Certificate in Postsecondary Teaching: Undergraduate Courses for Teaching

The following are courses in the Postsecondary Teaching Certificate at the undergraduate level.  Click on the course number to view the course syllabus.

5400:400

 Postsecondary Learner Prerequisite: 401 or permission.
Describes characteristics of the postsecondary learner and studies issues, factors, and strategies pertinent to successful facilitation of learning in a variety of postsecondary occupational learning environments. 

3

5400:401

 Learning with Technology*
Experiences in using, developing, and evaluating instructional technologies and media used for postsecondary education.

3

5400:405

 Workforce Education for Youth & Adults  Prerequisite or corequisite:  401 or permission of the instructor.
History and operations of current vocational education for youth and adults. Includes study of social, economic, and political influences that stimulate growth and expansion of vocational education. 

3

5400:420

 Postsecondary Instructional Technology  Prerequisite or corequisite: 401 or permission of the instructor.
Experiences in using, developing, and evaluating instructional technologies and media used for technical instruction.

3

5400:430

 

 Systematic Curriculum Design  Prerequisite or corequisite: 401, 420, admission to program or permission of instructor.
Procedure of breaking down an occupation to determine curriculum of their laboratory and classroom, developing this content into an organized sequence of instructional units.

3

5400:435

 Systematic Instructional Techniques   Prerequisite or corequisite: 401, 420, 430, admission to program or permission of instructor.
Selected topics in instructional techniques appropriate in postsecondary technical education. Emphasis on instructional methods, techniques in classroom, laboratory including tests, measurements.

3

5400:475

 Instructional Applications Seminar** (Prerequisites 5400:400, 5400:401, 5400:420, 5400:430, 5400:435)
Micro-teaching and portfolio development.

3

*Must be taken with or prior to the first Postsecondary Technical Education Courses.

**The Instructional Applications Seminar is the last course taken. This course cannot be taken until all other Certificate Courses have been completed with a 3.0 GPA or better.