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COSC 345 - Introduction to High Performance Computing
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course offers a general introduction to high performance computing (HPC) highlighting parallel and distributed computing and supercomputing focusing on the problems for which they were designed and the languages used to control them. Topics include a history of large-scale computation and architectural classification of the various machines and platforms (e.g. cluster, grid, cloud) currently available. After measurements of program performance and general methods of optimization have been introduced, a study of dependencies and their influences upon vectorization and parallelism will be covered.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 112 and MATH 243 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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COSC 349 - Computer Networks
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course covers the theory and practice of computer networks, emphasizing the principles underlying the design of network software and the role of the communications system in distributed computing. Topics include network architecture, context and packet switching, network programming, wireless network, data representation, channel, semantics, synchronization, and resource.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 243 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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COSC 350 - Foundations of Computer Security and Information Assurance
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Principles of information security which relate to computer science are addressed. Topics covered include identification and authentication, access control, and security models. Practical aspects of security and assurance are addressed relative to UNIX, Windows NT, and approaches to security attainment.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 241 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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COSC 351 - Cybersecurity
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. zero lab hours.
This course presents threats analyzing and prediction, vulnerabilities and risks. Topics include identification and authentication, encryption and certifications, security in UNIX and Windows environments, malicious software, trusted computer systems, network attacks and defenses, firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, database security.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 112 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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COSC 352 - Organization of Programming Languages
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course explores concepts of programming languages including the following topics: syntax and basic characteristics of grammars, constructs for specifying and manipulating data types, control structures and data flow, and run-time considerations. Examples will be drawn from languages such as FORTRAN 90, JAVA, ALGOL, SNOBOL 4 and APL.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 220 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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COSC 354 - Operating Systems
4 Credits
4 lecture hours.
Principles underlying computer operating systems are presented from a computer designer’s perspective. Concepts explained include process concurrence, synchronization, resource management, input/ output scheduling, job and process scheduling, scheduling policies, deadlock, semaphore, consumer/ producer relationship, storage management (real storage management policies in a multiprogramming environment), virtual memory management (segmentation and paging), and an overview of contemporary operating systems with these principles. Students program in a high level language.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 220 and COSC 241 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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COSC 358 - Network Security Fundamentals
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Creates an awareness of security related issues and the essential skills needed to implement security in a given network. Students are introduced to various protocols, and will learn to develop and implement security measures in router based networks and across different platforms. It focuses on some of the techniques commonly used by network attackers and how to respond to these attacks.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 349
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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COSC 373 - Foundations of Bioinformatics
4 Credits
4 lecture hours.
This multidisciplinary course explains the extraordinarily broad scope of bioinformatics, discusses the theory and practice of computational methods, strategies and software tools for sequence analysis, and protein structure prediction and provides insights to gain a more sophisticated understanding of the applicability and limitations of those approaches.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 112 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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COSC 374 - Introduction to Bioprogramming
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
No background in genetics or biology is assumed. The course involves students doing a few projects which typically involve some computer programming in a programming language of the student’s choice. COSC 372
Prerequisite(s) COSC 373 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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COSC 383 - Numerical Methods and Programming
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course derives and applies techniques for approximation numerical variables and parameters. Mathematical procedures for numerical approximation are analyzed for computational efficiency and error accumulation. Algorithms for implementation of numerical methods are derived and applied in a high-level computer language.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 242 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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COSC 385 - Theory of Languages and Automata
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course is an introduction to the theory of automata, languages, syntax and basic characteristics of grammars and computability. The course covers math preliminaries (sets, functions, and relations), languages, automata, and grammmars; Chomsky hierarchy; finite automata, regular expressions, and regular languages; push-down automata and context free languages; and Turing machines.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 220 and COSC 281 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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COSC 386 - Introduction to Quantum Computing
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course presents an introduction to quantum computing. It covers the basics of quantum computing, quantum architecture, levels of programming, quantum algorithms, quantum software development kits: Qiskit Q#, Cirq, and Forest, the most important and/or popular quantum algorithms.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 220 and MATH 312 completed with grades of “C” or higher
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COSC 413 - Parallel Algorithms
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course consists of fundamental concepts of concurrent programming; synchronization mechanisms based on shared variables and message passing; systematic development of correct programs; and paradigms for distributed programming.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 220 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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COSC 456 - Compilers
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course is an introduction to the principles, techniques and tools for design and implementation of compilers. The course covers: introduction to compiling, a simple one-pass compiler, lexical analysis - scanning, syntax analysis - parsing, semantic analysis, syntax-directed translation, intermediate code generation, code generation, code optimization, and symbol table management. COSC 356
Prerequisite(s) COSC 385 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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COSC 458 - Software Engineering
