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College Teaching Certificate

Impact the next generation by learning how to be an effective faculty member.

Teach in higher education with a certificate in College Teaching. This online program is designed for faculty and graduate students who wish to become professors, college instructions and academic advisors as well as individuals who are teaching or want to teach in a college setting.

Program type:
Certificate - Graduate
Format:
Online
Est. time to complete:
1 year
Credit hours:
12

Why earn a graduate college teaching certificate?

Application Deadlines
Fall:
Aug. 1
Spring:
Dec. 1
Summer:
May 1

Teaching effective college instruction in terms of both principles and techniques. This online program is for faculty (full-time and adjuncts) and graduate students who are, or intend to become professors, college instructors, academic advisors, internship supervisors, program trainers, curriculum coordinators, and learning designers.

Through UND's online graduate certificate program, you will:

  • Gain knowledge about various pedagogical approaches.
  • Experience and demonstrate effective teaching skills.
  • Connect institutional and department missions as well as disciplinary norms.
  • Foster ethical behaviors and professional standards.
  • Understand the complexities of the academic profession.
  • Identify emerging trends in college teaching excellence.
  • Participate in professional forums as a means to enhance the knowledge and practice of effective college teaching during the period of the program and beyond.

College Teaching Certificate Online

  • ​Core courses provide an understanding of higher education.

  • Learn about governance, institutional organization and culture, the roles of faculty, students and administrators.

  • Participate in professional forums as a means to enhance knowledge and practice of effective teaching.

What can I do with a college teaching certificate?

People choose to become professors for a variety of reasons:

  • A passion for a particular field of study
  • A love of teaching and of the opportunity to shape minds
  • A deep commitment to core academic values

Individuals completing UND's College Teaching graduate certificate will be eligible for employment as faculty members at colleges and universities within their respective disciplinary areas.

College Teaching Certificate Courses

T&L 539. College Teaching. 3 Credits.

Explores learning styles and teaching styles, the components and responsibilities involved in college teaching, methods of teaching and motivating students, and current issues related to instruction in the college classroom.

T&L 548. The Professoriate. 3 Credits.

This course is a study of the development of the American professoriate by way of historical, scholarly, popular, and contemporary perspectives. It also examines the transition of new faculty members to their initial academic appointment.

T&L 545. Adult Learners. 3 Credits.

This course will cover theories of adult development, current research on adult learners, ways of assessing the needs and interests of adult learners, and ways of creating environments in which adult learners can thrive.

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T&L 552. Online Teaching Practice & Innovation. 3 Credits.

This course examines contemporary online teaching practices and has a focus on "small" research-based teaching strategies that have an impactful effect on online classroom engagement and learning. SS.

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Department Contact
Kathy Smart
Associate Professor
P 701.777.2120
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