This one-credit-hour seminar addresses teaching and learning issues in the college classroom. It is intended for graduate students who want to prepare for future academic careers and enhance current teaching activities. The seminar will examine pedagogical issues in a general format with opportunity for discipline-specific applications. This course can serve to augment any department- based programs.
This course prepares graduate students to be PI on a state, federal, other large competitive grant. Students prepare and critique proposal.
Preparing Future Faculty is designed to introduce graduate students to the roles and responsibilities of the college teacher and to assist them in understanding the variety of institutions in which effective teaching takes place. Students will focus on the academic expectations, institutional identities, and particular policies and procedures which characterize different types of institutions of higher learning. Skills to help students apply for positions and achieve success in their appointments will also be addressed. Lecture, two hours per week.
This zero-credit course is intended for graduate students who are enrolled in a degree program at another university and are visiting the University of Kentucky for a period of time no longer than one semester. Students enrolled in this course will typically engage in research activity during their time at UK.
This special problems course is designed to provide opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars pursuing a Certificate in College Teaching and Learning to explore special problems related to college teaching that bridge or fall outside the domain of departmental efforts; graduate students exploring faculty development as a career option; and students who currently hold full-time teaching positions in colleges or universities and who are interested in professional development or credentialing in College Teaching and Learning. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
The Practicum is a mentored teaching experience that not only immerses the graduate student in teaching by also fosters reflection on the experience, provides structured feedback and plans for improvement, and guides students in developing a teaching portfolio. The practicum requires that the graduate student assume full responsibility for a course, under the guidance of a mentor teacher. Supervision for the practicum experience is a joint responsibility of the Teaching and Learning Center, certificate faculty, and the student's mentor.
Introduces Gender and Women's studies for a social science perspective using cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approaches. Analyzes relations of power marked by gender and how these relate to other social distinctions and processes. Interactive learning format.
Introduces Gender and Women's studies for a social science perspective using cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approaches. Analyzes relations of power marked by gender and how these relate to other social distinctions and processes. Interactive learning format.
This course examines the role of popular culture in the construction of gendered identities in contemporary society. We examine a wide range of popular cultural forms -- including music, computer games, movies, and television -- to illustrate how femininity and masculinity are produced, represented, and consumed.
This course examines the role of popular culture in the construction of gendered identities in contemporary society. We examine a wide range of popular cultural forms -- including music, computer games, movies, and television -- to illustrate how femininity and masculinity are produced, represented, and consumed.
