Advanced Seminar (ASEM)
While knowledge and professional skills found in a student's major and minor are important foundations for accomplishment, successful individuals also must be able to navigate a complex political, social, cultural and economic environment that challenges more traditionally limited concepts of higher education and competencies. To help students better understand the demands of contemporary life, instructors teach an advanced seminar based in their area of expertise and passion. The topic will be approached from multiple perspectives in a course designed for non-majors. Studying in this setting, students demonstrate their ability to integrate different perspectives and synthesize diverse ideas through intensive writing on that topic.
Learning Outcomes for All Sections of ASEM
Demonstrate the ability to integrate and apply content from multiple perspectives to an appropriate intellectual topic or issue.
Write effectively, providing appropriate evidence and reasoning for assertions.
All undergraduates at the University of Denver are required to take an Advanced Seminar, an upper-level course capped at 18-19 students.
Note: This course must be taken at the University of Denver. Students must complete all other common curriculum requirements before taking the Advanced Seminar.
Submitting a New ASEM Course Proposal
Faculty who wish to propose an ASEM should email Dr. Rachael Liberman (rachael.liberman@du.edu), Faculty Director of ASEM and FSEM. The Faculty Director will enroll the interested faculty in the online ASEM training course in Canvas. After faculty complete the training and develop their syllabus and proposal, they will submit their ASEM proposal.
After completing the online ASEM training course, complete the following:
Download ASEM Course Proposal form and create a new document with your responses to the questions and prompts about your proposed course, and include your syllabus.
Login to CourseLeaf/NextBulletin Course Proposal site and click at the button to propose a new course.
Follow this CourseLeaf ASEM Proposal Guide to submit your new ASEM course proposal. Where it asks for a syllabus, upload the full ASEM Course Proposal document (with your syllabus)
IMPORTANT: Please submit your proposals no later than (2) quarters before you are scheduled to teach your new ASEM. The ASEM Committee reviews proposals twice during the quarter, so please plan to submit by the end of Week Three or Week Seven.