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DAN 470 - Internship
Individual work under faculty supervision with evaluation based on appropriate evidence of achievement. Approval of an internship request by the instructor and the appropriate program chair or division dean is required to be able to register for the course.
Credits: 1-6
Grading Type Mandatory Pass/Fail.
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DAN 475 - Dance Senior Seminar
This course is a seminar covering professional preparation needed for BA candidates (e.g., capstone preparation, resume writing, video editing, graduate school application, audition procedures, etc.). BA candidates will develop and submit proposals for the BA Senior Project for approval of the Division: These proposals must describe the manner in which students will apply leadership capabilities to accomplish their project. Throughout the course, students also will refine the necessary leadership skills for successful completion of the capstone experience (DAN 481LS ).
Credits: 1
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DAN 481LS - BA Senior Project
This capstone experience is for the senior seeking a B.A. in Dance. The project content is not specified and may include research, written work, and/or creative work; however, the project must include a leadership component. The project will be publicly presented on a date set by the Dance Program. Upon completion of the project, the student will develop a paper reflecting upon her capstone experience and describing how she applied leadership skills, including challenges faced and solutions discovered.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites Senior Status, DAN 475
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DAN 489 - Dance Company: Senior Year
Columbia College Dance Company (CCDC) provides practical training in the skills needed to operate a dance company. In addition to developing performance skills, students practice production skills in areas such as lighting, sound, backstage crew, and front-of-house support. The course also teaches leadership skills applicable to the dance profession and beyond by enabling students to develop and demonstrate courage, commitment, confidence, and competence as they assume leadership positions within the CCDC. Participation at the senior year-level reflects increasingly responsible roles in CCDC, including mentorship of first-year students. May be taken twice for credit.
Credits: 0-1
Corequisite One Contemporary Dance technique course and one additional course from the Movement Practices strand
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ECON 170 - Internship
Individual work under faculty supervision with evaluation based on appropriate evidence of achievement. Approval of an internship request by the instructor and the appropriate program chair or division dean is required to be able to register for the course.
Credits: 1-6
Grading Type Mandatory Pass/Fail.
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ECON 201 - Principles of Economics I, Macroeconomics
A study of the theory of income, employment and price determination, along with a brief examination of international economics. Emphasis is placed on the national economy and policies that affect it.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Grade of C or better in MATH 104 , MATH 107 , or MATH 161
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ECON 202 - Principles of Economics II, Microeconomics
An examination of the ways in which a market economy allocates scarce resources to the production of goods and services and an analysis of alternate market structures. The determinants of prices, wages and production are discussed.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ECON 201 and Grade of C or better in MATH 107 or MATH 161
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ECON 224 - Economics: Principles and Practices
This course examines a number of economics concepts, including a broad overview of the principles of macroeconomics and microeconomics. The coverage of topics provides necessary foundations for decision making and the evaluation of economic information by market participants. Not open to students with credit for ECON 201 or ECON 202 .
Credits: 3
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ECON 270 - Internship
Individual work under faculty supervision with evaluation based on appropriate evidence of achievement. Approval of an internship request by the instructor and the appropriate program chair or division dean is required to be able to register for the course.
Credits: 1-6
Grading Type Mandatory Pass/Fail.
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ECON 370 - Internship
Individual work under faculty supervision with evaluation based on appropriate evidence of achievement. Approval of an internship request by the instructor and the appropriate program chair or division dean is required to be able to register for the course.
Credits: 1-6
Grading Type Mandatory Pass/Fail.
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ECON 470 - Internship
Individual work under faculty supervision with evaluation based on appropriate evidence of achievement. Approval of an internship request by the instructor and the appropriate program chair or division dean is required to be able to register for the course.
Credits: 1-6
Grading Type Mandatory Pass/Fail.
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EDU 100 - Introduction to Professional Education
An introduction to the teacher education program will be based on the concept of the teacher as leader. Students will begin building a knowledge and skill base for teacher leadership through self-assessment, team building and goal setting activities. The ten performance dimensions of the South Carolina ADEPT evaluation system will be introduced. Resulting products may be included in general education and/or professional education portfolios.
