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4.00 Credits
4 Credits This 135-hour field placement presents opportunities for students to acquire experience, with supervision, by applying their knowledge from other courses. The emphasis in Practicum II is on working with families. More time in the setting will be spent working with children than in Practicum I. Placement in the center or classroom setting is contingent on the student earning a grade of at least ?C in each of the program's technical courses.Must pass SBI and DHHS background checks to participate in this course. Prerequisites: ECE131, ECE135, ECE155 and at least one of ECE140, ECE145, ECE148.
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits This 135-hour field placement presents opportunities for students to acquire experience, with supervision, by applying their knowledge from other courses. Most of the time in the setting will be spent on working with children. Opportunities to devise, implement, and evaluate plans for children will be built into the experience. Placement in the center or classroom setting is contingent on the student earning a grade of at least "C" in each of the program's technical courses. The student is required to work in a setting with children of a different age than those they worked with in previous practicums. The emphasis in Practicum III seminar is a discussion of current issues and trends in the field of early care and education. Students must pass SBI and DHHS background checks to participate in this course. Prerequisites: Taken in final semester in program; all required ECE courses have been completed before this practicum is scheduled. NOTE: Student must complete at least three consecutive eight-hour days as a portion of the required 135 hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course examines functions of the United States economy, economic security, supply and demand, causes of unemployment and inflation, the nature of money and monetary policy, government fiscal policy, the Federal debt and international money matters.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits Analysis of the interrelations of the individual consumer, the firm and industry with regard to markets and pricing, monopoly power, the role of government and income distribution. Prerequisite: ECO113.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course will present within our society an overview of financial assets. Attention will be given to retirement planning, asset allocation, load and no-load mutual funds, stocks and bonds, CDs, bull and bear market cycles, 401Ks, money markets, Roth and traditional IRAs, and systematic investment strategies and potential returns and risks of a variety of investments.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits Designed to provide students with increased knowledge and skills relevant to teaching children with disabilities. The course content focuses on the impact of having a disability on children within school settings. The course introduces the roles of professionals and working with others, IEPs, methods by which a student's IEP is linked to the general curriculum, the INCLUDE strategy and basic teaching techniques. Prerequisite: EDU101 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course examines the stages in human language development from infancy through late childhood. Basic linguistic concepts of phonetics, morphology, semantics, and syntax will be introduced as required for an understanding of each stage of development. Several theories of language acquisition will be presented for discussion and analysis. Also studied is the relationship of language acquisition to bilingualism, foreign language learning, and physical and psychological impairments. Recent attempts to teach language to non-human primates is considered as well.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course is designed to foster understanding of current brain research and its implications for school professionals and students. Concepts to be explored are the brain, learning styles, natural learning systems and multiple intelligences. Throughout the semester, students will be incorporating these concepts within teaching plans. Prerequisites: EDU101 and EDU102 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course introduces the methods and materials associated with the instruction of both mathematics and science. Topics including math anxiety, student attitudes and study habits, and techniques for teaching specific concepts are discussed. The psychology of children's learning patterns at various age levels, alternative approaches that may be used in developing mathematical concepts, and the scientific method are central concerns in this course. Prerequisite: EDU102 and math/science elective or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course introduces the teaching of reading, including reading readiness, decoding/word study, whole language instruction, phonetic approaches, and study skills for readers. Also included are methods of identifying reading needs through formal and informal observation and testing. Process writing as it relates to the reading process is included as well. Prerequisite: EDU102 or permission of instructor.
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