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course presents the fundamental concepts of software engineering starting from feasibility study; covering development and testing phases, to deployment and maintenance ensuring standard software development life cycle (SDLC). This course also covers formal methods, software re-engineering, reverse engineering, version control, reliability, risks, legal aspect (e.g. software ethics), organizing and managing a project and team. Students will be organized into teams to develop a large software project.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 220 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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COSC 459 - Database Design
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
A student selecting this course will study functions of a database system, and data modeling and logical database design. Query languages and query optimization, efficient data storage and access, as well as concurrency control and recovery will also be covered.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 220 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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COSC 460 - Computer Graphics
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course involves discussion of some basic types of computer graphic devices, graphics and text modes, point plotting and line drawing, area filling, image array plotting, mathematics and generation of two and three dimensional transformations: translations, rotations, scaling, rendering reflections, orthogonal and perspective projections.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 220 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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COSC 462 - Introduction to Database Security
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
The course focuses on the integration and flow of security knowledge within the organization. Areas addressed include: How are secure network protocols designed and how are vulnerabilities discovered? ACID test, what are the effects of system vulnerabilities and how may they be minimized? Protocols/systems that are covered in detail are TCP/IP, SSL/TLS. IPsec, SSH, firewalls, security, progiles, password policies, privileges and roles, Virtual Private Databases, and auditing. The course also covers advanced topics such as SQL injection, database management security issues such as securing the DBMS, enforcing access controls, and related issues. COSC 360
Prerequisite(s) COSC 459 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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COSC 470 - Artificial Intelligence
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course is an introduction to the agent-oriented approach to artificial intelligence. The course covers: foundations and history of artificial intelligence, intelligent agents, search techniques, knowledge and reasoning, logic (propositional and predicate logic), reasoning with logic, forward and back- ward chaining, resolution, and applications (mechanical theorem proving and expert systems).
Prerequisite(s) COSC 220 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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COSC 471 - Expert Systems
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course will include a study of knowledge engineering, featuring the unified treatment of computation and software design. The essentials of computing concepts, artificial intelligence, logic programming, share engineering in the development of expert knowledge systems.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 470 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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COSC 472 - Introduction to Machine Learning
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This data science course is an introduction to machine learning and data mining. You will develop a basic understanding of the principles of machine learning, data mining, statistical learning theory, supervised and unsupervised learning, decision trees, deep learning and derive practical solutions using predictive analytics. We will also examine why algorithms play an essential role in Big Data Analysis.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 112 and MATH 312 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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COSC 480 - Introduction to Image Processing and Analysis
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Digital image processing has come into widespread use in many fields, including medicine, industrial process monitoring, military and security applications, as well as satellite observation of the earth. This course will cover many aspects of image processing and focuses on the theory and algorithms underlying a range of tasks including acquisition and formation, enhancement, color space conversion, histogram generations, segmentation, feature extraction and representation, and finally clustering and classification of image.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 220 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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COSC 486 - Applied Quantum Computing
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course presents the most important and/or popular applications of quantum computing. It covers overview of quantum computing, quantum instruction sets, quantum software development kits, quantum programming languages, cryptography and Shor’s algorithm, quantum cryptography, quantum optimization, and quantum machine learning.
Prerequisite(s) COSC 386 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
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COSC 490 - Senior Project
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Graduating seniors selecting this course will conduct research or participate in special projects on topics reflecting new and latest developments in computer science, under the guidance of a faculty member of the Department.
Prerequisite(s) Department Chair permission and Senior standing required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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COSC 491 - Conference Course
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
A student selecting this course will study an advanced topic in computer science individually under the guidance of a member of the Department. Prerequisite: Permission of Department Chairperson.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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COSC 498 - Senior Internship
3 Credits
9 hours per week.
This course provides the opportunity for the student to obtain supervised work experience in the major at an off-campus site selected and approved by the Department Chairperson. Registration is limited to seniors with minimum 3.0 cumulative and major averages and requires approval of the Department Chairperson. The Dean may approve exceptions.
Prerequisite(s) Must have 3.0 GPA and must be senior standing and Department Chair permission required to register.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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COSC 499 - Senior Research or Teaching/Tutorial Assistantship
3 Credits
9 hours per week.
This course provides the opportunity for the student to attain first-hand research or teaching/tutorial experience under the supervision and mentorship of a tenure-track faculty member. Registration is limited to seniors with minimum of 3.0 cumulative and major averages and requires the approval of the Departmental Chairperson. The Dean may approve exceptions.
Prerequisite(s) Must have G.P.A of 3.0 and must be senior standing and must have Department Chair permission in order to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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CMGT 101 - Introduction to Construction Management
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an introduction to basic principles and skills required to organize and manage large construction projects, including the issues of liability and coordination responsibilities of the owner, project manager, general contractor, sub-contractor, and design professionals. Students will be introduced to building information modeling technology for construction managers. Formerly ARCH 451, ARCH 341, ARCH 241 and CMGT 241)
Offered (FALL)
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CMGT 102 - Construction Professional Development
1 Credits
1 hours per week.
This course prepares students for a career in construction through weekly seminars in topics including effective interviewing for employment, professional networking tools and reaching potential construction employers.
