Provides opportunities for professional development and transdisciplinary training for first-year graduate students in areas key to academic success and encourages engagement with graduate program faculty and graduate students. Topics include the ethical conduct of research and scholarship, the development of scholarly writing and communication skills, getting the most out of graduate mentoring, and resources available to support students with grievances and other interpersonal concerns.

Provides opportunities for professional development and transdisciplinary training for first-year graduate students in areas key to academic success and encourages engagement with graduate program faculty and graduate students. Topics include the ethical conduct of research and scholarship, the development of scholarly writing and communication skills, getting the most out of graduate mentoring, and resources available to support students with grievances and other interpersonal concerns.

Introduces new graduate students to research opportunities at the University of Georgia, to research facilities, to the Science Library, and to laboratory safety. Professional ethics and responsibilities.

Launching course for the Graduate Certificate in University Teaching. Students will explore the science of teaching and learning in collegiate classrooms. Instructional foundations for teaching in the academy will be examined along with core tenets of creating quality learning environments and supporting diverse learning spaces.

Provides graduate teaching assistants with knowledge of pedagogical approaches and available support systems. Special sections are reserved for international students, with focus on use of language, pedagogy, and cultural aspects of teaching in this country.

Provides graduate teaching assistants with pedagogical knowledge and skills to teach undergraduate courses and information about the support systems that are available to support teaching and learning at UGA.

This interdisciplinary course focuses on how undergraduates learn. Participants will learn a variety of factors that influence teaching and learning in an attempt to discover and define what it means to be an effective college teacher, and will also discuss theory, techniques, and strategies for helping undergraduates become active learners.

Special topics and training in teaching and learning to prepare graduate students for careers in academia and/or business.

This interdisciplinary course gives graduate students a foundation in theory and practice of integrating academic service-learning into course design and instruction. Students will learn best practices for service-learning course design, working with community partners, assessment, reflection, and logistics, and will take part in a service-learning activity.

Philosophy, methodologies, ethics, and practice of community- engaged research across disciplines.

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.

This interdisciplinary course will focus on writing a teaching philosophy statement as the core component for creating a teaching portfolio based on the guidelines for the Graduate School’s Teaching Portfolio program.