Dear DGS, TA Developer, or Staff Assistant:

Please share these descriptions of our fall 2010 Preparing Future Faculty courses with graduate students who are planning (or who want to explore) a faculty career.  GS 610 offers students practical guidance in classroom pedagogy, and GS 650 is helpful to students who want a closer look at the triumvirate of faculty work (research, teaching, service) in a variety of institutional settings.     

Information about U.K.’s Preparing Future Faculty Program can be found here: http://www.research.uky.edu/gs/PFF/index.html

GS 610 COLLEGE TEACHING. (1 credit hour)  Wednesdays 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

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 opportunities for discipline-specific applications. This course can serve to augment any department-based programs.

GS 640 GRANT WRITING. (3 credit hours)  Tuesdays 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Prepares graduate students to be PI on a state, federal, other large competitive grant. Students prepare and critique a proposal.

GS 650 PREPARING FUTURE FACULTY. (2 credit hours)  Mondays 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Introduces graduate students to the roles and responsibilities of college and university faculty and assists them in understanding the variety of institutions in which effective teaching, research, and service take place. Students will focus on the academic expectations, institutional identities, and particular policies and procedures that 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.

EPE 672 COLLEGE TEACHING AND LEARNING. (3 credit hours)  Wednesdays 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.  [NOTE:This course is also offered in the first summer session.]

A comprehensive course for prospective college teachers. Includes methods and principles of teaching, utilization of materials in teaching, a consideration of the teaching-learning process as it relates to the individual student, and the evaluation of student progress.