Offered (SPRING)
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CMGT 201 - Construction Materials and Methods
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will introduce students to a basic overview of construction materials, properties, manufacturing/fabricating processes, work methods, equipment. power tool and equipment safety methods.
Offered (FALL)
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CMGT 203 - Construction Drawing and Specifications
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will provide detailed knowledge about construction documents and specifications. The focal points consist of understanding and interpreting drawings, scopes of work, construction language as as it pertains to building specifications, and Construction Specification Institute (CSI) format. Formerly ARCH 441 and CMGT 441
Offered (FALL)
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CMGT 204 - Construction Law and Contracts
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
The course presents the legal system’s role in design and construction process. It focuses on basic principles of contracts and tort law, application of legal principles to performance issues, aspects of construction contracts and documents, and the application of case law to construction claims and litigation. Formerly CMGT 411
Prerequisite(s) CMGT 101 and CMGT 203 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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CMGT 242 - Construction Operations
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
The course introduces students to all facets of construction jobsite management from the contractor’s perspective. It includes theories of project management and field supervision, jobsite layout, requirements of field scheduling, job recording and documentation. labor relations and control, subcontracting and purchasing, progress payments and project closeout.
Prerequisite(s) CMGT 101 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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CMGT 300 - Construction Project Management
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will provide detailed knowledge about the skills, tools, management processes, quality, time management, and risk management required to undertake a project successfully. It will focus on the key personnel, relationships, and duties amongst all parties that are involved in constructing a successful project. Relevant contract administration software will be utilized.
Prerequisite(s) Students must be at least junior standing to register.
Offered (FALL)
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CMGT 301 - Site Planning and Surveying
3 Credits
1 lecture hours. 4 lab hours.
This course introduces students to the principles and practices of site planning and surveying. The planning section focuses on site selection while the surveying section covers topographic surveys, coordinates,, directions, distances and elevations.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 113 and CMGT 203 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL)
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CMGT 302 - Structural Systems
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will provide a basic understanding of the various structural principles in building design with an emphasis on the analysis and design of wood, steel, and reinforced concrete structures
Prerequisite(s) MATH 113 and PHYS 101 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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CMGT 303 - Construction Cost Estimating
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course introduces the role of cost estimating in the various phases of the construction process. It explores the cost data and review procedures, quantity take-off rules and procedures, and construction cost estimating. Students will be introduced to building information modeling technology for cost estimating. Formerly ARCH 442, CMGT 442
Prerequisite(s) CMGT 201 and CMGT 203 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL)
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CMGT 304 - Advanced Cost Estimating
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course introduces the computer applications in construction estimating. Special emphasis will involve the utilization of selected commercial estimating software. A comprehensive estimating project is required for completion of the course.
Prerequisite(s) CMGT 303 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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CMGT 306 - Construction Planning and Scheduling
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
The course deals with planning and scheduling of construction activities including network diagramming and calculations with the Critical Path method (CPM), resource allocation, schedule updating, and computer applications. Formerly CMGT 211
Prerequisite(s) CMGT 303 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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CMGT 311 - Construction Safety Management
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will cover construction safety with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) emphasis, general safety and health provisions, records, and safety management programs.
Offered (SPRING)
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CMGT 401 - Sustainable Construction Practices
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will cover components of the LEED rating system, including benefits of green building, return on investment (ROI), green building tools and resources, and case studies with lessons learned.
Prerequisite(s) CMGT 201 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL)
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CMGT 403 - Construction Financial Management
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will introduce financial management topics relevant to the construction professional, including the interpretation of financial statements, financial ratios, application of engineering economy, cash flow analysis and construction financing.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 212 and ACCT 201 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL)
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CMGT 420 - Building Environmental Controls
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course covers basic principles of mechanical and electrical equipment for buildings, piping system, water supply and design; sanitary drainage system, fire protection, and HVAC systems. It expands the student’s understanding of the nature and characteristics of various environmental systems as well as to develop their ability to make choices between systems that best resolve the problems associated with cost, social accommodation, operating efficiency, durability; scheduling, safety, and aesthetics.
Prerequisite(s) CMGT 203 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL)
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CMGT 498 - Construction Management Internship
3 Credits
9 hours per week.
Supervised professional experiences in firms or companies involved in the construction industry. A presentation by the student will be held to summarize his/her internship experience.
Prerequisite(s) Approval of Program Director.
Offered (SUMMER)
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CMGT 499 - Construction Management Capstone
4 Credits
4 hours per week.
This course will provide the business and construction practices related to operation of a construction company. Special emphasis will be placed on construction documentations for a building project including cost estimating, scheduling, development drawings, site plan drawings and building processes and review. Written and oral work is formally presented and critiqued among construction faculty; students and industry professionals.
