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4.00 Credits
Introduction to Education provides an overview of the education profession and U.S. educational system, including historical development, social foundations, and educational institutions. Other topics include current theories, trends and issues in education and the community, certification standards, roles and responsibilities of teachers, learners, and other school personnel, introductory instructional methods and classroom environment strategies, and a field experience/practicum. Students must receive a grade of C or higher to take subsequent EDUC courses.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide opportunities to explore and develop skills, using current technology platforms, software and formats; demonstrate the current best practices of using technology as a tool to enhance learning; integrating technology platforms in today's kindergarten through twelfth-grade classrooms; and raising awareness of technological accessibility tools that could meet the needs of students with impairments or disabilities. A grade of C or higher is required in EDUC 1101 in order to register for this course.
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3.00 Credits
Multicultural Education and Human Relations in Schools, introduces pre-service teachers to core concepts and approaches to multicultural education including issues related to student, family, and community diversity based on culture, language, race, class, gender, sexual identity, and disability. Issues discourses, hierarchy of education with regards to privilege, equity and access to high quality education are topics addressed as students use knowledge of their life experiences and those of diverse students in urban and rural public schools and learn culturally and linguistically responsive classroom strategies. Emphasis is placed on demonstrating the multicultural competence required of all successful teachers working with today's diverse youth. A grade of C or higher is required in EDUC 1101 in order to register for this course.
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2.00 Credits
Foundations of Instruction will allow students to apply their knowledge of cognitive, moral, social, emotional and physical development, and individual variations, to instructional strategies and learning activities. Students will be able to create appropriate lessons and learning activities given the levels of development of children. A grade of C or higher is required in EDUC 1101 in order to register for this course.
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2.00 Credits
This course will introduce teacher candidates to different aspects of being a Special Educator, including writing Individualized Education Program plans, communicating and working collaboratively, addressing strategies for working with paraprofessionals, and developing an understanding of collaboration, including co-teaching in the classroom to assist student learning and communicating effectively with parents and co-teachers. A grade of C or higher is required in EDUC 1101 and EDUC 2048 in order to register for this course.
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4.00 Credits
Individuals with Diverse and Exceptional Needs is designed to provide an introduction and overview of the characteristics and educational needs of children and youth with diverse and exceptional needs in all schools. The course introduces students to the language of Special Education used in Minnesota. A grade of C or higher is required in EDUC 1101 and PSYC 1109 in order to register for this course.
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4.00 Credits
Learning and Human Development for Diverse Learners is designed to introduce students to theories of learning and human development as they relate to diverse learning populations. Students will acquire an understanding of the many factors that affect learning and human development as well as strategies that can be used to enhance learning for all populations. A grade of C or higher is required in EDUC 1101 and PSYC 1109 in order to register for this course.
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1.00 Credits
The course pairs with ENGC 1101: College Writing as a way to offer students more support and new ways of approaching writing. This course will provide students enrolled in College Writing with more one-on-one time with faculty to get deeper feedback and more in-class time to develop writing skills. Each class will have a specific focus, which will be described in the notes for the class. This focus for the course will be used to explore non-traditional ways of approaching college writing to help students gain confidence in their writing and develop a writing process grounded in the knowledge they bring to the class. This course will also examine the context for the language and forms of writing used in academic discourse to help students understand the broader picture of the English language.
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4.00 Credits
The course focuses on critical thinking and writing skills necessary in college and professional writing through text analyses and argument strategies. Students 1) study the writer's purpose, audience, and rhetorical structure in a variety of genres and college-level texts, 2) organize and develop clear, thesis-driven logical arguments in various personal and academic essays, 3) find sources, synthesize and document information in research-based academic essays, and 4) demonstrate proficient command of English writing conventions.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: Topic-dependent. Examination of a special topic or field in composition.
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