Mar 29, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Culinary Arts

  
  • CULA 2351 - Plated Desserts and Presentations

    Credit Hours 3
    Description: The essential elements of plated desserts are taught in detail.  The students are taught to strive for a well-balanced presentation.  The course emphasizes the importance of the required time and patience for yielding breath-taking results.  Students are exposed to methods of production that result in dramatic presentations in quantity.
  
  • CULA 2352 - Hot and Cold Desserts

    Credit Hours 3
    Description: This course covers the principles and techniques of sorbets and ice creams, souffles, cobblers, crisps and strudel dough products.  Topic include Baked Alaska, bombes, sherbets, crepes and hot and cold souffles.  Student will prepare hot and cold desserts with suitable sauces and garnishes.

     

  
  • CULA 2361 - Retail Bakery Management

    Credit Hours 3
    Description: This course introduces students to the application of baking and pastry arts production techniques in a wholesale and/or retail setting.  Students are introduced to theory of merchandising baked goods for bakeries as well as formula standardization and conversion production planning, purchasing, costing, and “price for profit.”  Students will hone their skills, learn new formulas and create desserts while practicing techniques, methods and procedures used in the production of desserts and breads.
  
  • CULA 2370 - Bar Service

    Credit Hours 3
    Description:  A study of beverage service in the hospitality industry including spirits, wines, beers, and non-alcoholic beverages.  Topics include purchasing, resource control, legislation, marketing, physical plant requirements, staffing service and the selection of wines to enhance foods.
  
  • CULA 2373 - Gourmet Foods

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
    Description: This course will expand on prior knowledge but also includes vegetable, cookery, pasta and rice cookery, sandwich making, hors d’oeuvres, and food presentation.  Students will be required to plan a 4-course menu and execute it appropriately using their knowledge from other courses.  Students will also explore international cooking to apply all skills learned throughout the class.

     

  
  • CULA 2375 - Purchasing and Cost Control

    Credit Hours 3
    Description: This course is intended to provide the student with the methodologies and tools to control food, beverage, labor and other costs within a hospitality business.  Hospitality purchasing principles are also explored.  This course regularly uses basic mathematics.
  
  • CULA 2376 - International Food

    Credit Hours 3
    Description: International Foods will expose students to some of the diversity of culture and foods of many countries around the world including regions of the United States.  Classroom assignments, cooking demonstrations, guest speakers, and cooking labs will allow students to have a taste of the world.
  
  • CULA 2380 - Culinary Internship

    Credit Hours 3
    Description: This course is a supervised work experience in the culinary field requiring a minimum number of work hours.  Work activities can range from entry-level to professional cooking.  Individual conferences with the intern director are arranged of class attendance.
  
  • CULA 2390 - Culinary Capstone

    Credit Hours 3
    Description:  

    Description:  A capstone course required for all culinary majors.  Topics include recipe development, menu construction, and pricing.  Demonstration of proficiency in proper cooking method, selection and construction of salads, entrees with appropriate side items, and desserts is required for successful completion of CULA 2390.


Dance

  
  • DANC 1035 - Fundamentals of Dance

    Credit Hours 3
    Description:  A dance course designed to provide experience and insight into the art of dance through theory and practice.  Open to all.
  
  • DANC 1040 - World Dance

    Credit Hours 2
    Description: Applied techniques of various world dance forms which may include West African Dance, Belly Dance, Flamenco, Indian Dance or others.  Open to all.
  
  • DANC 1200 - Introduction to Dance

    Credit Hours 3
    Description: A survey course that explores dance as an expressive art form and its place in human culture throughout history.  Open to all.
  
  • DANC 1350 - Ballet I

    Credit Hours 2
    Description: Theory and practice of ballet techniques.  Open to all.
  
  • DANC 1450 - Modern Dance I

    Credit Hours 2
    Description: Theory and practice of modern dance techniques.  Open to all.
  
  • DANC 1500 - Jazz Dance I

    Credit Hours 2
    Description: Theory and practice of jazz dance techniques.  Open to all.
  
