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Through Problems of Practice courses, you’ll take learning out of the classroom and into the wider world — where you can make an immediate difference.
A Problem of Practice (PoP) is an issue of consequence impacting a community, profession, or discipline. Examining a problem of practice involves active learning, such as project-based learning, community-engaged experiential learning, and ongoing reflection. Through PoP courses, students will collaborate with alumni and experts at local and global organizations — from theatre groups, historical societies, and media outlets to government agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and NGOs.
PoP courses call on students and faculty to explore uncertainty and engage in contexts where there isn’t a predefined answer. As you do, you’ll build specialized knowledge, marketable skills, and a network of professional contacts that will benefit you long into the future.
Beyond the Classroom
In Small-Scale Land Conservation in Massachusetts, take a walk in the woods with state conservation officials. Learn how to “read” and understand changes to the land. Prepare conservation restriction monitoring reports for local communities, legally required by the state of Massachusetts as part of an effort to preserve scenic, natural, and open land.
In Small-Scale Land Conservation in Massachusetts, take a walk in the woods with state conservation officials. Learn how to “read” and understand changes to the land. Prepare conservation restriction monitoring reports for local communities, legally required by the state of Massachusetts as part of an effort to preserve scenic, natural, and open land.
In Water and the City: A Socio-Hydrology of Worcester and its Environs, study the historical, social, economic, political, and environmental significance of local waterways. Take field trips and meet with regional practitioners and policymakers as you explore the multiple organizations and career paths associated with supplying and accessing water.
In Water and the City: A Socio-Hydrology of Worcester and its Environs, study the historical, social, economic, political, and environmental significance of local waterways. Take field trips and meet with regional practitioners and policymakers as you explore the multiple organizations and career paths associated with supplying and accessing water.
In Genre Production Workshop, study with a professional filmmaker and work with your peers on a short film project to gain résumé-worthy skills in directing, producing, acting, cinematography, editing, sound design, original music, and more. See your film through to the end, complete with the red-carpet treatment at a world premiere on the Clark campus.
In Genre Production Workshop, study with a professional filmmaker and work with your peers on a short film project to gain résumé-worthy skills in directing, producing, acting, cinematography, editing, sound design, original music, and more. See your film through to the end, complete with the red-carpet treatment at a world premiere on the Clark campus.
In Art, the Public, and the History of Worcester, meet with local artists and collaborate with cultural institutions such as ArtsWorcester. Learn how to write art criticism for gallery pamphlets and magazine articles, applying your knowledge of art history to educate the public about contemporary artists while promoting gallery exhibitions of their work.
In Art, the Public, and the History of Worcester, meet with local artists and collaborate with cultural institutions such as ArtsWorcester. Learn how to write art criticism for gallery pamphlets and magazine articles, applying your knowledge of art history to educate the public about contemporary artists while promoting gallery exhibitions of their work.
Step outside the classroom and explore community history. In Public History: Race in the U.S., students interviewed families, and pored over primary sources, to unlock the stories behind turn-of-the-century portraits of African- and Native-Americans living in a nearby neighborhood. The students’ work culminated in a Worcester Art Museum exhibition.
Step outside the classroom and explore community history. In Public History: Race in the U.S., students interviewed families, and pored over primary sources, to unlock the stories behind turn-of-the-century portraits of African- and Native-Americans living in a nearby neighborhood. The students’ work culminated in a Worcester Art Museum exhibition.
Every word takes on a new meaning when translated. In Translation Workshop, put your French language skills to work and find out what it’s like to be a professional translator. Translate film scripts, and create subtitles for American audiences. Explore the theory, techniques and problems of translating various texts, including advertising, journalism, theatre, and fiction.
Every word takes on a new meaning when translated. In Translation Workshop, put your French language skills to work and find out what it’s like to be a professional translator. Translate film scripts, and create subtitles for American audiences. Explore the theory, techniques and problems of translating various texts, including advertising, journalism, theatre, and fiction.
American Print Culture: 1700–1900 explores the transformation of print culture from the hand-press period to an age of mechanical reproduction. By conducting research in the American Antiquarian Society’s archives, you will examine how the material contexts of print culture in early America affected — and were affected — by notions of authorship, readership, gender, and more.
American Print Culture: 1700–1900 explores the transformation of print culture from the hand-press period to an age of mechanical reproduction. By conducting research in the American Antiquarian Society’s archives, you will examine how the material contexts of print culture in early America affected — and were affected — by notions of authorship, readership, gender, and more.
How can you help others while also honing your entrepreneurial skills? In Community-Based Entrepreneurship, work with a local not-for-profit or startup organization to assist with launching a business venture. Join a team of your peers and partner with staff and volunteers to develop a business model that has the potential to support an organization’s ongoing operations.
How can you help others while also honing your entrepreneurial skills? In Community-Based Entrepreneurship, work with a local not-for-profit or startup organization to assist with launching a business venture. Join a team of your peers and partner with staff and volunteers to develop a business model that has the potential to support an organization’s ongoing operations.
How can artists and their supporters contribute to democracy and serve the wider world through their work? In Community Music and Social Action, explore questions about art and social change while connecting with residents and organizations in Worcester. Work with at-risk youths in a free music program in the neighborhood, intern with a prominent local arts group — or do both.
How can artists and their supporters contribute to democracy and serve the wider world through their work? In Community Music and Social Action, explore questions about art and social change while connecting with residents and organizations in Worcester. Work with at-risk youths in a free music program in the neighborhood, intern with a prominent local arts group — or do both.
