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2013-2014 Undergraduate Bulletin [Archived Bulletin]
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CJFS 3410 - Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction
Goals: To develop skills in the investigation of crime scenes; to recognize evidence; and to understand the role of physical evidence in the legal system.
Content: The role of crime scene investigation in the legal system; properties of evidence; evidence collection procedures; admissibility of evidence; and interpreting and reporting results.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisites: CJFS 3400
Credits: 2 credits
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CJFS 3420 - Forensic Biology
Goals: To develop skills in the analysis of biological evidence; and to understand the role of science in the legal system.
Content: Properties of biological evidence; evidence collection procedures; analysis and interpretation of evidence; reporting analysis results; and admissibility of evidence and expert testimony.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisites: CJFS 3400 and BIOL 3060
Credits: 2 credits
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CJFS 3430 - Forensic Document Examination
Goals: To develop skills in the examination of questioned documents; and to understand the role of science in the legal system.
Content: Properties of document evidence; evidence collection procedures; analysis and interpretation of evidence; reporting analysis results; and admissibility of evidence and expert testimony.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisites: CJFS 3400
Credits: 2 credits
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CJFS 3440 - Forensic Fingerprint Examination
Goals: To develop skills in the examination of fingerprints; and to understand the role of science in the legal system.
Content: Properties of fingerprint evidence; evidence collection procedures; analysis and interpretation of evidence; reporting analysis results; and admissibility of evidence and expert testimony.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisites: CJFS 3400
Credits: 2 credits
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CJFS 3450 - Forensic Firearm and Toolmark Examination
Goals: To develop skills in applying the techniques used by forensic scientists in examining firearms and toolmarks, and to understand the role of science in medico-legal and forensic contexts.
Content: Course content will focus on the role forensic firearm and tool mark examination in civil and criminal cases. Content specific to forensic firearm and toolmark examination will include properties of evidence, admissibility of evidence and expert testimony, evidence collection procedures, methods of evidence analyses, and interpretation and communication of results.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisites: CJFS 3400
Credits: 4 credits
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CJFS 3580 - Forensic Science Internship
Goals: To enable students to pursue internships and explore the connections between forensic science knowledge and experience in forensic science or related agencies; and to integrate internship experiences with their academic coursework.
Content: Designing and completing an independent research project at a crime lab or medical examiner office; maintaining a reflective journal and discussing the internship experience; delivering a presentation about the research findings.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: CJFS 3400
Note 1: Forensic Science students majoring in criminal justice may take CJFS 5660 to complete this requirement.
Note 2: Students should contact the instructor well in advance of the beginning of the semester to discuss their placement site to assure prompt commencement of the internship.
Note 3: Students interested in pursuing a laboratory internship must have, at the time of registration, no less than a 2.7 GPA in the natural science courses and a cumulative GPA of no less than a 3.0.
Credits: 2
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CJFS 3590 - Current Issues in Forensic Science
Goals: To explore and discuss issues that impact forensic scientists, affect the practice of forensic science, and the admissibility of scientific evidence and expert testimony in a court of law.
Content: Challenges to the scientific basis and reliability of forensic science disciplines; key legal rulings on the admissibility of scientific evidence and expert testimony; scientific working groups and standards of practice; laboratory accreditation; professional certification; and the ethical practices and responsibilities of forensic scientists.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: CJFS 3400
Credits: 4 credits
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CJFS 3600 - LAB: Forensic Chemical Microscopy
This lab must be taken concurrently with the CJFS 3600 lecture.
The lab itself has zero credit value.
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CJFS 3700 - Policing in America
Goals: The objectives for this course are for students to understand police organizations/operations from a social science perspective.
Content: The course covers topics related to police conduct, community policing, police subculture, professionalization of the police, ethical decision making in law enforcement and evidence-based policing.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisite: CJFS 1120; or LGST 1110; or instructor consent.
Credits: 4
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CJFS 3750 - Criminology
Goal: The objectives for this course are for students to understand the causes of crime and why individuals commit crimes.
Content: The focus of this course are theories of crime and of criminal behavior and the contexts (individual and societal characteristics, family, and neighborhood) associated with crime and offending.
Taught: Annually, fall and spring.
Prerequisite: CJFS 1120; or LGST 1110; or PSY 1330; or SOC 1100 . For criminal justice majors, it is strongly recommended that you complete CJFS 1140 prior to enrolling in this class.
Credits: 4
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CJFS 3760 - Juvenile Deliquency/Juvenile Justice
Goals: To acquaint the student with the history and inception of the juvenile court; the evolution of adolescence; understand, evaluate and apply theories of delinquency; and describe the organization of the juvenile justice system and intervention strategies.
Content: Topics covered in this course include the historical development of the concept of delinquency, theories related to delinquent behavior, and how theories influence and impact the development of juvenile justice policy. The course will also cover the structure and operations of the juvenile justice system, and examine recent legal reforms and juvenile correctional strategies employed by professionals today.
Taught: Annually, fall and spring.
Prerequisite: One of the following: CJFS 1120; or LGST 1110; or PSY 1330; or SOC 1110; or instructor consent.
Notes: It is highly recommended that criminal justice majors complete CJFS 1140 prior to enrolling in this course. This course is designed for students during their junior or senior year of study.
This course is an approved elective for Sociology majors.
Credits: 4
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CJFS 3770 - Punishment, Corrections and Society
Goals: The objectives of this course are to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the issues and methods of punishment and social control used within American correctional practice and to review the empirical research assessing the effectiveness of correctional practice.
Content: This course examines theories of punishment and asks questions such as “Why do we punish and how much? Is punishment a deterrent for future criminal offending behavior? What are current correctional, sentencing, and punishment techniques being used in the United States? The course will also cover theories of punishment, the structure and operations of the U.S jail, prison, and correction systems, and explore current correctional policies and their impact on individuals and society.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisite: CJFS 1120; or LGST 1110; or PSY 1330; or SOC 1110; or SOCJ 1100.
Note: It is strongly recommended that students majoring in criminal justice complete CJFS 1140 prior to enrolling in this course.
Credits: 4
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CJFS 5660 - Capstone and Internship in Criminal Justice
Goals: To enable students to pursue internships and explore the connections between criminal justice knowledge and skills and experiences in professional workplace settings.
Content: An exploration of applied criminal justice and the application of criminal justice concepts to professional workplace practice; independent research projects and frequent on-campus seminars are designed to connect academic and internship experiences.
Taught: Fall and spring
Prerequisites: CJFS 3750, and LGST 3810, LGST 3820; or co-registration in LGST 3810 or LGST 3820; or permission of the instructor.