  • DANC 1700 - Hip Hop Dance I

    Credit Hours 2
    Description: Exploration of hip-hop dance styles.  Open to all.
  
  • DANC 1850 - Dance Performance Practicum

    Credit Hours 1
    Prerequisite: Department consent
    Description: Practical experience rehearsing and performing in a concert dance work.
  
  • DANC 1900 - Tap Dance I

    Credit Hours 2
    Description: Beginning exploration of form, style, and techniques of tap dance.  Open to all.
  
  • DANC 2300 - Music for the Dancer

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Course restricted to those pursuing theatre and dance majors, minors or concentrations; or permission of instructor.
    Description: Exploration of music properties and genres as they relate to dance techniques and choreography.
  
  • DANC 2355 - Ballet II

    Credit Hours 2
    Prerequisite: DANC 1350  and course restricted to those pursuing theatre and dance majors, minors or concentrations or permission of instructor;
    Description: Theory and practice of ballet techniques at an intermediate level.
  
  • DANC 2450 - Modern Dance II

    Credit Hours 2
    Prerequisite: DANC 1450  and course restricted to those pursuing theatre and dance majors, minors and concentrations or permission of instructor;
    Description: Theory and practice of modern dance techniques at an intermediate level.
  
  • DANC 2500 - Jazz Dance II

    Credit Hours 2
    Prerequisite: DANC 1500  and course restricted to those pursuing theatre and dance majors, minors, or concentrations or permission of instructor;
    Description: Theory and practice of jazz dance techniques at an intermediate level.
  
  • DANC 2600 - Special Topics in Dance

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Department consent
    Description: Occasional course offering to further prepare students for a professional career in dance.  Focus may include the rehearsal and performance dance repertoire, ballet partnering, specialized course taught by a Guest Artist in residence or other.  Topics to be announced.
  
  • DANC 2850 - Dance Performance Practicum

    Credit Hours 1
    Prerequisite: Department consent
    Description: Practical experience rehearsing and performing in a concert dance work.
  
  • DANC 2900 - Tap Dance II

    Credit Hours 2
    Prerequisite: DANC 1900  and course restricted to those pursuirng theater and dance majors, minors or concentrations or permission of instructor;
    Description: Continued exploration of form, style, and techniques of tap dance.
  
  • DANC 3040 - Dance History I

    Credit Hours 3
    Description: A comprehensive examination of the evolution of dances as an art form from its origins to the end of the 19th century.  Open to all.
  
  • DANC 3250 - Dance for Musical Theatre

    Credit Hours 2
    Prerequisite: Course restricted to those pursuing theatre and dance majors, minors or concentrations; or permission of instructor.
    Description: An exploration of dance as itis approached through Musical Theatre.  General Musical Theatre styles will be introduced as well as choreography for the stage.
  
  • DANC 3350 - Ballet III

    Credit Hours 2
    Prerequisite: DANC 2355  and course restricted to those pursuing theatre and dance majors, minors or concentrations or permission of instructor;
    Description: Theory and practice of ballet techniques at an advanced level.
  
  • DANC 3400 - Dance Improvisation

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Course restricted to those pursuing theatre and dance majors, minors or concentrations; or permission of instructor.
    Description: An exploration of improvisation as a means of generating movement for expressiveness, composition, and manipulating movement ideas in choreography.
  
  • DANC 3450 - Modern Dance III

    Credit Hours 2
    Prerequisite: DANC 2450  and course restricted to those pursuing theatre and dance majors, minors or concentrations or permission of instructor;
    Description: Theory and practice of modern dance techniques at an advanced level.
  
  • DANC 3500 - Jazz Dance III

    Credit Hours 2
    Prerequisite: DANC 2500  and course restricted to those pursuing theatre and dance majors, minors or concentrations or permission of instructor;
    Description: Theory and practice of jazz dance techniques at an advanced level.
  
