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7-Week Minicourses

ALA 250: Critical Issues

Instructors: optiMize student leaders in collaboration with expert faculty

Topics: 

  • Critical Issues in Education

  • Critical Issues in Climate Solutions

Format:

  • 2 hours, once per week

  • Guest speakers every week

  • Collaborative project-based

  • Student facilitated

Credit: 1 credit/course

Who Can Enroll: University of Michigan students of all ages and majors

Full-Semester Courses

ALA 256: The Innovator’s Toolkit

Instructor: an expert faculty member

Topic: "What tools do I have in my toolbox and how can I use them to make an impact?" This is the central question of The Innovator's Toolkit. By the end of this course, you will have worked to implement an innovative approach to a complex social problem.

Format:

  • 90 minutes, twice a week

  • Guest speakers & interactive lecture

  • Action-based breakouts

  • Collaborative project-based

  • Never boring!

Credit: 3 credits, counts for Practicum requirement of Entrepreneurship Minor

Who Can Enroll: University of Michigan students of all ages and majors