Duke Physics

Certificates

University-Sponsored

Preparing Future Faculty

http://www.gradschool.duke.edu/AcademicSupport/pff.htm
http://www.preparing-faculty.org

The Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program is an ongoing national initiative designed to better prepare graduate students for the multiple roles they may be asked to serve as future faculty members in a variety of academic institutions. At present, Duke is one of 43 doctoral degree-granting universities that collaborate with nearly 300 partner institutions in the U.S. to form PFF clusters. The basic requirements are:

• Professional Mentoring - You will select a faculty member from one of five surrounding "cluster institutions" and chart out a program.
• Site Visits - You will visit all five "cluster institutions" once during the year.
• Teaching Breakfasts - You will attend monthly meetings to talk about relevant issues.
• Colloquia - You will attend a series of PFF Fellow-only talks.
• Assignments - You will complete readings, create a portfolio, and submit a self-evaluation.
• Retreat - You will attend a fun mini-retreat.

Although the requirements seem daunting, the program is very well-respected nationwide. Also, some reports claim that the program may be completed without adhering to the schedule strictly.

Instructional Technology

http://cit.duke.edu/events/graduate

The Graduate School expects doctoral students matriculating in the fall of 2001 or later to complete a course (GS301 Instructional Uses of Technology) in the use of instructional technology as part of their professional development. For the 2003-04 academic year, the course requirements consist of attendance of four instructional technology workshops or creation of an electronic portfolio.

Physics-Sponsored

Teaching

mary@phy.duke.edu

To receive a physics teaching certificate, a student must complete a teaching-related project within the department through a special readings course (PHY 399). Past projects have included writing a lab for the intro lab class and assisting in teaching a course. Contact Mary Creason for more information.

Non-Linear and Complex Systems

http://www.phy.duke.edu/cncs

This is for those students doing their doctoral research in a nonlinear subfield and would like to append an advanced certificate to their Ph.D. The requirements are:

• You will complete a survey course (CNCS 201: Topics in Nonlinear and Complex Systems).
• You will complete four courses from an approved list.
• You will complete your Ph.D. dissertation on a topic in the domain of the Center, with two Center faculty on your dissertation committee.

A student typically elects to enter the certificate program sometime in the first or second year of graduate studies.

Other Departments

Bioinformatics & Genome Technology

http://www.bioinformatics.duke.edu/certificatePgrm.htm

Biological and Biologically Inspired Materials

Computational Science & Engineering

http://www.ee.duke.edu/~jab/CSE/graduate.htm

The objective of the graduate Certificate program in CSE is to facilitate and recognize interdisciplinary training in the use of modern computational techniques in the conduct of research. This broad charter encompasses algorithmic, numerical, and implementation issues. The expectation is not that a student will be expert in all these areas after the limited course-time available via a certificate program, but rather that a student will have an awareness that all of these areas are important.

International Development Policy

http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/centers/dcid/pidp.php

Master of Arts in Teaching

http://www.duke.edu/web/MAT

Nanoscience

http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/GPNANO/GPNANO.html

See Section 4 of the document for requirements.

Teaching College Biology

http://www.biology.duke.edu/teachcert

Women's Studies

http://www.duke.edu/womstud/grad/index.html