  • DANC 3600 - Special Topics in Dance

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Department consent
    Description: Occasional course offering to further prepare students for a professional career in dance.  Focus may include the rehearsal and performance of significant dance repertoire, ballet partnering, specialized course taught by a guest artist in residence or other.  Topics to be announced.
  
  • DANC 3800 - Dance Composition I

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: DANC 3400  or permission of instructor;
    Description: An exploration of movement invention and the craft of choreography using structural devises, ideas and concepts.
  
  • DANC 3850 - Dance Performance Practicum

    Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Department consent
    Description: Practical experience rehearsing and performing in a concert dance work.
  
  • DANC 3880 - Costuming for Dance

    Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Course restricted to those pursuing theatre and dance majors, minors or concentrations; or permission of instructor.
    Description: Basic design theory as it relates to theatrical dance costumes.  The course will focus on articulation of design concepts in a collaborative process, character analysis, to realization of designs that enhance the choreographic intent.
  
  • DANC 3900 - Tap Dance III

    Credit Hours 2
    Prerequisite: DANC 2900  
    Description: Intermediate exploration of form, style, and techniques of tap dance.
  
  • DANC 4040 - Dance History II

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: DANC 3040 ;
    Description: This course is a comprehensive exploration of the evolution of dance as an art form, from 1900 to present.  Open to all.
  
  • DANC 4200 - Dance Kinesiology

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
    Description: This course will introduce the structure and function of the human body in relationship to dance.  Students will gain a better understanding of human motion through anatomical analysis, conditioning principles, injury prevention, and by identifying individual anomalies.
  
  • DANC 4300 - Dance Somatics

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: DANC 4200  or permission of instructor;
    Description: A guided and structured exploration of movement that employs awareness of the anatomical systems.
  
  • DANC 4350 - Ballet IV

    Credit Hours 2
    Prerequisite: DANC 3350  
    Description: Development of pre-professional classical ballet technique including principles, theory and practice.
  
  • DANC 4400 - Dance Composition II

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: DANC 3800  or permission of instructor;
    Description: This class is an in-depth exploration of movement invention and the craft of choreography using structural devices, ideas and concepts.

     

  
  • DANC 4450 - Modern Dance IV

    Credit Hours 2
    Prerequisite: DANC 3450  and course restricted to those pursuing theatre and dance majors, minors, or concentrations or permission of instructor;
    Description: Theory and practice of modern dance techniques at a pre-professional level.
  
  • DANC 4500 - Theory and Practice of Teaching Dance

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Junior standing and course restricted to those pursuing dance majors, minors or concentrations; or permission of instructor; sophomore standing.
    Description: A practical exploration of dance pedagogy and strategies pertaining to dance techniques and dance education.
  
  • DANC 4550 - Jazz Dance IV

    Credit Hours 2
    Prerequisite: DANC 3500  
    Description: Pre-professional exploration of the form, style, and techniques of jazz dance.
  
  • DANC 4600 - Special Topics in Dance

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Department consent
    Description: Occasional course offerings to further prepare students for a professional career in dance.  Focus may include the rehearsal and performance of significant dance repertoire, ballet partnering, specialized course taught by a guest artist in residence or other.  Topics to be announced.
  
  • DANC 4650 - Independent Research

    Credit Hours 1 to 3
    Variable Credit Hours 1 to 3
    Prerequisite: Department consent
    Description: Opportunity for directed scholarly research in an area of special interest to the student.  Enrollment accepted only after professor has approved a written project proposal from the student.  Variable 1-3 credits.
  
  • DANC 4700 - Analysis and Criticism of Dance

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Course restricted to those pursuing Theatre & Dance Majors, Minors or Concentrations or permission of instructor; Sophomore standing;
     
    Description: Students will study major theories in dance performance, which inform their analysis of contemporary choreography.  Students will hone presentation and writing skills through exposure to different styles and types of critical writing.
  
