Students vying for spots in the class co-taught by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke must submit a resume and a one-page letter about why they are interested in the Federal Reserve, the University announced Wednesday.

The application deadline is Feb. 17 to snag a spot in the 1.5-credit business administration course called “Reflections on the Federal Reserve and Its Place in Today’s Economy,” which will be led by business ethics professor Timothy Fort.

Students must submit their applications to the business school’s undergraduate advising center but the course is open to all undergraduate students.

In an e-mail sent to students in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Wednesday, the school’s advisers said the application is necessary “due to anticipated demand for seats in this course.”

The class, which will hold about 30 students, will run from March 20 to April 26 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Bernanke will deliver lectures March 20, 22, 27 and 29 about the history of the Federal Reserve – which oversees the country’s money supply and promotes stability in the economy – and its role in the 2008 financial crisis. The lectures will be streamed live on the Fed’s website.

The University announced Jan. 26 that Bernanke – a who chaired the economics department at Princeton University from 1996 to 2002 — would step back into the classroom at GW.