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1.00 Credits
A program offering students supervised practical experience in applied economics. Each internship is jointly supervised by an economics faculty member and a professional in a business or government organization. Research on a topic chosen in consultation with the faculty member will be required. (1 course unit.) CR/NC grading. Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and permission of instructor.
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2.00 Credits
A program offering students supervised practical experience in applied economics. Each internship is jointly supervised by an economics faculty member and a professional in a business or government organization. Research on a topic chosen in consultation with the faculty member will be required. (2 course units.) CR/NC grading. Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
The capstone course for economics majors. Research and analysis of major issues in the field of economics. This seminar will address questions of philosophical approach, scientific methodology, and interaction with other disciplines. Prerequisites: ECON 3054 or permission of instructor. IVW
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4.00 Credits
Provides a foundation in educational psychology and introduces students to the discipline of education. Students are introduced to the research and to the major theoretical perspectives that shape the scholarly domain of education. Students also explore issues that impact learning and address the question: What does it mean to be a learner in contemporary society? Field observation of a learning environment is an important requirement for the course.
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9.00 Credits
Focuses on the history and purposes of the development of American schooling. The various educational philosophies that have informed schooling practices in the past and present are examined. Issues related to schooling in a complex and culturally diverse society form an integral part of the course. Nine hours of classroom observation are required. Prerequisite: FLA 1104. IV W
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4.00 Credits
Students will become familiar with literature appropriate for children from preschool through middle school. They will study authors and illustrators of high quality literature and their works, various literary genres, and strategies for introducing literature to children and for integrating it into the curriculum. Students will complete individual or group projects related to literary strategies. Prerequisite: PSY 1004 or EDU 1004 or permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
For many young people, the love of reading tends to dissipate after the elementary years. By exploring the rather explosive genre of adolescent literature and its body of research and scholarship, students can discover new pleasures in reading, and along the way, insights into life's most perplexing issues for young people. Students will read numerous novels written for a young adult audience, and they will respond to them in writing and through discussion. Common themes of these novels include alienation, AIDS, homophobia, racism, dysfunctional families, sexual abuse, body image, teenage pregnancy, violence, and suicide. In addition, topics such as censorship, bibliotherapy, and reader response theory will be explored.
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4.00 Credits
There are five strands to this course: standards and the standards-driven reform movements, assessment, educational technology, differentiated instruction, and culturally-responsive teaching. Students will become familiar with the major issues in each of these broad areas and will learn to evaluate them critically. Students will also demonstrate at least an acceptable proficiency with technological applications commonly used in schools.
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4.00 Credits
Focuses on the content of mathematics appropriate to teaching in primary grades. Based on National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards, the course provides an in-depth exploration of mathematics content and requires that students examine their own reasoning processes as they engage in the study of math. Topics include (but are not limited to) principles for school mathematics, numeration systems, whole number operations, number theory, integers, rational numbers as fractions, decimals, percents, geometry, measurement, statistics, and probability.
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4.00 Credits
Designed to familiarize teacher education students with current findings on teaching/learning processes so that they can create classroom environments that enable learners to construct meaning from their own experiences. Students will also learn to prepare learning experiences for exceptional learners. Requires 15 field hours and lab. Prerequisite: EDU 1004 or permission of instructor.
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