Seminar on College Teaching: EDU 398

CRN: 20389

Note: In Winter 2025, EDU 398: Seminar on College Teaching will be taught in person at the Teaching and Learning Complex.

The Seminar on College Teaching is an interactive course designed to help graduate students and postdoctoral scholars develop essential skills for effective instruction in college-level courses. If you plan to teach undergraduates in your career, this course provides you with core skills based on foundational and emerging research-based practices on how students learn. Students engage with classmates in thought-provoking discussions and activities about the implementation of pedagogical techniques in a university classroom setting. Activities and topics will include:

• examining how students learn
• articulating course outcomes
• applying principles of course design
• aligning learning activities to meet course outcomes
• scaffolding instruction to support learning
• implementing active learning
• creating meaningful and transparent assignments
• establishing an inclusive and equitable learning environment
• designing and participating in micro-teaching sessions
• leveraging the affordances of Generative AI in teaching

Course Credit and Recognization

The Seminar on College Teaching is open to graduate students and postdocs. Graduate students should register for two units of credit. Postdocs can also participate (pending availability) and complete all seminar requirements without registering for credit; email the instructor to register. Participants who complete all course requirements will earn recognization of completion that can be included on your curriculum vitae and in your teaching portfolio.

2024-2025 Seminar on College Teaching Course Offerings 

The Seminar on  College Teaching will be offered during Fall 2024, Winter 2025, and Spring 2025 quarters.  Enrollment is limited; please register early.