  • DANC 4750 - Directed Studies in Dance

    Credit Hours 1 to 3
    Variable Credit Hours 1 to 3
    Prerequisite: Department consent
    Description: Directed concentrated study in a specific area of dance. Designed as a substitute for a required course that is needed but not offered in a specific semester.  Permission granted only to allow student a timely graduation.  Variable 1-3 credits.
  
  • DANC 4755 - Dance and Technology

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: DANC 3800  or permission of instructor
    Description: Use and influence of digital technology and other media in the making, performance and presentation of dance and related fields.
  
  • DANC 4850 - Dance Performance Practicum

    Credit Hours 1
    Prerequisite: Department consent
    Description: Practical experience rehearsing and performing in a concert dance work.  May be repeated for credit an additional two times.
  
  • DANC 4900 - Tap Dance IV

    Credit Hours 2
    Prerequisite: DANC 3900  
    Description: Pre-professional exploration of form, style, and techniques of tap dance.
  
  • DANC 4950 - Choreography Practicum

    Credit Hours 2
    Prerequisite: Department consent
    Description: Student choreography of a substantial concert dance work.  May be repeated for credit an additional two times.
  
  • DANC 4995 - Senior Capstone

    Credit Hours 4
    Prerequisite: Department consent and senior standing
    Description: A method of summative evaluation in which the student is given an opportunity in their final year of study to demonstrate integrated knowledge and growth in the major.  Each individual senior dance student will create a substantial work.  Application must be approved.

Diversity

  
  • DIVR 4020 - Capstone Seminar in Social Justice

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Must be AAST minor or WGS minor; and three (3) credit hours in each program.  Permit required.
    Description: Students will examine upper-division readings in feminists and critical race theory culminating in a research project and presentation.

Early Childhood

  
  • EC 2200 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite:   and completion of   
    Description: Historical and theoretical influences upon early childhood education. Legal, ethical, health and safety, and professional issues impacting the care and education of children, birth through age eight. Orientation to early childhood teacher education licensure program and the early childhood profession, including leadership and measurement of programs for young children and their families. Includes observation of early childhood programs.
  
  • EC 3010 - Early Literacy Development

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone I  and completion of EDUC 2100  
    Description: Survey of theoretical, conceptual, and empirical materials on language development in children. Implications for literacy development and the teaching of reading and writing will also be required.
  
  • EC 4020 - Developmentally Appropriate Practice: K-3

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone II  
    Corequisite: MATH 4020  and RDG 4020  
    Description: Survey of theoretical and practical issues related to developmentally appropriate practice including social constructivism, thematic and literature-based instruction, curriculum integration, and the role of the physical and social environment in teaching and learning. Emphasis on social studies curriculum, K-3.
  
  • EC 4030 - Evaluation and Assessment: PreKindergarten–Grade 3

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone II  and RDG 4020 ;
    Corequisite: SPED 4340  
    Description: Student assessment, evaluation of programs, and processes for parent involvement will be addressed. Emphasis on observation on documentation and other authentic strategies. Includes field-based experience with children.
  
  • EC 4040 - Problem Solving: Prekindergarten

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone II  and RDG 4020  
    Corequisite: SPED 4340  
    Description: Develops competency in the selection and use of materials, resources, and instructional strategies to foster problem-solving and higher order thinking skills in prekindergarten children. Develop of early science, math, and social skills will be emphasized. Includes field-based experience with children.
  
  • EC 4080 - Child Guidance and Classroom Management

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone II  and RDG 4020  
    Description: Theories of classroom organization and management and their application, prekindergarten - grade three.  A field experience is required.  Must be taken in semester prior to student teaching.
  
  • EC 4140 - Applications of Development Theory

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone II  and RDG 4020  
    Description: Develops competency in the selection and use of materials, in the use of instructional strategies, and in the teaching of specific skills. A portion of course is field based.
  
  • EC 4160 - Learning Styles of the Culturally Different

    Credit Hours 3
    Description: Give the student appropriate experiences in: (1) developing an awareness of the learning styles, (2) investigating materials and methods designed to aid in the learning process, and (3) formulating objectives and techniques for working with the parents of the culturally different child.
  
