD 3200Global Textile and Apparel Sustainability3
FSAD 4660Textiles, Apparel, and Innovation3
GDEV 1300Just Food: Exploring the Modern Food System4
GDEV 2100Introduction to Adult Learning4
GDEV 2210Designing and Facilitating Learning for Development4
GDEV 2410The Art of Teaching4
GDEV 2940Preparing for Food Systems and Agriculture Engaged Experiences1
GDEV 3030FoodCycle: Systems Thinking Toward Circular Economy for Organic Resources3
GDEV 3060Farmworkers: Contemporary Issues and Their Implications1
GDEV 3105Post-Internship: Reflection on Engaged Experiences1
GDEV 3110Educational Psychology4
GDEV 3142Reflecting on the Intersections of Education and Prison Systems2-4
GDEV 3350Youth Organizations and Leadership Development3
GDEV 3400Agriculture, Food, Sustainability and Social Justice3
GDEV 3410Refugee Pathways: From Conflict to Resettlement3
GDEV 3500Development in Action: Fall Faculty-Led Study Trip Preparation0.5
GDEV 3680Environmental Decision Making3
GDEV 3900Circular Systems3
GDEV 4075Program Evaluation for Community-Based Organizations3
GDEV 4200Adult Language Learners and Marginalization: Applied Teaching Methods for Empowerment4
GDEV 4223Community Learning Ecosystems: Place, SDGs & Hope4
GDEV 4443Global Climate Change Science and Policy3
GDEV 5030FoodCycle: Systems Thinking Toward Circular Economy for Organic Resources3
GDEV 5223Community Learning Ecosystems: Place, SDGs & Hope4
GDEV 5350Youth Organizations and Leadership Development3
GDEV 5400Agriculture, Food, Sustainability and Social Justice3
GDEV 5410Refugee Pathways: From Conflict to Resettlement3
GDEV 5443Global Climate Change Science and Policy3-4
GDEV 5500Development in Action: Fall Faculty-Led Study Trip Preparation0.5
GDEV 5680Environmental Decision Making3
GOVT 3121Crime and Punishment4
GOVT 3189Taking America's Pulse: Creating and Conducting a National Opinion Poll3-4
GOVT 3242Reflecting on the Intersections of Education and Prison Systems2-4
HADM 1199Hotelie LaunchPad II: Maximizing and Leveraging the Cornell Experience0.5
HADM 3055Hospitality, Health and Design Industry Immersion Seminar1
HADM 4315Nonprofit Social Enterprise and Food Justice3
HADM 6055Hospitality, Health and Design Industry Immersion Seminar1
HD 3110Educational Psychology4
HD 4850Professional Development in Translational Research2
HD 4860Nearest Neighbor2
HD 4940Moral Psychology in Action3
HE 3301BCTR Scholars Reflection1
HE 4050Independent Community Engaged Learning3
HIST 2006Understanding Global Capitalism Through Service Learning4
HIST 2715A Global South: Chile, the Pacific and the World4-5
ILRGL 3052Community Controlled Economic Development1
ILRGL 4027Campus Mediation Practicum4
ILRGL 4029Campus Mediation Practicum II: Advanced Issues in Restorative Justice4
ILRGL 4260ILR Global Engaged-Learning Pre-Departure1.5
ILRGL 4885In The Shadow of the Tower: Building A Dynamic Local Union At Cornell1.5
ILRGL 4970Field Research, Internship4
ILRGL 4980Internship8
ILRGL 6027Campus Mediation Practicum4
ILRGL 6029Campus Mediation Practicum II: Advanced Issues in Restorative Justice4
ILRHR 6640HR Research for Executive Decision-Making3
ILRID 2610Intergroup Dialogue3
ILRID 3550Engaged Learning in ILR0.5-3
ILRID 4635The Fight Against Unemployment: Advocacy and Policy1.5
ILRID 4645The Fight Against Unemployment: Engaged Learning Option1.5
ILRID 6635The Fight Against Unemployment: Advocacy and Policy1.5
ILRID 6645The Fight Against Unemployment: Engaged Learning Option1.5
ILRID 6657Neurodiversity at Work: Innovations and Initiatives Active1.5
INFO 1998First-year Team Projects1-3
INFO 4998Team Projects1-4
LA 2010Medium of the Landscape I5
LA 2020Medium of the Landscape II5
LA 2620Laboratory in Landscape Archaeology3
LA 3010Integrating Theory and Practice I5
LA 3020Integrating Theory and Practice II5
LA 4010Urban Design Studio5
LA 4020Capstone Community Design Studio5
LA 4910Creating the Urban Eden: Woody Plant Selection, Design, and Landscape Establishment5
LA 5010Composition and Theory I5
LA 5020Composition and Theory II5
