A social responsibility learning module for use in cooperative education

Students at the University of Cincinnati are following a new co-op curriculum centered on a set of learning outcomes covering the areas of organizational culture, technology, professional ethics, integration of theory and practice, and social responsibility. Division of professional practice faculty have created learning modules tied to these key learning outcomes to be completed by students during their work experience, one module per co-op term. Each module is designed to utilize the work-based learning environment to engage the students in critical thinking exercises, which provide insight into these issues as well as generate measurable assessment of student understanding. The social responsibility learning module was created to increase students understanding of their employer´s ability to be a corporate citizen, and the impact of corporate citizenship on their co-op employer and on society. This paper will document the learning module on social responsibility, which will be integrated into the professional practice curriculum at UC beginning in the winter quarter of 2005.