Note: The internship must be completed concurrently with the course. Students should contact the instructor well in advance of the beginning of the semester to discuss their internship placement site to assure prompt commencement of the internship.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 1100 - Introduction to Communication Studies
Goals: To introduce students to the field of communication studies by providing an overview of approaches to studying communication in a variety of contexts.
Content: An examination of the research and theory related to the dynamics of human communication. The process of attributing and sharing meaning, the effects of nonverbal behavior on interpretation and meaning attribution, the factors influencing interpersonal, small group, organizational, intercultural, and mass communication.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisites: None.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 1110 - Public Speaking
Goals: To develop an awareness of the role of public discourse in American society; to achieve an understanding of the processes of research, reasoning, and rhetorical invention that underlie the creation of effective oral arguments and critical listening; to develop competence in basic public speaking skills; to learn to present information more clearly, and to argue a case more effectively.
Content: Theory of communication in the public setting; factors influencing message creation and construction; the role of research and evidence in public discourse; adaptation to the communication situation and audience; ethical issues in public communication; exposition; argumentation and persuasion; delivery.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisites: None.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 1320 - Introduction to Critical Media Studies
Goals: To introduce students to conceptual frameworks of critical media studies; to create savvy media consumers by teaching them to understand forces behind media institutions that influence the ways they create messages; to learn to construct and express oral arguments pertaining to media issues more effectively and more academically.
Content: New media and old media, media theory, communications infrastructure, media ownership, media impact, media policy and law, media ethics.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisites: None.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 1650 - Argumentation and Advocacy
Goals: To study argumentation theories, including historical perspectives and current approaches; to understand arguments as a method of inquiry and advocacy, and as a problem-solving tool; to consider the ethical implications of formal and informal argument; to increase skills in critical thinking, in evaluation of evidence and reasoning, in developing strategies for the invention of persuasive argument, in evaluating formal and informal argument, and in justifying argumentation choices. To learn to construct and express oral arguments effectively in a public setting.
Content: Analysis of theories and strategies of argumentation; application of principles and theories of argumentation; emphasis on critical assessment of argumentation in a variety of contexts and media.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisites: None.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 3180 - Film Studies
Crosslisted
(Listed under Theatre Arts, THTR 3180.)
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COMM 3300 - Communication Research Methods
Goals: To introduce a range of research methods used in studying communication; to develop an understanding of the purposes of communication research; to learn how to design a research project; to identify strengths and limitations of various research methods; to develop an appreciation of ethical issues in research.
Content: Various types of research methods, both qualitative and quantitative, such as experimental research, survey research, ethnographic research, textual analysis, content analysis, historical/critical research.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: COMM 1100 or consent of instructor.
This course must be completed by the end of the junior year to be eligible for departmental honors. It is also a prerequisite for the Senior Research Seminar (COMM 5900).
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 3320 - Mass Communication
Goals: To study the characteristics of mass communication creation, dissemination, consumption, and impact.
Content: Analysis of theoretical approaches to studying and understanding mass media; discussion of the historical development and current and future technologies of print and electronic media; technical, regulatory, economic, social, and ethical factors in mass communication; and the impact of mass media in society.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: COMM 1100 or COMM 1320, acceptance into the international journalism certificate program, or consent of instructor.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 3360 - Interpersonal Communication
Goals: To study one-on-one and relational communication; to provide opportunities to examine individual communication interaction patterns.
Content: Overview and analysis of theories of interpersonal communication. Topics include communication and self-image, self-disclosure relationship communication, conflict and communication, communication and relationship development, and analysis of conversation. Attention is given to ways of studying interpersonal communication interaction and practical application.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: COMM 1100 strongly recommended.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 3370 - Family Communication
Goals: To introduce students to a wide variety of theories that attempt to describe, explain, and analyze the different kinds of issues and interpersonal dynamics in the field of family communication; to become familiar with the ways that research is conducted in family communication and to gain an understanding of the results of that research.
Content: Theories of family communication. Interpretative, quantitative, and critical approaches to doing research in the field of family communication. Spousal, sibling, and parent/child communication patterns. Cultural differences in family functioning and family communication. Conflict management in families. Changes in family dynamics over the lifespan of a family. Single parent families, stepfamilies, blended families, and gay and lesbian families. Communication patterns in families with adopted children and biracial children. Families dealing with crisis.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: None.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 3380 - Small Group Communication
Goals: To examine communication interaction in the small task-oriented group. To gain an understanding of how group dynamics are influenced by communication, and how group dynamics in turn affect communication patterns. To gain an understanding of task issues as well as interpersonal relationships in groups, and how communication affects both; to provide opportunities to examine individual communication interaction patterns.
Content: Theory of small-group communication. Examination of the phases of small-group interaction, development of norms, roles, group cohesiveness, productivity, and leadership. Analysis of the impact of power, status, conflict, and conformity on small-group discussion. Pragmatic skills related to group presentations and methods and enhancing group discussion.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: COMM 1100 or junior/senior standing.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 3390 - Organizational Communication
Goals: To introduce the role of communication in organizational settings, with particular emphasis upon examining organizational dynamics as communication processes; to introduce classic and contemporary organizational communication theoretical approaches; to gain skills in applying theoretical concepts to the investigation of communication issues in actual organizations; to examine processes of organizational communication, including culture, socialization, leadership, technological processes, and diversity management processes.
Content: Organizational communication theories, approaches, perspectives, functions, and structures; organizational culture; communication processes in organizations; methods for conducting research in organizational settings.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: COMM 1100 or consent of instructor.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 3420 - Media in Global Perspective
Goals: To help students gain a theoretical and practical perspective on global mass media systems, both as national and international purveyors of information and culture; to examine and critically analyze the factors influencing media operations and content.
Content: Examination of social, cultural, political, technical, regulatory, economic, and linguistic factors that influence media systems around the world; analysis of national laws, ethics, and norms in relation to media systems; examination of the interconnectedness of world media systems, including patterns of import and export of media products; analysis of the relationship between media and culture.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisites: COMM 1100 or COMM 1320, and COMM 3320, or permission of instructor or the director of the international journalism certificate program. International journalism certificate candidates should consult the director regarding foreign language requirements.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 3460 - Intercultural Communication
Goals: To study the nature of communication as it is affected by cultural and co-cultural variables; to become familiar with philosophies and approaches to the study of communication and diversity; to experience dynamics of intercultural communication; to examine the relationship between culture and perception, thought, language, and behavior; to examine how culture influences and plays a role in public and private communication interactions (e.g., interpersonal relationships, communication in small-group and organizational settings, argumentation, mass communication).
