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3.00 Credits
Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: SPED 708. This course will enhance and expand candidates basic knowledge about instructional processes and methods of teaching academic subjects to students with disabilities through strategies, direct instruction, differentiating instruction, and universal design for learning. A special emphasis will be on communication/literacy issues with respect to individuals with disabilities. This course will enable candidates to develop skills needed to proceed with National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification.
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Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: SPED 200, 210, or 600. Non-behavioristic approaches used to assist development of appropriate behaviors in inclusive classrooms will be explored. Field experience component is required.
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Credit 3 hours. This course is designed to develop an understanding of exceptional families and the dynamics, roles, and relationships within families, schools, and communities in a pluralistic society. Special emphasis is placed on application of family systems theory, development of family/school partnerships, and examination of the impact of special education laws and policies on exceptional families. Field experience component required.
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Credit 3 hours. This is the capstone seminar for candidates enrolled in the Professional Special Education Program. Emphasis is placed on preparing special educators for the roles as teacher leaders and collaborators for change and improvement in districts and schools. Further, candidates will expand their knowledge of strategies that will prepare them to continue to be lifelong learners. The competencies of this course are derived from the requirements for teachers by the national standards for the Council for Exceptional Children, the Standards for the NBPTS (Exceptional Needs Specialist), NCATE, and INTASC, and guidance from the special education program faculty. Must be taken during final semester of coursework. LSED In order to meet the growing demand for trained librarians in all types of libraries, the Department offers a Library Science minor which qualifies students for positions and as assistants in college, public, and special libraries. Students in the College of Business, and the College of Arts and Sciences may minor in Library Science by completing eighteen semester hours. Courses required for this minor are Library Science Education 401/501, 402/502, Library Science Administration 403/503, 404/504, 405/505, and 422 (School Librarian certification) or Library Science 421. School Librarian certification also requires the completion of one three-hour credit course in educational media technology (LSA 406 or 506) and LSA 580 (Practicum in School Librarianship).
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3.00 Credits
Credit 3 hours. A survey of the resource and delivery systems in which social work is practiced. Emphasis will be given to both public and private agencies and various methodologies. Social Work values, ethics, skills and knowledge base are examined. An overview of the history of social welfare with an emphasis on fields of practice. Service gaps and biases will be identified.
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Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: Social Work 101 or permission of Department Head for non-majors. An historical survey of the history of social work and social organizations in the U. S. designed to meet social problems. Emphasis is given to Social Welfare laws and organizations as a reflection of culture and societal values. Attention is also given to the philosophical base of social work practice as reflected in the ethics and values of the profession.
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Credit 3 hours. An assessment of society's means of meeting physical, social, psychological and legal needs of children, including protective, court, health, placement, recreational and financial services.
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Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: Social Work 101, Sociology 101, General Biology 106/152, Psychology 101, or permission of the Department Head for non-majors. A study of the interaction of biological, psychological, and sociological factors in the formation of personality and the functioning of persons in the environment. Specific theories and tools of assessment of individuals are discussed.
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Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: Registration in or prior credit for Social Work 203, Sociology 212, and GBIO 107/154 or permission of Department Head for nonmajors. A study of the social system model as a basic way to think about behavior in the social environment. This model will be applied to society, communities, organizations, groups and families. Culture as a determinant of behavior will be examined. Additional factors such as rurality, poverty, membership in special populations, and gender differences will be addressed. Specific theories in relation to society are discussed.
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3.00 Credits
Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: Sociology 101 and Social Work 101 or permission of the Department Head for non-majors. This course examines relationships between racial and ethnic groups as well as populations at risk in American and global society. Special emphasis is placed on conflict, discrimination, oppression, as well as empowerment strategies. Attention is given to development of skills in cultural competence. Social action and change are presented within a strengths perspective.
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