Credits: 3
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EDU 101 - Teaching Fellows Seminar I
This freshman year seminar is designed to enable Teaching Fellows to adjust to college life and promote the sense of a cohort. Mandatory pass/fail.
Credits: 1
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EDU 102 - Teaching Fellows Seminar II
This freshman year seminar is designed to enable Teaching Fellows to develop long-range professional goals and begin to explore education issues. Mandatory pass/fail.
Credits: 1
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EDU 115 - SMART Notebook
This course will introduce students to both SMART Boards and SMART Notebook software. This is a hybrid course that meets one full day for 7 hours face to face. The remaining hours are completed online.
Credits: 1
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EDU 117M - Praxis Core Math Lab
The Praxis Core Math lab will provide an overview of the Praxis Core Math exam and provide test taking strategies to help build a strong foundation for the basic skills needed for success on the Praxis Core Math.
Credits: 1
Corequisite MATH 117
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EDU 150 - Introduction to the Profession of Teaching
This course will introduce aspiring teacher candidates to the field of education. Students will explore the history and foundations of education, the current and diverse classroom composition, differences in learning and appropriate teaching methods, management and assessment skills and the importance of creating positive relationships with students, their families and colleagues. Students will become familiar with the vocabulary and issues of education today, the path to becoming a certified teacher in South Carolina and the academic rigor of the education program at Columbia College.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Satisfactory completion of COMM 100
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EDU 150R - Praxis Core Reading Lab
The Praxis Core Reading lab will provide an overview of the Praxis Core Reading exam and provide test taking strategies to help build a strong foundation for the basic skills needed for success on the Praxis Core Reading.
Credits: 1
Corequisite EDU 150
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EDU 160 - Preparation for Careers in Education
This course will focus on providing opportunities for teacher candidates to observe, review, demonstrate, and reflect on specific principles for a career in teaching in South Carolina public schools. The South Carolina Evaluation System, an integrated system of State Standards, guidelines, and strategies designed to promote excellence in the teaching profession will be presented. Specifically, future teacher candidates will gain and demonstrate knowledge on how to successfully plan instruction, as well as navigate the evaluation process for continuing employment once certification is completed. Finally, career options in public education will be explored.
Credits: 2
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EDU 170 - Internship
Individual work under faculty supervision with evaluation based on appropriate evidence of achievement. Approval of an internship request by the instructor and the appropriate program chair or division dean is required to be able to register for the course.
Credits: 1-6
Grading Type Mandatory Pass/Fail.
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EDU 201 - Teaching Fellows Seminar III
This sophomore year seminar is designed to explore multicultural, social and diversity issues in education. Teaching Fellows will design an inquiry project.
Credits: 1
Grading Type Mandatory pass/fail.
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EDU 202 - Teaching Fellows Seminar IV
This sophomore year seminar is designed to explore multicultural, social and diversity issues in education. Teaching Fellows will implement their inquiry projects in public school settings.
Credits: 1
Grading Type Mandatory pass/fail.
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EDU 210 - Development and Learning: Birth through Age Eleven
This course will help teacher candidates develop an understanding of theories of growth and development, theories of learning and motivation, and how these principles and concepts relate to classroom learning. It will stress the importance of physical, social, cultural and emotional factors on the cognitive and language development of infants and children.
Credits: 3
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EDU 211 - Development and Learning: The Adolescent Years
This course will help teacher candidates develop an understanding of theories of growth and development, theories of learning and motivation, and how these principles and concepts relate to classroom learning. It will stress the importance of physical, social, cultural and emotional factors on the cognitive and moral development of adolescents. This course is intended for middle level and secondary certifiers.
Credits: 3
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EDU 212 - Adolescent Development
This course will help teacher candidates develop an understanding of theories of growth and development for adolescents and relate to classroom learning. It will stress the importance of physical, social, cultural and emotional factors on the development of adolescents. This course is intended for K- 12 certifiers only. Students obtaining secondary education certification must take EDU 211 only.
Credits: 1
Prerequisite/Corequisite EDU 210 .