Content: Philosophies and theories of intercultural communication; application of concepts and issues to actual experiences; discussion of the influence of culture on all aspects of communication; emphasis is on understanding the relationship of culture to communicative practices and meaning systems.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: COMM 1100 strongly recommended.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 3480 - Media and Global Environmental Conflicts
Goals: This course examines the role news and popular media (e.g. advertising, micro-marketing, social networking such as web 2.0) play in setting agenda and constructing meanings of various issues in global environmental discourse. The students will learn to expand understanding in how language and image shape human perception about the natural world; to critically examine the structures and implications of environmental representation; to analyze the ways in which environmental issues are framed by different media; and to understand the complex relationship between economic development that fosters consumer culture and the environment.
Content: The course is presented in the forms of both theoretical analysis and practical media writing. The coursework involves general reading and discussion on different stages of world development, social change, environmental impacts, and the global politics of sustainable development with a central focus on how mass media make meanings of these issues.
Note: Student evaluation is based on class participation, discussion, examinations, essays and the student’s weblog production.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: COMM 1100 or COMM 1320.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 3560 - Communication in Conflict Situations
Goals: To learn about the dynamics of communication interaction in conflict situations; to explore approaches to dealing with conflict, including examining the strengths and weaknesses associated with communication styles, tactics, strategies, uses and expressions of power, the impact of “face,” the impact of culture, and framing; to become familiar with and examine the role of third-party intervention; to develop greater awareness of the consequences associated with one’s own communicative choices in conflict situations.
Content: The role that communication plays in conflict situations, the general principles of communication in conflict, including the way communities develop and share symbolic world views that may come into conflict with those held by different communities. Examination of approaches to dealing with conflicts, such as problem resolution approaches, mediation, and negotiation strategies. Students will apply the theoretical perspectives to individual interpersonal conflict situations as well as to contemporary societal conflicts.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: None.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 3630 - Persuasion
Goals: To develop insight into the role of strategic communication in advocating ideas, establishing identification, and influencing policy and people; to learn how to analyze the components of strategic communication and persuasive campaigns in a variety of fields; to apply rhetorical and persuasion theory in creating, analyzing, and critically examining strategic messages.
Content: The diverse purposes of strategic communication and the influence of communication environments on strategic communicative choices. Discussion of attitude and behavioral change as influenced by symbolic processes. Critical analysis of persuasive messages and campaigns. How to undertake research and planning in developing communication approaches to a variety of situations.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: COMM 1100 or COMM 1650, or consent of instructor.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 3635 - Essentials of Public Relations
Goals: This course will familiarize students with the basic concepts and principles of public relations and prepare them to develop and deliver effective and ethical public communications on behalf of both for- and non-profit organizations.
Content: The role, function, and historical evolution of public relations in post-industrial society; professional and legal responsibilities of those who work in public relations; public relations activities across contexts (private and public, and in for- and non-profit organizations); concepts of public relations; audience analysis; development of market surveys; production and presentation of an integrated public relations campaign; use of new media (internet) in public relations campaigns.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisites: COMM 1650; COMM 3320, 3360, or 3390 recommended.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 3639 - Persuasive Cases and Campaigns
Goals: In this course we use a rhetorical perspective to investigate the relevance of campaigns and messaging in civil, democratic societies. The course familiarizes students with the practice of campaigning and building cases by groups, institutions, and corporations. Students will explore the properties of public campaigns, and they will practice varied critical approaches used by communication theorists studying campaigns. Students will be challenged to critically consume public relations messages, and they will be asked to practice the skills associated with excellent public campaigning.
Content: This course explores theoretical understandings of how media figures, individuals, politicians, government organizations, nonprofits, corporations, and other organizations communicate with public audiences. Students will investigate how messages are tailored to fit campaigns, political ideologies, corporate frameworks, and institutional goals. The class will examine the history of public relations, the ethical questions associated with campaigns and messages, and critical issues in public campaigning. Students will encounter various theoretical approaches from the rhetorical, critical and excellence models. Students will analyze historical cases and discuss the role of public relations in civil society.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisites: COMM 1650 recommended.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 3650 - Political Communication
Goals: To examine and criticize the political rhetoric of individuals and groups as well as the research and theory that illuminates that rhetoric; to learn about communication strategies used to attempt to win votes, establish, maintain, or re-establish the legitimacy of elected and appointed officials, build or destroy support for political policies and actions, and realize political and/or social change.
Content: Readings and discussion of historical and contemporary rhetoric that has sought to influence political decision making and governance. Study and application of theoretical perspectives on rhetorical criticism. Study and application of other theoretical approaches to the analysis of political communication.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: COMM 1650 is recommended.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 3670 - Gender, Communication, and Knowledge
Goals: To increase awareness of the relationship of communication and gender; the portrayal of gender in public discourse; the influence of gender socialization in developing communicative behaviors and interpretive frames; and the implications of societal response to communication as it relates to gender.
Content: Examination of research into gender differences and communication; examination of public messages as they influence perceptions of women and men; analysis of historical processes as they have influenced current perceptions of gender.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: COMM 1100 or WSTD 1010 strongly recommended.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 3960 - Field Experience Seminar
Goals: To support and strengthen the academic component of internships and field experiences.
Content: A focus on the workplace experience in the context of the liberal arts and communication research findings.
Taught: Periodically.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. All planning and paperwork for internship placement must be completed in the fall term preceding the spring internship. See departmental guidelines.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 5400 - Managing the Performing Arts
Crosslisted
Listed under Theatre Arts as THTR 5400.
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COMM 5650 - Western Rhetorical Theory
Goals: To study the history of Western thought as applied to understanding and explaining communication processes; to understand the ways in which contemporary thought has been influenced and shaped by previous perspectives and assumptions about the role of communication in society; to critically examine contemporary standards for evaluating communication in light of this history.
Content: The roots and evolution of theories of public communication; perspectives on public discourse from the sophists of ancient Greece to contemporary theorists. Emphasis is given to understanding the evolution of thought in relationship to contemporary ideas about the role of communication in society.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: None, but junior/senior standing is recommended.
Credits: 4 credits
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COMM 5900 - Senior Research Seminar
Goals: To synthesize prior learning in the communication studies discipline through a senior capstone experience; to explore significant issues in communication studies through intensive research and discussion.
Content: Individual students will engage in and present the results of major independent research projects that apply the knowledge and skills they have gained in the discipline. The seminar affords an opportunity for students to pursue individual interests in communication studies in depth.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisites: COMM 1100, COMM 3300, senior standing, and consent of instructor. Course is restricted to senior majors only.
Credits: 4 credits
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CSCI 1250 - Introduction to Computer Science
Goals: To enable students to write moderate-sized programs for a variety of applications.
