LEAD 711. Effective College Teaching

Credits 1.00 - 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID: 013529 Grading Basis GRD

For PhD candidates who seek employment as faculty members, this course is important to the degree. As new PhD’s, they will be expected to show effectiveness in this area from the beginning of their careers. Increasingly, colleges and universities are looking to hire new PhD’s who have had a teaching course and/or supported teaching experience for effective university classrooms. This course is designed to present specific theories and strategies for teaching effectively in the collegiate classroom and assists students in showing rigor and effectiveness in teaching from the beginning, thus promoting job placement. This course gives students the opportunity to take the higher-level knowledge and skills and apply them to teaching/learning situations.