Program Overview

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Introduction to the Graduate Certificate for Teaching and Learning in Engineering

The Graduate Certificate for Teaching and Learning in Engineering is offered by Purdue's School of Engineering Education (ENE), the world's first academic unit to offer an engineering education Ph.D. program. This certificate is designed to enhance the value of candidates seeking faculty positions and is sought by engineering and other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) faculty as well as industry professionals who wish to enhance their approach to teaching.

Program Outcomes

The program aims to equip students with the following capabilities:

• Think critically about teaching
• Streamline course design to align outcomes, assessment, and instruction
• Apply state-of-the-art teaching methods to improve student education
• Identify and work with mentors to deepen their understanding of teaching through feedback
• Succeed as an engineering or STEM educator

Curriculum

The 10-credit-hour certificate program can be completed in three to four semesters. Required courses include:

• ENE 506 (Content, Assessment, and Pedagogy)
• ENE 685 (Engineering Education Methods)
• ENE 687 (Mentored Teaching in Engineering) Along with one additional course selected from the following:
  • ENE 586 (Exploring Alternative Career Paths as an Engineering Educator)
  • ENE 595 (Teaching Engineering Online)
  • ENE 686 (Preparing to Be an Engineering Professor)

Course Descriptions

ENE 58600, Exploring Alternative Career Paths as an Engineering Educator

Covers career path options and some important skills for engineering or STEM professionals who want to communicate technical information to students, teachers, the public, policymakers, industry employees, etc., but not necessarily from a formal faculty position.

ENE 68600, Preparing to be an Engineering Professor

Covers skills besides teaching that are valuable to faculty members such as writing proposals, selecting and mentoring graduate students, managing projects, and making effective use of conferences.

ENE 50600, Content, Assessment and Pedagogy

Teaches students how to develop a course from beginning to end and guides them through the process of developing an instructional unit in their field.

ENE 68500, Engineering Education Methods

Provides students with a variety of techniques for teaching courses that are both engaging and effective.

ENE 68700, Mentored Teaching in Engineering

Enables students to deepen their understanding of teaching and learning through feedback and reflection as they perform their regularly assigned teaching duties.

ENE 59500, Teaching Engineering Online

Presents key characteristics of effective online technical courses and gives students an opportunity to develop short online instructional units on topics with which they are familiar for audiences they expect to teach.

Admission Criteria

Applicants must meet one of the following requirements:

• Hold a bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with a GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale AND have extensive experience in a technical position in industry, a government agency, or an academic institution
• Hold a post-baccalaureate degree in a STEM discipline
• Be an enrolled graduate student in a STEM discipline
• Teach college-level STEM courses

Application Requirements

• Transcripts of all universities attended
• An academic statement of purpose
• One letter of recommendation
• A professional resume or CV
• TOEFL or IELTS scores (international students only)
• Concurrent Graduate Program Request (OGSPS Form 18)—completed by current graduate students only

Tuition Fees

• Resident of Indiana: $1,139 per credit
• Nonresident of Indiana: $1,459 per credit

Financial Aid

Domestic students and permanent residents may qualify for the following types of financial aid:

• U.S. federal financial aid
• Military, veterans, and military-connected students

Program Structure

The program is offered both online and on Purdue's main campus in West Lafayette. Students can complete the program in three to four semesters. The certificate program can be paired with other graduate programs, but students may only start their first semester in one program, with the second program starting a semester later. All courses required to earn a Graduate Certificate for Teaching and Learning in Engineering apply to the master's degree and PhD plans of study, as the programs build upon each other.