Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Language, culture, and teaching strategies needed to communicate effectively in academic situations for international teaching assistants.

Develops oral communication and pronunciation for academic and non-academic settings. The work includes activities to enhance listening, speaking, and presentation skills regarding cultural and field-specific topics, while developing effective teamwork strategies.

Continuing course in language, culture, and teaching strategies needed for effective communication in academic and social situations. For international teaching assistants.

This is a writing course for graduate students whose primary language is not English. Students learn to analyze and produce genres in their disciplines, develop documents for job searches, improve writing cohesiveness and clarity, refine academic language, and use strategies to enhance writing.