Teaching
Graduate students in sociology participate in a wide range of teaching opportunities. Students teach either at the University or in one of the many Chicago-area liberal arts colleges and universities.
In the Sociology Department, graduate students who have passed their preliminary examination are invited to begin their teaching experience by becoming teaching assistants, positions in which students discuss course design, teach under supervision of a faculty member, and review student work.
Students with masters' degrees and experience as assistants participate in teaching internships, in which they have increased responsibility for course design and student evaluation in addition to leading class sessions. Students who have completed the second level of the teaching program are eligible for consideration as independent instructors of College-level courses. In keeping with Chicago's interdisciplinary tradition, many students teach in the college's famous "core" program, which offers both internships and independent lectureships.
The department also offers Robert Park Lectureships to particularly able graduate students interested in teaching. These are competitive awards for students proposing to teach advanced undergraduate courses in their areas of specialty.
Finally, quite a number of Chicago students teach courses in various colleges and universities throughout the Chicago area. Most students will have several different types of teaching experience by the time they graduate.
