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ECO 310 - Public Finance Credits: 3
Deals with theory and categories of public expenditures, principles and effects of taxation, major forms of taxes, theory and problems of government borrowing and deficit financing, fiscal policy, budgets, and fiscal administration.
Prerequisite(s): (ECO 101 or HON 165 ) and (ECO 102 or HON 166 ) or permission of department.
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ECO 317 - Health Economics Credits: 3
Introduces the fundamental concepts of health care markets. Transactions among health care providers, insurance companies, government and patients will be examined. Basic tools of economics are introduced to analyze the behavior of consumers, hospitals, insurers, and health care professionals. Topics covered include the demand and supply of health care, health insurance, pharmaceutical industry, quality of care, access to care, competition, reform proposals, and government programs and regulation.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 102 or ECO 113 or HON 166 or permission of department.
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ECO 321 - International Economics Credits: 3
Introduces basic theory of international trade and finance. Highlights sources of comparative advantage, gains and losses from trade, the impact of trade on economic growth, and effects of trade policy interventions such as tariffs, quotas, voluntary export restraints and export subsidies. International agreements on regional trade liberalization (such as EU and NAFTA) and on multilateral trade liberalization (e.g., WTO) will also be discussed. Topics on international finance include balance of payments, determination of foreign exchange rates, and international monetary system.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 102 or ECO 113 or HON 166 or permission of department.
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ECO 333 - Research and Analysis in Economics Credits: 3
Provides the opportunity for students to have a hands-on experience in applying various economic research methodology and analysis in addressing current socio-economic issues. Quantitative research approaches and the use of computer statistical software are essential in this course.
Prerequisite(s): (SCM 200 or MAT 117 ) and (ECO 113 or ECO 101 or ECO 102 or HON 166 or HON 165 ) or permission of department.
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ECO 340 - Introduction to Regional Economics Credits: 3
Discusses the economics of industrial location, land utilization, urban structure, and regional development. Problems of locational change and adjustment are analyzed. Objectives, methods, and implications of policies of public control are emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 102 or HON 166 or permission of department.
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ECO 345 - The Economics of Growth and Development Credits: 3
Introduces the general field of economics growth and the problems of developing countries. Specifically, the nature of a typical underdeveloped area and the problems of capital formation, population growth, and economic organization are analyzed and compared with those arising with the growth of industrialized countries. Theories of economic growth and their relevance to current problems in developing areas and various forms of international assistance, are examined.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 102 or HON 166 or permission of department.
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ECO 355 - Environmental Economics Credits: 3
Focuses on environmental issues from both a microeconomic and macroeconomic point of view. Pollution control policies such as taxes, subsidies, marketable pollution permits, and government mandated pollution standards are analyzed from theoretical and applied perspectives.
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ECO 360 - Industrial Organization Credits: 3
Analyzes structure, conduct, and performance of American industry with emphasis on the economic and social impact of the concentration of economic power in the industrial sector.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 102 or HON 166 or permission of department.
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ECO 377 - Sports Economics Credits: 3
Tools of economic analysis are used to study the sports industry. Topics of discussion include monopoly, monopsony, pricing strategies, profitability, role of unions, discrimination, salary determination, and college athletics. The course is divided into three main sections: 1) the market structure of sports, 2) the financing of professional sports, and 3) the labor markets of professional and amateur sports.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 101 or ECO 102 or ECO 113 or HON 165 or HON 166
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ECO 391 - Internship in Economics I Credits: 3
Students supplement their classroom studies by acquiring human capital through a professional internship. Contact the internship coordinator of the department for further information.
Prerequisite(s): Requires permission of department to enroll.
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ECO 392 - Internship in Economics II Credits: 3
Students supplement their classroom studies by acquiring human capital through a professional internship. Contact the internship coordinator of the department for further information.
Prerequisite(s): Requires permission of department to enroll.
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ECO 393 - Selected Topics in Economics Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
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ECO 394 - Selected Topics in Economics Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
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ECO 395 - Selected Topics in Economics Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
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ECO 396 - Selected Topics in Economics Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
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ECO 399 - Independent Study in Economics Credits: 1-3
Independent study affords students the opportunity to engage in independent study related to their major field, a supporting area, or specialized interest.
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ECO 484 - Mathematical Economics Credits: 3
Covers the specification of economic models in mathematical terms. Applications of mathematical analysis to both macroeconomic and microeconomic concepts are presented.
