Course Developers, Open Call

COURSE DEVELOPERS, OPEN CALL
NYUSPS Global Executive Certificates

The NYU School of Professional Studies (NYUSPS) is currently recruiting course developers who will build curriculum for the NYUSPS Global Executive Certificates. Course development is happening on an accelerated timeline, as the Executive Certificates will be launched at NYUSPS Tokyo in April 2018. Details on the program model and areas of focus are included at the end of this announcement. Program and course development is being led by the NYUSPS Office of the Dean, in collaboration with the Center for Academic Excellence and Support (CAES). Instruction in these programs will be delivered by local experts in Japan, who will enhance the curriculum with their own professional experience, serving to further localize the content for the Japanese context.
 
Course developers for the NYU School of Professional Studies (NYUSPS) Global Executive Certificates are responsible for the course design for one or more courses that make up a new noncredit microcredential that will be introduced to the market this year. The framework of the Executive Certificates is as follows:

• Each Certificate is comprised of a prescriptive, four-course curriculum with a foundational course to be taken at the outset
• Each course in the program is made up of ten, three-hour sessions and classes can be taken in sequence or concurrently
• The method of delivery is in-person, but each course will be technology enhanced.
• The language of instruction is English or Japanese

The Executive Certificates will be rooted in the pedagogic models of NYUSPS, but will be informed by the needs of industry in Japan. The curriculum must reflect the local context, and be closely tied to industry outcomes that are specific to the needs of the professions in Tokyo. Course developers will be provided with a full program framework as reference, including program-wide objectives and outcomes and a local needs assessment. Course developers will also receive a course title, full course description, and course objectives, which have been established by the program developer for consistency across the curriculum. Course developers will produce the following:

• Weekly outcomes for each of the ten course sessions.
• An experiential, problem-based scenario (EPBL) that is tied to program and serves as the foundation for the course. This includes multimedia assets that developers will work with the CAES to produce.
• Weekly sub-problem that flows from the EPBL problem scenario.
• Weekly guiding critical questions to assess critical knowledge for each of ten discrete course sessions
• Weekly reading resources (four each for weeks 1-8, so 32 in total).
• Weekly discussion prompts to engage students with course content.
• Assessment rubrics for all course assessment.
• Instructor notes detailing design reasoning and other pedagogical tips.

Course development work will be undertaken in close partnership with CAES, working with instructional designers, educational technologists and media instructional designers and specialists to support the development of evidence-based instruction and applied pedagogy. Course developers are required to conduct research and produce new and original course content (instructional material) and a new original syllabus. Possible instructional materials are problem-based learning activities, presentations, simulations, case studies, critical discussion guides, interactive videos, media, as well as assessment criteria and rubrics. Course developers will attend meetings, either remote or in person, with CAES staff throughout the development process.
 
Hiring for course developers is already underway. If you would like to be considered, please send a current CV to sps.global@nyu.edu. Make sure to indicate specific Global Executive Certificates that you would be interested in (listed below).
 
About the NYUSPS Tokyo Global Executive Certificates
 
The NYU School of Professional Studies (NYUSPS) is introducing a series of Global Executive Certificate programs that are built for working professionals in Japan. This noncredit microcredential will be delivered at NYUSPS Tokyo and is designed specifically for the needs of Japanese industry. These applied programs are targeted at mid- to high-level professionals who work in global contexts and want to advance their skills. Each program is competency-based and designed for students who want to enhance their proficiency in certain industry areas, producing skill-based outcomes that are directly applicable in the workplace. Drawing on pedagogic models refined through many decades of NYUSPS delivering professional education in New York, and centered around an approach focused on decision and application, the Global Executive Certificate curriculum will also be tailored to reflect the unique demands of each target sector in Japan. Global Executive Certificates will be introduced in the following areas:

• Entrepreneurship
• Real Estate Finance
• Hospitality Business Performance Analysis
• Financial Risk Management
• Event Management
• Marketing
• Cybersecurity
• Professional Writing (English)
• Global Hospitality Service Management
• Sports Business
• Financial Technology
• Data Analytics
• User Experience Design

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