Students who wish to register for Certificate courses should consult procedures for students and then fill out a pre-enrollment form. The host institution for each course is indicated below.
Students may enroll in courses prior to formal acceptance into the certificate program. Program acceptance and completion of the 5-credit coursework sequence is required, however, to enroll in the capstone Practicum course.
For information about the professor, click on his/her name. For a sample course syllabus, click on the course title. (Syllabi are in Adobe PDF format; you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0+ installed. This free software is available at the Adobe Web site.)
Current students, faculty and staff from Consortium member institutions pay a reduced tuition rate of $299/credit. (Because Worcester State University is the CCT program’s credentialing host, current WSU students, faculty and staff pay $265/credit.) Tuition for non-Consortium participants is $479/credit.
Visit our Course Catalog for a description of each. Syllabi are linked from each course title below. To be added to our email list for news of the CCT program, write to Susan Wyckoff at swyckoff [at] cowc [dot] org.
Spring 2013 | To see course descriptions, visit our catalog. | |
| CT 901 Location: MCPHS, 40 Foster St., Rm. B25 (lower level) & online | Seminar in College Teaching (HYBRID) | 2 credits Dates: 7 face-to-face sessions - 4-6 p.m. on alternate Wednesdays, 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 3/13, 3/27, 4/10, 4/24; online in between. |
| CT 902 Location: Sullivan 120, WSU & online | Practicum in College Teaching*** (HYBRID) Enrollment by prior approval only | 1 credit Dates: Tuesdays, 1/15 - 3/12/13, 2:30-5 p.m. |
| CT 915 Location: online | Designing Assignments and Activities to Promote Learning** (ONLINE) | 1 credit Dates: Tuesday, 1/22 - Friday, 3/8/13 |
| * Prerequisite: CT 901 Seminar in College Teaching or permission of faculty ** Prerequisite: CT 901 Seminar in College Teaching helpful but not required ***Prerequisite: Acceptance into the certificate program, successful completion of 5-credit course sequence, and permission of director. | ||
The fall 2013 course schedule for the Certificate in College Teaching Program will be determined over the summer. Please check back for a complete course listing.
To read a description of a particular course, go to our Course Catalog. For a syllabus from the last time the course was offered, go to our Course Syllabi page. For information about an instructor, see our Faculty Directory.
Application deadline for spring semester Practicum course is October 1 of each year. Enrollment is by prior approval only.
Students who wish to apply for the capstone Practicum in College Teaching course, which is offered each spring semester, must have been accepted into the Certificate in College Teaching Program and have completed the 5-credit certificate course sequence.
To apply for the Practicum, complete the application form below and submit it to the Colleges of Worcester Consortium, Inc., 484 Main Street, Suite 500, Worcester, MA 01608. You may fill out the form online, print and sign it, and submit it with the documentation specified at the end of the form.
Practicum Application Form In order to use this form, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader. (Download the latest version of Reader - it's free.)
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