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Educational Studies
| Course Number | Course Title | Credits | Description |
| 60.201 | Field Studies in Education I | 1 | Fifteen hour field experience to observe various teaching-learning situations. Weekly on-campus seminars. |
| 60.204 | Educational Computing and Technology | 3 | Introduction to computer technology and the school setting that utilizes computers. Prerequisites--45 semester hours |
| 60.205 | Career Development and Life Planning | 3 | Provides students with career information, values clarification and decision-making skills needed to develop sensitivity to these issues in light of the increasing complexity of the occupational experience. |
| 60.251 | Psychological Foundations of Education | 3 | A systematic analysis of theories of human motivation, development and learning related to the teaching-learning process. Psychological systems are compared and evaluated in terms of their philosophical bases, ideological commitments and as criteria for the development of models for educational policy and practice. |
| 60.291 | Principles of Teaching | 3 | An introduction to the teaching process. Various instructional techniques, methodologies, and approaches are explored. Topics include: developing instructional objectives, sequencing learning activities, applying the various taxonomies, conducting micro-teaching, discipline strategies, questioning techniques and mastery teaching. Class term project includes unit lesson plan and evaluative instrument. Prerequisites--60.201 and 60.251. |
| 60.301 | Field Studies in Education II | 1 | Thirty hour field experience with involvement in a school setting. Develop lesson plans and teach two lessons under supervision. Produce reflective journal. Remaining time spent in weekly campus class seminars. |
| 60.302 | Research Literacy | 3 | Provides an introduction to research methods and techniques. Gives the student the basic understanding to be a better consumer of research, to be more aware of the value of research, and to be able to carry out beginning-level research projects. |
| 60.311 | Classroom Measurement and Assessment | 3 | Reviews principles of evaluation; grading; representative standardized tests; vocabulary of measurement, test construction and interpretation; informal and formal measurement in the cognitive, affective and psychomotor areas and alternative forms of assessment. Prerequisite--45 semester hours, 60.291. |
| 60.393 | Social Foundations of Education | 3 | An integrated multidisciplinary study of education focusing on the relationships among social conditions, social values, and educational policies. The course focuses on those aspects and problems of society that need to be taken into account in determining educational policy, especially as this policy concerns the social role of school. |
| 60.406 | Multicultural Education | 3 | Studies school situations that reflect the cultural diversity of the nation and the world in their social and school goals and curricular and instructional aims and practices. Offers strategies for accommodating to the cultural norms, values, attitudes, behavior, language and learning styles of students and for teaching all students to understand and respect their own and others' cultures. |
| 60.427 | Classroom Management and Effective Discipline | 3 | Focus on strategies for effective discipline and classroom management. Methods for planning for the beginning of the year and for establishing an effective atmosphere that promotes learning throughout the year are reviewed. Current models and major theories of discipline are reviewed and evaluated. Prerequisites--60.251, 60.291, 60.201, 60.301. |
| 60.431 | Independent Study | 1 to 3 | Requires consent of the Department Chairperson |
| 60.441/442/443 | Workshop in Education | 1 to 6 | Studies selected areas of education including research by individual students in a special teaching field. |
| 60.451 | Pupil Personnel Services in the Public School | 3 | Comprehensive view of pupil personnel services in the elementary and secondary schools; school attendance, school health programs, pupil transportation, psychological services, guidance services. |
| 60.497 | Teaching in Education: 1st Experience | 6 | The secondary student teaching assignment is determined by the student's area of specialization. Provides opportunities for direct participating experiences. Places students in classrooms with public or private school teachers. The student's major determines their assignment. |
| 60.498 | Teaching in Education: 2nd Experience |
6 |
Determined by student's area of specialization. |
Secondary Education
| Course Number | Course Title | Credits | Description |
| 65.351 | Teaching Communication in the Secondary School (Offered Fall Semester) | 3 | Prerequisites--60.201, 60.251, 60.291, 60.301, 60.393; junior standing in an area of concentration in secondary education. |
| 65.352 | Teaching Mathematics in the Secondary School (Offered Spring Semester) | 3 | Prerequisites--60.201, 60.251, 60.291, 60.301, 60.393; junior standing in an area of concentration in secondary education. |
| 65.353 | Teaching Science in the Secondary School (Offered Fall Semester) | 3 | Prerequisites--60.201, 60.251, 60.291, 60.301, 60.393; junior standing in an area of concentration in secondary education. |
| 65.358 | Teaching Foreign Language in the Secondary School (Offered Spring Semester) | 3 | Prerequisites--60.201, 60.251, 60.291, 60.301, 60.393; junior standing in an area of concentration in secondary education. |
| 65.355 | Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary School (Offered Fall Semester) | 3 | Prerequisites--60.201, 60.251, 60.291, 60.301, 60.393; junior standing in an area of concentration in secondary education. |
| 65.374 | Teaching Reading in Academic Subjects | 3 | Understanding techniques for developing reading skills applicable to the secondary school. Emphasis on readiness, comprehension, silent reading, and oral reading through secondary school academic subjects. Prerequisites--45 credits |
| 65.411 | Seminar in Secondary Education | 3 | Activities center around concerns and problems encountered in secondary education. The range of activities is determined by individual need and by levels of professional competency including diagnosis, mutual development of objectives and self evaluation. |
| 65.431 | Independent Study in Secondary Education | 1 to 3 | Requires consent of Department Chairperson |
| 79.312 | Internship in Education | 1 to 15 | A work study program in an education-related setting applicable to fulfilling free electives in teacher education degree programs. |
| 79.320 | Field-Based Inclusion Practicum | 6 | Provides application of theories in learning, assessment, classroom management, and teaching strategies to inclusive classroom settings. Topics include building home/school partnerships, instructional support teams, collaboration, cooperative learning, mastery learning, classroom management, whole language, curriculum-based assessments, peer coaching. Prerequisites--junior or senior status. |