8. TEACHING REQUIREMENT
The teaching requirement
is designed to (1) give the student experience
in addressing an audience
and responding to questions from that audience,
and (2) give the student experience in organizing
and teaching a course. Although not all
Ph.D.s enter academic careers, the ability to
organize
and present technical material is an essential
part of training for this degree, both because
of the requirements of the degree and because
of the expectation that such presentations
will form a substantial portion of the student's
future
career.
The teaching requirement has three components.
It is advisable that all three components be
completed prior to the comprehensive examination
in order that the student may subsequently
concentrate more fully on his or her research
program. The first requirement is that the
student spend a term as a teaching assistant
to a departmental faculty member. Duties during
this term should include all phases of teaching,
including assisting in the preparation and
grading of examinations, and the presentation
of one or two lectures. The second requirement
is that the student must take a course in effective
teaching. This course would include the following:
- attending
FACDEV 2200, "Practicum on
University Teaching," offered by
the Office of Faculty Development,
- attending
a series of lectures led by regular
IS faculty members on such topics as curriculum
design, scheduling, staffing, course
and
syllabus design, lecture design and
preparation,
use
of teaching tools, presentation techniques,
etc.,
- sitting through an entire course
before teaching it,
- practice lectures.
This course must be taken
prior to or concurrently with the third
requirement, the teaching
of an undergraduate course in information
science.
This teaching shall be supervised by a
faculty member, who will direct the student in
preparation
of a course syllabus, monitor the student's
teaching efforts, and help the student
address any difficulties that arise. By University
requirements, students who are not native
speakers of English are required to take
a test of spoken
English before being approved for a teaching
assignment (Regulations,
p. 20. )
While teaching is a requirement for all Ph.D.
students, the specific duties may be modified
with the approval of the Ph.D. Committee should
individual circumstances warrant it. Students
who are or have been faculty members at another
college or university are exempt from this
requirement.
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