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.