Course Information

Course Designators

SBU 275/276

Course Titles

Undergraduate College Fellows Seminar (275) / Teaching Practicum (276)

Course Descriptions

College Fellows will enroll in the 275 seminar course in the spring semester of their first year and the 276 practicum course in the fall semester of their sophomore year.

• SBU 275 (Spring) engages students in four main content areas: student development theory, scholarship on mentoring and leadership development, concepts of teaching and learning, and programming and event planning. These areas prepare students for supervised learning and teaching experiences that will occur primarily in the Fall SBU 276 course.
  • Prerequisites: Grade of "S" in their First Year Seminar SBU 101 and a strong desire to help other students. At the conclusion of the fall semester students must have a semester and cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher with no grades of NR, I, or Q and must be in good judicial standing.  Enrollment in the corresponding Undergraduate College; permission of the instructor.

• SBU 276 (Fall) is the second semester in the sequence following SBU 275. Students assume higher responsibility and are given opportunities to apply teaching theories and concepts as learned in SBU 275. Students act as a TA for a First Year Seminar course, SBU 101.
  • Prerequisites: Grade of "S" in UGC 275 Fellows Seminar. Have taken and earned a grade of C or higher in First Year Seminar SBU 102. At the conclusion of the spring semester, students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher with no grades of NR, I, or Q and must be in good judicial standing.  Permission of the instructor.

NOTE: Students will receive 1-credit in the Spring (SBU 275) and Fall (SBU 276); S/U grading scale.