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CRJ 4020 - Criminal Justice: Who is “Criminal”?
Credit(s): 3
The U.S. criminal justice system has seen dramatic changes in the last several decades. Imprisonment has expanded more than fivefold since the 1980s, and immigration imprisonment has quadrupled since 2001. This intensive seminar examines current developments and controversies confronting the U.S. criminal justice system, with a focus on the “war on drugs” and the expansion of imprisonment – mass incarceration. The course explores how this has occurred, its consequences, and its attendant dynamics of race and class through recent non-fiction and class screenings of the HBO series The Wire , hailed as a masterpiece of U.S. television that dramatically portrays Baltimore’s police, the illegal drug trade, and the struggles of urban U.S. neighborhoods.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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CRJ 4710 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 4000-level not offered in the general Criminal Justice curriculum.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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CRJ 4730 - Topical Seminar in Criminal Justice
Credit(s): 1-3
This course introduces students to emerging developments and controversial issues in the field of criminal justice. Students also meet experienced professionals and academic experts in the field, who may serve as future internship supervisors and offer research and career opportunities. This course is repeatable for credit.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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CRJ 4770 - Criminal Justice Internship Seminar
Credit(s): 1
This course is part of the Criminal Justice capstone experience for seniors and must be taken in conjunction with three credits of CRJ-4810, Internship in Criminal Justice, which must be arranged the semester prior to the semester when it is to take place. Students will reflect upon and process their experiential learnings, as well as explore current topical issues in criminal justice and related fields.
Prerequisites: CRJ 1010
Corequisites: CRJ 4810
Restrictions: Senior standing or permission of the instructor
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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CRJ 4810 - Criminal Justice Internship (L)
Credit(s): 3-6
This course combines 50 hours per credit of student participation in the operation of one host criminal justice agency with instructor-led seminar meetings held throughout the semester. The course is designed to give upper-level criminal justice majors the opportunity to have responsible work-related experience in the field. Students must apply and be accepted into the internship program by both social science faculty and the supervising agency. Both the social science faculty instructor and the on-site supervisor will provide direction and supervision throughout the internship.
Prerequisites: CRJ 2170 and permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: A signed contract is required at the time of registration. Students may take the course for up to six credits, but only three may be counted toward program requirements.
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CRJ 4810 - Internship in Criminal Justice (J)
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved internship in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Restrictions: Permission of Internship Coordinator
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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DES 1015 - Typography
Credit(s): 2
This course offers a study of the design and use of basic letterforms. Topics may include typographic contrast and characteristics of major type families. Students explore the expressive qualities of type and communications. After the preliminary introduction to type, appropriate projects to demonstrate the specific dynamics and interrelationships of type are assigned.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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DES 1020 - Design
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces the elements and principles of design as related to art, print, design, film, web, and other visual media through visual problem-solving experiences in both two- and three-dimensional design. Topics may include color harmonies, effects, visual perception, and color symbolism.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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DES 1035 - Digital Illustration
Credit(s): 3
This course concentrates on visual principles and techniques for illustration design using the design industry’s standard vector-based illustration program(s). Topics may include how to visualize design concepts by manipulating type and type paths, on working with layers, editing paths, creating custom typographic treatments, and using masking. Student’s work will be critiqued and evaluated on both aesthetic and technical merits.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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DES 1045 - Page Layout
Credit(s): 3
This course covers the technical and creative applications of the industry standard page layout program. The instruction introduces the student to page composition and aesthetic principles involving typographic and spatial interrelationships with exercises involving text manipulation, multi-page document setups, style sheets, and master pages. Instructional emphasis is concentrated on principles of creative layout design as they can be furthered by a technical mastery of this powerful electronic tool.
Prerequisites: DES 1015 , DES 1020 , and DES 1025 .
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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DES 1710 - Special Topics in Design
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 1000-level not offered in the general Design curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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DES 2010 - Interactive Media Design I
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces current animation software through project-based activities.
Recommended: DES 1025
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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DES 2015 - Web Design I
Credit(s): 3
This course examines social media and web design and development in commercial and professional environments through the use of current software and scripting languages. Students will also learn how to include interactivity into their web designs.
Prerequisites: DES 1015 , DES 1020 , DES 1025 , and DES 1035 .
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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DES 2030 - Fundamentals of Web Design
Credit(s): 3
This course provides students with the fundamentals of web design. Students will learn how to design and produce an image-based web site. Web site rapid-prototyping uses the “What You See Is What You Get” (WYSIWYG) web-design model. This course requires the development of a web site. This course is designed for and open only to non-Visual Arts students.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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DES 2710 - Special Topics in Design
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 2000-level not offered in the general Design curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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DES 3110 - Interactive Media Design II
Credit(s): 3
This course provides students instruction in digital visual effects, compositing techniques, and motion graphics applications for web, app, and game design, and for animation and cinema post-production.
