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About our Training

Our instructional design and support staff are here to assist with expanding your online course design and teaching skills as well as address questions regarding Blackboard and other tools. We offer specialized training and support for faculty and students by appointment or walk-in.

Training Events Calendar

Check our training events calendar to find out more details and register for upcoming training and professional development offerings.

Training Details

Find out more about our synchronous and asynchronous trainings offerings including detailed descriptions, time and location, and registration information.

LEARNING SHORTS

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Schedule an appointment to speak with a member the STaR team about training, faculty development, instructional design or support services.

Welcome to STaR

Our mission is to support teaching and learning in the online environment.

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Is Little Rock a discrimination free university?

UA Little Rock is committed to sustaining an environment free from discrimination and harassment. As part of UA Little Rock’s ongoing and continuous commitment to campus well-being, we are providing an online training program designed to inform participants about sexual harassment, sexual violence and bystander intervention, as well as providing on-campus, local and national resource information. It is our responsibility as a university community to work toward eliminating these types of behaviors and actions, and to do so we must be well informed.

Do you receive reminder emails for training?

You will receive reminder emails until the required training is completed. At the conclusion of each training course, you will have the option to print a certificate. All training is tracked and recorded electronically.

THE DOCTORAL EXPERIENCE

We offer five types of doctoral degrees in over eighty fields of study. Most of our doctoral degrees are PhDs; we also offer a Doctor of Education, Doctor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Doctor of Public Health, and Doctor of Musical Arts.

COMPLETE COURSEWORK AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Doctoral programs vary widely in the number of required courses as well as additional requirements. Most programs use the first year to prepare students for their chosen field. Some programs conduct an end-of-the-year exam for each first-year cohort, while others evaluate student by courses, papers, and projects completed in that first year.

FIND FORMS FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS

We’ve assembled all UCLA-wide forms that may be useful to a graduate student on a Master’s track in one place: Forms for UCLA Doctoral Students. Your specific program may provide additional forms for your use. Here are some of the most common.

KNOW YOUR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

To keep on track, a Doctoral student must meet specific requirements for a student’s program.

NOMINATE YOUR DOCTORAL COMMITTEE

During your second or third year, you’ll begin assembling (nominating) your Doctoral Committee. Your committee is comprised of 4 or more faculty members who are experts in your field who can guide you in your research. Some committee members will be on-campus while a few may be located at another academic institution.

ADVANCEMENT TO CANDIDACY

Becoming a doctoral degree candidate is not a given. The first phase of your doctoral program is supervised by a faculty advisor or guidance committee. Your program will administer the written, and in some cases the program’s oral qualifying, exam after you complete courses and other preparatory work recommended or required by your program

CONTINUE PROGRESS TOWARD YOUR DOCTORAL DEGREE

With the guidance of your Doctoral Committee, you’ll conduct fieldwork, research, writing, and independent study all the way up through your dissertation.