PEDU 9201: Practicum in Curriculum Development & Improvement

This course provides educators the opportunity to turn their travels into curriculum-building experiences that expand and embellish the instructional materials of their regular curriculum. Planning your travels around the love of your subject matter offers much that can be translated into amazing instructional materials that can be used to earn graduate level credit at University of the Pacific. Apply your learnings to supplement, enrich, and bolster your curriculum materials with real-life, first-hand information and insights. Simply provide a short description of your travel objectives and how you plan to create and implement your learning experiences into your program when you register, then keep a travel journal correlating the places and things you visit with your curriculum’s educational objectives. Upon your return, incorporate your experiences and learnings into your plans for teaching your course’s learning objectives and develop a slide presentation demonstrating the professional outcomes of your travel experiences. Submit your presentation, along with your travel journal and write-up, for evaluation.

About University of the Pacific

University of the Pacific, established in 1851, is California’s oldest private chartered university and is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

The credits offered are post-baccalaureate, graded, graduate-level semester units of credit, provided directly through University of the Pacific, Benerd College. They are specifically designed to meet the needs of educators for Salary Advancement and Recertification.  The credits/units are acceptable where local districts approve and applicable to state licensing where authorized. We always encourage you to check with your employer for acceptability of these credits/units. Course participants are responsible to determine acceptability of these credits for their intended use. Each graduate-level semester credit is equivalent to 15 hours of academic involvement.