Prerequisites: CIN 2060 or DES 2010 or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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DES 3111 - Print Production
Credit(s): 3
This course addresses the methods related to print production from design to the finished product. Through real-world projects, students gain experience in various printing techniques in prepress, preflighting of files, requests for estimates, and preparation of files for production. Attention will be given to how to work with graphic imaging and printing services to assure print quality.
Prerequisites: DES 1045
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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DES 3112 - Web Production
Credit(s): 3
This course will advance the student’s working knowledge of producing material for the Internet including social media practices. Topics may include web file structure, rapid prototyping, image optimization, Internet Service Providers (ISP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), domain naming, the opportunity to design for the Internet, mobile photography, editing, production and distribution over a variety of social-networking platforms.
Prerequisites: DES 2015
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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DES 3115 - Web Design II
Credit(s): 3
This course explores advanced web design, including developing social-media marketing campaigns and e-commerce sites. Students will be required to engage in individual and collaborative projects with a web and interactive design emphasis.
Prerequisites: DES 3112
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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DES 3150 - Package Design
Credit(s): 3
This course investigates the packaging industry and its impact on the consumer in retail environments. Principles of three-dimensional design will be explored as students design and construct packaging and point-of-purchase displays. Course topics include printing and finishing methods, UPC codes, FDA regulations, merchandising systems, marketing strategies, and brand identity.
Prerequisites: DES 3111
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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DES 3710 - Special Topics in Design
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 3000-level not offered in the general Design curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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DES 4010 - Branding
Credit(s): 3
This course offers an advanced study of design principles by focusing on branding and corporate identity. Individually and in design teams, students will use knowledge of design principles to create flexible design systems. This can include collateral designs, design campaigns, and corporate identity standards.
Prerequisites: DES 3111 or DES 3112 .
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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DES 4020 - Advanced Typography
Credit(s): 3
This course provides an increased study of the use of type. By mastering type forms, students learn to transform simple communication into visually powerful statements. Students explore space, proportion, rhythm and composition in a variety of print and multimedia formats. This study of type provides a profound look into both the personality to each typeface and the aesthetic principles involved in the selection of type.
Prerequisites: DES 3111 or DES 3112 .
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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DES 4550 - Design Studio
Credit(s): 3
This course will provide students with advanced team building experience while working collaboratively to gain practical work experience. Students design for not-for-profit organizations under the advisement of a faculty supervisor. Students are expected to follow best practices for workplace and client relations. Students will generate original designs; hold meetings with clients, and produce either a print or digital project or both. Students will negotiate with the necessary vendors to complete each particular project. In addition, focus will be placed on the development of production schedules, job documentation, and other project management skills.
Prerequisites: DES 3111 , DES 3112 , and permission (with portfolio).
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: This course may be repeated once for credit.
Notes: There is a course fee.
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DES 4710 - Special Topics in Design
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 4000-level not offered in the general Design curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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DES 4810 - Design Internship
Credit(s): 1-6
This course offers students the opportunity to gain “on the job” work experience in design. Job-site supervisors serve as mentors to students, offering their individual expertise and guidance. Students must apply for an internship in advance and meet with their academic advisor to discuss procedural details. A contract must be established between the student, job-site supervisor, and faculty supervisor, subject to the departmental approval.
Prerequisites: DES 3111 , DES 3112 , and permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: This course may be repeated for credit but total may not exceed 12 credits.
Notes: Apply with Portfolio.
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DES 4910 - Independent Study
Credit(s): 1 to 3
This course gives the advanced student an opportunity to work on a special area of interest that is not possible through the standard curriculum.
Prerequisites: The prerequisite is permission of instructor. The independent study contract must be approved, signed and submitted before the current semester’s registration period class.
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DES 4950 - Design Portfolio
Credit(s): 3
This course, structured for senior design majors, enables students to create, organize and design a portfolio based upon personal strengths and interests, with professional standards, and career expectations in mind. Each student produces a portfolio exhibiting a full range of skills, as the designer possesses.
Prerequisites: DES 4010 , senior standing, and permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ECE 1710 - Special Topics in Early Childhood Education
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 1000-level not offered in the general Early Childhood Education curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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ECE 2710 - Special Topics in Early Childhood Education
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 2000-level not offered in the general Early Childhood Education curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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ECE 3710 - Special Topics in Early Childhood Education
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 3000-level not offered in the general Early Childhood Education curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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ECE 3820 - Infant and Toddler Techniques
Credit(s): 3
This course provides students with an opportunity to develop teaching skills for working with children age 0-35 months. The course requires students to integrate theories of child development and pedagogical strategies into their teaching practice. Students assume increasing responsibility for curriculum development, classroom management, and instruction in a single setting. There is a field work component.