Content: An introduction to computer science is designed for those students who would like to learn a modern programming language. The emphasis of this course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of programming and not just to a particular language.
This course is taught using C++.
Prerequisite: High school algebra.
Credits: 4 courses
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CSCI 1500 - Introduction to Databases
Goals: To understand the basics of designing, implementing, and using a database management system; to understand the difference among the three basic types of database systems: relational, hierarchical and network; to learn to use a commercially available database management system. In past years, this course has been taught using Microsoft Access.
Content: Theoretical foundations of databases, query languages such as SQL, hands-on experience implementing a relational database.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4 credits
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CSCI 3150 - Data Structures
Goals: The student will start from a basic knowledge of programming acquired in CSCI 1250 and further that knowledge by a study of recursion, pointers, and common programming structures needed for implementation of larger and more complex programs.
Content: Linked lists, stacks, queues, sets, trees, graphs.
Prerequisite: CSCI 1250.
Credits: 4 credits
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CSCI 3500 - Survey of Computational Science
Goals: An introduction to quantitative modeling in the context of the disciplines that support the computational science minor.
Content: Topics are chosen to prepare students to use computational methods. For example: mathematical modeling, optimization (discrete and dynamic), numerical methods, data mining, statistics (error analysis and stochastic modeling).
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisites: MATH 1180 and CSCI 1250.
Credits: 4 credits
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CSCI 5850 - Numerical Analysis
Crosslisted
See MATH 5850.
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DMA 1100 - Introduction to Digital Media Arts
Goals: To understand and employ the critical theories and technical skills involved in creating and analyzing the digital media arts as used in a variety of disciplines and situations.
Content: Using a problems based instructional approach this course uses a series of projects that are designed to investigate key topics in understanding and defining the field of digital media arts. A number of guest speakers augment the content in this course by sharing personal and real-life experiences for analysis.
Taught: Annually, fall and spring.
Credits: 4 credits
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DMA 1410 - Introduction to Digital Photography
Goals: To develop fundamental abilities in photography including mastering technical vocabulary, understanding of the photographic process, managing digital files, basic photo editing and adjustment, printing techniques.
Content: Technical vocabulary and required skills, parts of the camera, understanding camera controls and options, framing a shot, shooting successfully in different conditions. Participants will also gain knowledge of the history of the development of photography and practice in analyzing and critiquing photographic images.
Taught: Annually, fall and spring.
Note: Students with extensive experience in Digital Photography should contact the Department for a portfolio review to see if their work qualifies them for a 3000 level photography course.
Credits: 4
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DMA 1420 - Introduction to Digital Video
Goals: To develop fundamental abilities in videography including mastering professional vocabulary, understanding the technical processes involved in recording motion and audio and shooting successfully in different conditions.
Content: Camera setup and operation. Setting up microphones, working with natural and artificial light, editing, continuity considerations and sequencing. Understanding files and formats
Taught: Annually
Note: Students with extensive video production experience should contact the Department for a portfolio review to see if their work qualifies them for a 3000 level video course.
Credits: 4
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DMA 1450 - Introduction to Graphic Design
Goals: To develop basic skill sets and fundamental conceptual frameworks for both creating and analyzing graphic communications across a variety of communication uses.
Content: The course covers the color theory, how a page/screen is “read” by a viewer, theories of design and emerging trends in graphic communication. Students will create graphic projects using the standard suite of Adobe software tools, graphic tablets and additional programs and image libraries as required by project assignments.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisites: Completion of ART 1120 is strongly encouraged prior to taking this course.
Credits: 4
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DMA 1460 - Web Design
Goals: To develop basic technical skills and conceptual frameworks for creating engaging web sites using HTML 5 and CSS 3.
Content: The course covers an overview of internet operation, maximizing design for an interactive web environment, optimizing media for web use, and the principles of site management. Through an examination and discussion of the best of current web design, students will sharpen perceptual and critical thinking skills. Students will spend the term planning, designing, building and revising a professional site. Students will use the latest version of Adobe software including Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisites: DMA 1100
Credits: 4
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DMA 1470 - Introduction to Animation
Goals: To develop basic skills in the creation of animated characters and environments sufficient to sustain a short narrative. To develop the critical and technical skills necessary to form and evaluate animated work for its abilities to sustain a narrative and/or critically communicate to an intended audience.
Content: An overview of the development of digital animation as a artist’s tool, work flow processes in animation design and realization, software options and uses for digital animation, storyboard creation and constructing an animation sequence. Students will be working on a number of animation projects during the semester.
Taught: Every other year
Prerequisites: DMA 1100
Note: Students with extensive animation production experience should contact the Department for a portfolio review to see if their work qualifies them for a 3000 level course.
Credits: 4
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DMA 1480 - Introduction to Digital Audio
Goals: To develop basic skills in the creation and critical analysis of digital audio production and playback.
Content: The course provides basic skills in both field and studio audio recording techniques. Technical content includes operation of sound boards, microphone selection and placement, working with both spoken word and musical performances in live settings, and editing techniques and practices. The course also includes units on critical analysis of sound production, copyright issues, and the development of audio recording.
Taught: Annually
Credits: 4
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DMA 3100 - Digital Media Arts Gateway
Goals: To work effectively on both individual and team projects that will demonstrate the ability to formulate project requirements, develop timelines, prioritize workflow, work as a member of a task oriented team, communicate clearly and meet deadlines. To critically evaluate work using a guiding set of technical and design principles.
Content: Using a problem based instructional setting students will work through a selected set of design and technical problems in both individual and collaborative team efforts. Topics include, project analysis, scheduling, group communication skills, project presentation and client management, and methods and principles for analysis and evaluation of digital art work.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisites: DMA 1100 and at least one DMA 1000-level (technical) course.
Credits: 4
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DMA 3410 - Advanced Digital Photography
Goals: To build on the skills developed in DMA 1410 through more advanced camera operations, enhanced editing work (including Photoshop), understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of different file formats, advance printing and image manipulation work.
Content: Camera control in manual operations under different conditions, managing technically complex shots, effectively using lenses and filters. Image adjustment in Photoshop. History of recent developments in digital photography. Tutorials in analyzing and critiquing photographic work.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisites – DMA 1410 or approval of instructor based on portfolio review.
Credits: 4
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DMA 3420 - Narrative Video
Goals: To develop the rudimentary skills of visual storytelling through video. including technical facility in methods of HD video production, design and execution of narrative concept, critical analysis of the short form video.
Content: Students study the foundations of visual storytelling by analyzing a wide variety of short films, by tackling creative problems in production exercises, and by developing their own short projects. Students study all aspects of production from concept to screen, including idea generation, writing, pre-production planning, lighting, shooting, editing, and sound mixing, with special emphasis on innovative approaches to narrative form.
