FPP Eligibility and CUT Requirements

Department/SchoolEligibility RequirementsCUT Requirements
African American Studies2nd-year Pan African Studies graduate students may participate
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 5 of 8 CUT seminars
  • approved teaching portfolio
AnthropologyAll matriculated graduate students may participate
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 4 of 8 CUT seminars
  • approved teaching portfolio

ArchitectureAll teaching assistants
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 4 of 8 CUT seminars
  • approved teaching portfolio

School of ArtAll matriculated graduate students may participate
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in a minimum of 4 of 8 CUT seminars, recommend 6 of 8
  • approved teaching portfolio
Art & Music HistoriesAll Teaching Assistants
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 5 of 8 CUT seminars
  • approved teaching portfolio
BiologyAll matriculated graduate students may participate
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 6 of 8 CUT seminars
  • approved teaching portfolio

ChemistryAll matriculated graduate students may participate
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • SCI 544 - Teaching of College Science
  • approved teaching portfolio

College Science TeachingPhD students, second year and above
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 6 of 8 CUT seminars
  • SCI 544 – Teaching of College Science
  • approved teaching portfolio
Communication and Rhetorical StudiesAll matriculated graduate students may participate
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in semi-monthly FPP colloquiums led by the CRS FPP Liaison
  • approved teaching portfolio

Earth and Environmental SciencesAll matriculated graduate students may participate
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 6 of 8 CUT seminars
  • approved teaching portfolio

School of EducationParticipation restricted to PhD students, generally 2nd year and above
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 5 of 8 CUT seminars
  • publicly presented and approved teaching portfolio

Engineering and Computer SciencePhD students in their 2nd year or above
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 5 of 8 CUT seminars
  • attend at least 1 additional teaching/instructional seminar, workshop or discussion session per year sponsored by the Graduate School, College, any ECS Department or WISE
  • approved teaching portfolio

EnglishParticipation restricted to graduate students teaching in the English Department
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in formal monthly meetings organized by the FPP Faculty Coordinator with the Teaching Associates
  • approved teaching portfolio

Film and Media Arts All matriculated graduate students may participate
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 6 of 8 CUT seminars
  • approved teaching portfolio

Food StudiesAll matriculated graduate students may participate
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 6 of 8 CUT seminars
  • approved teaching portfolio

Geography and the Environment2nd-year Teaching Assistants
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 5 of 8 CUT seminars
  • participation in formal meetings organized by the FPP Faculty Coordinator
  • approved teaching portfolio

HistoryAll matriculated graduate students may participate
  • ABD status
  • 2 years in FPP
  • TA for four semesters or independent teaching (usu. MAX course or HST 200)
  • participation in 2 CUT seminars or History FPP workshops
  • teaching portfolio approved by advisor and History Graduate Committee

Human Development and Family ScienceAll M.S. and Ph.D. graduate students may participate
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 6 of 8 CUT seminars
  • approved teaching portfolio

Information StudiesParticipation restricted to PhD students
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 6 of 8 CUT seminars
  • participation in iSchool FPP events
  • approved teaching portfolio

Languages, Literatures and LinguisticsAll matriculated graduate students may participate
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 4 CUT seminars, and 2 additional professionalization activities
  • publicly presented teaching/research portfolio

Marriage and Family TherapyParticipation restricted to PhD students, interview with faculty teaching mentor required
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 6 of 8 CUT seminars
  • approved teaching portfolio
MathematicsParticipants must have passed the PhD qualifying examination
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • MAT 593 - History of Mathematics
  • approved teaching portfolio

MusicAll matriculated graduate students may participate
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 4 of 8 CUT seminars
  • approved teaching portfolio

PhilosophyAll matriculated graduate students may participate
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 4 of 8 CUT seminars
  • approved teaching portfolio
PhysicsParticipants must have passed the PhD qualifying examination
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 6 of 8 CUT seminars
  • approved teaching portfolio

Political ScienceParticipation restricted to PhD students, usually 2nd year and above and usually with prior TA experience
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 4 of 8 CUT seminars
  • approved teaching portfolio

PsychologyAt least 1 prior year as TA, recommendation of PFL
  • independent, mentored teaching experience
  • participation in 3 CUT seminars, including either Universal Design for Learning or Navigating Challenges of Diversity in the Classroom
  • approved teaching portfolio

Public AdministrationAll matriculated graduate students may participate
    • independent, mentored teaching experience
      participation in 6 of 8 CUT seminars
      approved teaching portfolio
    Public CommunicationsParticipation restricted to PhD students teaching or co-teaching during the academic year
    • independent, mentored teaching experience
    • participation in Newhouse Future of the Professoriate events (7-8 in 1st year, at least 4 in 2nd year)
    • participation in 4 of 8 CUT seminars
    • approved online professional portfolio
    • positive evaluation and recommendation by the FPP Mentors Committee, department chair(s), and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

    ReligionAll matriculated graduate students may participate
    • independent, mentored teaching experience
    • participation in Religion Department FPP events
    • approved teaching portfolio

    Social ScienceAll matriculated PhD students may participate
    • independent, mentored teaching experience
    • participation in a minimum of 4 of 8 CUT seminars
    • approved teaching portfolio

    SociologyAll matriculated graduate students may participate
    • independent, mentored teaching experience
    • participation in department and university FPP programs
    • participation in a minimum of 4 of 8 CUT seminars. Attendance at the annual FPP conference may be substituted for 1 CUT seminar
    • teaching portfolio approved by the Director of Graduate Studies
    SUNY-ESFParticipation restricted to PhD students
    • independent, mentored teaching experience
    • participation in a minimum of 5 of 8 CUT seminars
    • approved teaching portfolio

    Women’s and Gender StudiesParticipation restricted to CAS students holding TA appointment with WGS
    • per requirements of student’s doctoral degree-granting department or school/college
    Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and CompositionParticipation restricted to CCR PhD students, 2nd year and up
    • independent, mentored teaching experience
    • approved teaching portfolio
    • additional requirements are specified by FPP faculty mentor