ED 488 - Seminar & Practicum in College Teaching

A course designed for students in all academic disciplines who are interested in gaining knowledge and experience in teaching at the college level, especially students planning to attend graduate school with a teaching assistantship. The seminar portion of the course includes discussion of such topics as: learner/student characteristics, characteristics of good teaching, course outline of syllabus, lesson planning, goals and objectives, teaching techniques and methods, instructional aids, testing and grading. The practicum portion of the course consists of a mentor relationship with a Fort Lewis College faculty member in which the student arranges to assist the instructor with a course in his/her academic discipline.

Credits: 2-3

Hours: The student spends a minimum of 40 hours during the term working with the instructor in all aspects of that course.

Repeatable: This course is repeatable once with consent of instructor.