Program Information | Graduate Students | Kinesiology | Applied Health Sciences

The Certificate in University Teaching provides an opportunity for graduate students to develop their teaching skills. Completion of the required courses may not only enhance the competitiveness of graduate students in obtaining academic positions, but the skills developed may also be advantageous in careers in research, business, or government.

The Certificate is offered jointly by the Teaching Resources Office (TRACE) and by the Dean of Graduate Studies, and is open to interested graduate students in all Faculties.

Students who participate in the program should have held (or concurrently hold) teaching assistantships, and ideally will have the opportunity, during their time as students, for some classroom teaching. The program will normally require 3-6 terms to complete. In order to obtain the certificate students must successfully complete two Graduate Studies (GS) courses (GS 901, 902) and a teaching practicum (GS 903).

Students also must provide a reflective report after each observation. All work must be deemed acceptable by TRACE evaluators in order for students to pass each component. More specific guidelines and requirements for each component of the Certificate are available electronically at: www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infotrac/tacert.html

Graduate Course Offerings

Course offerings and course descriptions are accessible from the Graduate Office Website

Please consult with the Department regarding which terms each course is offered.

Graduate Studies: Sample of Job Placements

In addition to a large number of students who go on to further study, the positions listed below represent a sample of the careers in which our graduates are engaged:

Own Optometry Practice
PhD student Dept. of Biology, University of Waterloo
Cardiologyy Department, Markham/Stouville Hospital
working as a clincial kinesiologist settling claims for an insurance company
Medical School, McMaster University
owns/runs own Ergonomics Consulting Firm
working full time for WSIB
working in Biomechanics lab for NIKE - USA
Executive, General Motors
Awards Officer CIHR
Faculty Member at UW, WLU, Acadia, Lethbridge, Windsor, Brazil, McMaster, Brooklyn College-NY, Regina, Guelph, New Zealand, Kansas State
Post Doctoral Candidates
working at NIKE Biomechanics Lab (USA)

Graduate Studies Travel and Conferences

Funds are available for the purpose of assisting full-time UW graduate students to attend and present their research at professional conferences. Deadlines occur three times per year. See the application for further details.

Refer also to the AHS Faculty web link for additional information http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/facgrad/travel.htm