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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Students will learn the management of personal finances, and how to solve personal financial problems. Topics include saving, borrowing, purchasing life, health and property insurance, social security, home buying, buying stocks and bonds, and estate planning.
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3.00 Credits
Students learn both a conceptual and applied approach to personal investments. Financial theory is used as a practical guide to understanding the workings of financial markets. Topics include the investment risk/return relationship, debt and equity instruments, sources of investment information, efficient markets, managing your portfolio, and investment companies.
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3.00 Credits
Students are introduced to the basic economic problem, the study of economics, and the American capitalist market system. Macroeconomic topics discussed are the business cycle, inflation, unemployment, economic growth, and government policies for stability and growth.
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3.00 Credits
Students are introduced to the American capitalist market system. Microeconomic topics discussed are markets, pricing, competition, and resource allocation both domestically and internationally. Also discussed are government policies directed at solving problems in these areas.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to Education gives prospective teachers a proper introduction to the field of education. There is a strong emphasis on present-day practices, issues, and theories while also exploring ethics and educational history. While in class, students will participate in various instructional strategies both individually and in group settings. In addition, students will gain educational perspective while engaging in observations in an early childhood, elementary, or secondary school setting.
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3.00 Credits
This course will give students the opportunities to explore, utilize, evaluate, and integrate technology into their classrooms and curriculum. Students will be involved in many aspects of this integration, including lesson plan writing and unit designing. Students will develop the skills for enriching their classrooms with various types of technology. This course focuses on technology integration for grades 5-12 classrooms.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on technology integration for PreK-4th grade classrooms. Students will explore, utilize, evaluate, and integrate technology into their classrooms and curriculum. Students will be involved in many aspects of this integration, including lesson plan writing and unit designing. Students will develop the skills for enriching their classrooms with various types of technology.
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3.00 Credits
Teaching Young Children: An Introduction to Early Childhood Education is an introduction to the field of early childhood education. It provides a broad overview of the history, philosophy and theories of development as they relate to current best teaching practices. Students will examine the teacher's role in creating responsive, multicultural, and inclusive environments for young children, as well as the importance of play in the learning process. The development of observation skills, combined with practical experience, will aid the student in documentation of young children's thinking and behavior during the Child Study. Health and safety in the early childhood environment, basic classroom management strategies, and communication skills will also be discussed. Throughout the course, students' discovery of who they are in the lives of children will assist in the process of becoming early childhood professionals.
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3.00 Credits
Working with Children with Special Needs is an introductory course that provides students with an overview of the historical perspective as well as current issues and practices related to special education. Students will learn about laws that affect students with special needs and the classification of exceptionalities identified by the laws. Students will acquire knowledge of definitions, terminology, and assessment tools that relate to special education. The focus will be on the types of accommodations and adaptation that a teacher should make to support students with special needs to ensure their success. Each student will be assigned to a public school special education classroom for the purpose of gaining a first-hand knowledge of the current state of the art of special education. Students will engage in observation hours during this course.
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3.00 Credits
In Guiding Children's Reading Development, students will learn how language arts skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) develop in young children from birth to fourth grade. Students will develop an understanding of their roles as teachers in supporting language arts development. All aspects of skill development, comprehension, and assessment will be addressed.
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