Our Courses
New Course!
Learning and Thriving
in Graduate School
At GradTLC, we help graduate students learn and thrive. This Fall, 2024, we are offering a new online course to support PhD students at all levels in grad school. Through synchronous and asynchronous components, we’ll provide a high-touch and engaging experience to help you thrive, learn, and connect. ​
About the Course
Later this fall, we are piloting a new online course,
Learning and Thriving in Grad School, to help PhD students navigate through your programs effectively. This course is for PhD students in any discipline and at any stage of study.
As a complement to what institutions typically offer grad students, our goal is to help you
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Gain key skills and knowledge to navigate graduate school successfully, wherever you are in your grad school career
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Articulate your goals as a doctoral student and create a plan to achieve these
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Develop practices to maintain well-being while in academia
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Learn strategies to work with and learn from mentors, advisors, and colleagues effectively
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Create community with peers across institutions
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We are offering the course at a discounted fee of just $140 total, a fraction of what high-touch courses with live sessions typically cost. We want this resource to be affordable, but we also hope that you commit to engaging with the modules and to participating in the live meetings. Social science research shows that it’s more likely you will participate if there’s a cost to help hold yourself accountable! (Goli et al., 2022)
Offering high-touch, community-building courses
Structure
The courses will be asynchronous, with multiple modules, as well as interactive opportunities to reflect and engage. Each module will be accompanied by a one-hour live, facilitated meeting of groups of up to five students. This synchronous component allows particants to establish relationships that can extend far beyond this course, and sustain you in your programs.
Time Commitment
We expect students will spend approximately 2-3 hours/module for the course, plus additional time for the course’s live meetings (for a total of ~20 hours for this course).
*Note:
Because this is a pilot courses, we are keeping our prices low. We also hope that you take part in assessments throughout the courses so that we can iterate and continually improve our offerings.
Please let us know if you have questions–we are happy to speak with you about the programs we are designing and how we can support you or your grad students. We look forward to learning together!
What students say about our past and present programs:
Additional Courses
We offer these courses at specific times throughout the year to support graduate students. In addition, we can work directly with institutions to offer these and similar courses for your students. All are a mixture of asynchronous modules with synchronous, small group meetings to create community. To express interest in taking or setting up a course, please contact us or book an appointment.
Gateway to Grad School
For grad students who have previously lived, studied or worked in the US
Modules:​
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Your Path & Goals
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Process & Progress in Doctoral Education
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Introduction to Learning & Academics in Grad School
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Introduction to Thriving in Grad School
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Introduction to Relationships in Grad School
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Mapping Resources on & beyond Your Campus
Gateway to Grad School, International
For international grad students coming to the U.S. for the first time
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Learning in a U.S. Institution (including understanding U.S. classrooms and other academic “conventions” and being aware of disability services and academic accommodations)
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Charting your Unique Path and Finding Resources on Campus to Support you
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Living at a U.S. Institution
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Supporting your Health and Wellbeing (including Mental Health and Counseling Supports and navigating health insurance)
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Understanding U.S. Culture (including Race and Racism in the U.S. as well as D.E.I. Supports on Campus)
Future Courses (Coming Soon!)
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Mentoring with Intention
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Preparing for Grad School as a Neurodivergent Student
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Navigating Grad School as a Neurodivergent Student
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Writing for Well-being
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Discovering the Dissertation
Book an Appointment
For administrators and faculty: Book a free 60 minute consultation to talk about implementing these courses at your institution.