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EDU 218 - Moral and Political Foundations of Teaching
This course is designed to develop understanding of public education in the United States from historical, sociological, political, and moral perspectives. Teacher candidates will examine and research current policies and practices, such as educational organizations, funding, legislation, court cases, curriculum and instruction. Teacher candidates will begin to build a knowledge and skill base for teacher leadership through cultural awareness, self-assessment, team building, and goal setting strategies in study groups. A variety of data collection techniques will be organized in a professional portfolio.
Credits: 3
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EDU 218W - Praxis Core Writing Lab
The Praxis Core Writing lab will provide an overview of the Praxis Core Writing exam and provide test taking strategies to help build a strong foundation for the basic skills needed for success on the Praxis Core Writing.
Credits: 1
Corequisite EDU 218
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EDU 230 - Learners and Learning
Human development across the lifespan; particularly focusing on stages of development, application of learning theories, individual differences (including exceptionalities, gender, culture, and ethnicity), effective instructional strategies and critical thinking skills Not open to students with credit in both EDU 203 and EDU 253.
Credits: 3
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EDU 240 - Methods of Teaching in the Middle School and High School
The study of general methods and theories of curriculum, instruction, classroom management, the teaching of reading, and assessment needed by the collaborative professional in the middle school and high school. The impact of standards, research, diversity, and technology will be integrated throughout the course.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core Corequisite: EDU 260
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EDU 260 - Shadowing in Schools (Field Experience I)
Teacher candidates will observe and implement specific principles of teaching in public schools. The principles, procedures, and methods will be practiced as a future teacher shadows a classroom teacher in tutoring, small groups, and whole class instructional strategies. Teacher candidates will work in academic assistance in small and large groups of diverse students in lesson planning, assisting in grading student work, and working collaboratively with professional team/school departments. Application of a variety of developmentally appropriate experiences that demonstrate varied approaches to knowledge construction will be studied. Previously offered as EDU 270E. Not open to students with credit in EDU 370C, SPED 370M, SLP 270C, or EDU 270E.
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core Corequisite: EDU 160
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EDU 262 - Shadowing in Schools (Field Experience in Dance Education I)
This field experience is a discipline-based model for dance education serving as the first of two experiences teaching dance to elementary, middle, and/or high school populations.
Credits: 1
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core and DAN 233
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EDU 270 - Internship
Individual work under faculty supervision with evaluation based on appropriate evidence of achievement. Approval of an internship request by the instructor and the appropriate program chair or division dean is required to be able to register for the course.
Credits: 1-6
Grading Type Mandatory Pass/Fail.
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EDU 278 - Youth Literature
This course is designed to educate teacher candidates in English to select and evaluate literary works appropriate to children and youth in grades 7 through 12. Priority is given to methods of teaching students how to read and write about literature.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core
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EDU 283 - Middle Grades Curriculum and Organization
This course is designed to provide middle level teacher candidates with an understanding of the major concepts, principles, theories, standards, and research related to middle level curriculum, organization, and the philosophical foundations of developmentally responsive middle level programs and schools. This course will also provide opportunities for teacher candidates to observe, review, and reflect on specific principles for teaching in middle schools.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core
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EDU 301 - Teaching Fellows Seminar V
This junior year seminar is designed to focus on political and economic issues in education. Teaching Fellows will collaborate with government, business and community leaders on behalf of schools and students.
Credits: 1
Grading Type Mandatory pass/fail.
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EDU 302 - Teaching Fellows Seminar VI
This junior year seminar is designed to focus on political and economic issues in education. Teaching Fellows will continue their collaboration with government, business and community leaders on behalf of schools and students.
Credits: 1
Grading Type Mandatory pass/fail.