Taught: Alternate spring semesters
Prerequisites: DMA 1420 or approval of instructor based on portfolio review. DMA 1480 is strongly recommended.
Credits: 4
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DMA 3435 - Documentary Video
Goals: To teach the skills in designing and executing a documentary video that includes both studio and field production work. To create a critical understanding of the documentary form and its use in mediated communications.
Content: An overview of the history and critical theories that shape the development of the documentary, a consideration of how documentaries are used by different disciplines and interest groups to shape opinions and influence ideas and methods of critically analyzing a given documentary. The course also includes practical work in developing and shooting a documentary on a given topic that will involve story development, research, script creation both studio and field shooting and editing.
Taught: Alternate spring semesters
Prerequisites: DMA 1420 or approval of instructor based on portfolio review. DMA 1480 is strongly recommended.
Credits: 4
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DMA 3480 - Digital Audio Recording and Mixing
Goals: To teach the technical and analytical skills required to produce clean and well-balanced audio from live or pre-recorded sources. To learn how to mix a number of independent sources into a well-balanced composite for live feed or for recordings, whether music or spoken word.
Content: This is a theory to practice course that includes microphone selection and placement, understanding audio flow and manipulation, recording and mixing using a digital workstation, mixer board set-up and signal amplification.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisite: DMA 1480
Credits: 4
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DMA 5910 - Senior Seminar in Digital Media Arts
Goals: To create an original work that demonstrates the ability to realize a complex project. To exhibit the ability to critically read and respond to the literature in the field. To synthesize prior learning in the Digital Media Arts discipline and demonstrate the results of that process. To present in writing and orally a reflective analysis of the realized capstone project and compare and contrast the work done with standards and ideas current in the discipline. To exhibit appropriate preparation for transition into the industry or additional training.
Content: Structured workshops in project design and realization. Critical readings in digital media arts subject areas, career planning and development workshops, seminar sessions and presentations that include portfolio presentations and critiques, presentation standards and selected small group tutorial sessions.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisites: Open to DMA majors only. DMA 1100 and DMA 3000 and the completion of a significant part of the course work for the major.
Credits: 4
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EAST 5960 - Research in East Asian Studies
Goals: To provide experience for advanced East Asian studies majors in research and writing using primary source materials as much as possible–government documents, manuscripts, literature, or interviews.
Content: This course promotes student interest in either developing a new area or deepening current knowledge.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. This course is also open to non-East Asian studies majors.
Credits: 4 credits
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ECON 1310 - Microeconomic Analysis
Goals: To introduce students to theory relating to the economic decisions made by individual consumers and firms in a market economy and to examine the role of government in domestic and international markets.
Content: The topic of this course, deals in depth with choices, especially consumer behavior and the spending decisions, the production decisions of the business firm and how prices and wages are determined in the output and input markets. In addition, this course analyzes consumer and business behavior under various competitive and imperfect conditions, as well as the implications of these for society. We will also study the ramifications of various government policies, predicting the effects of those policies, both positive and negative, on market participants using events and situations in the world.
Credits: 4 credits
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ECON 1320 - Macroeconomic Analysis
Goals: To acquaint students with the structural framework and principles involved in the determination of the level of aggregate economic activity: national income, output, employment, money supply and demand, price levels and open economy macroeconomics.
Content: Analysis of problems of unemployment, inflation, economic growth, trade, money and credit, balance of payments and government policy.
Credits: 4 credits
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ECON 1330 - Statistics
Goals: To acquaint students with major parametric and nonparametric statistical techniques.
Content: Data organization, simple probability, and sampling distributions; estimation and hypothesis testing; regression and correlation; time series; selected non parametric tests.
Prerequisites: None, though a basic understanding of algebra is expected. Credit will not be given for both ECON 1330 and PSY 1340 or ECON 1330 and MATH 1200.
Credits: 4 credits
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ECON 1340 - Quantitative Analysis and Data Management
Goals: To introduce frequently used data analysis techniques, to develop the quantitative skills necessary to use them, and to apply the methods in business decision-making settings.
Content: The course will cover decision-making frameworks as well as data capture, analysis and presentation techniques. Topics such as budgeting, forecasting and regression will be explored using Excel and other relevant software or analytical tools.
Prerequisites: ECON 1330; or PSY 1340; or MATH 1200.
Credits: 4 credits
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ECON 3110 - Intermediate Microeconomics
Goals: To deepen students’ understanding of microeconomic theory, building on the foundation they received in Microeconomic Analysis. Students will learn how to express, analyze, and interpret models of individual behavior using graphical, algebraic and calculus-based methods.
Content: This course will examine theories of consumer and producer behavior in a variety of economic contexts. Optimization techniques, graphical analysis, and game theory methodology will be used to explore allocation decisions made inside households, firms or governmental units.
Prerequisites: ECON 1310, ECON 1320, ECON 1330 or PSY 1340 or MATH 1200, and MATH 1170, or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ECON 3120 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
Goals: To understand and apply methods used in economics to analyze the gross domestic product, inflation, money supply and demand , employment levels, exchange rates and economic growth.
Content: The course explores theories that explain the behavior of GDP and related variables. Keynesian, monetarist, and other models are studied.
Taught: Annually
Prerequisites: ECON 1310, ECON 1320, ECON 1330 or PSY 1340 or MATH 1200, and MATH 1170, or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ECON 3700 - Managerial Economics
Goals: To introduce students to applications of microeconomic theory and methodology and develop mathematical problem solving skills as they apply to business firm behavior.
Content: Microeconomic applications: demand analysis, production and cost analysis, pricing, risk analysis, forecasting, linear programming, constrained and unconstrained optimization techniques.
Prerequisites: ECON 1310, ECON 1320, ECON 1340 or MATH 1170, and junior or senior standing or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ECON 3710 - Labor Economics
Goals: To provide students a well-balanced presentation of models of labor economics, applications, policies, and major analytic areas within labor economics. This course will also address labor market issues with race and gender perspectives.
Content: Labor market analysis, labor unions and collective bargaining, government and the labor market, theories of labor market discrimination, wage differentials, poverty and income inequalities, and race and gender issues of the labor market.
Prerequisites: ECON 1310, ECON 1320, ECON 1330 or PSY 1340 or MATH 1200, and ECON 1340 or MATH 1170 or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ECON 3720 - International Economic Development
Goals: To gain understanding of the problems and issues of economic development and to examine and appraise the major prevailing approaches to those problems.
Content: Developing as well as high-income market economy perspectives; concepts of growth and development; major contemporary approaches; diversity among the Third World countries; dualism; cultural factors; population, labor, migration and education; poverty and inequality; strategies for investment and structural transformations; international trade, investment and development; planning, control, and macroeconomic policies.
