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SBU 101 Instructor Resources

Brightspace Information

  • All instructors will be added to an 'SBU 101 Instructor Resources' Brightspace page over the summer.

SBU 101 - 2026 Instructor Conference

  • The 2026 101 Instructor Conference took place on August 11. To review content from the conference, please take a look at the 'SBU 101 Instructor Resources' Brightspace page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Please contact ugc_seminars@stonybrook.edu.

SBU 102 Instructor Resources

Every spring, our first-year students takes a required one-credit seminar with some of our most dynamic faculty. These faculty engage with students in a small seminar setting once a week. Students gain insight on topics that range from planning a major, how best to study, to civic responsibility and intellectual values.

There are two schedule options for teaching:

  • 1 hour 20 minutes classes, once a week, for ten weeks
  • 55 minutes per week, once a week, for fourteen weeks

 

How to Propose a Seminar:

If you are interested in teaching a SBU 102 First Year Seminar, please keep an eye out for communication and how to submit a course proposal in the Fall semester.

If you have any questions regarding Seminar proposal, please contact Richard Tomczak, Director of Faculty Engagement, or Erika Benhardt, Associate Director of First and Second Year Advising.

 

Compensation Information for SBU 102 Faculty:

To obtain extra service approval from HR and approval to teach an SBU 102 section, we need you to submit a UP-8 Form (https://www.asa.stonybrook.edu/asa/ASAForms/UP8/$FILE/UP8.pdf) by Friday, December 4, 2026. 

 

Please follow the instructions below to complete the UP-8 Form:

STEP ONE

  • Section I - Fill out ALL of the following sections: 

  • Last Name

  • First Name

  • Stony Brook ID Number

  • NYS Employee ID # (found in SOLAR/For Employees/Payroll and Compensation)

  • Citizenship Status 

  • Title (your title in your home department)

  • Salary (your salary in your home department)

  • Department (your home department) 

  • I request approval to render Extra Service in Fill In "Undergraduate Advising Services"

  • on Days (day of the week you instruct SBU 102, i.e. Monday, Monday/Tuesday)

  • Hour(s) (time of class, i.e. 1pm-1:55pm)

  • Please describe the purpose of Extra Service and how the Extra Service is substantially different than normal obligation.

  • If performed during office hours, please indicate whether vacation will be charged or how office hours will be increased to commensurate with the period of extra service.
  • If your class section is being taught during office hours daily work, please indicate how you plan to make up this time while you are teaching (i.e. come in early that day, stay late, etc.). Per HR policy, please do not list foregoing a lunch break or teaching during your lunch hour. 

  • Sign

  • Date

  • Section II: LEAVE BLANK

  • The Office of Undergraduate Advising Services will complete this section.

  • Section III: Please obtain the following signatures:

  • Primary Supervisor

  • Primary Department Head

  • The Office of Undergraduate Advising Services will obtain the signature from your VP/Provost

  • Save As:

  • Save your file as a PDF

  • Name the PDF Your Last Name, Your First Name_Spring 2027 SBU 102 UP8 (ex. Seawolf,Wolfie_Spring 2027 SBU 102 UP8)

 

STEP TWO

Instructions for submitting completed UP-8 Form (https://www.asa.stonybrook.edu/asa/ASAForms/UP8/$FILE/UP8.pdf):

  • Log into your google account using your stonybrook.edu email account.

  • CLICK HERE for the google form to provide required information and to upload the UP-8 Form. Ensure you submit by Friday, December 4, 2026.

  • Click SUBMIT.

  • You will receive a copy of your responses.

Failure to submit/upload forms by the above deadline may result in processing delays/payment and cancellation of your section.

 

STEP THREE

Instructions for payment:

  • At the end of the semester, you will submit a completed payroll voucher form (we will send the form and instructions in late April) listing all class meeting dates/times for each individual 101 section taught. 

  • Compensation for teaching an SBU 102 seminar course will be disbursed at the end of semester. 

Please note it will take time for the payroll department to process/issue payments. To avoid delays in payment, you must submit all required instructor forms/materials on time and by deadlines. We greatly appreciate your cooperation and patience in advance.