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EDU 328 - Integrating Assessment and Instruction
This course is designed to develop teacher candidates’ competencies in selecting appropriate assessment methods; constructing/developing formative and summative assessments; administering, scoring, and analyzing assessments; communicating assessment results; and, making instructional decisions based on assessment results. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of and an ability to apply information from this course through a variety of in-class and field activities. Candidates will select a specific content area and grade level on which to focus and develop an assessment portfolio of artifacts as evidence of competence in the areas mentioned above. Not open to students with credit in EDU 411 and EDU 370D.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core
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EDU 329 - Facilitating Positive Learning Behaviors
Teacher candidates will gain an understanding of the basic principles of classroom and behavior management as they explore the foundation of positive behavior supports. The candidates will develop a personal philosophy of effective classroom management as they match research based models with their individual styles to create a personalized design for an effective learning environment. This course is designed for teacher candidates who will be in general and special education settings with children of all ages and emphasizes the teacher as the collaborative professional, leading the classroom in the application of the principles of effective management.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core
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EDU 336 - Issues in Early Childhood / Special Education
A survey of contemporary issues in the early childhood/special education field, which may include NAEYC guidelines, developmentally appropriate practice, health, safety, nutrition, child advocacy, ethical and professional behavior, assessment and evaluation of young children, family and professional community relationships, appropriate technology usage and diversity.
Credits: 3
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EDU 345 - Arts Integration
This course will equip teacher candidates with the knowledge and skills to integrate the five arts - literature, visual art, drama, dance and movement, and music - into their discipline based curriculum and individual lessons.
Credits: 3
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EDU 351 - Effective Reading Strategies
A study of the nature of the reading process and of principles, methods and materials for the development of effective reading as applied to a developmental curriculum. Attention will be given to the development of informal assessment and diagnostic techniques as well as remediation strategies. The course will reflect South Carolina and International Reading Association Standards.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core
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EDU 352 - Effective Language Arts Strategies
Teaching specific concepts and skills associated with the important aspects of communication - writing and oral language - will be the focus for this course, using the South Carolina Standards. Teacher candidates will learn how to connect these aspects of communications skills with reading as well as other disciplines across the curriculum.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core
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EDU 354 - Effective Science Strategies
Through this course teacher candidates will examine the theoretical and practical aspects of teaching the biological, physical, earth and space sciences - Future teachers will become familiar with the National Curriculum Standards, and South Carolina Standards for science education. They will also develop an understanding of instructional strategies, activities, and materials that will enhance student learning in the sciences.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core
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EDU 357 - Effective Health and Physical Education Strategies
The course is designed to provide teacher candidates with knowledge and understanding of the major concepts in health education and physical education (human movement and physical activity). Candidates will use knowledge of health education to create opportunities that contribute to good health. In addition, candidates will use knowledge of physical education to foster active, healthy life styles and enhanced quality of life for themselves and for young children and adolescents.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core
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EDU 358 - Early Childhood Curriculum: Methods and Materials
Students will examine developmentally appropriate curricula and materials for children and youth ages birth through age 8, with special emphasis on pre-primary and primary levels. Students will develop and evaluate instructional strategies, activities, and materials which will enhance student learning in the various areas of the early childhood curriculum, focusing on interdisciplinary inquiry-based learning.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core
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EDU 360 - Apprenticeship for Teaching (Field Experience II)
Teacher candidates will plan, implement, and assess appropriate instructional procedures for diverse students. Future teachers will experience a progression of increasing responsibilities from tutoring to working with small and large group instruction. Lesson planning, assessment, evaluation and grading techniques, case studies, classroom management strategies, and the State evaluation process for professional teaching will be addressed and practiced. Teacher candidates will experience working with students of various abilities, exceptionalities, and cultural and linguistic diversities. Previously offered as EDU 370E and EDU 470C.
Credits: 2-3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core
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EDU 361 - Effective Social Studies Strategies
Through this course teacher candidates will examine the theoretical and practical aspects of teaching social studies to young learners. Teacher candidates will learn to translate knowledge and data- gathering processes from history and the social sciences into appropriate and meaningful social studies experiences for children and youth. Teacher candidates will also develop an understanding of and practice using instructional strategies, activities, and materials that will enhance learning in social studies. The course will also address teaching social studies from the global perspective of a multicultural society while advocating civic participation.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core
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EDU 362 - Apprenticeship for Teaching, Dance Education II
This field experience is a discipline-based model for dance education serving as the second of two experiences teaching dance to elementary, middle, and/or high school populations.
