Undergraduate Education (UE)

This course is designed to assist freshmen who are exploring majors acquire the necessary skills, information and resources to make informed and timely academic decisions. Through in-class activities, guest speakers and self-reflective homework assignments, students will learn about their various academic and career options. After successfully completing UE 101, students will: Know the resources on campus to help make an informed decision when choosing a major. Increase self-awareness regarding interests, values and academic strengths. Increase knowledge of academic and career options of interest. Understand career decision-making as a process informed by direct experiences and chance events. Type: Lecture Credits: 1 Prerequisites: Incoming freshmen assigned to the Exploratory and Pre-Professional Advising Center only. Grading: A-F Typically Offered: Fall

Topics vary by term.

The one credit UB Seminar is focused on a big idea or challenging issue to engage students with questions of significance in a field of study and, ultimately, to connect their studies with issues of consequence in the wider world. Essential to the UB Curriculum, the Seminar helps transition to UB through an early connection to UB faculty and the undergraduate experience at a comprehensive, research university. This course is equivalent to any 198 offered in any subject. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade of F or R may not be able to repeat the course during the fall or spring semester.

The three credit UB Seminar is focused on a big idea or challenging issue to engage students with questions of significance in a field of study and, ultimately, to connect their studies with issues of consequence in the wider world. Essential to the UB Curriculum, the Seminar helps students with common learning outcomes focused on fundamental expectations for critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and oral communication, and learning at a university, all within topic focused subject matter. The Seminars provide students with an early connection to UB faculty and the undergraduate experience at a comprehensive, research university. This course is equivalent to any 199 offered in any subject. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade of F or R may not be able to repeat the course during the fall or spring semester.

Sophomore year can be seen as a gateway to the future. This project-based course is designed for sophomores who are ready to make a positive community impact and develop the skills necessary to stand out from the crowd. Class time and activities will focus on helping students develop ideas and solidify plans for their unique group projects. Students in this course will participate in a series of reflective activities designed to clarify their personal and academic interests and partake in a meaningful group project aimed to make a real world impact.

Experiential Learning Network Supervised Teaching

Internships off the potential for valuable learning opportunities outside the standard classroom setting. The internship can also serve as a bridge between the traditional academic setting and the professional world to which the student aspires. This Community-based Internship encourages direct exposure to and practical work experience from, a wide range of diverse public and private agency assignments.

Independent Study

Undergraduate Academies Research