本課程為共同選修課，不屬於通識課程。
　　東海大學1955年創校時便是一所深具理想性的基督教大學，前勞作教育指導長亨德教授便認為，一所大學必須深切反思其社會責任，而不能只是一所象牙塔，這一直是本校所秉持的創校精神，從未改變，這也是台灣高等教育極為難得可貴的教育經驗與傳統。本校早已是實踐服務學習教育的大學，這套制度已經在本校傳承了五十多年了；透過零學分的正式課程勞作教育協助學生培養日常生活的自律精神，並透過工作營的活動讓學生藉由到農村進行社區服務，透過勞動體驗進而探索自我與認識自我，實踐無私的奉獻精神，以期整合自我與社會──小我與大我的同一，實踐公共性，這就是本校服務學習教育精神所在。

This course is a common elective course and is not a general course.
When Tunghai University was founded in 1955, it was an ideal Christian university. Professor Heng De, the former director of labor education, believed that a university must deeply reflect on its social responsibilities and cannot be just an ivory tower. This has always been the founding spirit of the school and has never changed. This is also an extremely rare and valuable educational experience and tradition in Taiwan's higher education. Our school has long been a university that practices service-learning education. This system has been passed down in our school for more than 50 years. Through zero-credit formal course work education, we help students develop a spirit of self-discipline in daily life, and through work camp activities, students can go to the countryside to perform community service, explore themselves and understand themselves through labor experience, and practice selfless dedication, in order to integrate themselves and society - the unity of the individual and the big self, and practice publicity. This is the spirit of our school's service-learning education.

從服務中學習 (徐明等著.—初版—台北市:洪葉文化，2008.08)

Learning from Service (Xu Ming et al. - First Edition - Taipei City: Hongye Culture, 2008.08)