Counseling
and Human Services
EDP
689 (1) Field Experience in Counseling
(to be taken concurrently)
Instructor: Harold
Hackney
Course Description:
Examination of origins and functions of counseling as a profession.
Identification of common developmental issues facing people and
the contributions of counseling to the resolution of these issues
and tasks. Reviews settings in which counselors work.
Placement in a counseling
setting for beginning students. Observation of and introduction
to counseling activities. Co-requisite with EDP 685.
EDP
783 (3) The Practicum in Counseling
Instructor: Staff
Course Description:
Supervised counseling experience for advanced students in counseling
or rehabilitation counseling. Conducting interviews,counseling,
and preparing case reports. Weekly case conferences with supervising
instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.
EDP
883 (3) Group Counseling, Theory, and Practice
Instructor: Noreen
Glover
Course Description:
An examination of the theory and practice of and research in group
counseling. The course offers opportunity for participation in
and facilitation of small groups.
EDP
795/RCE 795 (3-6) Internship in Counseling
Instructor: Staff
Course Description:
Full-time (one semester) or half-time (two semesters) field placement
in a counseling setting. A weekly seminar permits clarification
of and assistance with field issues. May be repeated for up to
12 credits. Prereq: permission of instructor.
EDP
897 (3) Advanced Practicum
Instructor: Staff
Course Description:
Doctoral students placed in clinical settings in a variety of
agencies or college counseling centers in the vicinity. Students
conduct counseling and receive supervision from clinically advanced
supervisors.
EDP
889 (3-6) Doctoral Internship
Instructor: Staff
Course Description:
Following EDP 897, the Doctoral Internship affords doctoral students
to develop their clinical skills to a degree consistent with a
doctoral degree. A variety of clinical settings in the region
afford such opportunities.
Cultural
Foundations of Education
CFE
444 (3) Schooling and Diversity
Instructor: Joan Burstyn
Course Description:
Construction of diversity (race, ethnicity, gender, nationality,
class, disability, sexual orientation) in schools. Emergence of
inequalities based on difference in pedagogy and curriculum. Student
resistance in relation to cultural diversity. Teaching for empowerment.
Coreq: inclusive program student teaching.
Education
(General)
EDU
203 (3) Study of Elementary and Special Education Teaching
Instructor: Staff
Course Description:
Techniques of inquiry into classroom and school practices. Topics,
issues, values related to inclusive education. Application of
observation skills in field or laboratory settings. Students may
not receive credit for EDU 203 and the following: EDU 207, SPE
204, SPE 210, EDU 605.
EDU
207 (3) Study of Teaching
Instructor: Staff
Course Description:
Techniques of inquiry used to determine how teaching can be made
more effective. Skills applied in field experience by focusing
on teacher and student behavior, separately and interactively.
No more than one of EDU 203, 207, and 605 may be taken for credit.
EDU
300 (1-3) Methods and Practicum in Literacy Tutoring
Instructor: Kathleen
Hinchman and Pamela K. Heintz
Course Description:
Course will include extensive field placement in a tutoring setting.
*EDU
303 (3) Teaching and Learning for Inclusive Schooling
Instructor: Staff
Course Description:
Principles of instruction for inclusive schooling based upon theory
and research in children’s learning. Emphasizing education
for diverse student needs in elementary schools. Includes field
placement. Students tutor primary children - 15 hr. per student.
May not receive credit for both EDU 303 and EDU 307/607.
EDU
307/607 (3) Principles of Teaching and Learning in Inclusive Classrooms
Instructor: Staff
Course Description:
CR w/ EDU 607. Teaching diverse student populations in classrooms
and schools as complex learning settings; individual, group, and
environmental factors relating to instruction and schooling, teacher
decision making based upon classroom observations, theory and
situation analysis. No more than one of EDU 303, 307 or 607 may
be taken for credit. Prereq: EDU 203, 207, or equivalent for EDU
307; graduate standing for EDU 607.
Elementary
Education
EED
333/623 (3) Elementary Mathematics Methods and Curriculum
Instructor: Staff
Course Description:
Scope, sequences, and materials. Examination of programs. Adapting
curriculum and methods for children with and without handicaps.
