We designate courses as “CB” for several reasons, but primarily to help students understand the nature of them. To carry the designation, a course needs to meet all four of the criteria:

Include field-based experiential learning with community partners as an instructional strategy
Give students direct experience with issues they are studying in the curriculum and with ongoing efforts to analyze and solve problems in the community
Give students the opportunity both to apply what they are learning in real-world settings and to reflect in a classroom setting on their community-based experiences
Model the idea that working collaboratively with diverse others to address an issue or promote the public good is an important college outcome and good preparation for citizenship, work, and life.