COMP 321
Spring, 2006
Professional Communication in Computer Science
Course Objectives

Goals:
  
1. To give Ph.D. students an admittedly modest exposure to the literature on teaching techniques and on life as an academic.

2. To lead students in thinking about teaching as a design challenge, not a challenge of presentation of material:  The function of the teacher is to design learning experiences.

3.  To have students practice techniques of planning, preparation, assignment design, and presentation.

Upon completing the course, the student will be able to:

1.	Find help for common teaching problems in familiar literature.
2.	Design a a course syllabus and schedule.
3.	Select a textbook.
4.	Design lessons for varied learning styles.
5.	Design exercises and quizzes.
6.	Prepare and deliver classes using lecture, discussion, Socratic methods.
7.	Assign grades fairly.