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Courses approved for the Preparing the Future Professoriate certificate

In order to qualify for the Future Professoriate graduate certificate, students must successfully complete GRAD 5104, Preparing the Future Professoriate, and GRAD 5114, Contemporary Pedagogy. These courses satisfy 6 of the 9 credits required for the certificate. The following courses are approved to satisfy the additional 3 credits (see below for links to course descriptions):

ENGE 5304 - Communication in Engineering Curricula: Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy

ENGE 5704 - Engineering Education Graduate Seminar

ENGL 5034 - Composition Practicum

FREC 5214 - College Teaching in Natural Resources

GRAD: Graduate School Courses

  • GRAD 5004 - GTA Training Workshop
  • GRAD 5104 - Preparing the Future Professoriate
  • GRAD 5114 - Contemporary Pedagogy
  • GRAD 5124 - Library Research Skills Graduate Study
  • GRAD 5144 - Communicating Science
  • GRAD 5204 - Citizen Scholar Seminar
  • GRAD 5214 - Diversity for a Global Society
  • GRAD 5984: Special Study: Effective, Ethical, and Equitable Mentoring.  

HD 5654 - Grant Development and Administration in Human Development

STS 5444 - Issues in Bioethics