Undergraduate Bulletin 2021 - 2022 
    
    May 13, 2024  
Undergraduate Bulletin 2021 - 2022 [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

Course Descriptions


 

Special Education

  
  • SPED 335 - Children and Youth with Mild Disabilities


    In this course, teacher candidates will focus on the education, cognitive, physical, linguistic, social and emotional characteristics of persons with mild to moderate learning, intellectual and emotional disabilities. Teacher candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to referring, evaluating, making eligibility decisions, and creating individualized education programs based on specific learning needs.

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core and SPED 332 
  
  • SPED 361 - Apprenticeship for Teaching (Field Experience II)


    In this field experience, special education teacher candidates will be placed in two classroom settings across two levels (elementary , middle, or secondary) for students with mild to moderate learning, intellectual and emotional disabilities. Teacher candidates will gradually assume more active teacher roles and responsibilities from tutoring, to working with small groups, to whole class instruction and management. Instructional activities will be planned, implemented and assessed based on individual learning needs of the classroom (IEP and assessment data) and the state ADEPT guidelines. Positive behavior supports and transition strategies will be researched and implemented.

    Credits: 2-3

    Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core and EDU 160  and EDU 260 
  
  • SPED 363 - Assessment in Special Education


    Teacher candidates will develop the knowledge and understanding of assessment, diagnosis and evaluation procedures that are essential for teachers in the field of special education. Skills will be developed in the use of formal and informal assessment information in making eligibility, program, and placement decisions for individuals with exceptionalities, including those from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds.

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core
  
  • SPED 365 - Intervening with At-Risk Learners II


    This course will serve as the site based shadowing experience in intervening with at risk learners. Students will be provided the opportunity to observe and reflect on site based interventions for at risk learners. In addition, students will apply the knowledge and methods gained through their observations as they plan and provide intervention to at risk learners.

    Credits: 3

  
  • SPED 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.
  
  • SPED 450 - Special Education Instructional Strategies


    In this course, teacher candidates will learn to identify and use instructional strategies, curricula and resources that are appropriate and effective in meeting the individual learning needs of persons with mild to moderate learning, intellectual and emotional disabilities. Teacher candidates will develop competencies in planning and managing the teaching/learning environment of resource and self-contained classrooms.

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites Pass Praxis Core;
    Prerequisite/Corequisite SPED 335 .

  
  • SPED 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.

Theatre

  
  • THEA 105 - Introduction to Theatre


    Understanding and appreciation of theatre through an exploration of the creative process of the audience, playwright, performer, director, designer, and critic. Attendance at several plays is required. Previously offered as Speech 130.

    Credits: 3

  
  • THEA 107 - Introduction to Acting


    Understanding and appreciation of the art of acting through an introduction to basic acting skills, including script analysis, character development, and techniques of voice and movement. No previous acting experience is required. Previously offered as Speech 124.

    Credits: 3

  
  • THEA 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.
  
  • THEA 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.
  
  • THEA 270D - Scenery


    Supervised participation in the area of scenery for a theatre production. No formal classes. Previously offered as Speech 270D.

    Credits: 1

    Prerequisites Consent of Instructor
  
  • THEA 270E - Lighting


    Supervised participation in the area of lighting for a theatre production. No formal classes. Previously offered as Speech 270E.

    Credits: 1

    Prerequisites Consent of Instructor
  
  • THEA 270F - Sound


    Supervised participation in the area of sound for a theatre production. No formal classes. Previously offered as Speech 270F.

    Credits: 1

    Prerequisites Consent of Instructor
  
  • THEA 270J - Stage Manager


    Supervised participation as the stage manager for a theatre production. No formal classes. Previously offered as Speech 270J.

    Credits: 1

    Prerequisites Consent of Instructor
  
  • THEA 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.
  
  • THEA 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.

Writing

  
  • WRIT 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. Mandatory Pass/Fail.

    Credits: 1-6

  
  • WRIT 222 - Introductory Campus News Production


    Students will produce the campus newspaper, learning reporting, editing, photography, illustration, design, layout, video, technology, and/or media management skills. May be taken multiple times for credit up to a maximum of 8 semester hours.

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • WRIT 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. Mandatory Pass/Fail.

    Credits: 1-6

  
  • WRIT 305 - Writing for Business and Public Affairs


    A survey of business and governmental writing, including techniques of correspondence, informal and formal reports, case studies, interoffice communications. Students are required to complete a research project.

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites ENG 102 
  
  • WRIT 322 - Intermediate Campus News Production


    Students will produce the campus newspaper, building on reporting, editing, photography, illustration, design, layout, video, technology, and/or media management skills learned in WRIT 222 . May be taken three times for credit.

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites WRIT 222 
  
  • WRIT 340 - Methods of Teaching Writing


    Designed for students seeking certification in English Language Arts or for English majors desiring to teach writing on the college level. Students will study basic composition theory, learn how to facilitate the linguistic and communicative competencies of adolescents from diverse backgrounds and with diverse abilities, and develop a personal writing style by producing several essays. The course will also focus on the assessment of writing processes and best practices in monitoring the progress of developing writers. Students will explore a range of pedagogical approaches to developing writing while compiling extensive “tool chests” of resources to aid in this work.

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites ENG 102 .
  
  • WRIT 346 - Introduction to Writing Short Fiction


    Students will read and write short stories, learning the elements of fiction and a variety of narrative styles.

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites ENG 102 
  
  • WRIT 347 - Introduction to Writing Poetry


    Students will read poetry and write poems, learning the elements of poetry and a variety of poetic forms and techniques.

    Credits: 3

  
  • WRIT 348 - Introduction to Writing Creative Nonfiction


    Students will read and write various forms of creative nonfiction, such as personal essays, travel writing, narrative history, documentary, autobiography and/or memoir.

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites ENG 102 
  
  • WRIT 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.
  
  • WRIT 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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