  • EC 4170 - Evaluation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education

    Credit Hours 3
    Description: Pupil assessment, evaluation of programs, and processes for parent involvement in Early Childhood Education. A portion of the course is field based.

Early Childhood-Teaching and Learning

  
  • Milestone I - Milestone I – Candidacy Status

    Credit Hours
    Prerequisite:
     

     
    Description: • Completion of EDUC 2100 / or equivalent with “C” or better
    • Minimum of 12 hours of undergraduate credit or 3 hours of graduate credit
    • Minimum 2.5 GPA
    • Acceptable level for knowledge and skills identified for Milestone I through approval of electronic portfolio
    • Evidence of Professional Dispositions
    • Completion of security clearance by TBI/FBI

  
  • Milestone II - Milestone II – Provisional Status

    Credit Hours
    Description: • Minimum 2.75 GPA
    • Minimum of “C” in Professional Minor courses
    • Acceptable level for knowledge and skills identified for Milestone II through approval of electronic protfolio
    • Evidence of Professional Dispositions
    • Minimum of 45 hours if undergraduate or 9 hours if graduate student
    • Minimum Praxis I (PPST Reading–174; Writing–173; and Math–173 or ACT–22; SAT–1020) or GRE (Verbal–350 and Quantitative–350) for graduate students
    • Successful interview (during EDUC 3070/5501)
    • Completion of security clearance by TBI/FBI
  
  • Milestone III - Milestone III – Clinical Status

    Credit Hours
    Description: • 2.75 GPA
    • Minimum of Grade of “C” in all professional education courses
    • Passing all required Praxis II tests (see list of testing requirements for specific tests on College of Education website)
    • Completion of all courses required for licensure/degree
    • Acceptable level for knowledge and skills identified for Milestone III through approval of electronic portfolio
    • Evidence of Professional Disposition
    • Completion of security clearance by TBI/FBI

Economics

  
  • ECON 2100 - Principles of Macroeconomics

    Credit Hours 3
    Description: Principles of pricing, stabilization, and growth in a modern capitalist economy, supply and demand, employment theory and fiscal policy banking systems and monetary policy, economic growth, and fundamentals of the international economy.
  
  • ECON 2200 - Principles of Microeconomics

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: ECON 2100  
    Description: Concepts of value and distribution under alternative market condition, elasticity, allocation of resources and price determination, analysis of consumption, and marginal utility.
  
  • ECON 3010 - Intermediate Microeconomics

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: BB 1  
    Description: Concepts of value and distribution under alternative market condition, elasticity, allocation of resources and price determination, analysis of consumption, and marginal utility.
  
  • ECON 3020 - Intermediate Macroeconomics

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: BB 1  
    Description: Macroeconomic problems of inflation and unemployment, statistics (GDP and the Consumer Price Index) and theory (Classical, Keynesian, and Monetarist views), and public policies.
  
  • ECON 3210 - Money and Banking

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: BB 1  
    Description: The nature and function of money, organization and operation of monetary and financial systems, determinants of money supply and demand, the conduct of monetary policy and its impact on employment, income and price level.
  
  • ECON 3220 - Managerial Economics

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: BB 1  
    Description: Environment of the firm, intra-firm decision problems, analytical concepts and methods, partial-quilibrium analysis of the product markets, analysis of factor productivities, cost, pricing principles and practices, and estimation of demand and cost primarily from the standpoint of managers in the private sector.
  
  • ECON 3510 - Government and Business

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: BB 1  
    Description: Relationships between government and business, government efforts to enforce competition to regulate public utilities, and protect the special interests of farmers, workers, and consumers.
  
  • ECON 3900 - Economic Internship

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: BB 1  with GPA of 3.0 and permission of Internship Coordinator
    Description: Designed to provide academic credit for relevant and meaningful experience in preparation for economics positions.  Weekly updates, term paper, and satisfactory evaluation by employer/supervisor required for credit.  Grading on a pass/fail basis.
  
