UB Discovery Seminar Program

Discovery Seminar Program

UB’s Discovery Seminar Program offers a small class experience for first- and second-year students, providing them with the opportunity to engage with a distinguished faculty member around a thought-provoking and challenging topic. The goals of this course are to help students:

• Explore a topic in depth in a comfortable, small group setting;
• Get to know an outstanding faculty member who loves teaching undergraduates;
• Try out an unfamiliar subject in an environment conducive to exploration and discovery;
• Understand the academic challenges and rewards of attending a research university; and
• Improve skills in critical thinking and in oral and written expression.

Each semester, different faculty members offer seminars on exciting, unique topics. See Seminar Offerings for details.