Academic Year 2023-2024
The days and times of Elkana Center courses this academic year can be found via the links below.
Certificate Information & Requirements
Please find information and certificate requirements for:
- CEU Doctoral Students
- CEU Faculty
- External participants interested in teaching development courses
- External participants and CEU staff interested in professional development in university administration
Course Registration
CEU Doctoral Students: Please register via via SITS. For most doctoral programs, Elkana Center courses can be found under Extracurricular Courses.
CEU Faculty: Please contact elkanacenter@ceu.edu.
CIVICA Doctoral Students and Postdoctoral Fellows: Please apply via the ESR Course Catalogue (Successful applicants may be requested to take an additional step to formally register.)
OSUN Faculty, Doctoral Students, and Colleagues: Please apply through the OSUN DTP Course application form for teaching development courses. For courses in higher education policy and administration, please apply through the OSUN Professional Development for University Administrators application form. (Successful applicants may be requested to take an additional step to formally register.)
Course Descriptions
Select the links in the table below for course descriptions.
Note: Please note that not all course sections are open to all participants. Please consult the timetables above to confirm eligibility for specific sections.
| Course # | Course Name | Eligibility | Credits |
| YELC 6001 | Getting Started as a Teaching Assistant | CEU doctoral students | 1 |
| YELC 6002 | Getting Started Lecturing & Facilitating | CEU doctoral students | 1 |
| YELC 6101 & 6103 | Foundations of Teaching in Higher Education: Seminar & Practicum | CEU/ CIVICA/ OSUN doctoral students, faculty, & staff | 3 |
| YELC 6105 | Learning by Design | CEU/ CIVICA/ OSUN doctoral students, faculty, & staff | 2 |
| YELC 6107 | Creating a Teaching Portfolio | CEU/ CIVICA/ OSUN doctoral students | 1 |
| YELC 6151 | Inquiry-Based Learning: Approaches for Active Learning | CEU/ CIVICA/ OSUN doctoral students, faculty, & staff | 1 |
| YELC 6152 | Game-Based Learning | CEU/ CIVICA/ OSUN doctoral students, faculty, & staff | 1 |
| YELC 6158 | Democratic and Inclusive Teaching & Learning | CEU/ CIVICA/ OSUN doctoral students, faculty, & staff | 2 |
| YELC 6159 | Using an LMS (Moodle) for Teaching and Assessment (not offered AY 23/24) |
CEU doctoral students | 1 |
| YELC 6160 | Supervising Undergraduate Research | CEU/ CIVICA/ OSUN doctoral students, faculty, & staff | 1 |
| YELC 6200 | Introduction to Teaching for University Faculty (can be waived) | CEU faculty | 1 |
| YELC 6201 | Teaching in Higher Education for Faculty, Part I | CEU faculty | 1 |
| YELC 6202 | Teaching in Higher Education for Faculty, Part II | CEU faculty | 1 |
| YELC 6207 | Creating a Faculty Teaching Portfolio | CEU/ CIVICA/ OSUN faculty | 1 |
| YELC 6251 & 6252 | Discipline-Specific Pedagogies & the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning |
CEU/ OSUN faculty | 2 |
| YELC 6301 | Higher Education Policy for Practitioners | CEU/ OSUN doctoral students, staff & faculty | 2 |
| YELC 6302 | Quality Assurance in Higher Education | CEU/ OSUN doctoral students, staff & faculty | 2 |
| DOPP 5298 | Higher Education Policy Design & Implementation | CEU graduate students | 2 |