Prerequisite(s) CMGT 102 and CMGT 204 and CMGT 304 and CMGT 306 and CMGT 311 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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EASC 101 - Stellar Astronomy
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This is a laboratory-oriented course designed to explore the astronomical aspects of the earth as a part of the solar system. Also, it includes a detailed study of the sun, stellar phenomena, stellar evolution, galactic phenomena and cosmology.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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EASC 102 - Meteorology
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This is a laboratory-oriented course stressing a minimally quantitative introduction to the physical processes which govern the movement and effects of our atmosphere. Included will be detailed discussions of weather features, weather systems, air masses, atmospheric heating, global atmospheric circulation and local weather determinations.
Offered (SPRING)
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EASC 201 - Physical Geology
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This is a laboratory-oriented, minimally quantitative introduction to a study of the planet Earth with particular emphasis on the composition of the earth; formation of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks; the structure and interior of the earth; gradation of the crust and weathering processes; the geologic time scale; and topographic mapping. Fieldwork is an integral part of the course.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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EASC 202 - Historical Geology
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This course is an analysis of the earth’s history including basic concepts of historical geology; the nature of the rock record; Precambrian history; physical history of North America; the origin of life and the theory and trend of evolution; and the theory of plate tectonics.
Offered (SPRING)
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EASC 203 - Mineralogy
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This is a laboratory-oriented course designed to provide knowledge of the occurrences, chemical/ physical properties and megascopic identification of minerals of the earth.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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EASC 205 - Introductory Earth Science
4 Credits
3 lecture hours. 3 lab hours.
This laboratory-oriented course is structured to develop an understanding of the methods of scientific inquiry and critical thought with respect to investigations in astronomy, geology, meteorology, and oceanography. Special emphasis is made on the interrelationships between earth science, technology, and society, particularly with respect to the environment. This course is designed to meet certification requirements in earth science for elementary education majors.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EASC 301 - Planetary Science
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This course is designed to study in depth the motion, structure and atmospheric phenomena associated with planets of our solar system. Also, the effects solar disturbances and solar wind have on the earth is discussed. The course is structured to take advantage of the most recent information obtained from man’s space explorations.
Prerequisite(s) EASC 101 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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EASC 302 - Structural Geology
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This course is designed to develop an understanding of the structure of the earth. Emphasis will be placed on factors controlling behavior of materials in the earth, structures produced and methods of studying them. Special attention will be given to the mechanics and classifications of folds, faults and joints.
Prerequisite(s) EASC 201 and EASC 202 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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EASC 305 - Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This course is designed to develop an understanding of the classification and composition of sediments; interpretation of sedimentary rocks; stratification and vertical sequence; and stratigraphic classification.
Prerequisite(s) EASC 201 and EASC 202 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL)
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EASC 306 - Geomorphology
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This course will investigate the development and distribution of the earth’s topographic features. Emphasis will be placed upon agents such as running water, wind, glaciers, currents, waves and mass movements to understand the landforms that they sculpt.
Prerequisite(s) EASC 201 and EASC 202 and EASC 305 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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EASC 402 - Economic Geology
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This is a descriptive course designed to examine, in depth, the principles and formation of metallic and non-metallic & mineral deposits. Specifically, the course will deal with processes of formation, classification, structural controls and the economic uses of mineral deposits.
Prerequisite(s) EASC 201 and EASC 202 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL)
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EASC 403 - Environmental Science
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This is a laboratory-oriented course involving the study of ecology, pollution and the environment. Specific topics to be discussed include an introduction to ecology, agricultural environments, pesticides, radioactive wastes, air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, thermal pollution and solid wastes. Fieldwork will be an integral part of the course.
Prerequisite(s) PHYS 203 and PHYS 203L or PHYS 205 and PHYS 205L and CHEM 105 and CHEM 105L and BIOL 101 and BIOL 102 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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EASC 488 - Practicum in Science
12 Credits
36 hours per week.
This course will provide the student an opportunity to refine and broaden specific career related skills through on-the-job application in community institutions of Natural Science, such as science centers, museums, aquaria, environmental centers, and other related agencies. It will also enable the student to gain professional experience while pursuing the undergraduate degree, thus increasing his or her level of competitiveness for job placement upon graduation.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EASC 489 - Practicum in Science
12 Credits
36 hours per week.
This course will provide the student an opportunity to refine and broaden specific career related skills through on-the-job application in community institutions of Natural Science, such as science centers, museums, aquaria, environmental centers, and other related agencies. It will also enable the student to gain professional experience while pursuing the undergraduate degree, thus increasing his or her level of competitiveness for job placement upon graduation.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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ECON 211 - Principles of Economics I
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
The focus of this course is on macroeconomics. Topics covered include the determinants of nation- al income, employment, inflation, investment, the banking system, and government fiscal and monetary policies.
Offered (FALL/SUMMER/SPRING)
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ECON 212 - Principles of Economics II
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
The focus of this course is microeconomics. Topics covered include the theory of the firm, consumer theory, alternative market structures, public goods and distribution theory.
