College Teaching Requirements

This certificate program targets faculty (full-time and adjuncts), graduate students who wish to become professors, college instructors, academic advisors, and other individuals who are teaching or want to teach in post-secondary settings.

Objectives

Students will:

• gain knowledge of pedagogical approaches
• experience and demonstrate effective teaching skills
• connect institutional and departmental 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 knowledge and practice of effective teaching

Admission Requirements

1. Hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited university
2. At the baccalaureate level, have earned a cumulative grade point average (GPA) in all courses of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale

Program Requirements