Credits: 1-2
Prerequisites Pass Praxis I, DAN 234 (or be currently enrolled), and EDU 262
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EDU 370 - Internship
Individual work under faculty supervision with evaluation based on appropriate evidence of achievement. Approval of an internship request by the instructor and the appropriate program chair or division dean is required to be able to register for the course.
Credits: 1-6
Grading Type Mandatory Pass/Fail.
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EDU 371 - Foundations in Reading
This course will provide the theoretical and evidence-based foundations of reading and writing processes and instruction for PreK and Elementary classroom teachers.
Credits: 3
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EDU 372 - Instructional Practices in Literacy
This course will focus on providing pre-service teachers with the ability to utilize instructional approaches, materials, and an integrated, comprehensive, balanced curriculum to support student learning in reading and writing; and have the knowledge to create a literate environment that fosters reading and writing by integrating foundational knowledge, instructional practices, approaches and methods, and curriculum materials. Students will develop awareness, understanding, respect, and a valuing of differences in society.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core, EDU 371
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EDU 373 - Reading and Writing Across the Content Areas
This course will focus on equipping teacher candidates to use instructional approaches, materials and an integrated, comprehensive, balanced curriculum to support student learning in reading and writing across the disciplines. Teacher candidates will be engaged with literary practices that develop awareness, understanding, respect and a valuing of differences in our society, as well as those which support dual language learners. Teacher candidates will continue to develop an understanding of the elements of creating a literate environment in the elementary school.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core, EDU 371
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EDU 379 - Foundations for Teaching Reading in Middle and Secondary Schools
This course is designed to prepare middle level and secondary preservice teachers to support adolescent literacy skills in the classroom. This course will emphasize the theoretical foundations of reading and writing and develop preservice teachers understanding of reading and writing instruction, ability to appropriately assess students’ reading and writing skills, and create literacy instruction based upon assessment results. Upon completion of this course, students will understand the principles of evidence based reading and writing processes and the methods for promoting students’ literacy development.
Credits: 3
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EDU 380 - Elective Field Experience
The course would allow majors to register for additional hours in school programs to complete hours required for teaching certificate endorsements.
Credits: 1-3
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EDU 381 - Content Area Literacy for Middle and Secondary Educators
This course is designed to prepare middle level and secondary preservice teachers to emphasize literacy skills and strategies in the teaching of the academic disciplines. This course will emphasize assessing students’ background knowledge, culture, and learning needs to plan instruction and identify appropriate resources; incorporating effective learning strategies to enhance students’ literacy skills; identifying assessment strategies and tools to assess learning and plan instruction; and using texts and other supplemental resources to develop students’ knowledge of content.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core
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EDU 385 - Effective Instructional Assessment Strategies in Middle Grades
This course is designed to provide middle level teacher candidates knowledge of assessment in the middle grades that include selecting methods of evaluation appropriate to each discipline and the age, development, and characteristics of students, interpreting and communicating results accurately and ethically, and integrating information gained through assessment into instructional plans. Methods of authentic, performance-based assessment will be stressed. Teacher candidates will also understand the impact and effect of State accountability laws on instruction and assessment as well as the major concepts, principles, theories, standards, and research related to middle level assessment.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core
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EDU 401 - Teaching Fellows Seminar VII
This senior year seminar will stress the development of leadership skills for teachers. Teaching Fellows will take on a mentorship relationship with freshman and sophomore Fellows.
Credits: 1
Grading Type Mandatory pass/fail.
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EDU 420 - Methods of Teaching Specific Content Areas in the Middle School and High School
The application of content specific methods and theories of curriculum, instruction, classroom management, the teaching of reading, and assessment needed by the collaborative professional in the middle school and high school. The impact of the following in specific content areas will be integrated throughout the course: standards, research, diversity, and technology. Special sections for each of the following areas: E-English; M-Mathematics; N-Natural Sciences; S-Social Studies.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core Corequisite: EDU 360
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EDU 420E - Methods of Teaching Specific Content Areas in the Middle School and High School
See EDU 420 for course description.
