The Graduate Certificate in Post-Secondary Teaching at the University of Kansas is designed for current KU graduate students from any discipline who wish to learn more about effective teaching and learning in post-secondary educational settings, with a foundation in the psychology of teaching and learning. Students will learn about how to implement effective, inclusive, research-based practices to promote learning and engagement in both face-to-face and online instruction. The certificate draws on basic and applied interdisciplinary research from the disciplines of education, psychology, and cognitive science to explore human learning and development and to understand how research in these fields informs innovative approaches to post-secondary teaching and learning.

Completion of the Certificate in Post-Secondary Teaching represents an additional credential for graduate students from a variety of academic fields who are preparing for careers involving the teaching of adult learners, such as university faculty positions.

For admission requirements, please see the Graduate Certificate in Post-Secondary Teaching page. International admission requirements, including English language proficiency requirements, can be found on the Graduate Admissions page. 

Enrollment in the program is open to students enrolled with good standing in a regular KU graduate program. A Bachelor’s degree is required.

This is a 12 credit hour certificate, consisting of 4 courses (3 CR each): A course in fundamentals of college teaching, a course in college student development, a course in instructional technology/digital pedagogy, and an elective course (options here would include various discipline-specific pedagogy courses that are currently offered across campus and graduate level courses in human learning or cognition with a primary focus on adults.).

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
EPSY 820	Research and Practice in College Teaching	3
or C&T 996	Teaching and Learning in the College Classroom
ELPS 883	The College Student	3
or ELPS 884	College Student Access, Persistence, and Success
or ELPS 973	Research on College Students
C&T 977	Teaching with Technology in Higher Education	3

Choose one of the following elective courses or check with your advisor and the Post-Secondary Teaching Certificate Director to propose another course.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
HIST 807	Professional Development Colloquium in Pedagogy	3
SPAN 801	Teaching Spanish in Institutions of Higher Learning	3
JMC 806	College Teaching	3
SW 987	Teaching Social Work: Philosophy and Methods	3
EPSY 807	Theories and Research in Human Learning	3
PSYC 723	Advanced Cognitive Psychology	3