Teaching

From the UCSB Graduate Division site on the CCUT: The UCSB Certificate in College and University Teaching (CCUT) is designed for students who wish to demonstrate superior competence and experience in teaching at the university or college level. Certificate requirements include completion or attainment of a number of teaching-related skills and experiences culminating in independent instruction of an entire course with the support of a UCSB faculty mentor. Students interested in getting the certificate thus need to obtain a position as an independent instructor either as a Teaching Associate in the regular or summer session on campus or at an off-campus junior college, college, or university location. Certificates are awarded in conjunction with a Ph.D. or MFA degree upon completion.

Workshop synopsis: TAing Engineering Sections: Engineering and its practitioners have the reputation for being boring and impenetrable. In this workshop we will discuss ways to structure your lessons and promote student interaction so that your students find you and your discipline lively, accessible, and most importantly, valuable to their future careers.

The School of Scientific Thought (SST) is an outreach program offered twice a year by the Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships at UCSB. Over the course of 5 Saturdays, roughly 70 high-school students come to UCSB to participate in hands-on courses prepared by UCSB graduate students. Each high-school student is assigned to a course based on his or her preferences. The courses vary from year to year, depending on the available graduate students. After each 2-hour course session, the students and mentors from all the courses meet for lunch. This gives the students a chance to talk to the mentors in an informal setting, and ask them questions about college. At the end of the five week program, the students get certificates. The main goal of the SST program is to give high-school students a glimpse into what college is all about, and to get them excited about continuing their education after high-school.