Offered (FALL/SUMMER/SPRING)
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ECON 310 - Economic Activity in the Black Community
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course assesses the historical and current economic status of people and institutions in the Black community. It analytically investigates alternative models and policies for their economic development and growth.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 211 and ECON 212
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 311 - Principles and Methods of Probability and Statistics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course covers topics such as data organization techniques, measures of central tendency and dispersion probability theory and distribution, sampling techniques and distribution. (Formerly Principles and Methods of Statistics I).
Prerequisite(s) MATH 114 and MATH 118 or higher
Offered (FALL)
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ECON 312 - Applied Methods in Probability and Statistics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course covers topics such as estimation theory, hypothesis testing, ANOVA, regression and correlation, time series, index numbers and decision theory. (Formerly Principles and Methods of Statistics II).
Prerequisite(s) ECON 311
Offered (SPRING)
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ECON 315 - Labor Economics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is primarily a study of the nature of the labor market with emphasis upon the market imperfections. Special attention is given to the theory of wages, collective bargaining and labor relations in various branches of industry.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 211 and ECON 212
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 316 - International Economics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Theory and practice of international trade, institutions and problems of trade, balance of payments, foreign exchange, policy on international investment and foreign aid.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 211 and ECON 212
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 317 - Intermediate Microeconomics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course covers topics such as the role of price as an allocative device in a market economy. Consumer theory, the theory of the firm, alternative market structures, general equilibrium theory, public goods, welfare economics and distribution theories are covered.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 211 and ECON 212
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 318 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course covers topics such as aggregate general equilibrium theory, national income determination, employment, inflation, investment, consumption, the banking system, business cycles and stabilization policies.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 211 and ECON 212 ; Or ECON 317 ; or concurrent enrollment.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 320 - Public Finance
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course deals with the revenue, expenditure and debt activities of federal, state and local governments; budgets and fiscal policy; the influence of government economic policy on the business sector; the incidence of taxation, appraisal of costs and the benefits of government programs.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 211 and ECON 212
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 323 - Economics of Developing Nations
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course covers such topics as theories of economic development, sources of capital formation and technical progress; as well as the problems of raising and allocating resources for development.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 211 and ECON 212
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 331 - Money and Banking
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
The evolution of money and the banks, the national banking system, Federal Reserve System, foreign and domestic exchange, credit and Canadian and some European banking systems are discussed.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 211 and ECON 212
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 379 - Special Topics in Economics
3 Credits
This course focuses on specific topics in Economics that are not already stand-alone courses listed in the catalog. Potential courses include: Healthcare Economics, Agricultural Economics, Industrial Organization, Experimental Economics, Game Theory, and Sport Analytics and Management. the course is designed to allow the offering of currently topical courses that take advantage of faculty expertise in a flexible manner. The course provides a theoretical framework for analyzing real world issues in economics as well as developing the tools to apply the theory to policy, management, or problem solving in industry.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 211 and ECON 212 or Permission of the Instructor.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 388 - Great Books—Directed Reading I
2 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course affords the opportunity for the honor student to engage in semi-independent, directed reading of major texts or works in the discipline under the supervision of a faculty member.
Prerequisite(s) Admission to the Departmental Honors Program
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 399 - Great Books—Directed Reading II
2 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course is the second part of Directed Reading I and affords the opportunity for the honor student to engage in semi-independent, directed reading of major texts or works in the discipline under the supervision of a faculty member.
Prerequisite(s) Admission to the Departmental Honors Program and completion of ECON 388
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 410 - Urban Economics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
The course emphasizes major influences affecting city growth, and the role of the government and private institutions in influencing the uses of urban resources.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 211 and ECON 212
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 413 - Mathematical Economics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Using the tools of differential and integral calculus, linear algebra and elementary topology, this course covers various optimization techniques.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 311 and ECON 312
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 414 - Econometrics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course covers the application of mathematical and statistical methods. The course is concerned with estimating economic relationships and forecasting the behavior of economic variables. Topics include simple and multiple regression and correlation analysis; estimation and hypotheses testing in regression models; specification of regression models; times series analysis; simultaneous equation models; and forecasting.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 311 , ECON 312 and ECON 413
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 422 - Economics and Health
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will analyze the health care marketplace. It will cover issues such as the demand for, and supply of, health, physicians’ and hospital services, and health insurance. Special emphasis will be placed on current policy issues such as access, quality and cost of care under various types of organizational structure.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 211 and ECON 212
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 424 - Economics and Law
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
The course analyzes legal problems using microeconomic theory. Its main focus is to demonstrate that the basic economic concepts, such as maximization, equilibrium and efficiency, are fundamental to explaining and understanding the law.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 211 and ECON 212
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 440 - Regional Economics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Techniques for examining regional income and product accounts will be developed as well as analyzing the occupational structure of employment and the industrial composition of regional output.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 488 - Senior Honors Thesis I
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
In this course students conduct advanced independent research, under the supervision of a faculty member, and prepare to defend the thesis before the departmental faculty. This half of the two-course sequence should be pursued during the fall semester.
