The students are required to submit journal reports frequently that make explicit their progress and activities within the PBL tutorless groups. Student-generated learning issues are validated by the instructor during the goals meeting. At McMaster University, the theme school program was created. This is a program for interdisciplinary learning that students from all disciplines may elect to take on overload. Based on the research expertise at McMaster, one of the theme schools is on new materials and their impact on society .
Enrolment is limited and by application.
About 35 students were admitted in both the first and second year since it was started. Students are from English, biology, physical education, nursing chemistry, mathematics and engineering. For each course has two instructors and 1 teaching assistant. The first course is sophomore level. In each 13-week course the tutorless student groups handle 2 to 3 cases or problems.