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Penn State’s Students Teaching Students (STS) is introducing eight new student-led courses for the spring 2021 semester.
STS is a student-led program that prepares undergraduate students to teach official courses at Penn State under the supervision of a faculty member. The program began last spring with four student-led courses.
“At Penn State, students have so many options for courses,” STS Co-Director Michael Miller said. “We believe that instructors should pitch their courses to students and clearly articulate who benefits from their course and what they’ll learn.”
Spring 2021 course topics range from music psychology to diversity in Disney films. Students from all majors can take any of the classes. Best of all, there aren’t any prerequisites.
Students Teaching Students announced via press release eight new courses that will be available for the 2021 spring semester at Penn State.
STS is a program that allows undergraduate students to design and teach their own official courses at the university each semester.
According to the release, the new courses include âAct Now for a Sustainable Future,â âThe Impact of Drug Cartels on Development in Rural Latin America,â âSupporting Students Mental Health,â âUnpacking the Cultural, Ethnic and Racial Diversity in Disney Films,â âMusic and Mind: An Introduction to Music Psychology,â âThe Roman Liturgy Since 1900,â âAmerican Musical Theatre History: From 9/11 to COVID-19â and âThe Miseducation and Underrepresentation of the Big Black Woman.â