Prerequisite(s): (ECO 101 or HON 165 ) and (ECO 102 or HON 166 ) ) and (MAT 181 or MAT 211 ) )
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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ECO 485 - Econometrics Credits: 3
Covers statistical estimation and testing of economic models. Topics include specification of models, data problems, and estimation problems encountered in the study of economics, such as serial correlation, hetroscedasticity, autoregression, lag models, and identification.
Prerequisite(s): (ECO 101 or HON 165 ) and (ECO 102 or HON 166 ) )
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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ECO 490 - Selected Topics in Economics Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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Early Childhood Special Education |
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ECS 415 - Professional Practicum: Pre K-4/Dual Credits: 3
Early Childhood Special Education (ECS 415) is for senior-level student participation in early childhood /early intervention environments. Emphasis is placed on building partnerships with families and various community entities and implementing facets of an integrated curriculum. Instructor led seminars are scheduled throughout the course. Students will complete a total of at least 50 hours in a placement with preschool children.
Graduate Credit: This course is not available for graduate credit.
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ECS 489 - Student Teaching and Professional Practicum Credits: 12
This course is a site-based professional experience that provides a full semester of guided teaching in PreK-4th and PreK-8 special education classrooms during which the student, under the direction of a qualified cooperating teacher and university supervisor, takes increasing responsibility for planning and directing the learning experience of a specific group(s) of students.
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Education Foundation |
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EDU 290 - Introduction to English/Language Arts Education Credits: 3
Offers Secondary English certification students a foundation in English/Language Arts education. The first of three pedagogy courses, it provides the history of American education with an emphasis on middle and high schools and the fundamentals of educational and adolescent psychology and then moves to a more specific focus on the secondary ELA classroom. Introduces the philosophical beliefs and practical realities of American education (with a special focus on middle and high schools), the array of learning and development theories that inform effective educators, and the range of effective literacy practices involved in ELA teaching and learning at the secondary level. Curriculum, student diversity, assessment, technology, differentiation, and classroom management are topics explored both generally and with an ELA focus as students work toward becoming reflective collaborative decision-makers. Readings, assignments, and practical demonstrations will provide an opportunity to engage with theory and research that will be relevant to future course work and eventual middle and high school ELA classrooms.
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EDU 371 - Technology in the Mathematics Classroom Credits: 3
Surveys the broad spectrum of technology as an effective means for achieving educational objectives in the secondary mathematics classroom. Emphasizes graphing calculators, computer spreadsheets, various software programs, digital technology, etc. Includes extensive laboratory-based hands-on learning.
Prerequisite(s): Requires junior standing or permission of instructor.
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EDU 393 - Selected Topics in Educational Foundations Credits: 1-3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
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EDU 399 - Independent Study in Education Foundation Credits: 3
Independent study affords students the opportunity to engage in independent study related to their major field, a supporting area, or specialized interest.
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EDU 410 - Environmental Education Practicum Credits: 3
Opportunity to apply knowledge gained in previous courses and other experiences to a practical situation. Includes activities specifically designed to develop and evaluate skills needed to create a course of study for teaching environmental education in the elementary and secondary schools. An integral part is working with both elementary and secondary students in the application of both skills and knowledge.
Prerequisite(s): Approval of coordinator of environmental education.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 412 - Teaching Social Studies in Secondary Schools I Credits: 3
Designed to acquaint the prospective teacher of social studies with the philosophy of the field, curriculum preparation and materials, and recent methods and techniques. Course outline, preparation of teaching units, testing and visual aids are stressed.
Corequisite(s): EDU 413
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 413 - Teaching of Social Studies II Credits: 3
Explores the rationale for media use in education, provides an opportunity to develop audiovisual materials and become familiar with commercial materials to supplement teaching techniques and hands-on experiences with a variety of media equipment. Incorporates techniques of evaluation and testing through presentations and projects, which enhance student decision making to include these elements in classroom instructions.
Corequisite(s): EDU 412
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 420 - Microcomputers in the Classroom Credits: 3
Provides basic knowledge of evolution and operation of a microcomputer system. A variety of educational applications are reviewed and analyzed for instructional contributions. Using recommended evaluation procedures, software reviewed and discussed as to classroom utilization. .
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 422 - Methods of Teaching English in Secondary Schools Credits: 3
Second half of methods block for secondary certification for English majors. Builds on EDU290 and completes preparation for student teaching. Will learn how to apply many of the concepts of EDU 290 and will begin more specifically elements into practice.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 290
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 426 - Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages Credits: 3
Focuses on techniques and materials for teaching foreign languages in the K-12 school setting. Theoretical rationales for a variety of methodologies and specific techniques examined along with the implications of findings from research in second language acquisition. Through a variety of strategies and experiences students develop those skills needed to begin a successful teaching career.
Prerequisite(s): Requires permission of instructor to enroll.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 428 - Methods of Teaching and Training in Business Education Credits: 3
Focuses on skills and knowledge needed by pre-service teachers as they learn to design instructional programs in the areas of business and computer education and training. Particular focus is on identification and selection of appropriate curriculum materials, methods of presenting information to diverse groups of students, and the educational technology that supports the instructional program. Classroom management techniques, curriculum considerations, and strategies for teaching business subjects are stressed. Topics of educational and psychological measurement and evaluation and their use by classroom teachers as well as the evaluation of student progress in a variety of educational settings is addressed. Case studies focusing on various aspects of teaching provide an opportunity for reflection on all aspects of classroom instruction.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 434 - Teaching of Mathematics in the Secondary Schools I Credits: 3
Covers theories of learning mathematics, national and state standards, and educational issues related to teaching and learning mathematics. Mathematical content and curricula for secondary school students will be explored and analyzed. Lesson and long-range planning and the classroom environment are included.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 435 - Teaching of Mathematics in the Secondary Schools II Credits: 3
Covers instructional and assessment strategies for secondary school mathematics classrooms. Differentiated instruction techniques, the use of student-centered approaches, and reading and writing connections are included. Students will participate in pre-student teaching clinical experiences.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 434
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 440 - Teaching of Science in Secondary Schools Credits: 3
Students develop an instructional philosophy through discussions and reading as well as experience in simulated teaching activities. Use of demonstrations, experiments, visual aids, projects, cooperative learning, and other inquiry and discovery activities are stressed. Additional topics include individual differences among students, handicapped, or reading disabled.
Corequisite(s): EDU 441
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 441 - Curriculum and Evaluation in the Secondary Science Classroom Credits: 3
Understanding of inter-relatedness between the life science, physical science, chemistry, and earth and space science curricula through reading, demonstrations, and visits to schools. Emphasis on relationships among learning objectives, teaching/learning activities, and the attainment of those objectives. Evaluation component includes construction of classroom rubrics, quizzes and tests, and the analysis and improvement of those assessment tools.
Corequisite(s): EDU440
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 490 - Selected Topics in Education Foundation Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 491 - Selected Topics in Education Foundation Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 492 - Selected Topics in Education Foundation Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 493 - Selected Topics in Education Foundation Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 494 - Selected Topics in Education Foundation Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 495 - Student Teaching and Professional Practicum Credits: 9-15
Professional site-based experience provides a full semester of guided teaching in the K-12 schools during which the student, under the direction of a qualified cooperating teacher and university supervisor, takes increasing responsibility for planning and directing the learning experience of a specific group(s) of students. Student Teaching is a variable credit course based on your program requirements. Program requirements should be verified for the proper number of student teaching credits required for graduation. CREDIT HOURS: 9 hours graduate student teaching, 12 hours middle level student teaching all options except language arts single concentration, 12 hours early childhood student teaching (pre k-grade 4), and 12 hrs secondary education concentration students.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 496 - Selected Topics in Education Foundation Credits: 1
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 497 - Selected Topics in Education Foundation Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 498 - Selected Topics in Education Foundation Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EDU 499 - Selected Topics in Education Foundation Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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Special Education |
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EEC 273 - Introduction to Exceptionalities: Understanding Diverse Learners Credits: 3
Provides a background in the field of special education and the nature of exceptionality in children and youth. Designed to address the definitions, characteristics, and educational, social, and emotional needs of diverse learners. Emphasis on legal rights and responsibilities inherent in the field of special education. In addition, societal attitudes and practices in relation to individuals with exceptionalities, current practices in identifying and classifying children and youth with exceptionalities, characteristics of all exceptional population groups, programmatic needs of individuals with exceptionalities, and issues and trends in the various fields that impact on diagnosis, classification, and programming. Covers the role of the general education teacher and other ancillary service providers in the IEP (Individualized Education Program) process. The knowledge base for this course content comes out of social, cognitive, and developmental psychology, medical aspects, educational law and policy, and special education. An important foundation for being an effective and efficient general educator. This course requires 9 contact hours in an educational setting for individuals with exceptionalities. Students must have completed all clearances, as specified by the Office of Field Placement Services.
