I really like Jean-François Blanchette's syllabus. I don't really have have the time now to compare it against Richard Cox's doctoral seminar syllabus, but I believe it's a good complement to Dr. Cox's reading list. Bernie Sloan --- On Mon, 1/18/10, Jean-Francois Blanchette <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Jean-Francois Blanchette <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: On learning about how to be a faculty member To: [log in to unmask] Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 5:09 PM Hi, Here's my take on a similar course, still very much work in progress: http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/blanchette/298c/syllabus.pdf It's important to note that I have only 10 weeks, to Richard's 15, to inflict a similar amount of damage. As well, this is my first stab at it, I am sure much in the syllabus will change after the first iteration of the course, to be taught next Spring. Hope this helps, Jean-François On Jan 17, 2010, at 4:35 PM, B.G. Sloan wrote: > > I recently ran across a syllabus for a Pitt LIS doctoral seminar that I REALLY like: > > http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~rcox/3000%20Fall09.htm > > Its main purpose is to give Pitt doctoral students a background in the culture of higher education, to help them learn about being a faculty member. I think it's really important that LIS doctoral grads go out into the real world of the academy with a good basic understanding of the higher education environment and culture. > > I'm interested in learning how other LIS programs prepare their doctoral students to be future faculty. I'm not talking about letting doctoral students teach classes and/or do research. I'm talking about preparing them for their futures as fully functioning members of the higher education enterprise. > > Thanks, > > Bernie Sloan > -- Jean-François Blanchette, Assistant Professeur Dept. of Information Studies, UCLA http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/blanchette