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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to assist the graduate student with the acquisition of the knowledge, skills and professional attitudes required to approach current reseach in the field of education. through student exercises, critiques of published reseach, class discussions and reactions to a variety of class readings, graduate students will develop the skills necessary to read, interpret and critique professional literature and to begin to design their own scholarly research. Principles, problems and procedures related to planning and conducting educational research will be discussed.
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Supervised observation and student teaching in an approved elementary school under a certified teacher. Eight weeks are spent with students in grade 1-3; eight weeks with students in grade 4-6. The student teacher gradually transitions from observation to increasing participation in, and responsibility for, planning and implementing instruction. The student teacher is responaible for maintaining a written log to be submitted to college supervisor and is expected to be involved in all aspects of school life relevant to instruction.
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3.00 Credits
This course, a co-requisite with student teaching, offers the prospective childhood education teacher an opportunity to apply educational theory to pedagogical practice. Through structured and goal directed sessions, case studies and discussion, the student teacher will learn to access resources that will enable him/her to maximize children's growth and educational development within the school system. Field experience is the ED 672 co-requisite.
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3.00 Credits
A course designed to help students improve their reading and study skills for success in college. The course emphasizes comprehension skills for college reading, vocabulary improvement, and efficient reading and study techniques. Students' reading and study needs from other courses are incorporated wherever possible. Students whose performance on a College-administered placement test is below an acceptable standard are required to take and pass this course.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to composition skills. Designed for students whose writing, as demonstrated on the placement examination, needs extensive and intensive development to prepare them for successful college work. Emphasis will be on examining and articulating ideas within basic rhetorical patterns, choosing appropriate sentence structures, and avoiding stylistic errors that distract attention from the thought. In order to proceed to the next course in this sequence, a minimum grade of C- is required.
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3.00 Credits
Principles of clear, correct, and effective writing. Some attention to grammar and sentence logic; main emphasis on writing which expresses, supports, and develops ideas. Focus on the essay form - formulating theses; adopting appropriate rhetorical patterns; structuring a series of related, supporting paragraphs; integrating secondary sources to enhance the writer's authority. In order to proceed to the next course in this sequence, a minimum grade of C- is required.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to literary study through close analysis of texts from the major genres (fiction, poetry, drama, essay), with emphasis on learning to identify key themes and to relate meaning to structure. Includes writing assignments designed to develop students' skills in presenting their own interpretations, in building effectively on interpretations encountered in research, and in supporting ideas through appropriate documentation. Prerequisites: EN 107, EN 112 or equivalent. For exit from English 113, the final course in the Writing Sequence, a minimum grade of C- is required. No English course numbered 200 or above should be taken prior to enrollment in English 113.
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3.00 Credits
A course designed to enhance the student's mastery of skills appropriate for all written communications, with attention to specific strategies appropriate for various disciplines and professions. Reserved for students who have completed EN 113 or the equivalent. For exit from EN 115, a minimum grade of C- is required.
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3.00 Credits
Classical civilization and the concept of the dignity of the human spirit; quests for and affirmations of meaning in the life of the individual, and their parallels in modern life and culture. Special emphasis on readings from Hebraic, Greek, and Roman literature, including selections from the Bible, Homer, Plato, the major Greek dramatists, Virgil, Ovid.
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3.00 Credits
The subject of crime has existed in literature and folklore since ancient times, both as an element of plot and as a part of a thematic or moral agenda. This course will center upon selected readings from different eras and upon different aspects of crime and the criminal imagination,including 18th-century Gothic romances, 19th-century literature focusing on psychological motivations (e.g. the works of Poe and Dostoevsky), and 20th-century fictionalized accounts of real crimes.
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