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EEC 280 - Best Practices in Collaboration: Educators, Families, & Related Service Providers Credits: 3
In order to effectively implement the guiding principles of current special education federal legislation, it is critical for educators to collaborate with all appropriate stakeholders in a given multidisciplinary, Individualized Family Services Plan (IFSP), and Individualized Education Program (IEP) team. This course addresses essential elements of effective collaboration and communication with a variety of stakeholders.
Prerequisite(s): Requires Admission into the Prek-4/Special Education Dual Certification Program and EEC 273 with minimum grade of B or HON 411 with minimum grade of B
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EEC 320 - Interventions for Students with Communication Impairments Credits: 3
This course is to prepare preservice special education teachers to work with students who have been identified with a speech/communication impairment. Preservice special education teachers will develop an understanding of (a) basic concepts related to communication impairments, (b) effects communication impairments have on academic, social, and behavioral outcomes, (c) how to design and adapt instruction for students affected by communication impairments, and (d) how to program for students identified with a communication impairment.
Prerequisite(s): EEC 273 with minimum grade of B
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EEC 325 - Interventions for Students with Social/Emotional and Behavioral Impairments Credits: 3
Understanding how to address atypical development in social/emotional and/or behavioral development is critical to educating young children with exceptionalities. This course will prepare preservice special education teachers to (a) identify and assess young students with social/emotional and/or behavioral impairments; (b) develop, implement, and monitor individualized education programs (IEP) for young students with social/emotional and/or behavioral impairments; and (c) design, provide, and adapt instruction for young students with social/emotional and/or behavioral impairments. This course will also focus on developing and implementing classroom-wide behavior management systems. Teacher candidates will become familiar with current trends in proactive behavior management approaches used within classrooms and schools. This course will also address connections of challenging behaviors to aspects of the learner’s (a) environments, (b) cultural diversity, (c) developmental and academic skills, and (d) physiological needs.
Prerequisite(s): EEC 273 with minimum grade of B
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EEC 330 - Teaching Students with Exceptionalities in a Standards-Aligned System Credits: 3
This course will prepare teacher candidates to design and implement standards-based instruction and Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for Pk-8 students with disabilities within the general curriculum or adapted curriculum. Teacher candidates will learn how to identify current content standards, design specialized instruction for students with exceptionalities, and implement appropriate accommodations and/or modifications, as needed.
Prerequisite(s): Requires admittance into the Pk-4/Special Education Dual Certification Program and EEC 273 with minimum grade of B
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EEC 335 - Interventions for Students with Cognitive and/or Physical Impairments Credits: 3
This course will prepare preservice teachers to identify and use the most current and evidence-based instruction for students identified with cognitive and/or physical impairments. Preservice teachers will also learn about atypical cognitive and physical development, as well as how to design, implement, and monitor individual educational programs for students identified with cognitive and/or physical impairments.
Prerequisite(s): EEC 273 with minimum grade of B
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EEC 423 - Effective Instructional Strategies for Children with Exceptionalities Credits: 3
Designed to prepare both general and special education teachers to effectively teach students with disabilities in general education settings. Emphasis given to utilizing evidence based instructional practices for students with varying disabilities, creating a positive learning environment, collaborating and communicating with other school personnel and parents, and implementing positive behavioral interventions.
Prerequisite(s): (EEC 273 or EEC 411 or HON 411 )
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EEC 445 - Proactive Approaches for Classroom and Behavior Management Credits: 3
Provides instruction and experience in individual and group aspects of classroom management. Provides instruction on proactive versus reactive interventions, defining and prioritizing behaviors, collecting and interpreting observational data, and methods for increasing desirable behaviors and decreasing undesirable behaviors. Discusses generalization and maintenance of behaviors, and self-management. Writing effective behavior management plans emphasized while focusing on ethical, legal, and proactive practices.
Prerequisite(s): (EEC 273 or EEC 411 or HON 411 )
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EEC 447 - Special Education Processes in a Standards Aligned System Credits: 3
EEC 447 is an advanced study in planning and delivering instructional content to students with disabilities in a standards aligned system. The course will focus on: 1) the major principles of IDEA emphasizing evaluation, identification, and writing legally correct Evaluation Report’s (ER) and Individualized Education Programs (IEP), 2) the principles of Least Restrictive Environment, Due Process, and Parent Involvement, 3) Behavior management of students with disabilities.
