Pitt-CIRTL In-Person Courses
Preparation for the STEM Classroom
Fall Semesters
BIOSCI/CHEM/ENGR 3001
Tuesdays 4:00 - 4:50 PM Benedum Hall Room: 320
This seminar series is designed for Ph.D. students and post-doctorate fellows interested in pursuing an academic career and who wish to gain didactic knowledge and skills related to teaching in a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) classroom. This course provides an introduction to the alignment model, evidence-based teaching practices, and general principles of teaching and learning.
Class is open to graduate students, professional students, postdocs, and faculty and can be taken either for credit or not-for-credit. Email April at aprila@pitt.edu or register as not-for-credit.
For course information in the Pitt course catalog, see links below:
Advancing Learning Through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching
Spring Semesters
ENGR 3002
Thursdays 4:30 - 5:25 PM Benedum Hall Room: 318
This course is designed for graduate students and postdocs preparing for academic careers in the STEM disciplines and interested in learning how to apply research principles to their disciplinary teaching. Participants will learn about effective teaching strategies and the research that supports them in addition to learning how to collect, analyze, and act upon their own evidence of student teaching. Interested faculty are also welcome to join.
Topics Include but are not limited to:
• How to plan and implement a small-scale education research project (TAR project)
• Strategies for creating inclusive classroom environment
• Advantages to utilizing advanced approaches like PBL, POGIL, & Inquiry Based Labs
• How to use educational literature to enhance your teaching
• Navigating human subjects IRB for education-based projects
Class is open to graduate students, professional students, postdocs, and faculty and can be taken either for credit or not for credit. Register as not-for-credit.
For course information in the Pitt course catalog, see links below:
Preparation for a STEM Academic Career
Spring Semesters
ENGR 3000
Thursdays 12:00 - 12:50 PM Benedum Hall Room: 312
This seminar series is designed for PhDs (within 1.5 years of graduating) and Postdocs pursuing an academic career. Experienced faculty provide discussion-based seminars on how to get the desired academic position and be successful during the early years. Topics include: how to apply for academic positions, preparing for the interview, supervising graduate research, balancing service obligations, the promotion and tenure process, funding avenues, publishing and intellectual property, teaching expectations, and balancing work-life issues.
Topics Include but are not limited to:
• How to prepare for applying to faculty positions
• Balancing service obligations
• The promotion and tenure process
• Publishing and intellectual property
• Balancing work-life issues
• Teaching and funding expectations
Class is open to graduate students, professional students, postdocs, and faculty and can be taken either for credit or not for credit. Register as not-for-credit.
For course information in the Pitt course catalog, see link below: