Undergraduate Colleges Curriculum

The Undergraduate College curriculum requirements include two consecutive one-credit seminars designed to connect the new Stony Brook student to campus resources, faculty, staff and the Stony Brook community.  Students will be engaged in academic and social activities, and will learn in community with faculty, staff and other students in their Undergraduate College.

Freshman Seminar 101
In the fall, each freshman is enrolled in a College-specific seminar. It's a semester-long opportunity to get acquainted with Stony Brook, taught by staff who know and understand the campus community. The course is designed to give new students the skills they need for success — both academic and social — while exploring aspects of the Colleges' respective themes.  Some of the topics covered in the course include: study skills, test taking and test anxiety, health/well-being and success in college, academic citizenship, time management, academic and career planning, introduction to campus resources, and how to get involved on campus.

Freshman Seminar 102
The Undergraduate College Spring Seminars are small, interactive courses designed to introduce first-year students to thought-provoking and interesting subjects.  The seminars offer a unique opportunity to explore ideas, learn from peers and get to know faculty in small, intimate classroom settings.  Faculty from departments across campus will instruct seminars that focus on a current intellectual interest.  These topics are quite diverse and include a broad range of academic disciplines.  By taking these seminars, students will learn in a small community with faculty and other students who share their interests. 

Undergraduate College Fellows
The Undergraduate Colleges provide an opportunity for motivated emerging leaders to become Undergraduate College Fellows. This two semester sequence provides an opportunity for students to become peer mentors in their sophomore year and continue involvement in their undergraduate college. Fellows will enroll in the Undergraduate College Fellows Seminar in the spring semester of their freshman year and Undergraduate College Practicum in the fall semester of their sophomore year. Note: Students accepted into the UGC Fellows program will enroll in 275 in addition to 102, which is required of all students in their second semester.

Undergraduate College Fellows Seminar
ACH, GLS, HDV, ITS, LDS, SSO 275, 1 credit, S/U grading
Freshmen Year, Spring Semester
275 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 276 course. Prerequisites:Grade of "S" in 101 Enrollment in the affiliated Undergraduate College.

Permission of the department, based on nomination. Additional responsibilities:Involvement in Undergraduate College Activities and Programs, Participation at Freshman Summer Orientations, Summer 2008.

Undergraduate College Fellows Practicum
ACH, GLS, HDV, ITS, LDS, SSO 276, 1 credit, S/U grading
Sophomore Year, Fall Semester
This second semester in the sequence follows The Undergraduate College Fellows Seminar. Students assume higher responsibility and are given opportunities to apply teaching theories and concepts as learned in 275. Students act as a TA for 101. Prerequisites:Grade of "S" in 275, Enrollment in the affiliated Undergraduate College, Permission of the department. Additional responsibilities:Assist the College during Opening Weekend, Assist during the Undergraduate College Commons Day.

Please visit the sites below to view the Spring 2008 course offerings for each Undergraduate College:

Arts, Culture and Humanities
Global Studies
Human Development
Information and Technology Studies
Leadership and Service
Science and Society