Course-based Opportunities
Curricular and course-based experiential learning are for-credit experiences that are offered through the University of Guelph's academic colleges.
The activities listed below meet all six course-based experiential learning criteria and are recognized on the U of G Professional and Career Development Record (PCDR). If you believe there is an activity that should be recognized, please review the PCDR resources for developing an experiential learning course.
There are eight types of curricular experiential learning opportunities at the University of Guelph, approved by Senate in June 2020.
Contact your Faculty Advisor or Program Counsellor to find out more about Experiential Learning course opportunities in your academic program.
A program comprised of a required number of curated courses that promote specialized knowledge acquisition and skill development through hands-on experience and classroom learning, undertaken alongside a degree.
The Certificate in Leadership provides you with the opportunity to develop a historical and theoretical understanding of leadership with emphasis on contemporary theories, models and research through 2.50 credits of coursework and 120 hours of leadership practice.
A program that integrates academic with paid workplace learning and skill development in a relevant field, through alternating work and study terms. Students receive a Co-operative Education Certificate upon completion.
A course that requires students to connect their learning and skill development through learning activities designed with a community organization to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
Community Engaged Learning (CEL) Course List
The following courses are always offered as experiential learning, regardless of instructor.
- ASCI*3000 Arts and Sciences Community Project
- BIOL*3660 Internship in Biological Science
- CIS*3750 System Analysis and Design in Applications
- ENGL*2370 Literature and Community-Engaged Learning
- ENGL*2640 Culture, Location, Identity: Minoritized Literatures in Canada and Beyond
- EURO*3700 Experiential Learning and Language
- FREN*3700 Experiential Learning and Language
- GERM*3700 Experiential Learning and Language
- HIST*3020 Sexuality and Gender in History
- HIST*3480 Workplace Learning
- HUMN*3180 Community Engagement Project
- IDEV*3300 Engaging in Development Practice
- IPS*3000 Science Communication
- ITAL*1060 Introductory Italian I
- ITAL*3700 Experiential Learning and Language
- UNIV*4200 Ideas Congress
The following courses are sometimes offered as experiential learning, depending on instructor. Check with the offering department before registering.
A course that intentionally integrates activities such as structured projects, laboratory work, design, simulations, performances, competitive practice, live or field case studies, or entrepreneurship to enable students to display their academic learning and skill development.
Course-integrated Experiential Learning Course List
The following courses are always offered as experiential learning, regardless of instructor.
- AGR*4600 Agriculture and Food Issues Problem Solving
- ASCI*3100 Case Studies in Arts and Sciences Research (Science Communications)
- ASCI*4010 Capstone Project
- BIOL*3010 Laboratory and Field Work in Ecology
- BIOL*4020 Integrative Problems in Biological Science
- BIOL*4110 Ecological Methods
- BUS*4550 Applied Business Project I
- BUS*4560 Applied Business Project II
- CIS*2250 Software Design II
- CIS*3050 Systems Programming
- CIS*3250 Software Design III
- CIS*3260 Software Design IV
- CIS*3760 Software Engineering
- CIS*4030 Mobile Computing
- CIS*4150 Software Reliability and Testing
- CIS*4300 Human Computer Interaction
- CIS*4510 Computer Security Foundations
- DAGR*4180 Dairy Herd Management
- ENGG*1100 Engineering and Design I
- ENGG*2100 Engineering and Design II
- ENGG*3100 Engineering and Design III
- ENGG*3670 Soil Mechanics
- ENGG*4110 Biological Engineering Design IV
- ENGG*4120 Engineering Systems and Computing Design IV
- ENGG*4130 Environmental Engineering Design IV
- ENGG*4150 Water Resources Engineering Design IV
- ENGG*4170 Mechanical Engineering Design IV
- ENGG*4170 Computer Engineering Design IV