Credits: 3
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EDU 420M - Methods of Teaching Specific Content Areas in the Middle School and High School
See EDU 420 for course description.
Credits: 3
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EDU 420N - Methods of Teaching Specific Content Areas in the Middle School and High School
See EDU 420 for course description.
Credits: 3
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EDU 420S - Methods of Teaching Specific Content Areas in the Middle School and High School
See EDU 420 for course description.
Credits: 3
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EDU 431 - Effective Mathematics Strategies
Through this course, teacher candidates will examine the theoretical and practical aspects of teaching mathematics to young learners. Future teachers will become familiar with national curriculum standards and South Carolina standards for K-6 mathematics instruction. They will develop an understanding of instructional strategies, activities, and materials that will enhance student learning in this area. A special emphasis will be placed on the appropriate development and use of manipulatives and technology in the classroom.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites MATH 117 and pass Praxis Core
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EDU 452 - Assessment of Literacy
This course will focus on literacy assessment and evaluation. Teacher candidates will use a variety of assessment tools to plan and evaluate effective reading and writing instruction. Teacher candidates will be able to communicate assessment results and implications for interventions for all children including learners with diverse backgrounds, dual languages, or exceptionalities.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core, EDU 371
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EDU 459 - Early Childhood Curriculum, Organization and Management
This course will deal with the historical, theoretical, and practical issues involved in the organization and management of early childhood programs, with emphasis on “developmentally appropriate teaching applications.” The teacher candidate will explore issues of child development and learning, curriculum development and implementation, assessment, program model evaluation, and professionalism. Emphasis will be placed on early childhood programs for ages four through eight years.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core and EDU 358 or Consent of Instructor
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EDU 470 - Internship
Individual work under faculty supervision with evaluation based on appropriate evidence of achievement. Approval of an internship request by the instructor and the appropriate program chair or division dean is required to be able to register for the course.
Credits: 1-6
Grading Type Mandatory Pass/Fail.
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EDU 485LS - Internship in Teaching (Directed Teaching)
Teacher candidates will work under the direction of an experienced classroom teacher (certified Speech Language Pathologist for Speech Language majors) and assume increasing responsibilities up to full responsibility for a class. Placements will be made only with Richland I and II, and Lexington I, II and V. Dance Education and Speech Language Pathology majors are the only exceptions to this policy. Cannot be audited.
Credits: 10
Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core and all courses in Professional Education and Specialization
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EDU 486LS - Professional Development and Teacher Leadership
This course is offered concurrently with Directed Teaching. The course provides education majors opportunities which will assist in the transition from teacher candidate to professional educator. Based on professional standards related to specific majors and education in general, teacher candidates will design and implement lesson plans to meet the needs of a culturally diverse student population. A major focus on current theory and practices, based on research, include: effective instructional strategies, curriculum design, classroom management and conflict resolution skills, assessment and evaluation strategies, and practice in various content areas. Teacher candidates, as collaborative professionals, will be involved in the total school program, both in and out of the classroom, in participating in professional development and in professional organizational activities. A professional development portfolio focusing on effective teaching strategies, professional activities, and models of teacher evaluation is required.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites Praxis Core
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EM 101 - Introduction to Emergency Management
This course provides an introduction to principles, theory and practice of emergency management at the local, state, national, and international levels. The course describes the history of emergency management policies and programs in the United States. It will explore the concepts of preparedness, prevention, response, recovery and mitigation. Natural and technological hazards are introduced and compared with terrorist threats.
Credits: 3
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EM 102 - Introduction to Homeland Security
This course provides an introduction to homeland security laws, public policies and programs. It provides an historic overview of terrorism. Topics include the homeland security governmental structure, intelligence, border security, transportation security, cybersecurity, and emergency management for terrorist incidents.
Credits: 3
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EM 110 - Psychological and Social Dimensions of Disaster
This course provides an introduction to behavioral and social science research on disasters. The course is an overview of basic concepts and theories relevant for understanding the psychological and social consequences of disasters. Topics include risk perception; risk communication; disaster preparedness and response; the ways in which disasters affect individuals, families and communities; crisis interventions, and recovery processes.
