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Core Curriculum

ELSJ Stories

Experiential Learning For Social Justice has been an enormously successful part of the undergraduate Core curriculum, allowing students to connect their academic studies with communities in ways that benefit both.

Here are some of their stories:

  • A person in a hard hat and blue shirt standing near a building.
    Friday, February 12, 2016

    AT A GLANCE: Business professor uses his experience as a Habitat for Humanity volunteer to teach students inside and outside the classroom

  • Two people wearing masks in a dark, possibly abandoned, area.
    Thursday, February 11, 2016

    AT A GLANCE: Photographer Pat Semansky first went to New Orleans on a Santa Clara immersion trip. Now he lives there and spends his time documenting ongoing attempts to rebuild the Big Easy.

  • Three people sitting against a brick wall background.
    Thursday, February 11, 2016

    AT A GLANCE: Photography professor's work in Burkina Faso offers students a one-of-a-kind experience

  • A group of people posing outdoors on a grassy hill.
    Thursday, February 11, 2016

    AT A GLANCE: Business lecturer leads students on an immersion trip through Alaska about leadership sustainability.

  • A woman with glasses smiling.
    Thursday, February 11, 2016

    AT A GLANCE: Photography professor uses art and the camera to engage students in local and Santa Clara University communities