TRC, FRS call

Call for First Year Seminars

FRS 2008-09 DEADLINE:

FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2008
Proposals received by this date will be included in our Summer Advising advertising

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To help prepare your proposal view a list of current and past First Year Seminars, and examples of an expanded course description.

Program Details:
Program description
Specifics
Catalog description
Administration
Instructor requirements
Program committee
Directive from the Vice-Provost
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Program description: Extra-Departmental First Year Seminars (FRS 1)

The UC Davis First Year Seminar Program, in operation since 1988, gives first-year students the opportunity to study with faculty members in small groups, meeting in settings more informal than the ordinary classroom. The seminars focus on a current intellectual interest of the faculty member. All First Year Seminars emphasize student participation, providing intense intellectual exchange among students and between student and teacher. The small size and nature of the seminar allows students to sharpen their critical reasoning. Students learn how to interact with faculty members and fellow students as intellectual colleagues. In short, the First Year Seminar exposes the student to the "life of the mind" that characterizes much of what university work is about.

Specifics

Enrollment is limited to 20 students.
Seminar grading is either pass/no pass or traditional letter grading (1 or 2 units of credit).
One-unit seminars will be offered for 10 hours during academic quarter. Two-unit seminars will be offered for a total of 20 hours during the quarter.
Seminars meet in a seminar room, departmental conference room, or non-traditional setting.
Priority is given to students with fewer than 45 quarter units. After the second registration pass, students with more than 45 units will be admitted.
Students will only receive credit for one Freshman Seminar per quarter.

Catalog copy (FRS)
001-004. Freshman Seminar (1-2) I, II, III. The Staff
Seminar--1-2.5 hours. Prerequisite: open only to students who have completed fewer than 45 quarter units. Investigation of a special topic through shared readings, discussion, written assignments, and special activities (such as fieldwork, site visits, laboratory work, etc.). Emphasis is upon student participation in learning.

Instructor requirements

A. Anyone who holds an instructional appointment at UC Davis is eligible to teach a First Year Seminar, including all members of the Academic Senate and all Lecturers, Lecturer Supervisors, Visiting and Adjunct Professors.

B. The instructor must provide a description of central intellectual interest and background guiding the seminar.

Administration

The seminars in the FRS series are administered by the FRS Program Committee which reports to the Vice Provost--Undergraduate Studies.
Teaching Resources Center handles scheduling and book orders.
First Year Seminars are taught as overload, the instructor who teaches the seminar will receive $2,000 (for 2-units) or $1,500 (for 1-unit) per course, not as salary but as a fund available to support his or her academic expenses. If the seminar is team-taught, the award is divided among the instructors (Contact Janet Chambers at the TRC, 752-3249 or jachambers@ucdavis.edu, for more information.)
Instructors may apply for a minigrant to cover miscellaneous course expenses up to $500.

FRS Program Committee, 2008-2009

John Boe, English Caroline Bledsoe, Land, Air & Water Resources

Simone Clay, French & Italian Jon Rossini, Theatre & Dance

Yuuko Uchikoshi, Education

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	John Boe, English	Caroline Bledsoe, Land, Air & Water Resources
	Simone Clay, French & Italian	Jon Rossini, Theatre & Dance
		Yuuko Uchikoshi, Education