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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PEH 100 Offered: Typically alternate Fall Terms (first offered Fall 2010) Study of fundamental movement concepts and the foundations of good health in preparation for helping students in pre-school through grade 5 understand and apply these concepts. In the first half of the term, students will learn to convey important health concepts through experiential learning. The second half of the term students will learn to structure age-appropriate movement experiences that encourage self-expression and social interaction, as well as developing motor skills. 1 Course
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Admission to the Teacher Education Program and satisfactory completion of a major or minor course that has a methods component (chosen from PED 244, 245, 246, 247, 250, 251, 362, or HLT 315) Offered: Typically every Short Term This course is designed as an advanced-level practicum to allow students an opportunity to integrate teaching skills and understandings in a school setting. This experience enables students to compile evidence that they meet the performance indicators required for admission to Student Teaching. In the course of the practicum, students will be expected to demonstrate the ability to teach in a manner that invites integration with their students, including the ability to formulate and use appropriate and effective questioning strategies. Students also will keep a journal of daily reflections that reveals the depth of their ability to learn from their own teaching. Students will be expected to plan and implement at least one unit (related sequence of lessons) of instruction, including: 1) a completed unit plan with goals and objectives; 2) a supporting rationale; 3) a detailed activity outline; 4) a statement describing modes of assessment and samples of student work; 5) an annotated bibliography of materials and texts for students; and 6) an annotated bibliography of readings done in preparation for teaching the unit. It is expected that students will draw from the materials created in this course for entries in their Education portfolios; therefore, a reflective self-assessment should be included with the unit and a statement of evaluation should be obtained from the cooperating teacher. 1 Course
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3.00 Credits
Offered: Typically Fall and Spring terms Knowledge and physical activities to improve and maintain wellness in College and after. The course brings together several major components: assessment of physical fitness, swimming abilities for survival, study of current information about wellness, and physical activities. Meets three hours each week. Strongly recommended to be taken in the first year. 1/2 Course
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1.00 Credits
Offered: Typically annually (next offered Spring 2010) An introduction to philosophy as disciplined inquiry about fundamental features of the world; powers and limits of mind as a way of knowing; and puzzles posed by living and living well. Attention to contemporary and classic texts selected from the history of philosophy. 1 Course Credit
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Determined by instructor Offered: Typically as student interest and faculty availability allow A course designed to meet the particular interests of student and faculty. Topics vary from year to year. See course description in the "Schedule of Classes." 1/2 to 1 Course Credit
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GSTR 210 Offered: Typically alternate years (next offered 2010-2011) An examination of Greek, Roman, and Christian thinking about law, justice, and political community, including works by Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and Thomas Aquinas, among others. Western History Perspective and Practical Reasoning (PR). 1 Course Credit
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Prerequisite: GSTR 210 or sophomore standing Offered: Typically alternate years (next offered Fall 2009) A philosophic examination of moral and philosophic issues involving the nature of law and rights, theories of just and unjust war, views of state sovereignty, and the international community. Thematic focus on legal and moral questions about uses of force in humanitarian interventions to address violations of human rights. Attention to classic and contemporary philosophic texts, relevant legal documents, and some basic structures of state and international order. Practical Reasoning (PR) and World Culture (Western) component of the International Perspective. 1 Course Credit
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GSTR 210 Offered: Typically alternate years (next offered Spring 2010) An examination of some distinctive ways of thinking about law, freedom, and the state since the Reformation, including the social contract views of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, utilitarianism, Marx, 19th-century historicism, and 20th-century pragmatism. Western History Perspective and Practical Reasoning (PR). 1 Course Credit
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GSTR 210 or sophomore standing Offered: Typically alternate years (next offered 2010-2011) An exploration of various topics in the philosophy of science. Possible topics include the nature of science and the scientific method, the implications of the results of contemporary natural sciences for humanity's place in the universe, and ethical questions that arise out of the scientific method and its results. 1 Course Credit
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GSTR 210 or sophomore standing Offered: Typically annually (next offered Fall 2009) An examination of distinctive religious and philosophic ways of thinking about good, duty, virtue, and the nature of ethics. Attention to selected works of Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, Kant, John Stuart Mill, and others. Practical Reasoning (PR). 1 Course Credit
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