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Exploring Service in STEM

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This seminar supports students interested in becoming STEM majors as they explore the public purpose of STEM. Learn about successful university-community partnerships and outreach, and experience public service opportunities first hand.
Course Number: 
INTEGSCI 140
Credits: 
1
Fulfills Requirements: 
First-year seminar
LAS elementary level
Prereqs/Requirements: 
  • Requires approximately 10 hours of service
  • First-year students only
Schedule: 

Fall 2021:

  • Tues. 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
Instructor: 
Anna Courtier, PhD
Integrated Science 140: Exploring Service in STEM

Open to transfer students for Fall 2021.  Email the instructor at anna.courtier@wisc.edu for permission to register.

Outreach in STEM can mean lots of things—STEM education...environmental work...health care.... Exploring Service in STEM gives you a taste of what's out there. You'll learn about the essential ingredients for successful university-community partnerships and outreach, and you'll get to experience a couple of different kinds of public service first hand. This course is designed to support you as you try out STEM-related public service opportunities and explore the public purpose of science. Put your science knowledge to work, gain resources and connections on campus and throughout Madison, and get involved in the world around you!

This seminar supports students interested in becoming STEM majors as they explore the public purpose of STEM. Students will learn about successful university-community partnerships and outreach, and will get to experience public service opportunities first-hand. Students gain resources and connections on campus and in the Madison community and will get to know Madison from several viewpoints through science outreach opportunities.

Anna Courtier, PhD

Director of Community-Based Learning
Contact Info

anna.courtier@wisc.edu

(608) 265-5526

Location

Room 104F

445 Henry Mall

Madison, WI 53706

I earned my PhD in geophysics from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and my BS in geology and geophysics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Before coming to WISCIENCE, I taught general education and geophysics courses at James Madison University, and later served as the Science Outreach Coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
 
At WISCIENCE, I coordinate service-learning coursework for undergraduate and graduate students and oversee the service peer leadership students. I also serve as the director of the Adult Role Models in Science program (ARMS), which supports many partnerships between the university and surrounding communities.  https://wiscience.wisc.edu/ARMS-program