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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is an examination of major economic issues and problems confronting society today. Topics will include the economics of poverty, pollution, education, crime, professional sports, unemployment, free trade, and social security.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of the historical, social, political, philosophical, cultural, legal and economic forces that shape the American public K-12 school system, including teaching as a profession, current issues in educational reform, and the challenges of information technology and diversity. This course also has a fi eld experience component.
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3.00 Credits
Students will learn and demonstrate knowledge of fi ve foundations of American education: history; philosophies of education; administration, economics and support of education; the interrelationship of school and society; and organization for learning.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines current trends and issues in education stressing the dynamics of school and community partnerships. Participants will analyze the various groups and social forces that infl uence what children are taught in today's schools. Emphasis will be placed on effective use of community resources.
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3.00 Credits
For students preparing for a career in working with children or in human services. Topics will include the etiology and nature of physical, sensory, motor, mental and emotional exceptionalities, legislation concerned with exceptional individuals, the role of parent organizations, diagnosis of educational needs, the role of the Child Study Team, prescriptive teaching and fi eld survey of educational programs for exceptional children pre-school through secondary school age.
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3.00 Credits
Children's literature is a course which surveys a broad range of literature for children in pre-school through the elementary grades. Picture books, poetry, folk tales, fantasy, realistic fi ction and non-fi ction will be read, discussed and evaluated. Students will explore the production and marketing of juvenile books; they will compare current trends in illustration and will practice the evaluation of children's books as literature. Story-telling techniques, reading aloud and the use of trade books in whole language instruction will be emphasized throughout the course.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed for teacher aides who will be working with children in the area of language arts at the direction of a certifi ed teacher. Students will be introduced to a broad overview of the language arts curriculum, preschool through grade 12, emphasis on integrated school language instruction. The development of practical skills and strategies for conducting enrichment and remedial language arts activities in speaking, writing, reading, and listening will be stressed. Prerequisite: ENGL 151
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3.00 Credits
The objective of the course is to teach basic principles and concepts of early childhood curriculum that focuses on the needs and interests of children between the ages of 2 and 6. The organization of the course emphasizes the needs, interests and abilities of toddlers. The meaning of various kinds of play and the importance of social skills utilizing culturally valued content are emphasized as well. Ten hours of classroom observation of preschoolers is a requirement of the course.
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3.00 Credits
Students in the last semester of the Teaching Assistant/Child Care Program will work in licensed nursery schools or day care centers. Students will volunteer at least 120 hours at the work site.
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2.00 Credits
This course will examine career skills in engineering technology while teaching basic techniques utilized in technology. Students will gain proficiency in the use of software programs to organize fi eld data, solve formulas, graph data, and report results. Problems will be drawn from practical applications experienced in the fi eld. Code 2 course fee. Prerequisite: MATH 011
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