Prerequisites: EDU 1030 with a C or better, 2000 hours of experience with children age 0-5, and permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ECE 3830 - Early Childhood Techniques
Credit(s): 3
This course provides students with an opportunity to develop teaching skills for working with young children. The course requires students to integrate theories of child development and pedagogical strategies into their teaching practice. Students assume increasing responsibility for curriculum development, classroom management, and instruction in a single setting. There is a field work component.
Prerequisites: EDU 1030 with a C or better, 2000 hours of experience with children age 0-5, and permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ECE 3840 - Advanced Early Childhood Development
Credit(s): 3
This course examines the development of young children (Birth-Age 5) with an emphasis on the physical, cognitive, language, social, and emotional domains and the concept of the whole child. This course requires students to apply child developmental theory to teaching and learning best practices for young children.
Prerequisites: EDU 1030 with a C or better, 2000 hours of experience with children age 0-5, and permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ECE 3850 - Managing an ECE Classroom
Credit(s): 3
This course explores developmentally appropriate classroom management techniques for young children (Birth-Age 5). Topics covered include pro-social child development, teaching social skills, managing challenging behaviors, and the social context of classroom management. The role of the classroom environment in managing behavior and promoting pro-social interactions will be explored. There is a field work component.
Prerequisites: ECE 3820 , ECE 3830 , and ECE 3840 , each with a C or better, or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ECE 3860 - Ethical Considerations for Early Childhood Educators
Credit(s): 3
This course provides students with the training necessary to develop skills and knowledge in professional ethics for teachers. Topics explored include the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct, how to use professional ethics to guide interactions with families and students, applicable educational laws related to ethical behavior, and the ethics involved in creating a culturally responsive curriculum for students.
Prerequisites: ECE 3820 , ECE 3830 , and ECE 3840 , each with a C or better, or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ECE 3870 - Inclusive Teaching for Early Educators
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the methods and best practices for including children special needs in the typical early childhood classroom. Topics
include best practices for inclusion, collaboration with families and other special education team members, and curriculum design that addresses all learners. Teaching children who are English language learners will also be addressed. There is a field work component.
Prerequisites: ECE 3820 , ECE 3830 , and ECE 3840 , each with a C or better, or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ECE 3920 - Educational Theory for Teachers of Young Children
Credit(s): 3
This course explores theories of education which relate directly to children age 0-5. Instruction focuses on learning theories, motivation of young children, effective teaching, and instructional planning from a developmental perspective.
Prerequisites: ECE 3850 , ECE 3860 , and ECE 3870 , each with a C or better, or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ECE 3940 - Developmentally Appropriate Programming: Infants & Toddlers
Credit(s): 3
This course intoduces developmentally appropriate curriculum planning for children birth to age 35 months. The instruction focuses on play-based planning using the Vermont Early Learning Standards, authentic approaches to child assessment, culturally responsive planning, and planning activities across all domains. The role of the classroom environment is also explored.
Prerequisites: ECE 3850 , ECE 3860 , and ECE 3870 , each with a C or better, or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ECE 3950 - Developmentally Appropriate Programming: Preschool
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces developmentally appropriate curriculum planning for children age three to five years. The instruction focuses on planning play-based learning activities using the Vermont Early Learning Standards, authentic approaches to child assessment, culturally responsive planning, and planning activities across all domains. The role of the classroom environment is also explored. There is a field work component.
Prerequisites: ECE 3850 , ECE 3860 , and ECE 3870 , each with a C or better, or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ECE 4020 - Authentic Assessment of Young Children
Credit(s): 3
This course explores developmentally appropriate techniques of assessment for young children age birth-5 years. Topics include methods of observation, building a body of evidence that support assessment, using alternative assessments, and making learning visible for both children and families. Students will also explore culturally responsive methods of assessment.
Prerequisites: ECE 3920 , ECE 3940 , and ECE 3950 , each with a C or better, or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ECE 4040 - Using Inquiry for Math and Science with Young Children
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the best practices for teaching math and science to children age 0-5. Topics include effective methods and approaches for teaching math and science, content specific and cross-curricular lesson planning, and using standards and assessments to inform teaching pedagogy in the classroom. There is a field work component for this course.
Prerequisites: There is a course fee. The prerequisites are ECE 3920, ECE 3940, and ECE 3950, each with a C or better, or permission. This course is offered every fall.
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ECE 4080 - Language & Literacy in Early Childhood Classrooms
Credit(s): 3
This course examines emergent literacy development through the lens of the young child’s development domains. Instruction will focus on research-based developmentally appropriate strategies for promoting early language and literacy skills. There is a field work component for this course.
