Southeastern Asian Art. Eating Disorders. The Role of Activism in the University. The Postmodern Comic Book. What do these things have in common? Each is a course designed and instructed by an outstanding senior this semester on this campus. Do you have an interest in a topic not currently offered at UNC? Do you want the opportunity to teach your own class next spring? Consider C-START: Carolina Students Taking Academic Responsibility Through Teaching. Now in its third year, C-START is a program of progressive education designed to broaden undergraduate course curricula, learning opportunities and the intellectual climate by transforming the consumers of undergraduate education -- the students -- into providers. C-START is based on participation, dialogue and critical thinking by encouraging student initiation of courses that address a diverse range of issues, concerns and academic interests.
The C-START program allows four exceptional seniors to design their own courses with a faculty adviser of their choosing in fall and then to instruct their courses to a class of 10 to 15 UNC undergraduates in spring. Each class meets for one hour and 50 minutes a week, and students enrolled in a C-START class receive one hour of pass/fail credit. C-START student instructors receive three hours of credit in the fall for course preparation and three hours in the spring for course instruction. The program allows students an outstanding opportunity to learn more about a topic of interest to them in a very unique way.
We would like to encourage all interested students to check out our Web page: www.unc.edu/depts/jcue/c-start. Applications for the 2002-03 school year are now available online and are due April 15.
Laura Lee
Senior
Political Science and International Studies
Donna LeFebvre, J.D.
Lecturer
Political Science