Prerequisites: ECON 1310, ECON 1320, ECON 1330 or PSY 1340 or MATH 1200, and ECON 1340 or MATH 1170, or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ECON 3730 - International Trade and Finance
Goals: To acquaint students with the evolving patterns of trade and investments in the global economic environment and with the major issues confronting national and international institutions of trade and finance.
Content: Topics covered include theories of foreign trade with perfect and imperfect competition. Trade policy issues, protectionism, and U.S. trade policies and its institutional settings. The effects of growth and factor mobility on trade, balance of payments, foreign exchange markets, foreign exchange regimes, foreign exchange determination, and economic policy in open economy.
Prerequisites: ECON 1310, ECON 1320, ECON 1330 or PSY 1340 or MATH 1200, and ECON 1340 or MATH 1170, or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ECON 3740 - Economics of Public Finance
Goals: To study the theoretical and empirical issues surrounding governmental decisions. Students will analyze and debate public finance topics and examine the implications of policy options for society.
Content: This course focuses on governmental revenues, expenditures, debt-financing and related policy decisions. Effects of the budget and policy on income distribution, stabilization, efficiency and economic growth are also considered.
Prerequisites: ECON 1310, ECON 1320, ECON 1330 or PSY 1340 or MATH 1200, and ECON 1340 or MATH 1170, or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ECON 3750 - Advanced Quantitative Analysis and Data Management
Goals: To enable students to utilize advanced mathematical models and data management techniques.
Content: This course covers data management techniques utilizing database applications such as MS Access along with advanced data manipulation and spreadsheet techniques such as table lookup functions, linked spreadsheets, macros, and Visual Basic.
Taught: Yearly, spring semester
Prerequisite: ECON 1340
Credits: 4
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ECON 3760 - Data Mining
Goals: Introduce students to data mining techniques and best practices.
Content: This course includes classification, prediction, data reduction, and data visualization. Advanced regression, network and cluster analysis.
Taught: Alternate Years
Prerequisite: ECON 1340
Credits: 4
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ECON 3770 - Environmental Economics
Goals: To introduce students to the study of environmental issues and resource use, applying economic perspectives and tools.
Content: This course examines various environmental issues (e.g., pollution, climate change, energy sources) from an economic perspective. Topics include market failures, challenges of economic development, resource management and allocation, and public policy options. Particular attention is paid to cost-benefit analysis, as it is applied to environmental problems.
Prerequisite: ECON 1310; ECON 1320; ECON 1330, or PSY 1340, or MATH 1200.
Credits: 4
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ECON 3960 - Internship with Seminar
Goals: To provide an opportunity to apply students’ skills and knowledge in a working/learning context. To complement internships by providing discussion groups for sharing and crosschecking students’ experiences.
Content: Students must hold an internship and will also meet once a week as a group to articulate and assess their experiences.
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing, or consent of the instructor. Primarily intended for economics and management majors, but other majors with administrative internships are welcome.
Credits: 4 credits
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ECON 5820 - Econometrics
Goals: To enable students to understand and use economic indicators, time series, and regression analysis in model building and forecasting.
Content: Estimating model parameters, hypothesis testing, and interpreting economic data.
Prerequisites: ECON 1310, ECON 1320, ECON 1330, ECON 3110 or ECON 3120, and MATH 1170, or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ECON 5860 - Senior Seminar Economics
Goals: To develop and test economic models through in-depth, independent research in theoretical and applied economics.
Content: Research methodology and recent analytical and theoretical approaches to questions on topics such as the environment, health care, industrial organization, international economics, labor, money and banking, regional and urban economics, and welfare economics. Students choose a research topic, review the literature, construct a theoretical model, and collect and analyze data for final presentations.
Prerequisites: ECON 3110, ECON 3120, and ECON 5820, or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4 credits
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EDU 5XXX - Secondary Special Methods
Special Methods courses focus on teaching methods specific to the major or minor. In some disciplines the Special Methods course(s) may be offered in the content major or minor or at another ACTC college; students are urged to consult the secondary coordinator or department chair for details.
Goals: To design and implement effective methods for teaching a particular content area in the secondary schools.
Content: Topics typically include the role of games, laboratory activities, textbooks, audiovisual materials, lectures and other strategies in teaching in the specified subject area; teaching with a focus on values; testing and evaluation.
Taught: Consult education advisor for scheduling information.
Prerequisites: EDU 3150, EDU 3250, EDU 5620, EDU 5690, junior standing, and admission to teacher education. Enrollment during the semester immediately prior to student teaching is recommended.
Credits: credits vary
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EDU 1150 - LAB: Schools and Society
Goals: A 0-credit course lab during which student complete a 20-hour required clinical in a local school. Students who have transferred in the equivalent course content without clinical experience should see the Program Coordinator to enroll in a 1-credit Independent Study to earn the course equivalency.
Taught: Fall and spring terms
Co-requisite: EDU 1150: Schools and Society
Concurrent registration in EDU 1250: Educational Psychology if pursuing teaching license.
Credits: 0
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EDU 1150 - Schools and Society
Goals: To understand the profession of teaching from historical, philosophical, sociological, and practical viewpoints. To understand the development of our public school systems and the role schools can play in a pluralistic society such as the U.S.
Content: Important events and personalities that have shaped the public school system in the United States; theories of education; the major professional and political issues facing teachers, students, and parents, especially as related to standards and testing; school-based classroom observation and teacher assistance.
Taught: Fall and Spring terms
Co-requisite: EDU 1150: LAB: Schools and Society
Note:
Students enroll in a 0-credit course lab during which students complete a 20-hour required clinical in a local school. Students who transfer in the equivalent of the course content without clinical experiences should see the Program Coordinator to enroll in a 1-credit Independent Study to earn the course equivalent
Concurrent registration in EDU 1250: Educational Psychology if pursuing teaching license.
Credits: 4
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EDU 1250 - Educational Psychology
Goals: To develop a working knowledge of various principles and theories based in the discipline of psychology, for example, theories of cognitive, social, and emotional development and the practical application of these principles and theories to the teaching/learning process.
Content: Survey theories of learning, motivation, and intelligence; theories of cognitive, social, and emotional development; and, influences of social and cultural background on development and learning. Learn about assessment and evaluation and the theoretical bases for instructional models. Conduct a case study analysis of a K-12 student.
Taught: Fall and spring terms
Note: Concurrent registration in EDU 1150: Schools and Society if pursuing a teaching license.
Credits: 4
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EDU 3260 - Theory to Practice
Goals: This is an introductory methods class in which students will apply theories of learning, instruction, early adolescent development, motivation, and assessment to classroom situations.
