The Practicum in College Teaching domain requires that students gain hands-on experience in a supervised college teaching setting. Most students in the practicum will teach a course, section, workshop, guest lecture, or other significant learning activity in their disciplinary department but other hands-on teaching activities can satisfy this requirement. Some departments offer courses that can be used to satisfy this requirement. Alternatively, students can secure the written agreement of a faculty member to serve as mentor for the practicum and notify a certificate program co-director. At the conclusion of the practicum, students will be expected to present documentation of their teaching (e.g., syllabus, course policies, student evaluations, observation of teaching, teaching reflection or rationale).
Courses that are currently approved for this domain include:
American Studies G502 F,S Practicum on Teaching of Native American and Indigenous Studies
American Studies G503 F,S Practicum on Interdisciplinary Teaching of American Studies
Anatomy A878 Anatomy Teaching Practicum
Anthropology A521 F Intro to College Teaching
Biology Z620 S Mentored Teaching Seminar
Education/College C750 Spring Learning & Teaching on the College Campus
Central Eurasian Studies R599 F Teaching Area Studies
Chemistry C500 Professional Development
College n/a F,S Practicum in College Teaching (to be proposed, variable course credit)
Comparative Literature C507 Teaching Methods in Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature C509 F,S Teaching Internship in Comparative Literature
Computer Science B599 F Teaching Computer Science
East Asian Languages & Cultures C527 F, S Practicum in Chinese Language Pedagogy
East Asian Languages & Culture J527 F,S Practicum in Japanese Language Pedagogy
Economics E502 S Teaching Undergraduate Economics
Education C675 F,S Supervised College Teaching
Education J762 (J700) F Teaching in Teacher Education
Education P650 F,S College Teaching and Instruction
English W501 F,S Teaching of Composition in College
English L508 S Practicum in Teaching Literature in College
English W550 Practicum in Teaching Creative Writing in the Community
English W554 F Teaching Creative Writing
Folklore and Ethnomusicology F801 F Teaching Folklore and Ethnomusicology
French & Italian F572 Practicum in College French Teaching
French & Italian M572 F Italian Teaching Practicum
Germanic Studies G500 F Theory and Methodology of College German Teaching
History H592 Teaching World History Practicum
History H575 Varies Directed Readings, when appropriate
Linguistics L685 F, S Linguistics Teaching Practicum
Media M555 F Media Pedagogy
Medical Sciences M620 S Pedagogical Methods in Health Sciences
Music E635 S College Music Teaching
Music T591 F,S Teaching of Music Theory
Near Eastern Languages & Cultures N695 F, S Introduction to Arabic Pedagogy
Physics P504 F Practicum in Laboratory Instruction
Political Science Y550 F,S Political Science and Professional Development—semester 1
Political Science Y550 F, S, Summer Political Science and Professional Development (for students who are instructors of record)
Psychological & Brain Sciences P660 S The Teaching of Psychology
Recreation, Park, & Tourism Studies R643 Practicum in Teaching
Religious Studies R790 F, S, Summer Departmental Teaching Practicum
O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs V621 S Seminar Teaching Public Affairs
School of Public Health SPH-R 784 DOCTORAL TEACHING SEMINAR (2 CR)
Sociology S506 F Teaching of Undergraduate Sociology
Spanish and Portuguese S517 F Methods of Teaching College Spanish
Courses in this domain introduce students to general conceptual frameworks for thinking about issues in college teaching such as student learning, teaching methods, and assessment of teaching and learning. In some cases, suitable courses may be available in student’s disciplinary departments. Students will be expected to write a philosophy of teaching statement, or other reflective document, as part of any course in this domain.