Prerequisite(s): (EEC 273 or EEC 411 or HON 411 )
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EEC 483 - Assessing Children with Exceptionalities for Curricular Decision-Making Credits: 3
Designed to provide teacher candidates with a comprehensive overview of the skills, processes, and research-based interventions for linking assessment and instructional decision-making in inclusive settings for students with disabilities. The academic core areas of literacy, writing, math, and behavior will focus on preparing candidates to participate in pre-referral data collection, contribution to the identification of students with disabilities, IEP writing, progress monitoring, and curriculum based assessment.
Prerequisite(s): (EEC 273 or EEC 411 or HON 411 )
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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EEC 490 - Selected Topics in Special Education Credits: 1-3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Prerequisite(s): EEC 273 or EEC 411 or HON 411
Graduate Credit: This course is not available for graduate credit.
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EEC 491 - Selected Topics in Special Education Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Prerequisite(s): EEC 273 or EEC 411 or HON 411
Graduate Credit: This course is not available for graduate credit.
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Electrical Engineering |
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ELEC 210 - Signals and Systems Credits: 4
Signals and systems covers the basic concepts of signals and system modeling. Students will learn about the differences between time-domain and frequency domain representation of a signal and modes of analysis. Students will also learn about continuous and discrete signals analysis using a number of different techniques (e.g. Fourier Analysis). Students will use state of the art tools (e.g. MATLAB) to simulate and analyze systems that use signals propagation.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 322 with minimum grade of C
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ELEC 230 - Instrumentation Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of the different mechanisms and instruments used to measure physical values such as temperature, pressure, flow, and force; that are common in modern industrial processes. The course provides background in the sources of measurement error and methods to compensate for them.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 206 with minimum grade of C or PHY 222 with minimum grade of C
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ELEC 300 - Foundations of Electronic Systems Credits: 4
Foundations of electronic systems including basic circuit theory, and fundamental and composite devices. Advanced circuit theory includes circuit analysis laws including KVL and KCL, lumped matter approach, and isomorphic analysis. Basic devices (e.g., resistors and capacitors) will be modeled and used to construct composite devices (e.g., transformer is constructed from two mutual inductors). Non-linear devices (e.g., transistors and diodes) will also be modeled and used to construct other basic systems (e.g., amplifiers, voltage regulators). Students will use and extend PSPICE to model the ideal behavior of these systems.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 212 with minimum grade of C and PHY 221 with minimum grade of C
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ELEC 323 - Electronic Design & Processes Credits: 4
Students will learn the principles of designing advanced circuits using state-of-the-art CAD tools to create a schematic within given engineering constraints, including factors such as functionality, physical limitations, cost, standard parts inventories, reliability, verifiability, signal integrity, and manufacturing complexity. Students will use advanced simulation tools to verify their designs. Students will learn about Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), and will create a PCB layout for their schematic. Students will then use the lab facilities to manufacture their board, from blank copper plates to populated board. This board will then be inspected, verified, and reworked as needed. Finally, the student will learn how to use system programmers and debuggers to load their software onto the board, and deliver a completed system.
Prerequisite(s): CMPE 322 with minimum grade of C
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ELEC 330 - Control Systems Credits: 3
This is a study of the design and implementation of control systems used across a wide range of modern mechanical and electrical systems. This course explores the theory behind control systems allows us to effectively model their behavior, including frequency and time domain models of these systems. Both open- and closed-loop control systems are developed, with a special emphasis on the PID controller. Students will ultimately learn how to take measurements from a physical system and build a model of that system, develop a control system that meets engineering requirements, and then actually implement that control system using MATLAB. Finally, students will compare the theoretical results and the actual results of their control systems.
Prerequisite(s): ELEC 230 with minimum grade of C or CMPE 322 with minimum grade of C
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ELEC 360 - Communications Systems Credits: 4
Introduction to analog and digital communication systems. Emphasis on engineering applications of theory to communication system design. Students will study the basics of sampling and quantization, coding, signal detection, and digital modulation schemes including AM, FM, PAM, and PCM. Transmission of information and system performance in the presence of noise will be covered. Students will use state of the art tools such as MATLAB to analyze communication systems limited by bandwidth and noise.
Prerequisite(s): ELEC 210 with minimum grade of C
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ELEC 422 - High Speed Circuits Credits: 4
Students will learn about analog and mixed-signal circuits including high-speed clocks, phase-lock-loops, A/D and D/A converters, and amplifiers. Students will also learn about principles of high-speed communications, including energy and band-width constrained waveforms, and various forms of signal modulations, and data encodings (e.g. 8/10b encoding).
Prerequisite(s): CMPE 322 with minimum grade of C
Graduate Credit: This course is not available for graduate credit.
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Educational Leadership and Policy |
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ELP 490 - Selected Topics in Educational Leadership and Policy Credits: 1-3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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ELP 491 - Selected Topics in Educational Leadership and Policy Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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ELP 492 - Selected Topics in Educational Leadership and Policy Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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ELP 493 - Selected Topics in Educational Leadership and Policy Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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ELP 494 - Selected Topics in Educational Leadership and Policy Credits: 3
Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses.
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
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ENGR 100 - Engineering Seminar I Credits: 1
The goal of this course is to prepare the student for study in an engineering discipline. This will include general skills for achieving success in college, in addition to an introduction to the engineering disciplines and the engineering development process.
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ENGR 110 - Modeling and Simulation Credits: 3
An introduction to modeling physical systems and simulating them using scientific computation software. Topics will include modeling dynamic systems, the basic mathematics of modeling physical systems, including difference equations, arithmetic and geometric series, spring-damper systems, open- and closed- loop systems. To support these topics, students will learn to use the MATLAB and Simulink systems, including basic expression evaluation, scalar, vector, and multi-dimensional variables, conditionals, repetition, and writing basic functions.
Prerequisite(s): Math placement level of 6
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ENGR 120 - Programming for Engineers Credits: 3
An introduction to programming for electrical engineers. This course is a highly focused introduction to programming in C language. It covers the basics of programming including procedures, variables, types, loop, and control structures. The course introduces basic computing resources, and introduces algorithmic solutions to common engineering and numerical problems.
Prerequisite(s): Math placement level of 6
Corequisite(s): MAT 212
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ENGR 200 - Engineering Seminar II Credits: 1
This course is focused on the tools that teams use to engineer solutions together. Participation in a team project will help the students learn about and apply current team coordination tools for project management, configuration management, and personal improvement.
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ENGR 300 - Engineering Seminar III Credits: 1
The goal of this course is to prepare the student for upper class courses and entering the workplace. Career preparation will include strategies for finding internships and full-time positions and preparing for the hiring process (building a resume, writing a cover letter, and interviewing). Academic preparation will be focused on how to find and read journal publications on a given topic.
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ENGR 310 - Statistical Process Control Credits: 3
The course will develop the students’ understanding of statistical process control. A variety of control charts will be used for assessing process stability and estimation of process capability. We will also study how engineers design experiments based on statistical quality control for the purpose of controlling, improving, and optimizing the engineering process.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 375 with minimum grade of C
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English |
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ENG 050 - Basic Writing Credits: 3
Offers development of skills necessary for writing effectively. Includes instruction in pre-writing, writing, revising, editing, and proofreading. In addition to assignments on vocabulary, sentence structure, mechanics, and usage, students will work on writing effective paragraphs and compositions. A documented essay is the final project. Required of students who exhibit need of preparation for ENG 114 .
Prerequisite(s): Writing placement score of 1
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ENG 113 - Introduction to Academic Writing Credits: 3
This is an introductory writing course designed to increase students’ writing proficiency to the level required in ENG 114 , a course that fulfills the General Education writing requirement. ENG 113 focuses on the writing process and provides an introduction to the kinds of critical and analytical writing that will be required in ENG 114 . Students will read and respond to a variety of texts and strengthen their ability to develop a clear and focused argument. Particular attention is paid to essential writing skills, such as the ability to generate ideas, create a clear and focused argument, develop focused paragraphs, use sources and create error-free sentences. There will also be a sustained focus on grammar and usage so that students are better prepared for the rigor of ENG 114 . This course DOES NOT fulfill the writing requirement.
Prerequisite(s): Writing placement score of 2
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ENG 114 - Writing Intensive First-Year Seminar Credits: 3
Introduces thought provoking texts and subjects. Assists students in developing four basic skills: writing, reading, discussion, and critical-thinking. Students learn to communicate more effectively as writers and learn to read, discuss, and think more deeply and successfully. Introduces some university resources, such as the library and the Learning Center. Assists in making the transition from high school to the university by providing a small, interactive writing intensive course. Students are assigned to ENG114 on the basis of their performance on the SAT or after successful completion of ENG 113 .
Prerequisite(s): Writing placement score of 3 or higher or prior SAT verbal minimum score of 450 or SAT writing subscore mimimum score of 26 or ENG 113 with minimum grade of C
Category: Basic Skills and Competencies
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ENG 115 - Advanced Placement Writing Credits: 3
Provides well-prepared students with enhanced course work in writing effective essays in accordance with a process model of pre-writing, drafting, peer reviewing, revising, editing, and proofreading, as well as sophisticated rhetorical analysis of audience, form, and content. Students compose some writing from print, non-print and on-line sources, using such appropriate documentation formats as Modern Language Association (MLA) format for essays in the humanities. Students are assigned to ENG115 instead of ENG 114 on the basis of their performance on the SAT.
Prerequisite(s): Writing placement score of 4 or prior SAT verbal minimum score of 33 or SAT writing subscore minimum score of 610
Category: Basic Skills and Competencies
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ENG 130 - Literary Studies for the English Major and Minor Credits: 3
Introduces the fundamental components of the major genres of literature (drama, fiction, poetry): plot-structure and character, narrative point-of-view and style, metaphor, and rhythm. Students are taught to identify and to analyze these components in a range of representative titles, e.g., Shakespeare’s Othello, Toni Morrison’s Sula, Coleridge and Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads. Includes reading and writing assignments focused on such identification and evaluation. Students should expect to write at least one documented paper.
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ENG 190 - General Education Special Topics Credits: 3
Read poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and plays; learn techniques of creative writing like dialogue, image, narrative, point of view, scene and plot. Students will have the chance to apply what they learn to their own creative writing.
Category: Cat B - Literature
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ENG 213 - Writing and Research About Literature Credits: 3
Introduces the fundamentals of the research methodologies and critical approaches in the English major. Students are taught how to write and workshop a critically informed literary analysis involving both primary and secondary texts and using standard practices in the discipline (accessing authoritative criticism, cultural, and/or historical information using specialized research tools, and cultivating an ability to apply diverse critical perspectives). Course work includes reading and writing assignments that develop writing skills and original, critically informed analyses. Students should expect to write at least one documented paper.
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ENG 224 - Introduction to Creative Writing Credits: 3
Introduction to Creative Writing introduces elements of creative writing in a variety of genres, providing practice analyzing short stories, creative nonfiction pieces, poems and/or dramatic scenes from the point of view of a creative writer. In a series of creative assignments, students will learn to use the tools of creative writing?such as scene, dialog, imagery and description?to explore and improve their own creative writing. Students will write a series of short summary/analysis responses to reading assignments. Students will complete a series of short explorations of creative writing, with a culminating assignment of an expanded and revised creative work in a process portfolio. This course satisfies the requirement for a course in Writing.
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ENG 229 - Advanced Composition Credits: 3
This course is designed to help students make their writing more sophisticated and more effective in the rhetorical situations for which it is composed and to increase their understanding of language and the writing process. We will cover the study of rhetorical principles that will help students craft strategic arguments for specific audiences in particular contexts. Students should anticipate writing a minimum of 20 original pages distributed across several graded assignments, in support of which we will hold in-class workshops, discussions, smaller ?lead-in? writing assignments, instructor feedback, and group exercises. Students will learn to appreciate the choices open to them in their writing, examining model prose from several genres and writing polished essays of their own.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 114 or ENG 115 or HON 106
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ENG 233 - American Literature I Credits: 3
First of a two-part chronologically based survey of American literature. Works of drama, fiction, and poetry by American writers of this period are studied. Representative writers are Taylor, Melville, Dickinson, and Whitman. Some attention given to history of ideas associated with the writers of this period. Expect to write at least one analytic paper dealing with one or more of the works read for the course.
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ENG 234 - American Literature II Credits: 3
Second of a two-part chronologically based survey of American literature. Works of drama, fiction, and poetry by American writers of this period are studied. Representative writers are James, Wharton, O’Neill, and Stevens. Some attention given to the history of ideas associated with the writers of this period. Expect to write at least one analytic paper dealing with one or more of the works read for the course.
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ENG 236 - British Literature I Credits: 3
First of a two-part, chronologically based survey of British literature. Works of drama, prose, and poetry by British writers of this period are studied. Representative writers include Chaucer, Jonson, and Milton. Some attention given to history of ideas associated with the writers of this period. Expect to write at least one analytic paper dealing with one or more of the works read for the course.
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ENG 237 - British Literature II Credits: 3
Second of a two-part, chronologically based survey of British literature. Works of drama, prose, and poetry by British writers of this period are studied. Representative writers are Wordsworth, Browning, Yeats, and Joyce. Some attention given to history of ideas associated with the writers of this period. Expect to write at least one analytic paper for the course.