Prerequisites: ECE 3920 , ECE 3940 , and ECE 3950 , each with a C or better, or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ECE 4710 - Special Topics in Early Childhood Education
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 4000-level not offered in the general Early Childhood Education curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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ECE 4811 - Teaching Early Childhood Education
Credit(s): 12
This course places students in an early childhood classroom for 13 weeks. Students gradually increase their involvement, culminating in a period of full-time teaching under the direction of a qualified supervising teacher. The course involves practical application of teaching principles, knowledge, and understanding of young children and their development.
Prerequisites: ECE 4020 , ECE 4040 , and ECE 4080 , each with a C or better, a passing score on the Praxis Core, a minimum of 3.00 GPA in courses required for the major and a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00, and permission.
Corequisites: EDU 4730
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ECO 1710 - Special Topics in Economics
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 1000-level not offered in the general Economics curriculum.
Prerequisites: This course may be repeated with a change of topic.
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ECO 2060 - Survey of Economics
Credit(s): 4
This course exposes the student to fundamental economic theory and practice. The course includes exposure to human behavior and decision-making related to the microeconomic concepts of scarcity, availability of resources, supply and demand, opportunity cost, and pricing in competitive and non-competitive markets. Macroeconomic principles covered in this course include aggregate supply and demand, analysis of production, employment and unemployment, monetary and fiscal policy in the US, and stabilization of the economy.
Prerequisites: Math competency
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
Notes: This course is offered every semester.
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ECO 2710 - Special Topics in Economics
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 2000-level not offered in the general Economics curriculum.
Prerequisites: This course may be repeated with a change of topic.
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ECO 2910 - Independent Study in Economics
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ECO 3010 - Environmental Economics
Credit(s): 3
Improving the environment usually involves difficult economic choice. Often, as an unintended side effect of economic activity, natural amenities are lost. This course examines why the economic system fails to give sufficient weight to environmental consequences and discusses policies being proposed and implemented for state and federal action to deal with the problem.
Prerequisites: ECO 2060
Restrictions: Junior standing
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ECO 3030 - Public Finance & Administration
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces students to the intertwined financial and administrative functions of government. On the financial side, the provision of public goods, public budgeting and tax theory are covered. On the administrative side, topics include decision-making criteria, policy analysis and implementation, public regulation and concepts of federalism.
Prerequisites: ECO 2060
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ECO 3710 - Special Topics in Economics
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 3000-level not offered in the general Economics curriculum.
Prerequisites: This course may be repeated with a change of topic.
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ECO 4710 - Special Topics in Economics
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 4000-level not offered in the general Economics curriculum.
Prerequisites: This course may be repeated with a change of topic.
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ECO 4810 - Internship in Economics
Credit(s): 1 to 6
The internship provides for field work in economics arranged in conjunction with the Cooperative Education Office. The student is placed in a work site that will provide practical, career-oriented experience under the supervision of an employer and a faculty member who will make on-site visits. The internship emphasizes acquisition of job-related skills and the role of professionals in the discipline. See also the section on Cooperative Education elsewhere in this catalog.
Prerequisites: The prerequisites are junior standing and permission.
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ECO 4910 - Independent Study in Economics
Credit(s): 1-12 (Johnson); 3 (Lyndon)
This course offers independent research under the supervision of a member of the department.
Restrictions: Junior or senior standing; and permission of instructor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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ECO 4920 - Research in Economics
Credit(s): 3
This course offers independent research in economics under the supervision of a faculty member. A research question and design must be approved by the faculty advisor before registration.
Prerequisites: The prerequisites are junior standing and permission.
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EDU TEW1 - Teacher Education Workshop 1: Introduction to Teacher Education
Credit(s): 0
This is a mandatory workshop for students intending to seek teaching licensure endorsement and should be attended during the first semester at Northern Vermont University-Johnson. Students learn about the requirements of the teacher-education programs, including specific courses needed for each program, the Vermont teacher-examination requirements (PRAXIS, SAT or ACT), grade requirements, practica, portfolio, etc. Students will learn how to apply for each teacher-education program. This is a 1.5 hour workshop offered in many sections each semester.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU TEW2 - Teacher Education Workshop 2: Application for Practicum I
Credit(s): 0
This is a mandatory workshop for students intending to seek teaching licensure endorsement. Students learn about applying for a Practicum I placement for their teacher-education program. Students must have a passing score on the PRAXIS I or CORE examination or an equivalent SAT or ACT score in order to pass this course and enroll in Practicum I. They also must have a cumulative GPA of 2.75 and suitable grades in all courses as determined by their program. Students should complete the application for a teacher-education program, including an entry interview with the program director, before attending the workshop. Students must attend this workshop the semester before they wish to enroll in Practicum I, typically while enrolled in EDU 2370 .