Content: Analysis of teaching and learning instructional theory; structuring and managing the learning environment; strategies for assessing learning; designing developmentally appropriate learning opportunities to incorporate different approaches to learning, learning styles, and multiple intelligences; and strategies for culturally responsive instruction. Includes a 20-hour guided clinical experience with middle school students.
Taught: Fall and spring terms
Prerequisites: (EDU 1150 or EDU 3150) AND (EDU 1250 or EDU 3250)
Note: Students who have transferred in the equivalent course content without clinical experience should see the Program Coordinator to enroll in a 1-credit Independent Study to earn the course equivalency.
Credits: 4
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EDU 3355 - Teaching Art and Music in the Elementary School (K-6)
Goals: Select and implement developmentally appropriate materials and activities for the teaching of art and music in the elementary classroom.
Content: Overview of basic concepts and skills in art and music education; group activities and/or classroom involvement with elementary school students.
Taught: Fall and Spring terms
Prerequisites: Admission to Undergraduate Teacher Education program AND (EDU 3260 or 5690)
Note: Concurrent registration in EDU 3375: Teaching Health and Physical Education in the Elementary School (K-6) is strongly recommended.
Credits: 2
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EDU 3375 - Teaching Health and Physical Education in the Elementary School (K-6)
Goals: Select and implement developmentally appropriate materials and activities for the teaching of health and physical education in the elementary classroom.
Content: Overview of basic concepts and skills in health and physical education; group activities and/or classroom involvement with elementary school students.
Taught: Fall and Spring terms
Prerequisites: Admission to Undergraduate Teacher Education program AND (EDU 3260 or 5690)
Note: Concurrent registration in EDU 3355: Teaching Art and Music in the Elementary School (K-6) is strongly recommended.
Credits: 2
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EDU 3500 - Diversity and Education
Goals: To understand the educational implications of cultural diversity: class, disability, gender, language, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation. To design means of creating a positive classroom climate that enhances learning of all students. To understand the contributions to society by persons of color and other historically underrepresented groups. Approved by the Minnesota Department of Education as satisfying the Education 521 Human Relations requirement.
Content: Principles for building self-esteem in students; communication skills for creating a positive classroom climate; the nature, cause, and effects of prejudice; contributions to society by persons of color and other historically underrepresented groups; methods for designing multicultural curriculum units.
Taught: Fall and spring terms
Co-requisite: EDU 3500: LAB: Diversity and Education
Prerequisites: (EDU 1150 or 3150) AND (EDU 1250 or 3250)
Note:
Clinical Requirement: EDU 3500: LAB: Diversity and Education during which students complete a 20-hour required clinical in a local school.
Students who transfer in the equivalent of the course content without clinical experiences should see the Program Coordinator to enroll in a 1-credit Independent Study to earn the course equivalency.
Credits: 4
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EDU 3660 - Crucial Issues in Education
Goals: To research and critically examine a particular set of issues connected with the profession of education.
Content: Topics will vary from year to year. Recent topics have included education and the media, immigrant and refugee students in U.S. schools, the achievement gap, educational policy.
Taught: Winter term
Credits: 4 credits
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EDU 5400 - Teaching Social Studies in Elementary Schools (K-6)
Goals: To develop an understanding of the social studies and the purposes they serve - especially citizenship education. To explore issues in the role of social studies in school curriculum, curriculum development, standards and testing, and content controversies. To learn about materials development, teaching techniques, and community resources used in facilitating learning of social studies skills and content.
Content: Philosophy of social studies education, methods of teaching, major concepts of the social science disciplines, planning for teaching, research and study skills, professional and community resources, incorporation of national, state, and local standards, citizenship education in global perspective.
Taught: Spring term only
Prerequisites: Admission to Undergraduate Teacher Education program AND (EDU 3260 or EDU 5690) AND (EDU 3500 or EDU 5620)
Credits: 4
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EDU 5450 - Teaching Literacy in Elementary Schools (K-6)
Goals: To develop the ability to create an environment that fosters literacy through an understanding of the communication arts and literature, the foundations of reading processes, the use of a wide range of instructional practices, approaches, methods, curriculum materials, and assessment tools to plan and evaluate effective literacy instruction.
Content: Definition of literacy; identification of appropriate goals, materials, methods, and evaluation techniques for promoting literacy; professional resources; children’s literature.
Taught: Spring term only
Prerequisites: Admission to Undergraduate Teacher Education program AND (EDU 3260 or EDU 5690) AND (EDU 3500 or EDU 5620)
Note: Includes a 20-hour guided clinical experience with K-6 students.
Credits: 6
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EDU 5510 - Teaching Mathematics in Elementary Schools (K-6)
Goals: To develop understandings and pedagogical competencies necessary to implement effective math curriculum in the elementary classroom. To implement methods that promote student investigation, discussion, and assessment models that meet the divers learning needs of elementary students. To employ a standards-based, problem-solving approach to teaching and learning in elementary level mathematics.
Content: Interpret elementary mathematics through the lens of algebra; develop and apply skills of attending to and interpreting children’s strategies, and deciding instructional responses based on those understandings; examine state and national standards and published curricular materials needed to each mathematics concepts and skills; learn and apply mathematical content knowledge.
Taught: Fall term only
Prerequisites: Admission to Undergraduate Teacher Education program AND (EDU 3260 or EDU 5690) AND (EDU 3500 or EDU 5620) AND MATH 1130
Note: Includes a 20-hour guided clinical experience with K-6 students.
Credits: 4
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EDU 5520 - Teaching Science in Elementary Schools (K-6)
Goals: To design and lead instruction for elementary students that meets national and state standards for content and pedagogy in science. To manage an elementary science classroom in ways that minimize risks and maximize the thinking and learning of all students.
Content: The nature of science, science process skills, misconceptions in science and conceptual change, the learning cycle approach to lesson design, assessment, management of investigations, revising labs into inquiry investigations, national and state standards, resources to support science instruction, and professional development in science education.
Taught: Fall term only
Prerequisites: Admission to Undergraduate Teacher Education program AND (EDU 3260 or EDU 5690) AND (EDU 3500 or EDU 5620)
Credits: 4
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EDU 5700 - Teaching in Secondary Schools
Goals: This is an advanced-level methods class in which students will apply theories of learning, instruction, adolescent development, motivation, and assessment to classroom situations typical for secondary students.
Content: With specific attention to students in secondary schools, analysis of teaching and learning instructional theory; structuring and managing the learning environment; strategies for assessing learning; designing developmentally appropriate learning opportunities to incorporate different approaches to learning, learning styles, and multiple intelligences; strategies for culturally responsive instruction; and uses of technology to facilitate and enhance learning.
