lisajay Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 apologies if this has been covered in the forum elsewhere (i searched but didn't find anything relevant)... i just noticed that one of the summer courses being offered at my current school has a reading list with quite a bit of overlap into some small projects i'm working on now, as well as my larger phd project. so my question is: what's the etiquette/protocol for guest lecturing? i assume the standard practice is that you'd be invited to speak rather than approaching a professor & volunteering to do so, but curious how common (if at all) it is to go against that norm? anyone have any experience with this? thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ἠφανισμένος Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 My sense is that it would be somewhat presumptuous for a graduate student to approach a professor about guest lecturing. I think it would depend on how well you know the professor and how far advanced you are in your program, though. ErnestPWorrell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisajay Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 thanks for the responses! i'm graduating this semester, so i'd be out of the program by then. it's a split-level course, though, so that could be problematic. i may just ask him about it in person at the department's graduation banquet, since both of the smaller projects that're relevant to his summer course will be finished by then & i'll have something tangible to run past him should he be interested. thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swagato Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I'd really bring this up personally with the professor, after a preliminary email requesting a short conversation regarding that course. It would also depend to a great extent on how well you know the professor teaching the course. Strong Flat White 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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