Education (ED)

 

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IO = Infrequently Offered Course

 

ED    0806

Caring for Children with Handicaps

1 Credit Hour

Prerequisite:

None

Child care providers learn the needs and behavioral consequences of children with handicaps.  Introduces strategies to handle daily needs.

 

ED    0819

Introduction to Teaching

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

None

This course is designed to provide the student with a general knowledge of the teaching profession as it occurs in elementary and secondary education in the United States.  Topics to be introduced will be as follows:  the history of education, teaching methods, educational settings, and the roles of educational personnel.

 

ED    0820

Children’s Literature

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

None

This course is designed to familiarize students with the heritage, concentration genres, and criteria for evaluating children’s literature; suggested selections of books for the elementary and middle school program, and methods of teaching literature among children in any setting.

 

ED    0821

Early Childhood Education

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

None

An overview of early childhood education including the role of the preschool teacher, cultural environment, family relationships, parent education, and socioeconomic status.

 

ED    0822

Children’s Music

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

None

This course is directed toward students in the elementary education program.  It is designed to show how music can be taught and integrated into other areas of the elementary classroom curriculum.  Traditional areas of music instruction will be covered including fundamentals of music, singing, playing instruments, listening, moving to music, and creative experiences with music.  In addition, we will study multicultural approaches to teaching and practice writing lesson plans focusing on the needs and interests of young children.

 

ED    0823

Administration & Organization of Child Care Programs

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

None

A study of theory applied to early learning child care and child development service programs and systems, strategies in organizational development, and issues in management.

 

ED    0831

Art Education

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

None

This course is designed to help art education and elementary education concentrations build an understanding of children’s art and develop an art curriculum for their classroom that provides quality art experiences for every child.  Emphasis will be placed on lab work and experimentation of various art materials suitable for the classroom.  Instruction is based on lecture, class discussion, and lab work.

 

ED    0839

Family Day Care

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

None

Family day care providers learn how to create a psychologically and physically safe learning environment for children.

 

ED    0840

Student Leadership Training

1 Credit Hour

Prerequisite:

None

A study of integrating leadership theory with practical experience in student government administration.  Emphasizes techniques of planning, implementing, and developing student activities.  May be repeated each semester.

 

ED    0842

Preprofessional Lab

1 Credit Hour

Prerequisite:

None

An introductory lab experience in teach education.  To help in understanding the role of the teacher and the school, students will be assigned to public schools in the area to assist the classroom teacher in almost all phases of classroom activity except teaching.  Duties may include tutorial experience, taking class attendance and playground duty, etc.

 

ED    0911

World Regional Geography

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

None

This course uses a world regional approach to geography.  After learning the conceptual framework of geography, we will apply these concepts to specific regions of the world.  Focusing on selected countries as case studies, the class will examine the ways in which the geographic environment molds peoples and nations.  The themes of development and conflict will be stressed as they relate to the various regions of the world.

 

ED    1308

Preschool Child

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

Concurrent Enrollment in ED  1309  Preschool Child Lab

Designed for teachers, parents, and other adults to gain more understanding for and become more aware of the opportunities that exist to promote learning as they guide preschool age children.

 

ED    1309

Preschool Child Lab

1 Credit Hour

Prerequisite:

Concurrent Enrollment in ED  1308  Preschool Child

Designed for teachers, parents, and other adults to observe and thus become more aware of the opportunities that exist to promote learning as they guide preschool age children.

 

ED    1351

Child Development:  Day Care and Preschool

1 Credit Hour

Prerequisite:

None

Examines and analyzes day care and preschool strategies, social and emotional development of the preschool child, and curriculum for learning in the preschool.

 

ED    1352

Child Development:  Social and Emotional Development

1 Credit Hour

Prerequisite:

None

Examines and analyzes day care and preschool strategies, social and emotional development of the preschool child, and curriculum for learning in the preschool.

 

ED    1353

Child Development:  Curriculum for Learning

1 Credit Hour

Prerequisite:

None

Examines and analyzes day care and preschool strategies, social and emotional development of the preschool child, and curriculum for learning in the preschool.

 

ED    1601

Information Literacy

1 Credit Hour

Prerequisite:

None

An introduction to library print and electronic resources such as card catalog, indexes, reference materials, electronic magazine databases, and the Internet.  The students will learn to deal with information and how to effectively access and use it.

 

ED    5275

Child Development

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:

None

Child Development is a study of the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of children from conception through age 8.

 

ED    5920

Introduction to Online Teaching

1 Credit Hour

Prerequisite:

None

This five-week course will introduce students to the principles and practice of online teaching.  Through online forums, members of the class will discuss various approaches to creating a high level, interactive Internet learning experience for students.  By the end of the semester each student will have created a course syllabus and assignments which can be used in the student’s own online course.

 

 

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