Credits: 3
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EM 120 - Introduction to the Science of Hazards
This course will provide an introduction to the sciences related to natural hazards, geological hazards, weather and climate, and technological hazards, including basic concepts in geology, chemistry and climatology.
Credits: 3
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EM 201 - Planning for Emergency and Disaster Management
This course explores planning methods for preparing public safety personnel, agencies, organizations and communities for disasters. The purpose for this course is to provide the student with an understanding of emergency operations planning at the municipal, county, state and federal levels, with attention to emergency planning in business, schools and non- governmental organizations. Course topics include laws and policies related to emergency planning, municipal and county emergency planning, state emergency planning, emergency support functions, mutual aid and the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, federal emergency planning: the Federal Response Framework, Recovery Framework and related doctrine.
Credits: 3
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EM 204 - Communication Skills for Emergency Management
This course will provide an overview of the principles and practices of risk communication, with emphasis on public information during disasters. This course examines the latest theory, practice, and innovative approaches for handling crisis communications. Case studies will illustrate successes and failures in risk communication, crisis management, and provision of public information in each phase of emergency management.
Credits: 3
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EM 210 - Community Resiliency, Recovery and Mitigation
This course explores the concepts of community resiliency, social constructs of disaster, recovery and mitigation through discussion of policies, practices, research, theory and case studies. It will address social, economic, cultural and political dimensions of recovery and mitigation. Factors that promote community resiliency will be discussed.
Credits: 3
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EM 220 - Hazard Mapping and Modeling
This course provides an overview of geographic information systems (GIS), key hazard modeling tools, and their applications in emergency management. The course examines applications in planning, data analysis, operations, logistics and situational awareness and provides an introduction to SLOSH, HAZUS, and other hazard models used in prevention, mitigation, preparedness, and response.
Credits: 3
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EM 230 - Introduction to Public Administration
This course provides an introduction to the operations of government. This will begin with an examination of the historical and theoretical perspectives of the study of administration and will then focus on leadership and organization in the public sector. Included will be the study of budgeting, personnel, legal, and oversight areas of administration. This course is equivalent to POSC 230
Credits: 3
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EM 250 - Disasters and Public Health
Each type of disaster poses a range of threats to human health. This survey course provides an overview of the public health consequences of natural disasters, technological disasters and terrorism and the preparedness and response measures for addressing health consequences. Attention is given to the public health and hospital preparedness programs instituted in the United States to prepare for emergencies.
Credits: 3
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EM 310 - Terrorism in the Modern World
This course provides an overview of terrorism and perspectives on why individuals participate in terrorism. Counterterrorism policies are examined in an international context. Options for countering terrorism are reviewed and analyzed. The course incorporates risk analysis and threat assessments based on modern world terrorism and potential threats.
Credits: 3
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EM 320 - Weapons of Mass Destruction
This course presents an overview of the modes and methods of weapons of mass destruction including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive weapons. Homeland security doctrine is reviewed. Considerations for preparedness and emergency response are described.
Credits: 3
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EM 330 - Cyber and Information Security
This elective course provides an examination of methods and policies related to identifying and addressing risks to cyber and network systems from a variety of threats. The course is designed to provide a basic understanding of cyber and information security issues in support of efforts to securely collect, process, and share intelligence, promote cyber security practices, make tactical and strategic decisions in cyber-related events, and conduct investigation and response operations.
Credits: 3
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EM 350 - Risk Analysis and Threat Assessment
This course provides a framework for risk analysis and threat assessment that may be applied to natural and manmade disasters. This course examines principles and practices in risk management and insurance and their implications for disaster preparedness and recovery. Topics will include risk analysis, strategies for risk management, types of insurance, coverage of disaster-related losses, and implications for corporate resilience.
Credits: 3
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EM 360 - Homeland Security Law and Public Policy
This course will review homeland security law and public policy. Topics include constitutional law; individual rights; political processes; roles and responsibilities of local, state and federal government; and laws and policies related to border security, immigration, intelligence and cybersecurity.
