Tagging a class means that students can find your class in YES by searching the attributes section for classes that fulfill a component of Immersion Vanderbilt.

No, tagging a class is optional. If you choose not to tag your class, you can still inform students that they may use it toward a component of Immersion Vanderbilt. Students in tagged classes will receive automated messages after the add/drop period explaining the process.

The instructor of a tagged class serves as the experience or project mentor. If your class is experiential, you may request the students’ pre- and post-reflection responses (Milestones 1 and 2). These are independently completed by the student and are ungraded. However, they may be a useful to you for assessment of student learning. Faculty instructors in culminating classes will sign off on the student’s project plan proposal and final submission (Milestones 3 and 4).

You do not have to require additional work of the student, nor do you have to provide extra mentorship beyond what you already offer to the class. You will, however, sign off on the project proposal and final submission as with independent projects.

No. Students will make their decisions based on guidance from their Immersion advising sessions with a staff member in the Office of Experiential Learning and Immersion Vanderbilt and conversations with you. You might encourage every student in an experiential learning class to declare the experience as students may log multiple experiences.

Technically, no. That said, the prompts are designed to help students think about Immersion Vanderbilt holistically and intentionally, rather than an add on or box checking exercise. If possible, the student should complete the appropriate forms soon after the add/drop period ends.

Yes. To remove your class tag, contact amy.m.johnson@vanderbilt.edu

Tagging your class allows students to more easily identify experiential learning and culminating project options built into the curriculum. Students in a tagged class will receive automated messages informing them of the process to fulfill the undergraduate degree requirement.

No, the tag does not change who is eligible to take the class, how it is assessed, or how it fits within the major/minor curricular flow.