Prerequisites: EDU TEW1
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU TEW3 - Teacher Education Workshop 3: Application for Practicum II
Credit(s): 0
This is a mandatory workshop for students intending to seek teaching licensure endorsement. Students learn about applying for a Practicum II placement for their teacher-education program. Suitable grades in all courses as determined by your program are required. Students should attend this workshop the semester before they wish to enroll in Practicum II, typically while enrolled in EDU 3440 , and should register a semester in advance of attending.
Prerequisites: EDU TEW2
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU TEW4 - Teacher Education Workshop 4: Application for student teaching
Credit(s): 0
This is a mandatory workshop for students intending to seek teaching licensure endorsement. Students learn about applying for a student-teaching placement for their teacher-education program. Students must have a passing score on PRAXIS II (by Oct. 15 for a spring placement; by March 15 for a fall placement) in order to pass this course and receive a placement. Students also must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0, a major GPA of 3.0, and suitable grades in all courses as determined by their program. Students must attend this workshop the semester before you wish to enroll in student teaching, typically while enrolled in Practicum II, and should register a semester in advance of attending. There are three mandatory meetings on campus for this course: The student teaching Application Meeting, a Midway Interview and the student teaching Orientation Meeting. Each is offered once a semester.
Prerequisites: EDU TEW3
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU TEW5 - Teacher Education Workshop 5: Application for a Verification Check
Credit(s): 0
This is a mandatory workshop for students intending to seek teaching licensure endorsement that must be attended during the student-teaching semester; register a semester in advance of attending. Students learn about applying for a verification check and a recommendation for licensure for their teacher-education program, which requires satisfying all requirements that are in place at the time they complete a program. Students will schedule an exit interview with the program director. Portfolios are due during the student teaching semester; no portfolios are accepted for review more than one year after the completion of the student teaching semester. This workshop is held once a semester on campus.
Prerequisites: EDU TEW4
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 1020 - The Human Endeavor
Credit(s): 3
This is an experiential, competency-based course designed to introduce students to higher education and Johnson State College. The main objective of the course is to ensure student success and to improve skills in writing, reading, critical thinking, research and self-awareness.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 1025 - Introduction to the Major
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces Education majors to the intellectual and social environment of college. Through a variety of learning activities students will be challenged to reflect on their learning styles, to think critically about a variety of issues, and to develop time management and study skills requisite for success in college. Students will be oriented to the myriad of requirements they must meet as well as the supports available to assist them on their path toward graduation.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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EDU 1030 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education
Credit(s): 3
This course familiarizes the student with early childhood education, and the way early childhood can provide experiences for young children that enhance the development of the whole child. The instruction offers a study of the pedagogy, history, and philosophy of early childhood education, and an exploration of the behavioral characteristics of young children which students then observe in early childhood settings. The course stresses developmentally appropriate models of program delivery to young children and their families. It also introduces curriculum design, as an integrative process that includes structuring learning environments and experiences responsive to children’s interests and needs through play and exploration. The instruction includes strategies for adapting the learning environment and modifying instruction to make curriculum accessible to all children. There is a field work component.
Prerequisites: There is a course fee. This course is offered every odd numbered fall.
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EDU 1035 - Academic Peer Coach Training
Credit(s): 1
Academic Peer Coach (APC) Training is a one-semester course designed to meet the general requirements for academic peer coach training as well as the criteria for the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) Tutor Certification, level 1. Academic Peer Coaching is a form of “peer-tutoring” that takes into consideration the overall needs of learners. This style of coaching addresses several areas including: consistency of contact, cognitive growth toward an open mindset, critical thinking, session possibilities and limitations, meeting students where they are at, and time management. Coaches are trained in these areas to support learners’ academic skills, habits, capabilities, and independence.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and completion of a peer coaching application (available through the Academic Support Services Office).
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 1110 - FYS: Critical Thinking in an Age of Media Confusion
Credit(s): 3
Although thinking styles can be described by different people, it is ultimately a unique process which can change over time. However, by gaining an awareness of one’s own motivations, interests and aptitudes at the beginning of their college experience, students understand how they learn/think in order to assist in course choices and identify life goals. What motivates and interests you? Is it tactile? Is it conceptual? Is it visual? Is it audio? Do you make it? Do you play it? Do you share it? This seminar will help you explore and articulate several aspects of your ways of thinking and learning.
Restrictions: First-year students only
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 1310 - Introduction to Communication Disorders for Paraeducators
Credit(s): 1
This course introduces the participant to the nature of communication disorders that affect children, from preschool through adolescence. Participants are introduced to techniques used by paraeducators to remediate and manage these disorders.
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EDU 1710 - Special Topics in Education
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 1000-level not offered in the general Education curriculum.
Prerequisites: This course may be repeated with a change of topic.
