Requirements for the Minor in College Teaching

Eligibility

The minor is available to all doctoral students at the University of Missouri.

Minor Plan of Study

• 12 credit hours beyond major plan of study
• Be sure to learn about the application procedure before you begin your course work.
• When finished, submit a program completion form (PDF), along with your portfolio, to the Graduate School, 210 Jesse Hall.

Can I Still Graduate On Time?

For many students, the 12 hours required for the minor can be accommodated by planning to take some of their required course work during the summer. Others complete the minor after they have taken their comprehensive examinations and are continuously enrolled.

Core Courses (6 hours)

• The Professoriate (Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis 9456): required

and one of the following:

• College Teaching (Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis 9448)
• College Teaching of Agriculture (Agricultural Education 8350)
• College Science Teaching (Biological Sciences 8724/Curriculum & Instruction 8724)

Teaching Practicum (3–6 hours)

See Guidelines for the Practicum for more information.

• Agricultural Education Teaching Practicum (Ag Ed 8995)
• Seminar in Speech Education (Comm 8220)
• Internship in Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis (EL 9481)
• Human Development & Family Studies Teaching Practicum (HDFS 9100)
• Nursing Teaching Practicum (Nurs 8950)
• Teaching of Philosophy (Phil 8210)
• Internship: College Teaching in Special Education (SpEd L9940)
• Teaching of Psychology Practicum (PSY 9910)

Teaching with Technology Electives (3 hours)

1. College Teaching with Technology I (EL/SISLT 7822)
2. College Teaching with Technology II (EL/SISLT 7823) Prerequisite: EL/SISLT 7822

Teaching Electives (3 hours)

• Agricultural Education
  • AG ED 8330 Advanced Methods of Teaching Agriculture
  • AG ED 8350 College Teaching of Agriculture
• Curriculum & Instruction
  • C&I 7810 Technology and Industry Education Methods
  • C&I 7830 Curriculum Content in Marketing Education
  • C&I 7840 Methods of Teaching Marketing Education
• Classics
  • CLASS 7700 Advanced Study in the Teaching of the Classics
• Educational Counseling Psychology
  • ECP 7100 Foundations of Educational Psychology
  • ECP 7115 Human Learning
  • ECP 7350 Advanced Human Learning
  • ECP 8350 Applications of Human Learning Principles
• Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
  • EL 9440 Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Higher Education
  • EL 9441 The Adult Learner
  • EL 9442 Curriculum Philosophy and Development in Higher Education
  • EL 9555 The Community College
  • EL 9447 College Student Culture and Environment
  • EL 9459 International Education and National Development
  • EL 9449 History of Higher and Continuing Education in the United States
• English
  • ENG 7650 Principles of Teaching English as a Second Language
• Information Science & Learning Technologies
  • ISLT 9471 Instructional Systems Design
• Nursing
  • NURS 8850 Teaching Nursing
  • NURS 8852 Curriculum Development and Teaching Strategies
• Philosophy
  • PHIL 8210 Teaching of Philosophy
  • PHIL 8220 Teaching of Philosophy II
• Psychological Sciences
  • PSY 9150 Human Learning and Memory
• Physics
  • PHY 8040 Study of Techniques of Teaching College Physics
• Romance Languages
  • RL 7120 Foreign Language Teaching Methodology
• Special Education
  • SPED L 8515 Cross-Categorical Teaching Methods