UB’s Discovery Seminar Program offers a small class experience for first- and second-year students, providing them with the opportunity to engage with a distinguished faculty member around a thought-provoking and challenging topic. The goals of this course are to help students:
- Explore a topic in depth in a comfortable, small group setting;
- Get to know an outstanding faculty member who loves teaching undergraduates;
- Try out an unfamiliar subject in an environment conducive to exploration and discovery;
- Understand the academic challenges and rewards of attending a research university; and
- Improve skills in critical thinking and in oral and written expression.
Each semester, different faculty members offer seminars on exciting, unique topics. See Seminar Offerings for details.
Some of the seminars offered this spring include:
For more information, including a complete list of all spring semester’s topics, visit http://discoveryseminars.buffalo.edu/. To participate, simply register for the appropriate section of UE 141 when you register for your courses. You can find these seminars in the Class Schedule under “Undergraduate Education.”
*Please note that students may take a maximum of 6 credits of UE141 toward graduation.
ALL STUDENTS should make an appointment with an Academic Advisor at least once a semester for course selection assistance as well as other academic strategies for success.
*NOTE: If you are a FIRST SEMESTER FRESHMAN, avoid an Advising (A) checkstop! Schedule your MANDATORY APPOINTMENT WITH AN ACADEMIC ADVISOR as soon as possible before registering for Spring 2010 classes!
**If you are a first semester freshman who particularly came to UB undecided about a major, then be sure that you have attended your MANDATORY ADVISING APPOINTMENT with STUDENT ADVISING SERVICES by no later than Friday, November 6, 2009. Call us today at 645-6013 or stop by 109 Norton Hall to arrange your appointment!
Course registration for Spring 2010 will begin over the next several weeks for most first-year students. Students’ registration windows (i.e., the dates they can begin registering) are based on the number of college credits they have already completed, and can be found by logging on to MyUB. It is important that your students resolve any outstanding checkstops, meet with their academic advisor , and review the spring course offerings well before their registration window opens.
Remember to use the summertime for more than just a vacation! Often what students do in the summer provides excellent insight into their personality. Plan to do new and interesting things, such as taking additional coursework, gaining experience by shadowing, volunteering or interning, studying abroad or giving back to your community.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A NUMBER OF VALUABLE RESOURCES AVAILABLE THIS SUMMER AT UB
- UBThisSummer - Offers a variety of experiences, including an opportunity to take UB Summer Courses as well as to partake in the internationally-recognized faculty Summer Lecture Series. Visit UBThisSummer for more information.
- Explore Study Abroad - Study Abroad provides the opportunity to experience people, places and cultures that will enhance your education as well as enrich your life. SUNY offers approximately 400 study abroad options. Possibilities also exist to study abroad through a private school’s program, but SUNY programs are a first rate educational experience where students pay SUNY tuition!
- Career Services - Utilize Career Services and gain valuable information regarding exploring careers, jobs, internships and so much more! In terms of career advice and networking, utilize the Meet-A-Mentor Program for job shadowing experiences, job and internship search help, inspiration, and more!
STAY INFORMED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS!
- Students are urged to check their UB e-mail accounts regularly, including throughout the summer months. Important academic and financial communications, Be Advised web log updates, and other details that affect students’ statuses are communicated year-round. Be sure that you check your UB e-mail and that you stay informed!
- Be sure you are up-to-date on all student calendar listings of important UB academic, financial, and billing date information.
Still Can’t Find an Internship? Not sure where to start? The professional staff the Cora P. Maloney College work with students to identify their needs, and to identify the skills and knowledge they would like to develop. Additionally, they will then help students utilize a number of resources to find the perfect fit. This is an opportunity for students to gain direct exposure to and practical experience from a diverse range of public, private, government or community service agencies and businesses locally, nationally and internationally in an effort to improve the community we live in.
The following are organizations are currently looking for interns for the summer and/or fall 2009 semesters (this is only a sample):
- Senator Antoine Thompson’s District Office: Office Interns, including shadowing Senator to events.
- Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper: Multiple positions, including communications, EcoTeam and Riverwatch
- Basil Resale Center—Sheridan Drive: Marketing and PR
- Associates Interactive: Assistant Web Developer
- Northwestern Mutual Financial Network: Finance Intern
- International Institute of Buffalo, Inc.: Multiple positions
- Fisher Price: Multiple positions
For more information and assistance with your internship search contact the Public Service Internship Program by calling 716.645.5593, stopping by 255 Capen Hall or you may e-mail Cathleen M. Morreale, Program Coordinator at cwalther@buffalo.edu.
Are you contemplating taking a UB summer course? There’s still time to sign up!
UB Summer 2009 Registration began Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Contact an Academic Advisor today for course selection assistance and be sure and visit the following web site for important summer information including the Summer 2009 Class Schedule, Summer Tuition and Fees, and much more!
UB Summer 2009 Registration: http://src.buffalo.edu/register/summer.shtml
Taking a course elsewhere this summer? If you plan on taking a course at another campus this summer be sure that you consult with an Academic Advisor and that you utilize TAURUS, UB’s transfer and articulation web site. Remember that once you complete a course at another campus, you need to be sure that you have sent an official transcript to UB!
The LAST day to resign (R) a spring semester course(s) for all undergraduate students is tomorrow, Friday, March 27, 2009 by 11 pm (using MyUB or BIRD).
If you are considering resigning from a course(s) be sure that you have:
- Talked with your instructor to discuss if you can obtain any additional help.
- Spoken with an Academic Advisor to discuss strategies to improve your performance and to learn of the consequences of course resignation, including how changes to your course load could impact your sequence of required courses or your time to graduation.
- Talked with financial aid to learn how changes in your course load may impact financial aid.
- Learned how changes to your course load may impact your medical insurance eligibility.
- Verified you have no checkstops which may prevent all registration activity.
Remember: If you are contemplating resigning from any courses this spring, talk with your instructors, speak with your Advisor, and use the following UB resources to assist you:
The Fall 2009 Class Schedule is now available! Log on to MyUB or call BIRD to learn when your Fall Registration Window opens and you can register for classes. NOTE: Your registration window is determined by the number of credit hours you have COMPLETED prior to your currently enrolled semester.
For more information on Fall 2009 Registration visit: http://src.buffalo.edu/register/fall.shtml.
NOW is also the time to be scheduling an appointment with an Academic Advisor to help you select courses for the summer and/or fall semesters! Be sure you schedule your appointment today!
Mark your calendars! UB Summer 2009 Registration begins on Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Note: Set registration windows do NOT apply.
Remember that taking summer courses can be an excellent strategy to help you get back on track academically or to help you move ahead. Be sure that you talk with an Academic Advisor to help you plan ahead this summer!
For more information on UB Summer 2009 Registration visit: http://src.buffalo.edu/register/summer.shtml.
If you plan to take courses at another campus this summer, be sure that you consult with an Academic Advisor as well as utilize TAURUS, UB’s transfer and articulation web site.
American Transcendentalism - COL275 is an introductory level course in Comparative Literature. It counts as an elective requirement for science majors, but should be of interest to students in the humanities as well. There are no prerequisites for this course other than in interest in dreams and in exploring the “new yet unapproachable America” celebrated in the metaphysical riot of this nation’s greatest literature (by authors such as Emerson, Hawthorne, Poe, and Melville). This course will introduce students to the history of idealist philosophy that influenced the 19th century literary movement known as American transcendentalism.
COL275 is offered on Tuesday evenings from 6:30-9 p.m. on UB’s North Campus. The course registration number is: 210515.
Questions? Please contact Jonathan Murphy in the Department of Comparative Literature located at 638 Clemens Hall, North Campus or call (716) 645-2066. You may visit them on the web at http://www.complit.buffalo.edu/.