Field experience teaching. Prereq: Admission to first professional
block.
EED
334/624 (3) Elementary Language Arts Methods and Curriculum
Instructor: Staff
Course Description:
Design, implementation, and evaluation of programs for learners
with and without handicaps. Relationships among the language arts
and the role of oral and written language in personal, educational,
social, and vocational development. Field experience. Prereq:
Admittance to first professional block.
EED
335/625 (3) Elementary Reading Methods and Curriculum
Instructor: Kathleen
Hinchman
Course Description:
Decision making processes related to methods and materials used
during reading instruction. Formulation of lesson plans, teaching,
evaluation for children with and without handicaps. Understanding
of comprehension processes. Field experience teaching. Prereq:
Admittance to first professional block.
EED
336/626 (3) Elementary Social Studies Methods and Curriculum
Instructor: Staff
Course Description:
Formulation and teaching of thematic unit plans to children with
and without disabilities. Incorporates children’s multicultural
literature, inquiry based curriculum materials, primary source
documents, and activity based instruction. Decisions based on
concepts and values. Prereq: Admittance to second professional
block.
EED
337/627 (3) Elementary Science Methods and Curriculum
Instructor: Staff
Course Description:
Formulation and teaching of unit plans to children with and without
handicaps. Decisions based on concepts and thinking skills. Review
of curriculum materials and student centered activities. Fostering
inquiry. Prereq: Admittance to second professional block.
Special
Education
SPE
311 (3) Perspectives With Disabilities
Instructor: Staff
Course Description:
Overview of learner characteristics and service delivery models
for students with disabilities; selected issues in child protection;
problem solving processes to meet student needs in inclusive schools
and communities. May be repeated for maximum of 4 credits. Students
may not receive credit for SPE 309 and SPE 311.
SPE
312 (1) Practicum in Disabilities: Planning the IEP/IFSP
Instructor: Staff
Course Description:
Supervised community placement pairing with a child with disabilities,
including school and non-school experiences, family respite, peer
interactions, and advocacy. IEP/IFSP decision making and planning
for inclusion , and family involvement. Prereq: SPE 311
SPE
511 (3) Practicum in Functional/Community based Instruction
Instructor: Linda Davern
Course Description:
Field based experience in middle or high school program for students
with disabilities requiring academic, functional, and/or community
referenced curriculum; implementation of adaptive instruction,
IEP and teaming components in school and community. Prereq: SPE
543
SPE
705 Seminar in Psycho educational Assessment and Planning for
Exceptional Children
Instructor: Corinne
Smith and other Psycho educational Teaching Laboratory staff.
Course Description:
Working on a psycho educational teaching laboratory team, students
learn to evaluate and plan programs for youngsters with puzzling
learning and/or behavioral difficulties using home and school
observations, formal, informal, and curriculum based assessment
strategies. Prereq: permission of instructor.
Exercise
Science
PPE
481 Adapted Physical Education
Instructor: Staff
Course Description:
Principles for developing strategies for programs to fulfill physical
education and recreation needs and interests of individuals with
physical, mental, or emotional disabilities. Field experience.
Reading
and Language Arts
RED
644 (3) Basic Reading Remediation
Instructor: Staff
Course Description:
Common causes of reading disabilities, diagnosis of such disabilities,
and establishment of treatment programs. Individual, group testing,
and treatment programs. Identification of common reading disabilities
and basic remediation techniques. Involves students in studying
and implementing a variety of literacy assessment procedures.
RED
645 (3) Advanced Reading Remediation
Instructor: Staff
Course Description:
Diagnostic techniques that require the advanced training and remediation
techniques developed for severe reading disabilities. Practice
in diagnosis and treatment. Review of current research work in
remedial reading. Prereq: RED 644 or qualifying examination, permission
of instructor.
RED
747 (3) Reading Clinic
Instructor: Hinchman
Course Description:
Practice in diagnosing and tutoring disabled readers. May be taken
one or two semesters during the academic year or as a six-credit
course during the summer. Prereq: RED 644, 645.
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