Announcements
BU Hub Courses to Become Eligible for Pass/Fail Credit
Beginning in the fall 2023 semester, BU Hub courses will be removed from the list of exclusions under the University’s Policy on Pass/Fail Courses for Undergraduate Students.
This change means that if a student elects to take a class Pass/Fail (P*/F*) and they receive a passing grade (P), they will still fulfill the Hub requirements associated with the class. The change aligns with the spirit of the Hub, which is designed to encourage exploration.
While the new policy will be effective fall 2023, it will be retroactive for continuing students. This means that if you have elected to take a class Pass/Fail this semester or during a past semester and you are returning as an undergraduate in fall 2023, you will fulfill the Hub requirements that were associated with the class at the time. Students may not elect to retroactively change a graded course to be P*/F*.
The deadline to elect to take a class P*/F* for this spring 2023 semester has been extended to Friday, April 7. We encourage you to contact your academic advisor should you have any questions about this change in policy.
We hope this announcement comes as welcome news and that the change in policy encourages students to explore areas of study beyond the familiar.
New Hub Cocurricular on Student Wellbeing Available This Summer!
Beginning summer 2023, the BU Hub will offer a new Hub cocurricular experience: HUB CC 107: Thriving Together: Student Wellbeing at BU. Developed by BU Student Wellbeing, this Hub cocurricular invites students to explore what wellbeing looks like in their own lives through seven dimensions: physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, financial, environmental, and social. Students will explore wellbeing ideas and concepts through teamwork activities that culminate in a proposal for a wellbeing project that aligns with the mission of BU Student Wellbeing. The final projects will be considered for funding. HUB CC 107 fulfills 1 Hub requirement in Teamwork/Collaboration.
This summer, HUB CC 107 will be offered in Summer Term 2 (July 5-August 15) and will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30-3:15 pm. Summer course registration starts on February 16, 2023, on MyBU Student Portal. Register today!
New Hub Courses on Social & Racial Justice Available to First-Year and Sophomore Students!
Two new Hub courses on social and racial justice, HUB SJ 101/102, are available to first-year and sophomore students! Following are additional details on the course content and structure:
HUB SJ 101: Social & Racial Justice: Systems and Structures
- 4-credit course
- Explores the historical/systemic bases of social and racial inequity
- Fulfills Hub requirements in Historical Consciousness, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, and Critical Thinking
- No prerequisite
- Next offered in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024
HUB SJ 102: Social & Racial Justice: Advocacy and Action
- 4-credit course
- Focuses on how to engage in advocacy and action
- Fulfills Hub requirements in Social Inquiry I, The Individual in Community, and Teamwork/Collaboration
- Prerequisite: HUB SJ 101
- Next offered in Spring 2024
Note: space is limited. Register on the MyBU Student Portal!
Learn More About How the Hub Can Support Your Career Goals!
Did you know that the BU Hub, in providing students with breadth of learning, essential skills, and distinctive learning experiences, is designed to prepare you for your future professional life? Recent studies have shown that only one fourth to one third of college graduates in the U.S. end up working in careers directly related to their majors—which makes what you learn in the BU Hub highly relevant and valuable for your future when you consider work opportunities that may or may not be related to your field of study.
Employers today are increasingly focused less on prospective employees’ field of study and more on their “career readiness,” which involves developing and demonstrating competencies in areas such as communication, critical thinking, equity and inclusion, teamwork, and technology—areas of learning that the Hub also emphasizes for students. The knowledge, skills, and experiences you have gained through the BU Hub and throughout your BU experience may therefore be even more important to your career development in years to come.
For more information about how to draw upon your Hub experience as you prepare for professional life, check out The Hub and Your Career on the BU Hub website!
Explore courses in the BU Hub Pathway: Social & Racial Justice
Take a course in the BU Hub Pathway: Social & Racial Justice and complete Hub requirements while exploring the historical grounding of racism, various forms of social and racial inequality, themes of intercultural understanding, or contemporary activism aimed at making the world more equitable and inclusive. You can take a course in such topics as human diversity, identity, race and antiracism, systemic inequality, class, gender, sexuality, intersectionality, power, and social equity and inclusion.
