Peers become professors with UMD’s Student Initiated Courses

By Ilana Williams Step one: Pick a topic that would be fun to teach.  Step two: find a supportive faculty member. Step three: develop 15 weeks of content including lesson plans, exams and a syllabus. Complete this process to join the University of Maryland’s one-credit Student Initiated Courses program, where students teach their classmates with the help of a faculty adviser. STIC started with one … Continue reading Peers become professors with UMD’s Student Initiated Courses