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EDU 2010 - Foundations of Education
Credit(s): 3
This course provides a survey of the history, philosophy, and contemporary issues in education. Topics to be explored include: curriculum development, multiculturalism and diversity, educational reform, and the political and social forces that shape contemporary education in the United States. Students will have the opportunity to explore education as a career, develop an initial philosophy of education, and discuss current issues and problems related to the field. There is a field work component.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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EDU 2120 - Children with Disabilities
Credit(s): 3
This course addresses the concept of disability through an investigation of children with disabilities. The etiology and cognitive, social, emotional, and physical characteristics of individuals with high incidence disabilities (e.g. intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, speech/language impairments, and emotional disturbance), low incidence disabilities (e.g. visual/hearing impairments, and physical disabilities), and “increasing incidence” disabilities (e.g. autism spectrum disorders, traumatic brain injury, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) are studied from individual, family, school, community, sociological and historical perspectives. The effects of increased awareness, greater knowledge, medical advances, improved educational practices, and changes in social values are emphasized. There is a field work component.
Prerequisites: There is a course fee. This course is offered every semester.
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EDU 2155 - Disability & Identity Studies in Media
Credit(s): 2
The purpose of this course is to introduce the elements of critical disability studies, as well as related identity studies such as race, gender, and sexuality, and to apply them to modern media. Students will learn the theories of disability and identity studies and to apply them with a critical eye to films, television, and literature. Students will be encouraged to think critically about their own identities and representation and to develop a vision of an inclusive society.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 2270 - Classroom and Behavior Management
Credit(s): 3
This course provides instruction on research-based classroom management and individual behavior management strategies. Historical aspects of modern methods and new research-based approaches to effective and positive classroom management strategies, such as Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS), will be addressed. Throughout the course, functional behavior assessment (FBA) will be covered and comprehensive behavior management plans will be developed. Additionally, this course will explore how culture can influence student and teacher behavior and will examine culturally competent classroom management strategies. There is a field work component.
Prerequisites: The prerequisites are EDU 2010 and EDU 2120, each with a C+ or better, or permission. There is a course fee. This course is offered every fall.
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EDU 2315 - Technology in the Classroom
Credit(s): 1
This course examines the use of instructional and assistive technologies available for teachers to enhance and supplement their instruction in the classroom. Students will explore and use different tech-related products while considering the ethical and personal responsibilities of teachers in regards to technology in the classroom.
Prerequisites: EDU 2010 with a C+ of better, or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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EDU 2360 - Perspectives on Learning in a Diverse Society
Credit(s): 3
Students will study the processes of learning and thinking from a variety of perspectives through historical, philosophical, psychological, anthropological and sociological lenses. Activities include a study of one’s own approach to learning, inquiry into the learning processes of others and an examination of the relationship between individual learning and social context. Emphasis will be placed on how social and cultural values, beliefs and norms affect learning across a diversity of individuals in a variety of settings, for example formal institutions and informal associations. Aspects of contemporary instruction for learning will be considered, such as perception and creativity, place-based learning and inclusion.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 2365 - The Ecology of Human Experience: Development, Culture & Identity
Credit(s): 3
This course examines individual identity development within particular social and cultural systems from birth through young adulthood. We will examine the means by which factors such as relationships, gender, ethnicity, race, sexuality, ability, economics and value systems affect how individuals come to define themselves. Our aim is to examine the local and global forces that shape a human ecological system and how it, in turn, shapes and is shaped by individual identity development. Special attention will be placed on the implications of identity development and anti-discriminatory practice for educators working with diverse populations. Strategies for promoting healthy development across the ages are considered, such as social play activities, arts integration, physical and adventure activities, intercultural exchanges, environmental and social justice advocacy projects, etc.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 2370 - The Contemporary School
Credit(s): 3
This course examines the conditions and characteristics of contemporary schooling in the U.S. and other countries. Through comparative educational studies and historical, political and economic perspectives, students study the processes by which schools and societies are co-constructive. Of specific interest are how cultural norms and beliefs, social conditions and historical trends affect school climate, curriculum, instructional practices, assessment and inclusion. In particular, using educational tools of inquiry, students will learn to systemically analyze a learning environment using frameworks of equity and excellence. Students conduct a collaborative fieldwork project in a local school. 20 hrs. of fieldwork required.
Prerequisites: EDU 2360 ; EDU 2365 ; EDU TEW1 ; ENG 1071 or equivalent
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 2710 - Special Topics in Education
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 2000-level not offered in the general Education curriculum.
Prerequisites: This course may be repeated with a change of topic.
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EDU 2855 - Practicum for Paraeducators
Credit(s): 1-3
Participants work as a member of a collaborative team to assist and teach students. An emphasis is placed on implementing teacher-planned instruction and behavior management strategies, sensitivity to individual, family and cultural differences and inclusive education. Working in conjunction with a college supervisor and a cooperating teacher, participants also develop and implement a special project designed to enhance skills specific to their work and interests. This course may be repeated, but no more than 3 credits can be used toward degree requirements.
