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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Prerequisite: MAT 121 or equivalent This course is concerned with the aggregate of individual economic behavior. It will provide an overview of the following macroeconomic issues: the determination of output, employment, unemployment, interest rates and inflation. Monetary and fiscal policies are discussed, as well as public and private debt and international economic issues. The course also introduces basic models of macroeconomics and illustrates concepts utilizing the experiences of the United States and other developed economies. Finally, students will assess the impact of macroeconomic policies using the guiding principles of solidarity and the universal destination of goods.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: ENG 112, ECO 220, MAT 211 This course puts economic theory into practice with the objective of optimizing business decisions given scarcity constraints. The determination of what is optimum requires the consideration of the primacy of labor over capital. Drawing heavily from various quantitative techniques, the course emphasizes demand estimation, risk analysis, production analysis, cost analysis, pricing analysis and capital budgeting.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: ENG 112, ECO 220 or ECO 221 Requires written approval of the Vice President for Academic Affairs. Special topics to be indicated. The course may include seminars, conferences, workshops, field activities and/or readings focused on current issues in economics.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: ENG 112, ECO 220 or ECO 221, senior standing, and permission of the Director of the Business Program. This course employs Catholic Social Teaching to help examine and evaluate economic history and policy. The social encyclicals since Rerum Novarum (1891) and select original works from the seminal contributors to economic thought, including, but not limited to, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Jean Baptiste Say, John Maynard Keynes, and Milton Friedman, will be the primary readings.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours This is a general survey of the development of education in the United States including philosophical, legal, sociological, and historical course. This begins the teacher formation process through research and inquiry into the concepts of "profession", "gift" and "mission." Particular emphasis will be given to pubprivate and parochial school systems in terms of structure, administration, organization and function. All students completing this course should be able to understand the complexities facing education today. All students will be required to complete a special topic report concerning a particular topic in education. Field experience included.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Prerequisite: ENG 112 This course focuses on theories, materials and strategies for reading and writing instruction across the curriculum. A variety of instructional strategies are provided along with the integration and application of materials for creating a literacy environment through the content area and resources from age appropriate literature, including language experiences and other traditional and contemporary programs. Higher order thinking skills and critical questioning techniques supports the emergent reader. Field experience included, observations and teaching.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours SCIENCE INSTRUCTION Prerequisite: ENG 112 This course emphasizes various methods of instruction including technology, based on content, age, and developmentally appropriate practices. Attention is given to planning, teaching, and assessment strategies related to the elementary school mathematics and science hierarchies. Field experience included.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL Prerequisite: ENG 112 This course is a study in the philosophy, history, needs, and character of Catholic schools. Topics covered include the role of the Catholic school in relationship to the total mission of the Church; the distinctive nature, values, mission and constituencies of the Catholic school; characteristics of society which impact the Catholic school; expectations of the Catholic school by its constituent groups; and general educational issues and sound educational practice in a Catholic setting. Presentation of the Church's teaching on Catholic education as supported by Church documents is an essential part of this course.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours STUDIES AND CULTURE Prerequisite: ENG 112 This course is designed as an integral segment of the Teacher Education Program and focuses on materials, methods, and procedures used in effectively integrating the elements of Language Arts-speaking, reading, writing, listening, visually representing, viewing-into Social Studies. Methodology using the discovery approach, strategies for development of creative and critical thinking, incorporation of technology, and evaluation of resources are applied to the Social Studies content objectives. An emphasis of course content is placed on geography, culture, and values needed to help students become reflective decision makers and citizens. Field experience required.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
1-3 Credit Hour(s) Prerequisite: ENG 112 Requires written approval of the Vice President for Academic Affairs. Special topics to be indicated. The course may include seminars, conferences, workshops or field activities focused on current issues in education.
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