LA 5910Creating the Urban Eden: Woody Plant Selection, Design, and Landscape Establishment5
LA 6010Integrating Theory and Practice I5
LA 6020Integrating Theory and Practice II5
LA 7005LA Design Studio NYC5
LA 7010Urban Design and Planning5
LA 7020Advanced Design Studio5
LATA 2715A Global South: Chile, the Pacific and the World4-5
LATA 3010Latinx Theatre Production1-3
LATA 3481Sustainability Education Policy in the U.S. and Ecuador4
LATA 6020Latinx Theatre Production1-3
LAW 6027Campus Mediation Practicum4
LAW 6029Campus Mediation Practicum II: Advanced Issues in Restorative Justice4
LAW 6204Cornell Prison Education Program Teaching Practicum3
LAW 6533Federal Income Taxation of Low-Income Taxpayers2
LAW 6635The Fight Against Unemployment: Advocacy and Policy1.5
LAW 6645The Fight Against Unemployment: Engaged Learning Option1.5
LAW 7603Movement Lawyering Practicum4
LAW 7801Asylum and Convention Against Torture Appellate Clinic4
LAW 7805Advanced Labor Law Clinic1-6
LAW 7811Capital Punishment Clinic I4
LAW 7815Capital Punishment Clinic II1-6
LAW 7832Externship - Full Time12
LAW 7833Criminal Defense Trial Practicum: Local Court4
LAW 7834Externship - Part Time1-10
LAW 7837International Human Rights Clinic4
LAW 7839Entrepreneurship Clinic I1-6
LAW 7840Estate Planning Practicum3
LAW 7845Advanced Entrepreneurship Law Clinic1-6
LAW 7855International Human Rights: Litigation and Advocacy Clinic I4
LAW 7857Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic I1-6
LAW 7858Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic II1-6
LAW 7859Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic III1-6
LAW 7860International Human Rights: Litigation and Advocacy II1-6
LAW 7862Externship - Pro Bono Scholars Program12
LAW 7864Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic IV1-6
LAW 7867First Amendment Law Clinic1-6
LAW 7871Labor Law Clinic1-6
LAW 7875Low-Income Taxpayer Law and Accounting Practicum1-4
LAW 7876Low-Income Taxpayer Law and Accounting Practicum II1-6
LAW 7877Low-Income Taxpayer Law and Accounting Practicum III1-6
LAW 7905Advocacy for LGBT Communities Practicum1-6
LAW 7906Advocacy for LGBT Communities Practicum II1-6
LAW 7914Gender Justice Clinic1-6
LAW 7915Gender Justice Clinic II1-6
LAW 7921Non-Jury Trial Practicum4
LAW 7923Protest and Civil Disobedience Defense Practicum I4
LAW 7925New York Attorney General Practicum I6
LAW 7953Securities Law Clinic I1-6
LAW 7954Securities Law Clinic II1-6
LAW 7955Securities Law Clinic III1-6
LAW 7966Veterans Law Practicum III1-6
LEAD 1960Leadership Training Practicum1
LEAD 4223Community Learning Ecosystems: Place, SDGs & Hope4
LEAD 4970Undergraduate Experience in Leadership1-3
LEAD 5223Community Learning Ecosystems: Place, SDGs & Hope4
LING 2224Introduction to Language Endangerment and Revitalization3
LING 3324Cayuga Language and Culture3
LING 3325Cayuga Language and Culture II3
LING 6324Cayuga Language and Culture3
LSP 3010Latinx Theatre Production1-3
LSP 6020Latinx Theatre Production1-3
MAE 4220Introduction to Internet of Things - Technology and Engagement3
MAE 4221Introduction to Internet of Things - Technology and Engagement4
MATH 3610Mathematical Modeling4
MSE 1190Biomaterials for the Skeletal System3
MSE 4610Biomedical Materials and Their Applications3
MUSIC 1213Spring Break: Marine Stewardship and Creative Collaboration1
NBA 5035Philanthropic Leadership1.5
NBAB 5020Management Accounting1-2.25
NS 4250Nutrition Communications and Counseling3
NS 4600Explorations in Global and Public Health3
NS 6250Community Nutrition in Action3
NTRES 2010Environmental Conservation4
NTRES 2480Sustainability Leadership3
NTRES 3330Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Place-Based Ecological Knowledge3
NTRES 4155Conservation Medicine: A One Health Laboratory3
NTRES 4500Climate Solutions Capstone3
NTRES 4520Land Use and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Nilgiris3
NTRES 4700Art and Science of the Mohawk River Watershed3
NTRES 4750Environmental Justice and Policy3
NTRES 5750Environmental Justice and Policy3
NTRES 6500Climate Solutions Capstone3
