Certificate in College Pedagogy Requirements

Area Certificate in College Pedagogy

Indiana University School of Education and College of Arts + Sciences

This certificate program is available to graduate students in any field of study on the Indiana University Bloomington campus. Its purpose is to provide graduate students with the opportunity to develop and document their pedagogical knowledge and skill in ways that complement their disciplinary training. This certificate program is co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Education and includes courses from both units, as well as elsewhere on campus. The certificate will be assigned organizationally to the College but co-administered by the two sponsoring units and will be overseen by two co-directors, one from each sponsoring unit. College students who pursue the certificate will work primarily with the College co-director. Students from other units and students who intend to pursue the minor in Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) as well as the certificate will work primarily with the School of Education co-director. Either co-director has the authority to approve plans of study for the certificate.

Participation in the Certificate in College Pedagogy is by application and must be endorsed in writing by a student’s departmental advisor or Director of Graduate Studies. Only graduate students in good standing will be admitted into the Certificate in College Pedagogy program.

A minimum of 12 hours (and a minimum of four courses) must be accumulated from 3 of the 4 knowledge domains below. All students must take at least one School of Education course and can take no more than one course outside of those offered by the School of Education (and its departments) and/or the College of Arts and Sciences (and its departments). Certificate students will develop a plan of study in consultation with one of the co-directors so as to ensure that at least one course requires a statement of teaching philosophy. Some courses may qualify for multiple domains but any given course may only count for one.

Students must maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA in the Certificate courses to be awarded the Certificate in College Pedagogy. The Certificate in College Pedagogy will be awarded upon the completion of all certificate requirements and completion of a graduate degree. The Certificate in College Pedagogy will appear on the transcript of IU students who complete its requirements as an officially endorsed Indiana University certificate.

Below you will find the four domains required by the certificate and the courses that are currently offered to satisfy each domain. New courses will be added to the list as they are approved and developed, upon request and after review by the program co-directors. You can also find recent syllabi on the CITL website .

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Domain I: Practicum in College Teaching

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

Domain II: Theories and Concepts of College Pedagogy

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

Domain III: Special Topics 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

Domain IV: Research/Scholarship in College Pedagogy

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

Certificate in College Pedagogy Requirements

Area Certificate in College Pedagogy

Indiana University School of Education and College of Arts + Sciences

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