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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the use of mathematics in the solution of economic models. In particular, the techniques of linear algebra and calculus are incorporated into standard micro- and macroeconomic models to calculate either equilibrium or optimal values. Prerequisites: ECON 101, ECON 251, ECON 252, and MATH 151 or consent of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
The development of economic thought from medieval times to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the ideas of the great economists, such as Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, John Stuart Mill, Alfred Marshall, Thorstein Veblen, and John Maynard Majors, Minors, Other Programs of Study, Course Descriptions Keynes. Prerequisites: ECON 101, ECON 251, and ECON 252, or consent of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the development of the United States economy from colonial times to the present. Emphasis will be on the factors that brought about the rise of a continental economy, the shift from agricultural to industrial production, and attempts at democratic control of economic policies. Application of economic techniques to such historical issues as tax policy, slavery, and the regulation of business. Prerequisite: ECON 101.
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4.00 Credits
The course is an introduction to the development, from economic theory, of statistical and mathematical techniques that are used to estimate economic relationships. Computer applications are widely used in the course. Prerequisites: ECON 101, ECON 251, ECON 252, and ECON 253, or consent of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Topics vary with interest of faculty. May be repeated for credit with consent of the instructor. Prerequisites: ECON 101, ECON 251, and ECON 252, or consent of the instructor.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
The St. Mary's Project in economics is a two-semester experience. Students initiate the project, identify an area to be explored, and propose a method of inquiry appropriate to the topic. A faculty mentor supervises the project research. The objectives of the St. Mary's Project in economics are to furnish a vehicle for students to build on the theory and methods of economics learned during the first three years, to allow students to gain a high degree of expertise in the particular topic area they choose to study, and to improve student research skills in organizational and planning competency, writing ability, and oral communication. The project must be shared with the College community through posters, presentations, or other means.
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3.00 Credits
This course, required for ECE certification seekers, extends and deepens the examination of instructional methods appropriate for use with young children by exploring the role of the arts in children's development, and by offering strategies for teaching content through the arts, techniques for expanding the child's expressive repertoire and literacy fluency through the use of art, music, movement, and drama in the classroom. Opportunities are provided to engage in, and analyze, actual and simulated classroom instruction. Note that if we are able to maintain our current practice of offering Elementary with Early Childhood certification, this course will not exist.
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6.00 Credits
This six-credit block of courses combines the former EDEL 402 and EDEL 260 courses, integrating concepts of children's literature, literacy development, and materials for teaching reading with concepts of literacy instruction more broadly. Students examine the developmental nature of literacy, exploring issues surrounding the development of phonemic awareness, issues of phonics, comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary, while exploring appropriate methods and materials used for teaching students in the elementary classroom to become literate as readers and writers of diverse kinds of texts, as speakers, as listeners and thinkers. Other issues include attention to using textbooks and tradebooks, research on motivation, family literacy, and effect of gender and culture on literacy development. Opportunity is provided to engage in, and analyze, actual and simulated classroom instruction. This course fulfills a Maryland certification requirement in the teaching of reading. Prerequisites: EDUC 530 and EDUC 540.
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4.00 Credits
This course, required for ELEM and ECE certification seekers, begins the examination of the instructional methods used for teaching science, math, and social studies in elementary schools. Opportunities are provided to engage in, and analyze, actual and simulated classroom instruction. The course also introduces concept of interdisciplinary planning, strategies for building literacy fluency throughout the curriculum, issues of assessment, and uses of instructional resources within the school and community as part of the teaching/learning process.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide participants with an overview of the range of assessment strategies available to professional educators concerned with determining how well an individual student is developing in the area of literacy, including reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Participants will be introduced to a variety of techniques, both formal and informal, both standardized and teacher-made, and will be asked to apply them in their public school settings in an effort to better plan literacy instruction for all their students, regardless of ability and experience levels. This course fills a Maryland State Department requirement in the area of reading.
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