Graduate Certificate in Post-Secondary Teaching Curriculum & Admission Requirements


Program structure

Coursework

The certificate consists of one course from each of four course areas: fundamentals of college teaching, college student development, digital pedagogy, and approved electives. Coursework will draw on research on effective teaching from the disciplines of education, psychology and instructional design in order to inform educational pedagogy.

Course Requirements

This is a 12 credit hour certificate, open only to current KU students, consisting of 4 courses:

1.) A course in fundamentals of college teaching

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2.) A course in college student development

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3.) A course in instructional technology / digital pedagogy

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4.) An elective course

*A discipline-specific pedagogy course

*A course in adult learning or cognition


Graduate Admission

Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree with at least a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Meeting minimum admission standards does not guarantee admission to the program. 


Application Deadlines

10
business days before classes start


Program Faculty

Dallas Doane
Dallas Doane
Associate Professor of the Practice (ELPS), Masters of Higher Education Administration Program Coordinator
Jaclyn Dudek
Jaclyn Dudek
Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Teaching, Assistant Research Professor, Achievement & Assessment Institute
Zak Foste
Zak Foste
Associate Professor
Lisa Ellen Wolf-Wendel
Lisa Ellen Wolf-Wendel
Interim Department Chair of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the School of Education & Human Sciences, Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor