2023-2024 BSC Catalog Updated_UG ONLY_FINAL[82]
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260 ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES<br />
ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES<br />
Teaching Experiences<br />
Students may earn credit for teaching experiences under the supervision of a full-time<br />
faculty sponsor. Activities may include a combination of setting up and/or teaching<br />
laboratories, assisting the instructor in creating or revising a course, collaborating with<br />
the instructor in preparation of examinations and other assignments and in the grading of<br />
these assignments, developing in-class activities, leading or facilitating class discussions,<br />
and preparing and delivering lectures. Teaching experiences are numbered 298, 398, or<br />
498. A maximum of two units counting toward graduation may be earned for teaching<br />
experience. The following registration process and policies apply to teaching experiences,<br />
with the exception of those disciplines which have standardized their teaching<br />
experiences:<br />
(1) To register for a teaching experience, students must complete the Contract Learning<br />
Proposal Form available from the Office of Exploration Term and Contract Learning.<br />
The contract must stipulate the nature of the work to be completed; learning outcomes<br />
specific to the teaching experience; the amount of academic credit (½ or 1 unit) to be<br />
earned by the student; a completed credit hour worksheet; and signatures of the student,<br />
student’s academic advisor, faculty sponsor, and faculty sponsor’s department chair.<br />
(2) Completed proposal forms must be submitted to the Office of Exploration Term and<br />
Contract Learning by the due date published by that office and in any case no later than<br />
the end of the term (fall or spring) prior to the term of the teaching experience.<br />
(3) Once the contract has been approved by the Exploration Term and Contract Learning<br />
Committee, the Office of Exploration Term and Contract Learning will notify the<br />
Registrar who will then register the student for the course. A copy of the contract shall be<br />
held on file by the Office of Exploration Term and Contract Learning.<br />
(4) Teaching experiences may be evaluated with a letter grade or as “S”/“U” at the<br />
discretion of the instructor.<br />
(5) Students earning teaching experience credit shall be designated “Teaching Fellows.”<br />
Foreign Language Across the Curriculum<br />
Birmingham-Southern College offers students opportunities to enhance their foreign<br />
language proficiency and cultural knowledge through coursework in other discipline<br />
areas. The Foreign Language Across the Curriculum (FLAC) program adds a foreign<br />
language component to courses in a variety of fields. Students taking these courses as<br />
FLAC courses receive an additional ¼ unit of credit in the foreign language. Such<br />
courses allow students to make sophisticated use of language skills, provide greater<br />
Birmingham-Southern College <strong>Catalog</strong> <strong>2023</strong>-<strong>2024</strong>