{"id":17158,"date":"2016-12-01T09:37:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T14:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=17158"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:30:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:30:04","slug":"river-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=17158","title":{"rendered":"Taking a classroom beyond the stone walls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taking a classroom beyond the stone walls\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/belt4-cZLiM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Canoeing down the banks of the Coharie\u00a0River recently as part of a capstone course, UNC-Chapel Hill senior Daniel Barnes-Batista said, was the kind of educational experience he could never get at a desk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/registrar.unc.edu\/courses\/special-courses\/\">Capstone courses<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0at Carolina, which can be major-specific and also used to satisfy requirements for Bachelor\u2019s degrees, combine skills learned in class with off-campus, hands-on application of those skills. This one, Capstone: Analysis and Solution of Environmental Problems, a course in the curriculum in environment and ecology, was focused on learning more about the relationship between the river and the Coharie Tribe based in Sampson County, North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cLearning and experiential learning is very important to being a college student,\u201d said Barnes-Batista.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Students paddled the river with Coharie Tribe tour guides and took water samples at multiple locations to test for nitrogen levels and other possible pollutants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After the river tour, the group ate lunch at the Coharie Tribal Headquarters. They then met with tribe members ready to share their stories in one-on-one interviews as another element for the course project. Each interview became part of an oral history about the tribe, by the tribe and crafted by the students.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cTo tell the story of our people as we lived it is very beautiful. It\u2019s very honest,\u201d said Tribal Administrator Greg Jacobs. \u201cThose young minds are brilliant. So, I hope that we have something to offer them and I know that with all the resources at their fingertips they\u2019re going to have something to offer us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cNot all majors have a required Capstone experience,\u201d said Director for Undergraduate Curricula Nick Siedentop. He explained while many Capstone courses are designed for students completing a major, there are many other research and experiential education opportunities\u00a0open to any student pursuing a Bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIf a student wants to integrate a Capstone experience into their schedule, I\u2019d recommend contacting the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department offering the class they want to take to find out how they may be able to join the class.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It often results in a memorable learning experie<\/span><span class=\"s1\">nce.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cYou get to apply the concepts that you\u2019ve learned: stewardship, community, involvement,\u201d said Carolina student Harmony Bouley. \u201cI think that Capstones are just an opportunity for the rubber to hit the road.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span 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