Do you want to become inclusive, evidence-based educators within your classrooms, communities, and research spaces – and become even stronger candidates for faculty careers and other academic roles?
The Graduate/Professional Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning from the Delta Program in the Graduate School will equip you with the pedagogical tools to become more effective and inclusive educators in the college classroom, in undergraduate research mentoring, in the community, and beyond.
Courses Available
The following Delta courses are currently enrolling and count toward certificate core or elective requirements.
Core Courses
Teaching in Science and Engineering: The College Classroom (summer)
Develop foundational knowledge of evidence-based pedagogical practices, try new teaching approaches in a supportive environment, and prepare for a successful academic career. Mondays and Wednesdays, 9-10:15 am, May 19-July 13.
Capstone Seminar in Teaching and Learning
Synthesize and leverage your previous teaching professional development and experiences to prepare for the academic job market. Reflect on what you have learned, practice articulating your teaching and/or mentoring approaches in written and verbal contexts, and build community with peers. Hybrid course mostly meets asynchronously online, with two online synchronous class meetings scheduled Mondays 11am-noon on May 19 and June 23.
Expeditions in Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning
Use experiential learning to explore evidence-based and inclusive teaching approaches within different higher education learning contexts. Learn effective approaches to course design and instruction through foundational concepts and observed practice. Mondays 12:30-2:20pm, starting September 8.
Teaching in Science and Engineering: The College Classroom
Develop foundational knowledge of evidence-based pedagogical practices, explore the literature in higher ed teaching and learning, try new approaches in a supportive environment, and prepare for a successful academic career. Wednesdays 1:20-3:20pm, starting September 3.
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Elective Courses
Best Practices in Community-Engaged Scholarship
Community-engaged scholarship (CES) captures a broad understanding of the possibilities to learn, teach, and do research through academic-community collaboration. Use this course to integrate service learning or community-based learning frameworks and activities into your own current or future course, project, or proposal. Wednesdays 10-11:30am, starting September 3.
Delta Internship Seminar
This seminar supports graduate students and postdocs who are completing teaching-as-research projects in the Delta Internship Program. Interns develop, teach, and evaluate literature-informed teaching plans that aim to improve learning in a classroom, lab, outreach program, or any other learning context. In the process, you’ll learn how to become a reflective practitioner of evidence-based teaching, network with other people excited about teaching, and prepare for success in your future career. Thursdays 1:20-3pm, starting September 4.
Introduction to Higher Education
Examines the history and philosophy of higher and postsecondary education; the major participants; curriculum; governance and leadership; relations with state and federal government; and current issues. Summer section meets online on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10am-noon, May 27-July 6. Also offered in-person in Fall 2025.
Research Mentor Learning Communities, Fall 2025
Delta’s Research Mentor Learning Communities are for graduate students and postdocs who are mentoring and for whom mentoring may be an important part of their future career. Several sections available, online or in-person.
Research Mentor Learning Communities, Summer 2025
Delta’s Research Mentor Learning Communities are for graduate students and postdocs who are mentoring and for whom mentoring may be an important part of their future career. Several sections available, online or in-person.
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