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Virginia Tech

GRAD-5104: Preparing the Future Professoriate

Description: The purpose of the course is to provide doctoral students with an understanding and contextual knowledge of the professoriate and issue facing higher education. These topics include the changing nature of faculty roles and expectations, changing nature of the students/learners, increasing role of technology and distance education in higher education, paradigm shifts in the academe, ethical issues, and external forces influencing the college/university. Graduate standing required.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: PSCI-6004, PSCI-6254

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 17

Average GPA: 3.99 (rounds to A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 98.16%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Aimee Surprenant2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.0012
Karen P Depauw202197.6%2.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.975

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W