  • ECON 3960 - Urban Environments and Economics

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: BB 1  
    Description: An examination is made of the urban environments. Consideration is given to environmental problems.
  
  • ECON 3980 - Economic Geography

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: BB 1  
    Description: A systematic examination of the structure of dynamic global economic activities. Economic theory is emphasized for review of geographic patterns of resource utilization.
  
  • ECON 4000 - Issues in Free Enterprise

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: BB 1  
    Description: Special topics in the area of free enterprise; topics may vary from time to time according to the specialty of the occupant of the Chair of Excellence in Free Enterprise in the BBA Program.
  
  • ECON 4210 - Public Finance

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: BB 1  
    Description: Role of government and its function and limitations in a market, provision of goods and services by all levels of government instruments of taxation evaluated according to efficiency and equity criteria, and contemporary public sector issues.
  
  • ECON 4310 - Labor Economics

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: BB 1  
    Description: Economics of the labor market and labor relations, theories of wages and employment, determination of unemployment, investment in human capital, discrimination, public policy toward the labor market, role of labor unions, practices, procedures, legal foundations, legal structure associated with collective bargaining, form and content of the labor contract, grievance machinery, and mediation and arbitration institutions.
  
  • ECON 4610 - International Economics

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: BB 1  
    Description: Process of international commerce. Theory of trade and exchange rates, institutional and legal environment, current policy issues, analysis of international trade and finance, causes and effects of protection, balance of payments, foreign exchange market, international monetary and financial systems, and international economic cooperation and competition.
  
  • ECON 4900 - Special Problems in Economics

    Credit Hours 1 to 6
    Variable Credit Hours 1 to 6
    Prerequisite: Permission of Chair and instructor
    Description: Teacher supervised independent study of economics topics (out-of-classroom) of mutual interest to the student and faculty member.

Education

  
  • APSU 1050 - Full Spectrum Learning Year 1

    Credit Hours 0
    Description: This is for students participating in the first year of Full Spectrum Learning.  The course builds on the individuals strengths of each student and how they work best in the school and work environment.  Pass/Fail grade.

     

  
  • APSU 2050 - Full Spectrum Learning Year 2

    Credit Hours 0
    Description: This course is for second year students participating in Full Spectrum Learning.  The course focus is on reframing the students view of ASD and seeing the positive qualities.  Pass/Fail grade.
  
  • APSU 3050 - Full Spectrum Learning Year 3

    Credit Hours 0
    Description: This is for students participating in the third year of Full Spectrum Learning.  The course builds on the individuals strengths of each student and how they work best in the school and work environment.  Pass/Fail grade.
  
  • APSU 4050 - Full Spectrum Learning Year 4

    Credit Hours 0
    Description: This is for students participating in the fourth year for Full Spectrum Learning.  Students will focus on career readiness and what makes them marketable when seeking employment.  Pass/Fail grade.

     

  
  • EDUC 2100 - Foundations of Education

    Credit Hours 2
    Prerequisite: 12 credit hours of core requirements and ENGL 1010  
    Description: The social, philosophical and historical background of education. The course will contain lecture/discussion and a required field based experience. LiveText is introduced.
  
  • EDUC 3040 - Instructional Technology

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone I  
    Description: Competency in microcomputer applications in the instructional process, including the use of instructional software, media integration, and use of micros in classroom management.
  
  • EDUC 3070 - Instructional Strategies

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone I  and EDUC 2100  
    Description: Competencies in selected generic teaching skills such as mastery learning, questioning, positive reinforcement, student evaluation/differential instruction, etc. Required prior to restricted enrollment courses (methods blocks, 4400’s). Application for provisional admission to teacher education required during this semester of enrollment. A field experience is required.
  
  • EDUC 3090 - Elementary School Curriculum, Methods, and Philosophy

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone I  
    Description: Elementary School Curriculum, Methods, and Philosophy. The courses focuses on the principles of child development, effective and differentiated instructional strategies for diverse young learners, standards-based curriculum integration, instructional planning and assessment. A field experience is required.
  