Prerequisites: The prerequisite is permission. There is a course fee.
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EDU 2910 - Independent Study in Education
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 3020 - Educational Psychology
Credit(s): 3
This course examines how psychological principles apply to teaching and learning. The course covers learning theories, motivation, effective teaching, evaluation, and instructional planning from a developmental perspective. There is a field work component.
Prerequisites: This course is offered every fall.
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EDU 3025 - Evaluating Characteristics of Diverse Learners
Credit(s): 3
The purpose of this course is to examine theoretical and practical applications of diagnosing and assessing education disabilities and academic strengths and limitations. Students will learn to use assessment procedures to identify students’ strengths and limitations to assist in developing appropriate accommodations and interventions. Students will develop effective goals for individualized education plans. Experience in selecting, administering, scoring and interpreting formal standardized tests will be provided.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 3032 - Language, Culture, Literature, & Education
Credit(s): 3
This course addresses language in the context of the family, community and schools. How does language affect who we are, how we see ourselves and who we become? What is the relation between language, culture, literature and human development? Information is integrated in the context of teacher awareness and the mandate of public education to provide culturally sensitive instructional choices for all learners. Providing for the needs of English Language Learners (ELL) birth through 6th grade is emphasized.
Restrictions: Permission of instructor
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 3070 - Secondary School Observation
Credit(s): 1
This course requires students to complete 30 hours of observations in secondary school classrooms. Students will observe, record, and analyze student and teacher behavior.
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EDU 3100 - Literacy Intervention, Assessment & Strategies
Credit(s): 3
This course will examine theories on the development of literacy and the factors that contribute to reading difficulties. Students will learn to implement effective assessment monitoring and instructional techniques for working with students with literacy needs.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 3110 - Literature for Children
Credit(s): 3
Students in this course examine literature for children of different age groups and reading levels. Critical selection and evaluation, as well as the creative use of literature, are an integral part of the course.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 3112 - Instructional Dynamics for the Elementary Educator: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment for Integrated, Engaging & Creative Learners; Part III: Unified Arts for Diverse Learners
Credit(s): 3
This course examines the process and principles of instruction with specific attention to the aims of an integrated unified arts environment. Along with instructional theory and strategies, topics include aesthetics, movement, play, critique and other creative aims as they enhance engagement and support development. The course also addresses literacy strategies for technical subjects. Using lesson study and professional learning communities, students will work together to develop, teach, and assess integrated and standards-based lessons. This is achieved through two supervised school practicums, one at grades K-6 and one at grades 7-12, for a total of 30 hours over the course of the semester.
Prerequisites: EDU 2370 ; EDU TEW2 ; overall 2.75 or higher GPA; pass PRAXIS I; permission of program director
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 3125 - Technology for Integrating Instruction
Credit(s): 3
This course guides the integration of technology into student teaching experiences. Discussions revolve around implications and the impact of technology on the learning process. Technology will be studied on the visible, hands-on level, as well as how it can be employed to support teacher productivity and scaffold student learning.
Corequisites: EDU 4630 or permission of instructor
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 3140 - Partnering with the Adolescent Learner to Promote Student Engagement
Credit(s): 4
Without engagement, classrooms become passive places of instruction as opposed to rich learning environments. This course introduces students to multiple frameworks developed to engage and motivate the adolescent learner and asks students to apply these frameworks through weekly practicum work at an area secondary school. Specific topics of study include: Cambourne’s Framework of Engagement, Partnering Pedagogy, Assessment, Classroom Management and Lesson Study.
Prerequisites: EDU 2370 ; EDU TEW2 ; overall 2.75 or higher GPA; pass PRAXIS I; permission of program director
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 3150 - Secondary Teaching Process
Credit(s): 3
This course requires students to apply educational and psychological principles to the teaching and learning process at the secondary level. Instruction will cover a variety of topics important to secondary education, including but not limited to, classroom management, teacher evaluation, and reflective practice. Students will identify, use and evaluate a variety of instructional strategies. Portfolio development is an integral part of this class. There is a field work component.
Prerequisites: There is a course fee. This course is offered every odd numbered spring.
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EDU 3185 - Differentiated Instruction & Assessment
Credit(s): 3
This course provides instruction in the methods and materials appropriate for teaching students with diverse needs in an inclusive classroom. Models of designing an inclusive classroom, including universal design for learning and differentiated instruction, are examined with an emphasis on using assessment data to inform instruction. This course will also help to develop the understanding and skills needed to validly, reliably, and accurately use classroom assessments for learning. There is a field work component.
Prerequisites: The prerequisites are EDU 2010 and EDU 2120, each with a C+ or better, or permission. There is a course fee. This course is offered every fall.
