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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 229 - 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
Corequisite EDU 160
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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
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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 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 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
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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 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 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 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 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 - Legal Issues in Disaster and Emergency Management
This course will review emergency management and 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 emergency management, border security, immigration, intelligence and cybersecurity.
Credits: 3
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EM 365 - Research Methods in Emergency Management
This course provides students with major analytical and statistical tools used in emergency management program administration. Students will gain an understanding of the fundamentals of research design including consideration of the trade-offs among various strategies. Throughout the course students will develop their critical skills in evaluating the quality of research.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites Junior Standing
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EM 400 - Emergency Exercise Design and Evaluation
This course will explore the design, development, and assessment of simulated exercises to evaluate and improve emergency readiness and response capabilities. The various types of disaster exercises and their purpose are examined. Students will participate in developing, conducting, and evaluating an emergency preparedness tabletop exercise.
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 disaster and emergency management 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
Prerequisites EM 201
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EM 499 - Emergency Management Capstone
This capstone experience is designed to provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate mastery of the program objectives and ability to use best practices. It is intended to provide integration of prior learning and to create a transferable knowledge and performance base. The course will provide students with the opportunity to participate in focused research that provides experiential and research-based learning in the application and integration of the theory and skills acquired in earlier coursework.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites EM 365
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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 I: 900 to 1659
This course offers a survey of British literature rfom the Middle Ages through the Renaissance.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 220 - British Literature II: 1660 to 1832
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 III: 1832 to Present
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: Pre-Colonial to 1865
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: 1865 to Present
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 I: Middle Passage to 1877
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 - African American Literature II: 1877 to Present
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 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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ENG 275 - Advanced Writing: Styles and Grammars
A course designed especially for students who plan to teach English and desire further practice in working with materials, methods, and mechanisms relating to English grammar. Previously offered as ENG 360.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 278 - Young Adult Literature
This course focuses on literature for adolescent readers.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 281 - Introduction to Film Studies
Introduction to the critical study of film and media. Students will closely analyze moving images, read relevant scholarly texts, and develop written arguments about film and media.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 285 - Critical Approaches to Interpreting Texts
An introduction to a wide range of critical lenses for interpreting texts.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 310 - Genre and Form Studies
Each offering of this course focuses on a single traditional literary genre or form, such as the novel (A), short fiction (B), poetry (C), drama (D), or the essay (E). Letter suffixes will indicate
the genre specific to each offering. Students may take ENG 310 more than once as long as the letter suffix (genre and/or form) differs each time.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 311 - Popular Fictions
This course focuses on genre, subgenre, and cross-genre works of popular fiction such as science fiction, detective fiction, westerns, horror, and historical fiction, among others. Students may take ENG 311 more than once as long as the subject focus differs each time.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 101
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ENG 325 - Shakespeare
Prefaced by an introduction to the English drama, this course is either an intensive study of selected comedies, histories, or tragedies. Students may take ENG 325 more than once as long as the subject focus differs each time.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102 , Satisfactory completion of COMM 100 .
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ENG 340 - American Women Writers
A study of the contributions of American women writers to the literature of the United States. Previously offered as ENG 235.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 352 - Queer Literature
This course will survey LGBTQ+ literature from a variety of genres, cultures, historical periods, and embodied experiences.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 355 - British Women Writers
A study of the contributions of British women writers to English literature. Previously offered as ENG 255.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 361 - Literature and Social Justice
This course focuses on the histories, literary expressions, and theories of select social justice issues and requires students to apply this material to an area of social justice within their major. Course topics will vary and may include carceral studies, labor movements, refugee and citizenship status, and disability studies, among other.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 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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ENG 372 - Literature of the American South
This course surveys literature by writers with thematic or geographical ties to the southern United States, with special emphasis on the modern and contemporary.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 373 - American Gothic
This course explores the definitions and origins of the gothic in American literature and examines developments from the 18th century through the 21st century. The course also considers gothic literature as a reflection of social and political changes in American culture. Class members read and discuss critical theory throughout the semester and apply various critical approaches to their analyses of works.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 374 - American Romanticism
This course examines American literature from approximately 1820 to 1865. The course explores Romanticism as an aesthetic and ideological category that enables readers to examine literary responses to issues such as individualism, slavery, westward expansion, Native American displacement, women’s rights, the Industrial Revolution, and the rise of capitalism.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 375 - Multicultural American Literature
This course highlights the literary contributions of African-American, Native-American, Asian-American, and Latino writers. Special attention is given to women writers.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 381 - Film and Literature
This course examines film adaptations of literary texts and applies basic skills for critical appreciation to original video and film productions.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 382 - Women’s Autobiography
This course explores the field of autobiography in general and elements of women’s life writing in particular. Students read and discuss twentieth-century autobiographies by women from different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, as well as various geographic locations, including Africa, Asia, Europe, South American, and North America. Various theories of autobiography are examined.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 410 - Seminar in World Literature
This course engages students in the comparative study of literature representing two or more different languages, countries, or cultures.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 415 - Seminar in British Literature
Content will vary.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 425 - Seminar in American Literature
Content will vary.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 430 - Seminar on an Author
This course engages students in in-depth study of a single author and her or his work.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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ENG 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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ENG 495 - Senior Seminar
The Senior Seminar is an integrative capstone experience for the English major. The course engages students in complex and diverse readings, writing projects, and reflective activities that promote a comprehensive understanding of the intellectual and practical values of the discipline.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites ENG 102
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EXSC 101 - Introduction to Exercise Science
An introduction to the field of exercise science. Topics will include history of exercise science, career and certifications opportunities in exercise science, professional standards, and areas related to exercise science such as human anatomy, human physiology, components of fitness, nutrition, biomechanics, motor control, and sports psychology.
Credits: 3
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EXSC 261 - Personal Health and Wellness
The course will provide a thorough understanding of the behaviors and skills necessary for establishing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The areas of study will include nutrition, weight management, physical fitness, stress management, drugs in society, and health consumerism. In addition, the course will provide an emphasis on ways to make positive lifestyle changes to prevent heart disease, diabetes, sexually transmitted infections, cancer, obesity, alcoholism, and addiction to nicotine and/or other drugs.
Credits: 3
Crosslisted as: PUBH 261 .
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