Prerequisite(s) Admission to the Departmental Honors Program and completion of ECON 388 and ECON 399 .
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 489 - Senior Honors Thesis II
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is a continuation of Senior Honors Thesis I and concludes the conduct of advanced research, under the supervision of a faculty member. This half of the two-course sequence should be pursued during the spring semester. The student should complete the honor thesis by the end of March and should defend it before the departmental faculty in April.
Prerequisite(s) Admission to the Departmental Honors Program and completion of ECON 388 and ECON 399 and ECON 488
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 493 - Business and Economic Research
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the methods of research in economics and business. Each student participates in a research project which affords him or her the opportunity to integrate his or her theoretical knowledge into the resolution of a problem.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 317 and ECON 318
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 498 - Senior Internship
3 Credits
9 hours per week.
This course provides the opportunity for the student to obtain supervised work experience relating to the major at an off-campus site selected and approved by the Department Chairperson. Registration is limited to seniors with minimum 2.2 cumulative and major averages and requires approval of the Departmental Chairperson. Exceptions may be approved by the Dean.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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ECON 499 - Senior Research or Teaching/Tutorial Assistantship
3 Credits
9 hours per week.
This course provides the opportunity for the student to attain first-hand research or teaching/tutorial experience under the supervision and mentorship of a tenure-track faculty member. Registration is limited to seniors with minimum of 3.0 cumulative and major averages and requires the approval of the Departmental Chairperson. Exceptions may be approved by the Dean.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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EDUC 200 - Foundation of Education and Teaching
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to help the pre-service teacher examine the historical, philosophical and social foundations of American education. In the context of the aforementioned foundations, course content is designed to provide him/ her with an opportunity to acquire understandings concerning the moral, social, and political dimensions of the classroom, teaching and the school. Through observation in elementary and secondary schools, he/she is given an opportunity to apply the resultant understandings in the socio-cultural, moral, and political context of contemporary education, to define his/her goals and to assess his/her strengths and weaknesses in light of the competencies and understandings deemed essential for the elementary or secondary teacher.
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EDUC 222 - Seminar/Praxiscore (Academic Skills Assessment)
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to assist teacher education candidates in preparing to pass the PRAXIS CORE examinations. Specifically, the candidate is introduced to test-taking procedures associated with the administration of standardized tests. Teacher candidates will be immersed in this Praxis I course and gain: a higher level of comfort with the content and structure of the Praxis tests, a better sense of how to analyze examination questions, tips on studying and taking licensure tests, and a structured and effective Individualized Study Plan (ISP). Each candidate will complete the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) in Reading, Writing and Mathematics. Results will be used to develop a comprehensive ISP which is a viable or optimal plan for individual candidate success on the Praxis I exams. Components of the ISP include: actions, activities, events, timelines, nature of tasks, assignments, monitoring strategies and progress reports.
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EDUC 301 - Human Development and Learning
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to provide the pre-service teacher with a constructive understanding of the physiological and psychological factors inherent in human growth and development and learning. In addition, this course is designed to provide the pre-service teacher with knowledge concerning the different teaching strategies that have been developed to create learning opportunities for students characterized by diversity in cultural backgrounds and exceptionalities. Practical insights predicated on research and experience-based principles are provided. The principles of human growth and development and learning are traced from early childhood through the adolescent years. Psychological implications for teaching are studied with attention given to their relations to educational practices. Opportunities for the pre-service teacher to observe elementary, middle, and/or high school children in various settings are provided (field-experience). Procedures for ensuring that pre-service teachers acquire strategies for developing National and State Assessment competencies in their students are emphasized.
Prerequisite(s) EDUC 200
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EDUC 302 - Child and Adolescent Development
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to provide the pre-service teacher with a constructive understanding of the physiological and psychological factors inherent in human growth and development, and learning and personality. Practical insights (predicated on research and experience-based principles for encouraging and intellectual, social, and personal development of students, with special emphasis on the various forces that affect learning behavior and personality) are provided. The study of the principles of human growth and development is traced from early childhood through the adolescent years. Psychological implications for teaching are studied with attention given to their relations to educational practices. Opportunities for the pre-service teacher to observe elementary and/or middle school children in various school settings are provided. Procedures for ensuring that pre-service teachers acquire strategies for developing State and National competencies in their students are emphasized.
Prerequisite(s) EDUC 200
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EDUC 303 - Electronic Instructional Materials
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to provide the pre-service teacher with knowledge concerning the ways in which technological changes have impacted society and influenced learning and instructional activities in the school. Specifically, software packages that have been developed to enhance classroom instruction and learning are identified and discussed. The pre-service teacher is required to master and demonstrate skills associated with the use of aforementioned software to facilitate instruction and learning. Emphasis is placed on the use of educational technology (including the use of computers, and other technologies) to facilitate instructional, assessment and professional development activities of the pre-service teacher. The use of electronic instructional materials as a medium for ensuring the achievement of State and National Assessment objectives is demonstrated. Observations in elementary or secondary school settings provide an opportunity for the pre-service teacher to gain understandings of the impact of media on instructional and learning activities in a natural environment.
