Students, YOU can design your own class!
Undergraduate Student Initiated Education (USIE) is an innovative program designed to provide a select group of juniors and seniors in the College with the opportunity to develop and facilitate, under close faculty supervision, a lower division seminar for their peers.
The application and selection period is during Fall quarter. In Winter quarter, facilitators work closely with their faculty sponsors in a two-unit independent study focused on the content-area of their proposed course, and participate in a two-unit pedagogy seminar with other student facilitators. Through the independent study and pedagogy seminar, student facilitators develop for review and approval a formal syllabus for their spring seminars. Faculty mentors continue to work with student facilitators during Spring quarter as they facilitate their seminars.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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| Emily vanSonnenberg, USIE Facilitator, gave an exclusive interview to the Daily Bruin. See what she has to say about her experience. Click here» | USIE was featured in the UCLA College Report as one of the university's innovative programs for undergraduates. Read more» |
HEADLINES
Daily Bruin: Undergraduate students to lead spring seminars
Daily Bruin: The USIE program launches amid excitement from undergraduate students…
UCLA Media: A facilitator shares the story behind her USIE seminar…