EDSP 3660.256 – Practicum in Inclusive Practices
Instructor – Dr. Jan. Janz
Days/Times – N/A
Community Partner – Edward Hynes Charter School
This practicum is taken after candidates have taken 3 courses in special education and during the time when candidates are demonstrating their knowledge and skills related to the professional standards for the Council of Exceptional Children. The course involves site-based performance activities, observations, and seminar in inclusive practices for students with mild/moderate disabilities. This course emphasizes meeting the needs of students with disabilities in inclusive general education settings as well as integrating knowledge and skills acquired in the associated coursework in special education.
FA 3050.225 – Professional Practice
Instructor – Ariya Martin
Days/Times – Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30 AM – 12:15 AM
Community Partner – Paper Machine
Students registered for FA 2050 will have the unique opportunity to assist the non-profit Paper Machine in archiving their collection of over 100 discrete artist books. Paper Machine is a 5000 square foot printshop in the Lower 9th Ward housing a range of traditional and cutting edge print technologies, to enhance, amplify, and explore New 17ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø’ rich printing heritage while providing significant opportunities for artists and residents of the Lower Ninth Ward and beyond. In return, students will be guided by staff at Paper Machine, as well as by the instructor in the classroom, to create their own one-of-a-kind photography book.
FTA 3460.225 – Introduction to Documentary Production
Instructor – Laszlo Fulop
Days/Times – Mondays & Wednesdays, 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Community Partner – Vianolavie.com
An introduction to the fundamentals of writing, producing, directing, and editing the documentary film. Students develop an understanding of the aesthetic dimensions of documentary film and learning the craft of documentary filmmaking through production assignments, critiques, and film analysis. In this course, students will do two projects with community partners. One will be a PSA (Public Service Announcement) about an issue concerning the New 17ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø community. The other one is a short documentary about an issue, a non-profit organization, or a portrait of a member of the community, etc.
HRT 4150.225 – Events Management and Convention Planning
Instructor – Dr. David Pearlman
Days/Times – Wednesdays, 4:00 PM – 6:45 PM
Community Partner – UNO SIL, UNO HRT ICHRIE/ACF Dinner
This course teaches how to plan, organize, staff, and evaluate any meeting or event using a standardized process. The importance of this course is further justified given the increasingly important role that meetings and events play in both the local and national economies. Learning will occur through a combination of lectures, podcasts, readings, assignments and a service learning project. The project is designed to be beneficial to student’s professional development through skills acquisition as well as the partner organization by addressing their individual meeting/event problems and needs. Student teams will work as event planners for their respective organizations by solving current event issues or will develop a pilot program.
HRT 6495.225 – Special Topics: Event Management
Instructor – Dr. David Pearlman
Days/Times - Mondays, 6:00 PM – 8:45 PM
Community Partner – Harrison Avenue Marketplace, Ashe Cultural Arts Center
This course teaches how to plan, organize, staff, and evaluate any meeting or event using a standardized process. The importance of this course is further justified given the increasingly important role that meetings and events play in both the local and national economies. Learning will occur through a combination of lectures, podcasts, readings, assignments and a service learning project. The project is designed to be beneficial to student’s professional development through skills acquisition as well as the partner organization by addressing their individual meeting/event problems and needs. Student teams will work as event planners for their respective organizations by solving current event issues or will develop a pilot program.
URBN 4145.225/5145.225 – Green Infrastructure
Instructor – Dr. Tara Lambeth
Days/Times – N/A (hybrid)
Community Partner – The Water Collaborative of Greater New 17ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø
As a part of the course, the students will work with various members of the Water Collaborative of Greater New 17ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, to include Global Green, Recharge NOLA, Dana Brown and Associates, the Urban Conservancy, and the Friends of Lafitte Greenway. The students will assist these community partners in the maintenance of green infrastructure projects. These projects could include tree planting, weeding of living wetlands, building rain barrels, and other maintenance activities, for a total of 25 hours of service. Following the work, the students will be asked to participate in group discussions in order to reflect on each service experience. As this is a problem-based service learning course, during the discussions, the students will identify an issue the green infrastructure provider is working to address, and ways that provider can continue to address the issue and find solutions to the problem. At the end of the course, students will make use of these reflections to write a research paper identifying an issue and particular green infrastructure methods that can help solve the issue. The papers will be a case study of the City of New 17ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, the challenges and needs in the city, and the green infrastructure methods that can address those needs. The students will share the paper with the community partners for use in future grant opportunities.
MURP 6720.225 – Practicum in Urban and Regional Planning
Instructor – Dr. Marla Nelson
Days/Times – Tuesdays, 6:00 PM – 8:45 PM
Community Partner – Town of Campti, Louisiana
MURP 6720 Practicum in Urban and Regional Planning is designed to be a culminating experience for MURP students who apply the academic and professional knowledge and skills developed through their planning coursework as well as their life knowledge and skills to a real planning projects. Students will work with Campti, LA community stakeholders to create a strategic urban design and historic preservation plan that identifies opportunities to attract and leverage investment in the community. This course will be offered in conjunction with a separate but coordinated urban design studio offered through the LSU School of Architecture. This project is endorsed by Roland Smith, Mayor of the Town of Campti, Rick Nowlin, President of Natchitoches Parish; and Donna Isaacs, Executive Director of Campti Field of Dreams, Inc., a 501c3 nonprofit corporation dedicated to improving the quality of life for residents in underserve communities.
HRT 2000.225 Introduction to Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management
Instructor – Dr. Yvette Green
Days/Times – Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Community Partner – Louisiana Hospitality Foundation (LHF), Acme Management Group
The HRT 2000 Introduction to HRT course is a survey of the hospitality and tourism pillars including customer service, the lodging industry, restaurant industry, travel/tourism industry and attractions/events. As a part of the course, students learn about the special events and golf industries. The service learning project ties together the special events and food and beverage course materials and applies it to a charity golf tournament. The service learning project with the Louisiana Hospitality Foundation and Acme Management Group in the planning and execution of food venues at the Zurich Classic International Golf Tournament – a four day golf event at TPC Golf Course. The students will help plan and execute the Champions Club and Acme Oyster House venues – two high profile food venues for the Zurich Classic. The proceeds of the venues go back to each foundation for support of grants and programming in the community within the community.
MURP 4005.225/5005.225 Introduction to Neighborhood Planning
Instructor – Dr. Michelle Thompson
Days/Times – Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Community Partner – HousingNOLA
This course provides students with an understanding of land use planning principles, methods and formats. In addition, students will gain the skills needed to create an effective and appropriate land use plan for a small city. The Spring 2019 course will focus on updating the existing neighborhood typologies for the City of New 17ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø. Students will use the HousingNOLA model criteria to evaluate neighborhood change and if any would be categorized as a new ranking.