PHIL 1918Conversations in Moral Psychology1
PHIL 3915Moral Psychology in Action3
PLSCI 1101Plant Science and Systems4
PLSCI 1110Pathways to Success in Agriculture and Plant Sciences2
PLSCI 1300Just Food: Exploring the Modern Food System4
PLSCI 3030FoodCycle: Systems Thinking Toward Circular Economy for Organic Resources3
PLSCI 5110Field Crop Systems4
PLSCI 5850Public Garden Management3
PLSCI 6180People, Plants and Participation3
PMA 3010Latinx Theatre Production1-3
PMA 4450Rural Humanities Seminar4
PMA 4680Prison Theatre and the Possibilities of Transformation4
PMA 6010Latinx Theatre Production1-3
PMA 6450Rural Humanities Seminar4
PSYCH 1200Conversations in Moral Psychology1
PSYCH 1501Introduction to Environmental Psychology - Writing in the Major4
PSYCH 4940Moral Psychology in Action3
PUBPOL 3050Refugee Pathways and Resettlement Policy4
PUBPOL 3135World Food Systems and Public Policy3
PUBPOL 3189Taking America's Pulse: Creating and Conducting a National Opinion Poll3-4
PUBPOL 3480Sustainability Education Policy in the U.S. and Ecuador4
PUBPOL 3490Housing Equity Lab3
PUBPOL 3650Social Care Navigation to Advance Health Equity3
PUBPOL 3720Addiction Medicine Practice and Policy3
PUBPOL 3790Community Impact Analysis in Development Policy I1
PUBPOL 3791Community Impact Analysis in Development Policy II2
PUBPOL 4950Engaged Learning Capstone3
PUBPOL 5033Danish Health Care System1.5
PUBPOL 5050Refugee Pathways and Resettlement Policy4
PUBPOL 5135World Food Systems and Public Policy3
PUBPOL 5280Population Health for Health Managers3
PUBPOL 5360Program Evaluation for Community Organizations4
PUBPOL 5480Sustainability Education Policy in the U.S. and Ecuador4
PUBPOL 5571Corporate Responsibility3
PUBPOL 5590Environmental Justice and Policy3
PUBPOL 5720Addiction Medicine Practice and Policy3
PUBPOL 5740Short Course in Fundamentals of Health Facility Planning for Managers1
PUBPOL 5790Community Impact Analysis in Development Policy I1
PUBPOL 5791Community Impact Analysis in Development Policy II2
PUBPOL 5848The Fight Against Unemployment: Advocacy and Policy1.5
PUBPOL 5880Brooks Engaged Learning Capstone4
PUBPOL 5905Environmental and Sustainability Policy Colloquium3
PUBPOL 5951Field Studies in Health Administration and Planning1
PUBPOL 5952Field Study in Health Administration and Planning3
SHUM 1900Global Engagements: Living and Working in a Diverse World3
SHUM 3434Underground Railroad Seminar3
SHUM 4200Field Methods in Community-Engaged Archaeology3
SHUM 4800Rural Humanities Seminar4
SHUM 4860Prison Theatre and the Possibilities of Transformation4
SHUM 6200Field Methods in Community-Engaged Archaeology3
SHUM 6800Rural Humanities Seminar4
SOC 4980Engaged Learning Capstone3
SPAN 2715A Global South: Chile, the Pacific and the World4-5
STS 4040Digital Due Process Clinic3
SYSEN 5500Systems Modeling Language: Fundamentals and Practice2
UNILWYL 1154Serial Style and Silent Film in Ithaca1
UNILWYL 1155Fashion and Freedom of Expression1
UNILWYL 1156Optimizing Your First Year Experience: Queer Identities and Beyond1
VTMED 6436Directing Community Practice1
VTMED 6736Pet Loss and Bereavement Counseling Course0.5
VTMED 6737International Experiences in Wildlife Health and Conservation1-2
VTMED 6741Wellness and Sterilization Clinics Abroad1-2
VTMED 6743One Health: Conservation with Communities2
VTMED 6744One Health Laboratory: Conservation with Communities Field Experience3
VTMED 6745One Health: Conservation with Communities- Seminars1
VTMED 6748Expanding Horizons4
VTPEH 6103Public Health Policy3
VTPEH 6172Leading Change for Health Equity, Sustainability, and Justice3
VTPEH 6173Cross-sector Collaborations to Improve Health Equity3
VTPEH 6181Public Health Practice - Assessment3
VTPEH 6182Public Health Practice - Planning3
VTPEH 6183Public Health Practice – Monitoring, Evaluation, and Quality Improvement3
VTPEH 6184Strategic Public Health Communication3
VTPEH 6191Professional Skills and Explorations in Public Health1
VTPEH 6194Public Health Toolkit: Applied Practice, Negotiation, and Presenting Transferable Skills2