Each spring quarter graduate students who have advanced to candidacy, but have not yet graduated, are invited to submit a proposal to the CUTF faculty advisory committee to develop and teach their own course. Departments are asked to endorse their graduate applicants and to provide a faculty advisor who will mentor the graduate's seminar development in the department. Copies of each proposal are reviewed by the committee, and approximately 15 fellows are selected by the end of spring quarter. All successful applicants participate in a fall seminar on pedagogy developed just for them by a UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award winner and Chair of the Academic Senate Committee on Teaching. This 596 training seminar helps CUTF instructors further refine their course materials and pedagogical skills prior to offering a course to students.
Fellows then teach their own seminars in either the winter or the spring.
Fellows are paid a stipend and receive fee remission and insurance in the quarter in which they teach. Consultation on the application process, as well as proposal suitability is available. Criteria for CUTF Selection Graduate participants must have advanced to candidacy by the beginning of the fall quarter of the academic year in which they are planning to teach, but not yet graduated. Proposals are selected based on, amongst other factors, intellectual content, originality, and likely student interest. They should be suitable for a seminar format and not duplicate the standard curriculum.