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ENG 238 - Technical/Professional Writing I Credits: 3
Introduces the process, techniques, and forms of technical writing. Students follow a writing process from research through drafting to editing for clarity and effectiveness. Includes using graphics to convey information, accurately documenting electronic and on-line sources, and carefully considering audience. Assignments cover basic forms of technical communication such as memos, letters, resumes, instructions, abstracts, and presentations. A major research project in the disciplines gives students experience with the specific forms of technical or professional writing required in their academic area.
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ENG 239 - Postcolonial Literature Credits: 3
Provides an introduction to postcolonial studies by covering literature from around the world engaged in the representation of?and resistance to?European colonization. Students will read and respond to a variety of postcolonial literature and cultures, which may include poetry, short fiction, novels, film, and postcolonial theory. Primarily focusing on writing in English from Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and the Caribbean, the course may also include literature and cultures from other regions with a history of colonialism.
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ENG 240 - Global Literature Credits: 3
Offers an introduction to reading literature in global and historical contexts. Readings will focus on literatures from multiple national sites, primarily those produced outside England and the US. The course will consider a variety of topics of comparative literary study, such as transnational identities, cultural translation, diaspora, and historical contact zones. Particular focus and genre will vary according to instructor. The course may focus on a theme (e.g., the romantic hero, utopian literature, the poetry of war) or a region (e.g., literature of sub-Saharan Africa, Magical Realism of South America, literature of the European Avant-Garde). Course work will include at least one analytical essay.
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ENG 243 - The Art of the Film Credits: 3
The course provides an introduction to film and to the fundamentals of how it communicates as an art form and a cultural medium. Screenings in the course are chosen to emphasize the variety of narrative film by including literary adaptations of fiction and drama, classical American movies, foreign-language films, and examples of independent and silent cinema. The course aims to help students acquire skills of watching and responding that will enable them to become more knowledgeable and perceptive viewers, more aware of how movies work to shape our ideas about life and social experience. This course satisfies a Category B general education requirement.
Category: Cat B - Literature
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ENG 248 - Introduction to Culturally Diverse Literature of the U.S. Credits: 3
Introduces literature by writers of African-American, Hispanic American, Asian American, and Native American descent. Representative authors may include John Edgar Wideman, Junot Diaz, Leslie Marmon Silko and Amy Tan. Expect to write analyses of the assigned readings. Course satisfies general education diversity requirements; fulfills general education literature requirement for Category B.
Category: Cat B - Literature
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ENG 250 - Introduction to Literature Credits: 3
Read, think, and write about literature and its elements as appropriate for the general education curriculum. Provides practice in formal and thematic analysis of literature. Course satisfies the general education requirement for a Category B literature course.
Category: Cat B - Literature
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ENG 304 - Literary Criticism Credits: 3
Covers historical and recent literary criticism and its applications in the analysis of literary texts. While reading assignments will be primarily in theory, writing assignments may focus either on theories themselves or on their analytic application. The course meets the departments criticism requirement.
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ENG 307 - Poetry Writing Credits: 3
Provides the opportunity for students to develop interests and skills in writing poetry. Courses utilizes a workshop approach for discussion and critique of writing as well as individual conferences with the instructor. Students also read and analyze published poetry and engage in writing exercises. Students should expect to write and revise at least fifteen pages of poetry.
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ENG 308 - Fiction Writing Credits: 3
Provides the opportunity for students to develop interests and skills in writing fiction. Courses utilizes a workshop approach for discussion and critique of writing as well as individual conferences with the instructor. Students also read and analyze published works of short fiction and engage in various writing exercises. Students should expect to write and revise at least two stories and produce a final portfolio of their work.
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ENG 318 - Studies in English Renaissance Literature Credits: 3
Provides in-depth study of selected English Renaissance literature, from around 1500-1660. Content varies by instructor but will include works by at least two writers. Featured topics may include literary genres or modes (e.g., the sonnet, revenge tragedies or conduct books); themes (e.g., the representation of women or iconography); or topics important to the time period (e.g., the Reformation, New World exploration or the English Civil War). Expect to write at least one analytic paper requiring research.
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ENG 323 - Reviewing the Arts for Publication Credits: 3
Provides practical experience in writing critical reviews in the arts: music, dance, painting, literature, sculpture and architecture. Writing will be done in a variety of publication formats (mass circulation weekly, daily newspaper, professional journal). Some time will be given to readings in the history of the arts and related ideas.
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