Taught: Fall and spring terms
Prerequisites: Admission to Undergraduate Teacher Education program AND (EDU 3260 or EDU 5690)
Notes:
Clinical Requirement: 20 hours outside of scheduled class time. Dates, times, and local school sited determined the first week of class.
Students who transfer in the equivalent course content without clinical experience should see the Program Coordinator to enroll in a 1-credit Independent Study to earn course equivalency.
Credits: 4
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EDU 5710 - Teaching Literacy in Middle and High Schools (5-12)
Goals: Facilitate acquisition of knowledge and the development of skills essential in assessing and teaching literacy skills in 5-12 school classrooms.
Content: Addresses the need of middle and high school students as they make the transition from emergent to fluent readers. Works to expand the definition of literacy to on that incorporates reading, writing, and speaking as tools for learning. Form the basis for instructional strategies designed to improve students’ appreciation of literacy in the learning process.
Taught: Fall term only
Prerequisites: Admission to Undergraduate Teacher Education program AND (EDU 3260 or EDU 5690)
Notes:
Clinical Requirement: 20 hours outside of scheduled class time. Dates, times, and local school sited determined the first week of class.
Students who transfer in the equivalent course content without clinical experience should see the Program Coordinator to enroll in a 1-credit Independent Study to earn course equivalency.
Credits: 4
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EDU 5730 - Teaching Social Studies in Middle and High Schools (5-12)
Goals: To develop an understanding of the social studies: content controversies, standards and testing, curriculum development. To learn about pedagogy used to facilitate powerful teaching and learning in middle and secondary classrooms.
Content: Philosophy of social studies education; methods of teaching; major concepts of the social science disciplines; planning for teaching; research and study skills; professional and community resources; incorporation of national, state and local standards; citizenship education within a global context.
Taught: Fall and Spring terms
Prerequisites: Admission to Undergraduate Teacher Education program AND (EDU 3260 or EDU 5690) AND (EDU 3500 or EDU 5620) AND (EDU 5700 or EDU 5750)
Credits: 4
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EDU 5740 - Teaching Science in Middle and High Schools (5-12)
Goals: To design and lead instruction for secondary students that meets national and state standards for content and pedagogy in science. To manage a secondary science classroom in ways that minimize risks and maximize the thinking and learning of all students.
Content: The nature of science, science process skills, misconceptions in science and conceptual change, the learning cycle approach to lesson design, assessment, revising labs into inquiry investigations, management of investigations, national and state standards, resources to support science instruction, and professional development in science education.
Taught: Spring term only
Prerequisites: Admission to Undergraduate Teacher Education program AND (EDU 3260 or EDU 5690) AND (EDU 3500 or EDU 5620) AND (EDU 5700 or EDU 5750)
Credits: 4
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EDU 5760 - Teaching World Languages (K-12)
Goals: This methodology course will familiarize students with the basic teaching responsibilities and classroom management, as well as provide an introduction to the theoretical and practical issues relevant to foreign language learning. Through an understanding of past and current language acquisition and learning theory, students will be able to present arguments for the assumptions of teaching methods, as well as describe their contributions.
Content: Students will continually analyze their assumptions about teaching effectiveness through journal writing, personal experience in the classroom, and critical reading of current classroom research. Students will also be given a solid foundation in practical teaching techniques, evaluation of long-term course objectives and curriculum based on learner needs, and the successful implementation of the K-12 Minnesota Graduation Standards.
Prerequisites: Admission to Undergraduate Teacher Education program AND (EDU 3260 or EDU 5690) AND (EDU 3500 or EDU 5620) AND (EDU 5700 or EDU 5750)
Credits: 4
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EDU 5780 - Teaching Mathematics in Middle and High Schools (5-12)
Goals: Facilitate acquisition of knowledge and competencies necessary to implement effective teaching strategies that support student investigation, discussion, and reasoning related to mathematical understandings for the secondary and middle school levels.
Content: Addresses processes of inquiry and problem solving in mathematics; models of effective mathematics teaching; experiences planning and delivering of curriculum and assessment which are aligned with national and state standards; selection and use of appropriate instructional tools including texts, manipulatives, and technology for teaching secondary mathematics; support for students with diverse learning needs.
Taught: Spring term only
Prerequisites: Admission to Undergraduate Teacher Education program AND (EDU 3260 or EDU 5690) AND (EDU 3500 or EDU 5620) AND (EDU 5700 or EDU 5750)
Credits: 4
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EDU 5790 - Teaching English in Middle and High Schools (5-12)
Goals: Facilitate acquisition of knowledge and the development of skills essential in assessing and teaching literacy skills in 5-12 school classrooms.
Content: With specific attention to students in secondary schools, analysis of teaching and learning instructional theory; structuring and managing the learning environment; strategies for assessing learning; designing developmentally appropriate learning opportunities to incorporate different approaches to learning, learning styles, and multiple intelligences; strategies for culturally responsive instruction; and uses of technology to facilitate and enhance learning. This course is approved by the MN DOE as meeting the Literacy standards for middle and high school teachers.
Taught: Spring term only
Prerequisites: Admission to Undergraduate Teacher Education program AND (EDU 3260 or EDU 5690) AND (EDU 3500 or EDU 5620) AND (EDU 5700 or EDU 5750)
Credits: 4
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EDU 5840 - Student Teaching Double License in Elementary and/or Secondary
Goals: To apply, modify, and demonstrate effective teaching techniques through actual teaching experience in the public schools. To develop skills of critical reflections, monitoring, and adjusting of professional practice. To develop a professional understanding of the role of a teacher and a personal model of teaching.
Eligible teacher candidates become licensed in two levels by completing 10 weeks in one licensure area and 8 weeks in a second licensure area for 18 weeks total.
Content: Laboratory application of all previous methods and supporting coursework. Observation, part-time, then full-time teaching are required at both levels. Completion of the Teacher Performance Assessment.
Taught: Offered only as a combination of fall/winter terms or winter/spring terms
Prerequisite: Completion of all work in elementary and/or secondary licensure coursework, completion of teaching major coursework, and approval to student teach.
Co-requisite: EDU 5900: Student Teaching Seminar
Credits: 4 credits winter term; 16 credits fall or spring term. Total of 20 credits.
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EDU 5900 - Student Teaching Seminar
Content: Features both small group and large group meetings. Focus on self-assessment of and reflection on student teaching performance, completion of state licensure requirements including Teacher Performance Assessment, and collaboration with university supervisors.
Taught: Fall and Spring terms
Co-requisite: Appropriate Student Teaching
Credits: 2 credits
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