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USIE Spring Seminars

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Undergraduate Student Initiated Education (USIE) is an innovative program designed to provide a select group of juniors and seniors in the College of Letters and Science with the opportunity to develop and facilitate, under close faculty supervision, a lower division seminar for their peers. The application and selection period is during Fall Quarter. During Winter Quarter, facilitators work closely with their faculty sponsors through a two-unit independent study focused on the content area of their proposed course, and participate in a two-unit pedagogy seminar with other student facilitators. Through these studies, student facilitators develop for review and approval a formal syllabus for their spring seminars. Mentorship with faculty sponsors continues during the Spring Quarter as students conduct their seminars.

The student-facilitated Spring seminars are 1-unit and graded on a Passed/Not Passed basis. They are offered under the 88S course number series. The following seminars are scheduled for Spring Quarter. Enrollment for the seminars is through URSA and is expected to open in late March. Each seminar is capped at no more than 20 students. Students can enroll in a USIE seminar only twice in their undergraduate careers.

Note: Units earned in USIE seminars do not count toward the College’s 216 maximum unit limit. Units do count toward Minimum Progress and Expected Cumulative Progress.