The Collegiate Success Institute (CSI) transitioned from Worcester Community Action Council to the Consortium in 2010 and serves about 175 Worcester Public School juniors and seniors.
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 $262/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. To be added to our email list for news of the CCT program, write to Susan Wyckoff at swyckoff [at] cowc [dot] org.
Spring 2012 | The following courses will be offered beginning in January. Registration is now open. To see course descriptions, visit our catalog. | |
| CT 901 Location: MCPHS & online, Room TBA | Seminar in College Teaching (HYBRID) Faculty: Kevin Kearney & Kim Pesaturo | 2 credits Dates: Seven face-to-face meetings - 4-6 p.m. on alternate Tuesdays: January 31, February 14 & 28, March 13 & 27, April 10 & 24 (snow make-up date: May 1). ONLINE in between F2F meetings. |
| CT 902 Location: WSU & online | Practicum in College Teaching*** (HYBRID) Faculty: Susan Wyckoff | 1 credit Dates: Five face-to-face meetings - 3-5 p.m. Tuesdays, January 17, February 7, March 6 & 27, April 10. ONLINE in between F2F meetings. |
| CT 920 Location: Clark Univ., 138 Woodland St., Room 110 | Teaching with Cases (Face-to-Face format) Faculty: Mary Ellen Boyle | 1 credit Dates: Five face-to-face meetings - 5-8 p.m. on Wednesdays: February 1, 8, 15, 22 & another date TBD by class members (Note this has changed since original announcement.) |
| * 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. | ||
A list of projected courses for the next semester will be posted here when available. 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.
Fall 2011 | The following courses are are offered this fall. Registration is now open. | |
| CT 901 Location: online | Seminar in College Teaching (ONLINE) Faculty: Judy Miller/Deborah Robertson | 2 credits September 14 - November 1 |
| CT 914 Location: WSU & online | Learner-Centered Assessment** (HYBRID) Faculty: Susan Wyckoff | 1 credit Dates: Four 3-5 p.m. face-to-face meetings - Tues. September 27; Tues., October 11; Wed., October 26; and Tues., November 15. ONLINE in between F2F meetings. |
| CT 918 Location: online | Developing and Teaching Online Courses (ONLINE) Faculty: Tom Thibodeau/Don Vescio | 1 credit Dates: September 12 - October 28 |
| CT 933 Location: Stein 304, Holy Cross | Teaching Foreign Languages: Methodology in Practice Faculty: Alice Valentine | 1 credit Mondays, 7-9 p.m., September 12, 19, October 3, 17, 31, November 14, 28 |
| * 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 and successful completion of 5-credit course sequence | ||
The Collegiate Success Institute (CSI) transitioned from Worcester Community Action Council to the Consortium in 2010 and serves about 175 Worcester Public School juniors and seniors.
Colleges of Worcester Consortium, Inc.
484 Main Street, Suite 500, Worcester, MA 01608
Phone: 508-754-6829, Fax: 508-797-0069, Email: info [at] cowc [dot] org
Copyright ©2012, Colleges of Worcester Consortium, Inc.