Prerequisite(s) EDUC 200
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EDUC 334 - Introduction to Special Education
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to ensure that pre-service teachers explore alternative ways of viewing, understanding and teaching the exceptional child. While this course emphasizes the cognitive and behavioral characteristics of students who are exceptional with respect to mental abilities, it addresses, also, the characteristics of students exhibiting physical and emotional exceptionalities. Relevant research findings generated by investigators from appropriate fields of inquiry undergird this course. Ethical, legal, political, moral and educational policy constraints that impact the way in which school personnel are able to interact with students exhibiting exceptionalities are addressed. Procedures for ensuring that pre-service teachers acquire strategies for developing State and National Assessment competencies in their students are emphasized. Observation in an elementary or a secondary school provides an opportunity for the pre-service teacher to ground a required research activity in a naturalistic setting.
Prerequisite(s) EDUC 200
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EDUC 405 - Methods in Art Education
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
In this course, the pre-service teacher studies the instructional methodologies and materials appropriate to the teaching of art to students in grades K-12. Emphasis is placed on the acquisition of skills in long and short range planning techniques for visual arts activities for kindergarten through twelfth grade. Specifically, this course is designed to assist the pre-service teacher: (1) in the use of effective verbal, nonverbal and media communications to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interactions in the classroom; and, (2) in the application of effective planning, management and instructional techniques that are based on knowledge of the content area, and on community and curriculum needs. This course serves two integrative functions as it proposes to teach the preservice teacher: (1) to integrate the competencies and knowledge acquired in major, professional and pedagogical courses so as to create learning experiences that make the central concepts, tools of inquiry and structures of the content area meaningful for all students, and, (2) to create learning experiences that build on the experiential, cultural, racial, gender and socioeconomic diversity of students in order that they might achieve higher levels of learning. Knowledge and procedures required for the successful implementation of State and National Assessment outcomes for art are addressed. Requisite: Teacher education candidates enrolled in methods courses are required to participate in practicum experiences in the public schools.
Prerequisite(s) Completion of all professional education requirements, senior status, and admission to the Teacher Education Program
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EDUC 412 - Assessment of Reading Instruction and Classroom Diagnostics
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course is designed to assist elementary and secondary teacher education candidates in becoming proficient consumers of classroom based assessment measures and assessment data. Among the topics to be explored are legal and ethical issues related to assessment as well as the issue of possible bias in formal assessment. Factors that may contribute to reading difficulties for students will be addressed, and a discussion of how assessments can be modified to meet these students’ needs will be included. Instruction will focus on building knowledge on the purposes of assessment, types of assessment tools, how to administer and use several valid, reliable, well-researched formal and informal assessments of reading and related skills, how to effectively interpret the results of assessments, and how to communicate these results in a variety of contexts. Further, candidates will demonstrate the ability to utilize assessment data to guide instructional decisions. All course activities will help candidates to acquire strategies for developing State and National Assessment competencies.
Prerequisite(s) EDUC 200 and ELED 210 andELED 310 and ELED 318 completed with grades of “C” or higher
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EDUC 414 - Assessment of Students
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course provides an introduction to tests and measurement procedures appropriate to teaching in the elementary and the secondary school. Classroom activities afford pre-service teachers opportunities to use measuring techniques with discrimination in order to improve the quality of their instruction, to evaluate students, and to reach more valid judgments about the characteristics of human behavior. Attention is given to procedures employed in performance outcome assessments such as portfolio assessment and other nontraditional assessment procedures. Legal, political, ethical, moral and social policy issues in testing and measurement are presented as topics for exploration and inquiry with regard to their impact on the assessment of students and the inter-action of school personnel with parents and the community. Procedures for ensuring that pre-service teachers acquire strategies for developing Nation and State Assessment competencies in their students are emphasized. Required classroom observation is used to reinforce instructional concepts.
Prerequisite(s) EDUC 200 and ELED 316
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EDUC 415 - Cultural Influences and Managing a Diverse Learning Environment
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to provide the teacher candidates with sensitivity to the influences that impact upon the positive adjustment of K-12 students in the school environment, as well as those in the work force. Research-and experience-based principles of effective practice for understanding and encouraging the intellectual, social and personal development of the culturally diverse K-12 learner and the home and school environments are emphasized. The content of this course encourages the teacher candidates and other interested personnel to acquire a global perspective, and the skills/understandings necessary for interacting with members of diverse cultures. Legal, political, ethical, moral and social policy principles relevant to understanding and interacting with students exhibiting diversity in all of its various manifestations are explored. An opportunity is provided to apply acquired skills and understandings through the observation and study of elementary and/or secondary students in their school and community environments. Teacher education candidates will develop, examine and explore strategies for managing an orderly and effective environment for students. Procedures that will enable teacher candidates to acquire strategies for developing State and National Assessment competencies in their students will be emphasized. (Formerly Cultural Influences, Diversity and the School).
