QA Certified Courses
Congratulations to UCCS Faculty for QA Certification
Quality Assurance Certified courses are based on the OSCQR (pronounced, “Oscar”) rubric that encompasses six domains:
- Domain 1: Course Alignment
- Domain 2: Getting Students Started
- Domain 3: Organization and Representation
- Domain 4: Accessible Course Design
- Domain 6: Assessment and Feedback
Originally developed as a partnership between the Online Learning Consortium and State University of New York, OSCQR is now an open, customizable, course-level, quality-review process that:
- Integrates faculty directly into the review process
- Generates an action plan for future iterations of the course
- Results in rigorous, inclusive online courses
ENGL 3220: Gender and the Environment
A course for students interested in exploring some key pieces of speculative fiction—Sci fi, dystopic fiction, and fantasy—of the past fifty years written by female-identified individuals and in thus interrogating the role of imaginative writing in this time of climate crisis. Taught completely online, the course covers four entire works of fiction by writers such as Charlie Jane Anders, Octavia Butler, Ursula K. Le Guin, and N. K. Jemisin and asks students to reflect in written work, in collaborative assignments, and in discussions about the ways these authors engage—and look to transform—their immediate circumstances through the imagining of strange worlds.
Certified Summer 2024
Rebecca Laroche, PhD
NURS 4015: Nursing Research and Evidence-based Practice
Grounded in universal design for inclusive teaching strategies, this course offers students a basic understanding of the elements and processes of research and evidence-based practice. Using multiple methods, students integrate reliable evidence from research literature to inform nursing practice and improve individual, family, and population outcomes.
Certified Fall 2024
Jennifer Zohn, PhD, MA, RN, PMH-BC, LPC, NCC
ENGL 1800: Fundamentals of Creative Writing
This course provides students with an overview to creative writing by surveying three genres of the field: poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Students learn to “read like a writer,” examining published pieces for elements of craft and then, with that information, develop their own creative work in each genre.
Certified Spring 2022
Leslie Rapparlie, MFA
HUM 3990: Hero to Superhero
In this course, learners embark on a journey through time, art, and history through literature and film to explore the idea of the “hero” across 3000 years of western civilization.
Certified Spring 2021
Sydney Pearson, MA
ENGL 1410: Rhetoric and Writing II
This course focuses on academic inquiry and argument, building upon the basic analytical and rhetorical proficiencies learned in ENGL 1310. Students write in-depth and well-researched arguments on substantive issues. They engage in extended inquiry which encompasses identifying, evaluating, documenting, and integrating print and non-print sources while enabling them to examine their chosen issue in its full complexity.
Certified Spring 2021
Nathan Price, MA
IELM 4035: Teaching Elementary Science
This course addresses science teaching methods in inclusive and diverse elementary classrooms. Specifically, pre-service teachers will learn how to use Project, Inquiry, and Discovery-Based Instructional strategies to engage learners in exploring authentic, important, and meaningful questions and to promote equitable and diverse participation in STEM.
Certified Spring 2021
Kylie Swanson, PhD
Last updated November 14, 2024
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