Hub Pathways are fully elective, and you can choose to take as many courses within a particular Hub Pathway as you wish. Hub Pathway coursework is not tracked on your record and does not come with an additional credential, but gives you an opportunity to explore courses across the University with a focus on a particular interdisciplinary topic of global significance.
Explore the Hub Pathway in Social & Racial Justice and it’s curated list of Hub courses today.”
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Explore courses in the BU Hub Pathway: Environment & Society
Take a course in the BU Hub Pathway: Environment & Society and complete Hub requirements while learning more about the challenge of ensuring a sustainable world. You can take a course in such topics as human-environment interactions, the relationship between climate change and society, environmental policy, sustainable energy and development, earth and environmental sciences, environmental humanities, and more.
Hub Pathways are fully elective, and you can choose to take as many courses within a particular Hub Pathway as you wish. Hub Pathway coursework is not tracked on your record and does not come with an additional credential, but gives you an opportunity to explore courses across the University with a focus on a particular interdisciplinary topic of global significance.
Explore the Hub Pathway in Environment & Society and it’s curated list of Hub courses today.
Make the Most of BU: Check out the Advising Website
Make the most of BU and your time here. Visit the BU Undergraduate Advising website for more information about advising at Boston University, and learn how advisors can help you choose and map out opportunities to meet your goals, including integrating the Hub into your undergraduate coursework.
Hub Cocurricular Offered During BU Summer Session II
Did you know that you can register for a Hub cocurricular experience this summer at Boston University? HUB CC 128: Belonging on Campus, which will be offered in Summer Session 2, explores the various social and cultural factors, as well as the personal and communal practices, that contribute to or impede students’ sense of belonging at college. The experience fulfills 1 Hub unit in The Individual in Community and is open to all BU undergraduates. Hub cocurriculars are ungraded, 0-credit experiences that combine activities, discussion, and reflection, and carry 1 Hub unit. To learn more about Hub cocurriculars, please visit the Hub cocurricular section of the BU Hub website. Register on the Student Link today!
Register for an Online Hub Course in Summer 2021
Fourteen BU Hub online courses are available through BU Summer Term! These specially designed, online, fully remote courses are now open for registration for Summer 2021, and include the following Hub courses:
- CAS CS 111: Introduction to Computer Science 1
- CAS EC 101: Introductory Microeconomic Analysis
- CAS EC 102: Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis
- CAS LC 111: First-Semester Chinese
- CAS LC 112: Second-Semester Chinese
- CAS LS 111: First-Semester Spanish
- CAS LS 112: Second-Semester Spanish
- CAS MA 113: Elementary Statistics
- CAS MA 121: Calculus for the Life and Social Sciences I
- CAS PH 100: Introduction to Philosophy
- CAS PH 155: Politics and Philosophy
- CAS PS 101: General Psychology
- CAS SO 100: Principles in Sociology
- SED LS 560: Introduction to Language and Language Acquisition
As a special provision of these summer online BU courses, BU financial aid may be available to BU need-based scholarship recipients for any of these courses. For more information, please contact BU Financial Assistance at 617-353-2965 or finaid@bu.edu.
To learn more about these exciting online BU courses that fulfill Hub requirements, visit the Summer Term website.
New BU Hub Pathways Launched!
The BU Hub recently launched BU Hub Pathways, an optional way for undergraduates to fulfill some or many of their general education requirements by taking Hub courses from across the University that are focused on an interdisciplinary topic of global significance. There are currently two Hub Pathways: Social & Racial Justice, and Environment & Society. Hub Pathways are fully elective, and students can choose to incorporate as many courses within a particular Hub Pathway as they wish. To learn more about and explore these Hub Pathways, please visit the BU Hub Pathways section of the Hub website.
To learn more about how these Pathways were created and about how to include future Hub courses in a Hub Pathway, please visit the BU Hub Pathways & Requests for Inclusion page in the Faculty & Staff section of the Hub website.