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2011-12 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

College and University Teaching Certificate
Jane Williams, Program Director
(615) 898-2794
Jane.Williams@mtsu.edu

This certificate program offered by the Womack Family Educational Leadership Department  has as its central goal, the preparation of students to competently assume the duties of a faculty member in an institution of higher education upon the completion of their doctoral studies. To accomplish this goal, this program includes instruction and experiences that offer preparation to develop future faculty members who

  • are able to apply appropriate instructional techniques to meet specific learning goals;
  • are able to effectively and independently instruct a class as instructor of record, including developing a syllabus, preparing course appropriate learning activities, and evaluating student performance;
  • are able to demonstrate understanding of the interrelationship between scholarship, teaching, and research for college and university faculty members;
  • are skilled with technology in the classroom, distance and e-learning, presentation techniques, and instructional design; and
  • will have a verifiable credential documenting preparation for and skill in teaching at the college/university level.

Admission Requirements

Admission to the College and University Teaching certificate program requires

  1. an earned bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college;
  2. an acceptable grade point average in all college work taken.

Application Procedures

All application materials are to be submitted to the College of Graduate Studies.

Applicant must

  1. be fully admitted to the College of Graduate Studies;
  2. be fully admitted to a terminal graduate degree program at MTSU;
  3. submit application with the appropriate application fee (online at www.mtsu.edu/graduate/apply.shtml);
  4. submit official transcripts of all previous college work.

Certificate Requirements

Once admitted to the program, candidates for the graduate certificate in College and University Teaching must

  1. meet all of the retention and graduation requirements of the College of Graduate Studies at MTSU;
  2. complete 12 hours of graduate courses (see Curriculum section below for specifics);
  3. maintain a cumulative graduate grade point average of 3.00 in courses leading to the certificate;
  4. successfully complete a minimum of four (4) approved workshops delivered by the Learning, Teaching, and Innovative Technologies Center or another center approved by the College of Graduate Studies. One of these workshops must have an e-learning or online teaching focus.
  5. create a teaching portfolio that will be reviewed by a faculty panel who must approve the portfolio.

Curriculum: College and University Teaching

Candidate must complete 12 hours in the following course of study:

Major Field Course (3 hours)

 

Electives (6 hours)

College teaching methodology courses selected from the following list or substitution of a discipline-specific course may be requested:

Teaching Practicum (3 hours)

 

Program Notes

 Students may transfer up to six (6) credit hours of approved coursework into the certificate program.

The time limit for use of credit toward the certificate is six years from the date of enrollment in the earliest course applied toward the certificate, including transferred courses.

With the approval of their doctoral program director, students may count up to 9 hours from the certificate program toward their Ph.D. degree requirements.

Award of this certificate is concurrent with and contingent upon award of the terminal degree.

Candidate must file a Notice of Intent to Graduate form in the College of Graduate Studies within the first two weeks of the semester in which candidate intends to graduate.