Departments with Exemptions
The following departments have received exemptions for one or more workshops. If you do not see your hiring department, that means that you are required to take all five of the Foundations of Teaching Workshops. Please see the schedule here.
| How Students Learn | Creating Inclusive Classrooms | Nuts & Bolts of Lesson Planning | Active Learning | Assessment & Grading | |
| Anthropology | x | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Art | x | x | Yes | Yes | x |
| Asian Languages & Cultures | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chemistry & Biochemistry | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Classics | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Comparative literature | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Computer Science | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Education | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| English | x | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| History | x | x | x | Yes | Yes |
| Life Sciences departments (other than Pyschology) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Linguistics | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Management |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mathematics | x | x | Yes | Yes | x |
| Philosophy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Political Science |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Psychology | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Public Health |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sociology | Yes | x | Yes | x | x |
| Spanish & Portuguese |
x | Yes | Yes | x | Yes |
| World Arts & Cultures/Dance | x | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Eng Comp 495 A/B | x ** | x ** | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Eng Comp 495 C | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Eng Comp 495 E | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Eng Comp M 495 I | x ** | x ** | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Eng Comp 495 M/N | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Eng Comp 495 P | x ** | x ** | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Yes = Department received an exemption. This workshop is covered by the department’s regular 495 course. Students in this course do not have to take this Foundations workshop.
x = Department did not request or was not given an exemption for this workshop. Students have to take this Foundations workshop in addition to the 495 pedagogy course.
** TAs who have taken a prior 495 are not required to take these Foundations workshops.