- ENGG*4180 Biomedical Engineering Design IV
- ENGG*4250 Watershed Systems Design
- ENVM*4500 Environmental Management Integrated Project
- ENVS*4002 Project in Environmental Sciences
- EQN*2080 Equine Event Management
- EQN*4500 Equine Integrated Project
- FARE*4330 Advanced Operations Management in the Agri-Food Sector
- FOOD*4270 Food Product Development II
- FRHD*2040 Principles of Program Design for Children
- FRHD*3180 Observation and Assessment Laboratory
- FRHD*4190 Assessment in Gerontology
- HIST*3450 Public History and Society
- HIST*3560 Experiential Learning for History Students
- HK*4070 Clinical Biomechanics
- HK*4441 Advanced Study in Human Anatomy
- HK*4442 Advanced Study in Human Anatomy
- HTM*3060 Lodging Management
- HTM*3220 Sales, Sponsorship and Stakeholder Engagement in Sport
- HTM*3780 Managing Food in Canada
- HTM*4060 Advanced Lodging Operations
- HTM*4110 Advanced Restaurant Operations
- HUMN*4190 Experiential Learning
- MCS*4040 Management in Product Development
- MCS*4100 Entrepreneurship
- MGMT*1000 Introduction to Business
- MGMT*3020 Corporate Social Responsibility
- MGMT*3300 Project Management
- MGMT*4020 Interdisciplinary Food Product Development I
- MGMT*4030 Interdisciplinary Food Product Development II
- MGMT*4050 Business Consulting
- MGMT*4060 Business Consulting
- MGMT*4200 Management Capstone
- MGMT*4260 International Business
- MGMT*4350 Business Case Competition Preparation
- MGMT*4500 Advanced Entrepreneurship
- MICR*3430 Advanced Methods in Microbiology
- NEUR*3500 Techniques in Neuroscience
- NUTR*3090 Clinical Nutrition I
- NUTR*3390 Applied Nutritional and Nutraceutical Sciences I
- NUTR*4120 Applied Clinical Skills
- NUTR*4330 Applied Nutritional and Nutraceutical Sciences II
- PHIL*4800 Honours Philosophy Research Paper I
- POLS*3850 Experiential Learning in Political Science
- REAL*2850 Service Learning in Housing
- REAL*3890 Property Management
- REAL*4830 Real Estate Development Project
- REAL*4870 Sustainable Real Estate
- SOAN*4320 Transition from School to Work
- THST*2050 Devising
- VETM*3210 Art of Veterinary Medicine I
- VETM*3220 Art of Veterinary Medicine II
- VETM*3430 Clinical Medicine I
- VETM*3510 Principles of Surgery
- VETM*4220 Art of Veterinary Medicine III
The following courses are sometimes offered as experiential learning, depending on instructor. Check with the offering department before registering.
- ASCI*3200 Issues in Public Health
- BIOL*3130 Conservation Biology
- BIOL*3650 Applications in Biology
- EURO*4050 Contemporary Europe. New Landscapes in the Post-Cold War Era
- FREN*3160 Songs, Lyrics and Poetry in French
- FREN*3500 French Translation II
- GEOG*2260 Applied Human Geography
- GEOG*3440 GIS for Decision-Making
- GEOG*4150 Catchment Processes
- HIST*1050 Invitation to History
- HIST*2090 Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
- HIST*3240 Food History
- HIST*3390 Governments and Indigenous Spaces
- LING*3020 Linguistics and Technology
- MCS*4910 Topics in Consumer Studies
- MUSC*1060 Amadeus to Zeppelin: Music and Culture I
- MUSC*2150 Music and Popular Culture
- PHIL*1030 Sex, Love, and Friendship
- PHIL*3230 Theories of Justice
- PSYC*4540 Practical Applications of Psychology
A course that prepares students for professional work through first-hand investigation and analysis in a field location, led by faculty, for part of or for the full duration of a semester.
Field Course List
The following courses are always offered as experiential learning, regardless of instructor.
- CLAS*3700 Experiential Learning and Language
- IDEV*3500 Field Course in Development Studies
- LARC*2240 Plants in the Landscape
- PHIL*4160 Philosophy Field Course
The following courses are sometimes offered as experiential learning, depending on instructor. Check with the offering department before registering.
- BIOL*4410 Field Ecology
A course or program in which students gain experience and develop skills related to a field of study and/or career by completing a practicum, internship, field placement, or externship which may be part of a professional program.
Professional or Career Practice Course List
The following courses are always offered as experiential learning, regardless of instructor.
