Student-Organized Seminars

The student organizers must be Bienen students who enroll in the seminar. The proposal for the seminar form and detailed syllabus must be reviewed and signed by the faculty sponsor(s) and department chair before submission to the Office of Student Affairs.

Student organizers are required to meet with the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs for final approval of the seminar. A preliminary meeting to discuss the draft proposal is also recommended.

A student may take or teach only one SOS per quarter, and must register for the class as pass/no pass. Credit will not be given for multiple enrollments in the same seminar topic without the permission of the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs.

Seminar prerequisites must be detailed in the course proposal form and appropriate to the content of the seminar. Seminars may not be restricted by class level or GPA.

All students completing the work in a seminar will receive music elective credit (0, 0.5 or 1 unit as defined in the seminar proposal).  Seminars are graded on a pass/no pass basis and are subject to the rules regarding the pass/no pass option. See Grading for more details.

A faculty sponsor agrees to attend at least two seminar sessions, including one during the first or second week of the quarter.

The faculty sponsor gives grades for the seminar.

In addition to an oral presentation, each seminar participant will produce written work, such as seminar papers, essay exams, journal entries, etc. Student organizers will submit this course work to the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs for review.