Anthropology A521 F Intro to College Teaching
Education/College C750 S Learning & Teaching on the College Campus
Education C750 Varies Curriculum in Higher Education
Education C750 Varies Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Graduate School G700 Summer Excellence in Teaching
Sociology S606 F Sociological Issues in College Pedagogy
Courses in the Special Topics in College Pedagogy domain allow students to focus on specific instructional methods, educational scholarship, or disciplinary teaching topics they consider especially relevant. Students will be expected to engage in scholarly activity (e.g., research paper, scholarship of teaching and learning project, teaching portfolio) as part of taking a course in this domain. Such courses will include:
Anthropology A595 Graduate Readings in Anthropology
Anthropology A622 S Advanced Pedagogy: Knowledge, Power, and Pedagogy (in remonstrance)
Applied Health Science H750 F Pedagogy in Health Behavior
Business X630 S Doctoral Teaching Development Seminar I
College n/a F,S Independent Readings in College Pedagogy
Comparative Literature C508 F Teaching Literature and Composition
East Asian Languages & Culture C525 S Teaching Chinese as a Foreign/Second Language
East Asian Languages & Culture J525 F,S Teaching Japanese as a Foreign/Second Language
East Asian Languages & Cultures E596 F, S, Summer Readings in Pedagogy
Education C750 S Learning and Teaching on the College Campus
Education C750 Varies Curriculum in Higher Education
Education
C750 Varies Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Education F500 F,S Teaching with Technology
Education J762 F Teaching Introduction to Scientific Inquiry
Education Q620 F University Science Teaching
Education P540 F, S Learning and Cognition in Education
Education R546 F,S Instructional Techniques: Thinking, Collaboration, and Motivation
Education R626 S Instructional Strategies and Tactics
Education U546 Diverse Students on the College Campus
Education U548 F Student Development Theory and Research
Education W505 F,S Course Development for Online Educators
English W500 Teaching Composition: Issues and Approaches
English L505 Teaching Children’s Literature at the Post-Secondary Level
Fine Arts B S695 F AI Training Seminar
French & Italian F573 S Methods in College French Teaching
French & Italian M573 S Methods of Italian Language Teaching
Gender Studies G707 S Gender Studies Pedagogy and Theory
Germanic Languages G605 S Drama Pedagogy for Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
History H580 S Teaching College History
History H591 F,S Teaching World History
History H593 F Teaching United States History
Mathematics M595 F Seminar in Teaching of College Math
Medical Sciences M620 Pedagogical Methods in Health Sciences
Political Science Y550 F,S Political Science and Professional Development (when students are not actively teaching)
Slavic Languages & Literatures R592 Methods of Russian Language Instruction
Spanish and Portuguese S517 F Methods of Teaching College Spanish
Work in this domain can be undertaken in the context of a formal course on research or scholarship in College teaching or through an independent research/study arrangement. Examples of work that would satisfy this requirement include a capstone project on a pedagogical topic, a self-directed sequence of intensive workshops on a topic, engagement in and reflection on professional development related to college teaching and learning, and a scholarship of teaching and learning project. If satisfied through an independent research/study course, the project must be supervised by a faculty member with expertise in the pedagogical topic of interest. Whether conducted through a formal course or an independent research/study arrangement, projects must be pre-approved by a co-director of the certificate program based on a written document in which students describe the project and articulate its expected learning outcomes. Current courses that support independent research/scholarship in college pedagogy include:
Anatomy A850 F, S Topical Seminar in Anatomy (when appropriate)
Anthropology A595 Graduate Readings in Anthropology
Anthropology A622 S Advanced Pedagogy: Knowledge, Power, and Pedagogy
College F,S Independent Research/Scholarship in College Teaching (to be proposed, variable course credit)
East Asian Languages & Culture C598 F, S, Summer Pedagogy Project
East Asian Languages & Culture J598 F, S, Summer Pedagogy Project
Education C690 F,S Independent Study in Higher Education
Education C750 Varies Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Education U549 Environmental Theory and Assessment in Higher Education
History H575 Varies Directed Readings: Historical Teaching and Practice Discussion Group
Sociology S706 F,S Sociological Research in Higher Education
