Grad College Spring 2025 Course Offerings – Learn New, Valuable Skills!

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Ready to gain new, valuable skills this spring?

The Graduate College is offering three impactful courses for Spring 2025 to help you thrive in grad school and beyond. Check out the details below and find the course that’s right for you!

💼 Fundamentals of Career Development and Planning

  • Course Code: GRAD 696-001
  • Session: 7-Week Session 1
  • Days/Time: Tuesdays, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
  • Location: Graduate Center, Room 102
  • Instructor: Associate Director of Graduate Career Services, Amanda Bogden

Explore practical applications of leadership, communication, and decision-making in career development for graduate-level talent. This course focuses on effective planning, goal-setting, and strategies for long-term career growth. Engage in self-assessment activities, identify career paths, and create a professional application portfolio tailored to your aspirations and industry needs. 

📚 Dissertation Writing: Navigating the Dissertation Journey

  • Course Code: GRAD 696-002
  • Session: General Academic Session
  • Days/Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
  • Instructor: Dr. Shelley Hawthorne Smith

This course will guide you in completing a major portion of your dissertation (e.g., dissertation proposal, chapters) while helping you build healthy writing habits. Reflect on writing conventions in your discipline, map out your semester plan, and learn to advocate for your ideas, relationships, and timelines.

🤝 MENTORS: Making Effective and Nurturing Training Opportunities for Research Students

  • Course Code: GRAD 696C-002
  • Session: 7-Week Session 2
  • Days/Time: Tuesdays, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Instructor: Dr. Celeste Atkins

Learn best practices in culturally inclusive mentoring through interactive learning, personal reflection, and relevant readings. Topics include addressing biases, navigating mentoring roles, and responding to microaggressions. By the end of the course, you will develop a personal mentoring philosophy and tools for empowering diverse researchers.

 

These courses are great opportunities to grow as a professional and set yourself up for success. Visit schedule.arizona.edu, select “GRAD” under the subject dropdown, and learn more about each course. 

 

How to Register: 

To register for any of the courses mentioned, log into UAccess Student Center, navigate to “Add/Drop/Swap Classes” under the “Enrollment” dropdown, select Spring 2025, scroll to the class search at the bottom of the page and type in subject and catalog number of the course you are interested in. Verify that you aren't enrolled in any conflicting courses, and click “Select,” then “Done.” The course will now appear in your Shopping Cart. To enroll, click the “Select to Enroll” button, and then the “Enroll in 1 Class” button. The course should then appear in your Spring 2025 Class Schedule!