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College Welcome Onboarding Session

As part of the overall orientation experience, new students will have the opportunity to have a special onboarding session with their academic college.

What can I expect from this Session?

Your college will discuss your first year in detail, your 4-year program of study, experiential and professional opportunities inside your major, and the college support resources available.

What is Blackboard Learn?

Blackboard Learn is UTSA’s digital learning system where faculty (your professors and instructors) will post all your course materials and where students can turn in their assignments and view grades. Think of it like your digital classroom. For every class you register for, you’ll have access to class materials from Blackboard.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about your College Welcome Onboarding Session or with accessing Blackboard Learn, please contact your college below:

Why UTSA?

As one of America’s top young universities, UTSA offers you the opportunity to create your bold future. Located in beautiful San Antonio, the seventh largest city in the U.S., see why we have a lot to be proud of as Roadrunners.

Establishing Relevance to Enhance Student Learning

By Terri J. Matiella, Ph.D. UTSA 2020-21 Next-Gen Faculty Fellow Co-Director, Core Curriculum and Assessment for Environmental Science Senior Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science and Ecology We’ve...

Photo Assignments

By Terri J. Matiella, Ph.D. UTSA 2020-21 Next-Gen Faculty Fellow Co-Director, Core Curriculum and Assessment for Environmental Science Senior Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science and Ecology We...

Teaching with Tech

Technology enhances pedagogy in a variety of ways including adding interactivity to a lecture, creating spaces for group work, and expanding student capacity for creativity...

Faculty FAQs

FAQs: About working at UTSA How do I get my UTSA email account set up? If you are a new employee, your email account should...

Department Workshops

The Teaching & Learning Services team hosts a variety of in-person and online faculty development workshops throughout the year that generally fall within the five...

What is a pre-prep?

The Prefreshman Engineering Program (PREP) is an academically rigorous mathematics-based summer enrichment program conducted at several college and university campuses in San Antonio, as well as, across the state of Texas and Nation. PREP identifies middle and high school students interested in science, technology, ...

What is Prep 2021?

PREP is offering a Virtual instructional model for summer 2021. Curriculum will focus on Logic and its application to Mathematics, Introduction to Engineering, and topics in problem solving. Materials and activities as well as opportunities to engage with instructors will be available online.

What do students learn in Prep?

Throughout the four years, students will learn about problem-solving systems, STEM career awareness, research & study skills, and participate in field trips and special events. See below for more specific curriculum information for each year in PREP.

How many hours do you have to be enrolled to receive Texas Excellence Grant?

Half-time enrollment will result in the loss of the Texas Excellence Grant Students are required to be enrolled in 12 hours and 9 hours, respectively, to continue receiving these two grants

What is a school bus driver?

a student in an education preparation program participating in a field experience or internship; a school bus driver certified in accordance with standards and qualifications adopted by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas; a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district; and.

What is clinical teaching?

Clinical Teaching. Clinical teaching is an extremely important component of the certification program. The primary purpose of clinical teaching is to apply what has been learned in university courses to the professional setting (i.e., an actual classroom). It is expected that the clinical teaching component of the certification program will be ...

What is clinical teaching loan forgiveness?

The Clinical Teaching Educational Loan Forgiveness Program was established to help clinical teachers with expenses during the extremely important semester (s) of clinical teaching. All clinical teachers are eligible to apply. Priority will be based on financial need and critical shortage field status.

Do clinical teachers get paid?

Clinical Teacher Compensation. Policy: During the student teaching semester, clinical teachers are not permitted to receive compensation from the school district to which they are assigned for any jobs or tasks performed during the school day. These jobs include, but are not limited to: Substitute Teacher.