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Graduate Studies (GS)

4 graduate courses in Waterloo’s course catalog for Fall 2023, from UW Open Data. uwloo can’t read that term’s Graduate Calendar, so this stands in for it; the calendar itself is in Waterloo’s archive.

GS 901 Preparing for University Teaching

Students will be required to attend six workshops, including two mandatory ones from TRACE (Course Design and Understanding the Learner), with a written report following the two required workshops plus reports on two more workshops. The department or faculty TA orientation session, if offered, could be included as one of the six workshops.

LEC · Course ID 009116Graduate Calendar, Fall 2023GS 901 today

GS 902 Preparing for an Academic Career

Students will be required to complete two projects: a research project and a teaching dossier. To assist in the preparation of these projects, students must attend one workshop and one consultation session for each project. Reaserch projects may take the form of a presentation and paper, a mini-workshop, or a poster presentation with supporting documentation.

Prerequisite: GS 901

LEC · Course ID 010330Graduate Calendar, Fall 2023GS 902 today

GS 903 Teaching Practicum

Students will be required to teach at least three times (lecture, lab, tutorial, or presentation) and receive written feedback from an observer (arranged through TRACE). Students also must provide a reflective report after each observation. (At least one event must be a large lecture.) All work must be deemed acceptable by TRACE evaluators in order for students to pass each component. More specific guidelines and requirements for each component of the Certificate are available electronically at: www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infotrac/CUThp.html.

PRA · Course ID 009117Graduate Calendar, Fall 2023GS 903 today

GS 999 Continuing Degree Requirement

PRJ · Course ID 016681Graduate Calendar, Fall 2023GS 999 today