- ARTH*4800 Experiential Learning
- EQN*2000 Equine Internship
- FRHD*3200 Practicum I: Child
- FRHD*3250 Practicum I: Youth
- FRHD*3290 Practicum I: Adult
- FRHD*4290 Practicum II: Adult
- FRHD*4330 Practicum II: Child
- FRHD*4340 Practicum II: Youth
- FRHD*4350 Practicum III: Child
- HTM*3090 Restaurant Operations Management
- HUMN*3190 Experiential Learning
- HUMN*4190 Experiential Learning
- LARC*3070 Urban and Community Design Studio
- LARC*4620 Landscape Architecture Internship
- MUSC*1710 Instrumental Ensembles I
- MUSC*1720 Instrumental Ensembles II
- MUSC*2710 Instrumental Ensembles III
- MUSC*2720 Instrumental Ensembles IV
- NUTR*4850 Field Experience in Nutrition Education
- PSYC*3910 Psychology Externship
- SART*3800 Experiential Learning I
- SART*3900 Experiential Learning II
- THST*3000 Experiential Learning
- VETM*4610 Small Animal
- VETM*4660 Rural Community Practice
- VETM*4710 Food Animal
- VETM*4900 Veterinary Externship
- VETM*4920 Equine
The following courses are sometimes offered as experiential learning, depending on instructor. Check with the offering department before registering.
- IDEV*4600 Advocating and Effecting Change in Development Policy and Practice
Research conducted by a student under faculty guidance in a workplace/simulated workplace environment which may be in an academic industry, or community setting. Students engage in systematic investigation and research in their field and are evaluated by faculty supervisors or staff.
Research and Scholarly Creation Course List
The following courses are always offered as experiential learning, regardless of instructor.
- AGR*4450 Research Project I
- AGR*4460 Research Project II
- CHEM*4900 Chemistry Research Project I
- CHEM*4910 Chemistry Research Project II
- FOOD*4220 Topics in Food Science
- FOOD*4230 Research in Food Science
- FRHD*3500 Research Internship in Family Relations and Human Development
- FRHD*4810 Thesis I
- FRHD*4910 Thesis II
- HIST*4070 Experiential Learning: Research
- HK*4230 Advanced Study in Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
- HK*4360 Research in Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
- HK*4371 Research in Human Health and Nutritional Sciences II
- HK*4372 Research in Human Health and Nutritional Sciences II
- HK*4510 Teaching, Learning and Knowledge Transfer
- HK*4511 Teaching, Learning & Knowledge Transfer II
- HK*4512 Teaching, Learning & Knowledge Transfer II
- IBIO*4500 Research in Integrative Biology I
- IBIO*4510 Research in Integrative Biology II
- IBIO*4521 Thesis in Integrative Biology
- IBIO*4522 Thesis in Integrative Biology
- IBIO*4600 Integrative Marine and Freshwater Research
- IDEV*3200 Individual Work/Study in International Development
- IDEV*4100 Honours Thesis I
- IDEV*4150 Honours Thesis II
- IDEV*4190 Regional Context
- IDEV*4200 Advanced Work/Study in International Development
- MATH*4600 Advanced Research Project in Mathematics
- NUTR*3500 Research Internship in Applied Human Nutrition
- NUTR*4810 Applied Human Nutrition Thesis I
- NUTR*4910 Applied Human Nutrition Thesis II
- PSYC*3240 Independent Research Project
- PSYC*4240 Advanced Independent Research Project
- PSYC*4870 Honours Thesis I
- PSYC*4880 Honours Thesis II
- STAT*4600 Advanced Research Project in Statistics
The following courses are sometimes offered as experiential learning, depending on instructor. Check with the offering department before registering.
Intersperses one or two work terms (typically full-time hours) as an elective or core course in an academic program, where work terms provide experience in a workplace setting related to the student's field of study and/or career goals.
Work Experience Course List
The following courses are always offered as experiential learning, regardless of instructor.
Search for Opportunities in the Experience Guelph Catalogue
The Experience Guelph Catalogue allows students to search for:
- Experiential Learning course offerings for the current and upcoming term
- Promotional information for all Co-op programs
- Open postings from the On Campus Jobs and Opportunities board
- Open postings from the Career module
- Promotional information for Co-curricular opportunities
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