Prerequisite(s) EDUC 200
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EDUC 435 - Methods and Materials of Teaching Physical Education
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course aims to help the pre- service teacher gain an understanding of the methods and the conduct of learning experiences in physical education as related to the total school program in grades K-12. It emphasizes physical education as a medium of educating the whole individual. Attention is given to an analysis of the teacher’s instructional and planning activities, and the scope of his/her professional duties; the aims and objectives of physical education; the underlying factors and principles related to the selection of method and procedures; the use of management techniques appropriate for elementary and secondary schools; the use of resource materials; and the generation of lesson plans. Specifically, this course is designed to assist the pre-service teacher: (1) in the use of effective verbal, nonverbal and media communications to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interactions in the classroom; and, (2) in the application of effective planning, management and instructional techniques that are based on knowledge of the content area, and on community and curriculum needs. This course serves two integrative functions as it proposes to teach the pre-service teacher: (1) to integrate the competencies and knowledge acquired in major, professional and pedagogical courses to create learning experiences that make the central concepts, tools of inquiry and structures of the content area meaningful for all students; and, (2) to create learning experiences that build on the experiential, cultural, racial, gender and socioeconomic diversity of students in order that they might achieve higher levels of learning. Knowledge and procedures required for the successful implementation of State and National Assessment outcomes for physical education are addressed. Requisite: Pre-service teachers enrolled in methods courses are required to participate in practicum experiences in the public schools.
Prerequisite(s) Completion of all professional education requirements, senior status, and admission to the Teacher Education Program.
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EDUC 459 - Methods of Teaching Music
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course enables the pre-service teacher to study the methodologies and materials appropriate to the teaching of music in grades K-12. Emphasis is placed on providing the pre-service teacher with opportunities to observe teaching/learning environments; to study parallel readings; and to master techniques/understandings appropriate to the organization of materials and the generation of lesson plans. Specifically, this course is designed to assist the pre-service teacher: (1) in the use of effective verbal, nonverbal and media communications to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interactions in the classroom; and, (2) in the application of effective planning, management and instructional techniques that are based on knowledge of the content area, and on community and curriculum needs. This course serves two integrative functions as it proposes to teach the pre-service teacher: (1) to integrate the competencies and knowledge acquired in major, professional and pedagogical courses to create learning experiences that make the central concepts, tools of inquiry and structures of the content area meaningful for all students; and, (2) to create learning experiences that build on the experiential, cultural, racial, gender and socioeconomic diversity of students in order that they might achieve higher levels of learning. Knowledge and procedures required for the successful implementation of State and National Assessment outcomes for music are addressed. Requisite: Pre-service teachers enrolled in methods courses are required to participate in practicum experiences in the public schools.
Prerequisite(s) Completion of all professional education requirements, senior status, and admission to the Teacher Education Program.
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EDUC 480 - Phase I Internship Seminar
0 Credits
1 hours per week.
This course is designed to enhance the ability of the pre-service teacher to relate his classroom experience and practices to the educational and psychological theories, concepts and principles presented in the Morgan State Teacher Education curriculum. This course must taken concurrenctly with Methods course(s).
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EDUC 486 - Praxis II Seminar (Principles of Learning and Teaching)
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course is designed to assist teacher education candidates in preparing to sit for PRAXIS II: Subject Assessments. The candidate is introduced to test- taking procedures associated with the administration of standardized tests. The teacher candidate is provided with opportunities to review previously administered copies of the aforementioned tests and selected topics associated with curricular experiences in the major and supporting courses. This course must be taken concurrently with ELED 487 , or EDUC 488 , or SCED 490 , or with special permission from the Chairperson of the Department of Teacher Education and Professional Development.
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EDUC 488 - Student Teaching - Dual Experience (Art, Music, Physical Education Candidates)
12 Credits
40 hours per week.
This course is designed to serve as the capstone experience for the pre-service teacher who is preparing to teach art, music or physical education. Specifically, this course provides the pre-service teacher with the opportunity: to observe and participate in the art of teaching at the elementary and secondary school levels; to collaborate with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community for the purpose of generating additional support for students’ learning and well-being; to engage in effective interactions with parents for supporting students’ learning and wellbeing; to implement practices that convey an understanding of the responsibilities, structure and activities of the teaching profession; and to reflect on his/ her teaching and its effects on student growth and learning. The pre-service teacher spends one-half of the student teaching experience in an elementary school, the other half in a secondary school. Additionally, the pre-service teacher is exposed to a student teaching experience in both an urban and a suburban setting. Gradual induction into full-time teaching responsibilities occurs in each setting. An additional student teaching fee is required for matriculation in this course.
Prerequisite(s) Completion of all courses in the general, major and professional sequence, and admission to the Teacher Education Program.
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