Credits: 3
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EM 474 - Response to Explosive Devices and Incidents
This course is designed to prepare emergency responders to perform effectively and safely during bombing incidents at all locations at an incident scene, including the hot (kill) zone. The course includes detailed instruction on Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), explosive materials and explosive effects; and comprehensive training on critical response actions during pre- and post-detonation operations. In addition, the course addresses actions that emergency responders can take to prevent and/or deter terrorist attacks involving energetic materials.
Credits: 3
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EM 495 - Leadership Seminar
This course focuses on ethical leadership, legal responsibilities, and effective organizational and personnel management in the fields of criminal justice, disaster and emergency mansgement, and fire science. Students study leadership styles and traits associated with successful leaders in these fields and engage in extensive analysis of leadership challenges based on case studies.
Credits: 3
Crosslisted as: CJ 495
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ENG 101 - Analytical Thinking, Writing, and Research
This course prepares students for academic writing at the college level with special attention to exposition and argument. Students learn to focus, organize, support, and develop their ideas and to provide proper attribution for secondary sources. Individual sections of this course will focus on a particular theme - such as the family, education, pop culture, gender, ethnography, or film.
Credits: 3
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ENG 102 - Writing about Literature
This course furthers the writing, reading, and thinking skills taught in English 101. It provides students with an introduction to reading and writing from a literary perspective and to researching, synthesizing, and incorporating scholarly sources into students’ own arguments.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 101
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ENG 170 - Internship
Individual work under faculty supervision with evaluation based on appropriate evidence of achievement. Approval of an internship request by the instructor and the appropriate program chair or division dean is required to be able to register for the course.
Credits: 1-6
Grading Type Mandatory Pass/Fail.
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ENG 200 - Survey of World Literature
A course designed to help the student appreciate literature as human experience and art. Selections from various periods, nationalities, and genres will serve as text materials.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 101
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ENG 203 - The Modern Fairy Tale
This course explores the evolution of the fairy tale into its modern form. Students will explore the complex history of this genre and its literary value–in fictional, poetic, and dramatic form-through Anglo-European texts as well as through texts from around the world.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 210 - British Literature to 1660 (Medieval and Renaissance)
A survey of British literature from its beginnings to 1660. Not open to students with credit for ENG 320.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 220 - British Literature 1660 to 1832 (Neoclassical and Romantic)
A survey of British literature from 1660 to 1832. Not open to students with credit for ENG 321 or ENG 333.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 230 - British Literature since 1832 (Victorian and Modern)
A survey of British literature from 1832 to the present. Not open to students with credit for ENG 334 or ENG 335.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 231 - Sex, Lies, and Anxieties in British Literature and Film
This course examines the ways in which various British poets, fiction writers, and film directors have addressed concerns about fear, horror, and the depths of human psyche - including anxieties about gender, class inequity, and social justice - from the French Revolution through the present.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 240 - American Literature I
American literature from its beginnings to the Civil War.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 248 - Ecological Literature and Criticism
The course explores what it means to think and perceive in terms of our interconnectivity with the natural world, with human and non-human animals, and with real and imaginary environments. Using literature as the catalyst, students will read and engage interdisciplinary perspectives contributing to our aesthetic, experiential, and political understanding of ecological consciousness. Through research and reflection, students will look at how various writers, artists, and directors expand our awareness of the environment, foster social intelligence, and promote real change.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 250 - American Literature II
American Literature from the Civil War to the present. Not open to students with credit for ENG 338 or ENG 343.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 251 - African-American Literature through Reconstruction
This course begins with an examination of slave narratives and includes writing by African Americans through the Reconstruction.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 252 - Twentieth-Century African-American Literature
This course includes works by writers from the Harlem Renaissance and by African-American writers through the twentieth century.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 261 - Collecting Treasures: Contemporary African Literature and Film
This course surveys contemporary African writers and how their works represent vast landscapes of socio-political change, ranging from imperialism, colonialism, oppression, racism, ethnic conflict, disenfranchisement, social justice, gender inequality, nation building, and literacy to artistic expression in literature and film.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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