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Preparing Future Faculty Program

The Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Program is a two-semester program (4 total hours) within the Graduate College that is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral research fellows interested in acquiring the basic theory and skills necessary to be an effective communicator and educator.  Preparing Future Faculty students will prepare teaching portfolio and gain mentored teaching experiences as well as developing a personal teaching philosophy.    

Fall Course

BMSC 6202: Meets 2 hours per week

  • Explore topics related to course and lecture development, instructional methods, classroom management student learning and learner assessment
  • Complete required readings from the textbook and selected articles/chapters from published literature
  • Observe and evaluate three teaching observations throughout the semester of 1-2 hours each
  • Deliver two in-class presentations
  • Create and complete a teaching portfolio for the fall

Spring Course

BMSC 6300: Meets in-class once a month.

  • Most time commitment is lecture preparation.
  • Provides discipline-specific teaching experiences in university classrooms
  • Teach at least two lectures (one hour each) in an undergraduate course
  • Teach at least one laboratory or small group teaching session
  • Revise and complete a teaching portfolio started in the fall semester

Pre-requisites

  • All students must be able to attend classes on the Health Sciences Center campus.
  • Master’s students must be in second year of the program:
    • Exceptions may apply for MS students who started their program in the spring semester
    • Contact Graduate College for permission
  • Doctoral students must have successfully completed the General Examination; exceptions may be made under certain circumstances upon petition to the Graduate dean
  • Post-doctoral fellows will be granted expedited acceptance into the Graduate College as Special Students
  • Send the PFF application with appropriate signatures to anita-bennett@ouhsc.edu.
  • Send brief career goal statement to anita-bennett@ouhsc.edu.
  • Upon acceptance into the PFF Program, postdocs will be instructed to apply as a Special Graduate Student. Postdocs will need to apply online at: http://apps.ouhsc.edu/admissions/
  • A $75 OUHSC application fee is required ($25 will be refunded with a verification as a postdoc).

Tuition and Fees

  • OUHSC graduate students enrolled full-time receive full tuition; University related fees are the responsibility of the student.
  • OUHSC post-doctoral fellows receive tuition waivers; fees are the responsibility of the fellow.
  • Tuition and fees are the responsibility of external graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

*** University related fees are dependent upon tuition rate, but are roughly $350.00 per semester. 

Applications

Tuition Waiver and Enrollment Policy

  • OUHSC graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who have been admitted to the program will receive a tuition waiver for PFF classes (4 credit hours). However, university related fees are the responsibility of the student. PFF Class Enrollment Policy 
  • Once admitted, students will be enrolled in the PFF classes (fall and spring semesters) by Anita Bennett, PFF Program Coordinator.

Contact Info

Melissa S. Medina, EdD
PFF Program Director
Graduate College
(405) 271-6484
Melissa-Medina@ouhsc.edu

Anita Bennett
(405) 271-2085 Ext. 48833
Anita-Bennett@ouhsc.edu