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ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2016-2017
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ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Teaching Experiences
Students may earn credit for a teaching experience by engaging in activities under the
supervision of a faculty sponsor which may include some combination of setting up
and/or teaching laboratories, assisting the instructor in creating or revising a course,
collaborating with the instructor in preparation of examinations and other assignments
and in the grading of these assignments, developing in-class activities, leading or
facilitating class discussions, and preparing and delivering lectures. Teaching experiences
are numbered 298, 398, or 498. A maximum of two units counting toward graduation
may be earned for teaching experience. The following policies apply to teaching
experiences:
(1) A brief written statement shall be prepared by the instructor and the student, outlining
expectations for the student and instructor, the learning outcomes, and the amount of
academic credit (½ or 1 unit) to be earned by the student.
(2) The statement shall be signed by both student and instructor no later than the
confirmation of registration for the term in question, and shall be held on file by the
instructor, with a copy given to the student, and a copy given to the Office of Academic
Records.
(3) Teaching experiences may be evaluated with a letter grade or as “S”/“U” at the
discretion of the instructor.
(4) Students earning teaching experience credit shall be designated “Teaching Fellows.”
Foreign Language Across the Curriculum
Birmingham-Southern College offers students opportunities to enhance their foreign
language proficiency and cultural knowledge through coursework in other discipline
areas. The Foreign Language Across the Curriculum (FLAC) program adds a foreign
language component to courses in a variety of fields. Students taking these courses as
FLAC courses receive an additional ¼ unit of credit in the foreign language. Such
courses allow students to make sophisticated use of language skills, provide greater
flexibility in foreign language study (beyond the traditional language classroom), and
demonstrate the degree to which language influences ideas. Students in the program
develop a keener cultural awareness and language skills necessary to participate more
fully in today’s shrinking, interdependent world.
Students must register for the disciplinary content course and for the FLAC component
(language courses numbered 333) during the same term. Exceptions are students who
have already had the disciplinary content course; these students may register for the