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EDU 3240 - Literacy Development in the Content Area
Credit(s): 3
This course concentrates on the principles, techniques, and materials for developing literacy in the middle and secondary schools. It focuses on specific reading, writing, and study skills needed within the various content areas taught in the middle and secondary schools.
Prerequisites: This course is offered every even numbered fall.
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EDU 3265 - Instructional Dynamics for the Elementary Educator - Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment for Integrated, Engaging & Creative Lessons; Part I: Language, Literacy, & Literature for Diverse Learners
Credit(s): 3
Language, literacy and literature for diverse learners are explored in the context of an elementary school classroom. The course requires the development, teaching and assessment of integrated, engaging and creative lesson plans for fully inclusive classrooms. Topics addressed at an introductory level include: language development (oral and written) as it relates to reading and writing, phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, morphology, reading comprehension and fluency. Assessment, identification and intervention for reading and writing skills are introduced. Students will observe and participate in an assigned elementary school classroom under the supervision of a licensed teacher during a 60-hour practicum shared with EDU 3266 Instructional Dynamics for the Elementary Educator - Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment for Integrated, Engaging & Creative Lessons; Part II: Numeracy & Quantitative Reasoning for Diverse Learners. (Spring semesters)
Prerequisites: EDU 2370 ; EDU 3032 ; EDU TEW2 ; overall 2.75 or higher GPA; pass PRAXIS I; permission of program director
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 3266 - Instructional Dynamics for the Elementary Educator - Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment for Integrated, Engaging & Creative Lessons; Part II: Numeracy & Quantitative Reasoning for Diverse Learners
Credit(s): 3
This course provides students with the opportunities to explore mathematical thinking and examine ways in which teachers support this thinking. The focus will be on how mathematical understanding develops as children learn mathematics in inclusive classrooms. This course will involve observation of math lessons, lesson planning, practice teaching and lesson study as well as reading and informal and formal papers. Students will observe and participate in an assigned elementary school classroom under the supervision of a licensed teacher during a 60-hour practicum shared with EDU 3265 Instructional Dynamics for the Elementary Educator - Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment for Integrated, Engaging & Creative Lessons; Part I: Language, Literacy, & Literature for Diverse Learners.
Prerequisites: EDU 2370 ; MAT 2021 ; EDU TEW2 ; overall 2.75 or higher GPA; pass PRAXIS I; permission of program director
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 3300 - Introduction to Classroom Management
Credit(s): 1
Advanced research, theories and practices of classroom management at elementary, middle and high school levels are studied in this course.
Restrictions: Permission of department chair
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 3311 - Foundations of Inclusive Practices
Credit(s): 3
This course examines the social construction of disability in society, the characteristics of diverse learners and the strategies to address these characteristics. The course will focus on methods of universal instruction to promote an inclusive education. Students will gain knowledge of the contemporary models of special education, the related laws and regulations guiding these models and the policies governing these practices.
Prerequisites: EDU 3265 or EDU 3266 or EDU 3112 or EDU 3140
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 3350 - Foundations of Language and Literacy Instruction
Credit(s): 3
This course focuses on the content knowledge requisite for teaching students, including English Language Learners, to effectively receive and express thoughts and ideas through oral and written language. Teacher candidates will learn about the structure of English language, and understand the processes by which students learn to read and write.
Prerequisites: The prerequisites are EDU 3020 and ENG 2540, each with a C+ or better, or permission. There is a course fee. This course is offered every spring.
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EDU 3360 - Promoting Inventive Thinking: Integrating Multimodal Literacy Across the Curriculum
Credit(s): 3
This course examines modern definitions of literacy through an exploration of the following literacies: information literacy, multicultural literacy, media literacy and critical literacy. Students will learn how these literacies relate to their content area instruction and discover ways to use them to promote high level thinking skills and creativity in their students. Digital reading comprehension, interactive pedagogy, multiliteracies, new literacies and the use and creation of multimodal texts are examples of some of the specific topics that will be examined in detail.
Prerequisites: EDU 3140
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 3425 - GeoCultural Studies
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the intersection of history, culture, geography and economics as students engage in individual and group inquiry projects related to national and international peoples and places. The course will place equal emphasis on learning and engaging in the inquiry process and exploring geocultural themes.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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EDU 3440 - Teaching Toward Democracy
Credit(s): 3
This course studies the practice of teaching throughout history, across cultures and among diverse settings. Teaching is examined as a sociopolitical endeavor with specific consideration of its professional, ethical and legal context. Students learn to analyze the means by which social values shape the work of teaching, with particular attention to the role of assessment. Attention is drawn to educational agents, educational policies and educational practices that have moved schooling toward more equitable and inclusive practice. Students conduct a collaborative fieldwork project with the goal of teaching toward democracy. 20 hours of fieldwork required.
Prerequisites: EDU 3265 or EDU 3266 or EDU 3112 or EDU 3140
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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