  • EDUC 4040 - Teaching Social Studies: K-5

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone II 
    Corequisite: SCI 4020 
    Description: The objectives, problems, and instructional techniques in teaching social studies, grades K-5. A school-based teaching experience is required.
  
  • EDUC 4045 - Culture, Communication, and Community in the ELL Classroom

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone I  or enrollment as a non-degree seeking student
    Description: Topics include language and identity, language and power, cultural competence and factors related to participating in a culture other than one’s native culture. The course focuses on cultural issues related to managing
    the second language classroom environment and the significance of culture and school in building literacy in a second language.
  
  • EDUC 4062 - Teaching Grammar to English Language Learners

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone I  or enrollment as a non-degree seeking student
    Description: This course is designed to allow students to become familiar with various techniques of teaching grammar to non-native English speakers. Specific areas covered include grammatical terminology, identifying and labeling
    sentence structures, and developing understandings of the ways English syntax conveys meaning.
  
  • EDUC 4063 - Reading and Writing Methods for English Language Learners

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone I  or enrollment as a non-degree seeking student
    Description: Topics build basic knowledge in oral, reading, and writing development in English ELL students. The course covers language acquisition theories, literacy development in the first and second language. The course assists
    practicing classroom teachers in meeting the needs of English language learners with varying levels of English language proficiency and educational experiences.
  
  • EDUC 4065 - Assessment of English Language Learner Students

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone I  or enrollment as a non-degree seeking student
    Description: Topics will train teachers to survey varying approaches to evaluating language and communication skills; distinguish between tests designed for language proficiency from those designed to detect learning problems;
    investigate models of language assessment; distinguish between tests designed to assess knowledge of language structure from those that evaluate communicative skill; critique research being done in the area of
    testing in a second language.
  
  • EDUC 4080 - Classroom Organization and Management

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone II , EDUC 3070 , RDG 4020  
    Description: Theories of classroom organization and management and their application. A field experience is required. Must be taken semester prior to student teaching.
  
  • EDUC 4081 - Classroom Organization and Management - Secondary

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Must meet Milestone II requirements
    Description: Theories of classroom organization and management and their application designed for secondary education.  A field experience is required. Must be taken semester prior to student teaching.
  
  • EDUC 4090 - Middle School Methods and Curriculum

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone II , MUS 1030 , ART 1030  
    Description: Curriculum, program, and philosophy uniquely focused on the middle grades student. A field experience is required.
  
  • EDUC 4160 - Teaching Diverse Students

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone I  
    Description: This course addresses the impact of student diversity on teaching and learning.  Differences in beliefs, effective instruction of linguistic minorities, and socialization among groups are analyzed, with a focus on the relationship of these differences to learning outcomes in U.S. classrooms.  Instructional strategies based on multicultural models of education are examined and alternative assessments are reviewed.  A field experience is required.
  
  • EDUC 4161 - Teaching Diverse Students-Secondary, Middle, and SPED Only

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: As part of the Practicum block of courses for those seeking secondary (6-12), middle school (6-8), and Special Education licensure, Milestone II status is required.
    Description: This course addresses the impact of student diversity on teaching and learning for those seeking secondary (6-12), middle school (6-8), or Special Education licensure. Differences in beliefs, effective instruction of linguistic minorities, and socialization among groups are analyzed, with a focus on the relationship of these differences to learning outcomes in U.S. classrooms. Instructional strategies based on multicultural models of education are examined, and alternative assessments are reviewed. As part of the Practicum block of
    courses, a field experience is required.
  
  • EDUC 4270 - Classroom Evaluation and Assessment

    Credit Hours 3
    Prerequisite: Milestone I , EDUC 4440  
    Description: Pupil assessment; evaluation of programs; self-assessment; differentiated instruction; contemporary assessment strategies; and related research applications.
 

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