Course Description
The purpose of this interdisciplinary course is to give graduate students a foundation in course design, grounded in strong pedagogical theory. Students will design or redesign a course in its entirety, beginning with their goals for their students and working backward through assessment to teaching and learning activities.
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COURSE DESIGN
Prerequisite
GRSC 7770
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
In this course, students will: • Design or redesign a college-level course in their discipline from start to finish • Develop learning goals for their course using Dee Fink’s Taxonomy for Significant Learning (2004) • Develop teaching and learning activities to prepare students for assessment • Design ways to assess whether students have met those learning goals • Reflect on their experiences and observations
Topical Outline
• Teaching philosophy statements • Fink’s Taxonomy of Significant Learning • Learning goals • Teaching and learning activities • Evaluation and assessment