11 courses with the subject EDU, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
EDU 200Foundations of Education3
Fall/Spring This course is designed to provide a basis for students to understand the standards-aligned system of education. Students will discover the range of roles and the variety of strategic behaviors and actions, professional educators utilize to affect the goals of schools to enhance student achievement, growth and development. The course will address standards, curriculum, resources, assessment, and interventions in education. Students will learn about significant career foci and about institutions of education within our social, political, and economic systems. 3 credit hours
Fall/Spring This course provides Education majors with knowledge of the basic elements, principles, and concepts of music and art, with an emphasis on how music and art can be included in classroom instruction across the content areas. The goal is to use these creative elements to enhance areas of the education curriculum and further engage and motivate children in their learning. Education majors will find and use resources to help them become more creative in their approach to teaching core curricular subjects while encouraging their students to understand and appreciate the intrinsic value of the creative arts. 3 credit hours
This course is an introduction to the basic scientific principles that underlie the domains of earth, space and physical science (e.g. plate tectonics, the solar system, electricity). Designed as a content specific course (not a methods course) for education majors in all Early Elementary and Middle Level education programs, it will emphasize the facts and concepts necessary for a substantive understanding of earth, space, and physical science. The content and skills taught in this course are required to teach science in the elementary and middle school settings (across PreK-8). The course will also emphasize the critical reasoning and problem-solving skills needed in the scientific community. 3 credit hours
Fall/Spring/Summer Advanced Science Concepts for Educators is an introductory course that includes a study of the basic principles, theories and understandings of the meteorological and astronomical sciences. By using the scientific method, the course covers a study of the sun-moon-earth system, the interaction of the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere, the solar system, planetary motion, the sun and star evolution, the moon and celestial observation, space exploration, the origin of the universe, and extraterrestrial life. This course provides information needed to attain additional certifications. 3 credit hours
This course is a field study of educational differences of a particular international destination (specific destinations will be chosen each time the course is offered). Students will compare the system of education in the United States education to the system of education in the specific destination. Topics will include K-12 education, higher education, education policy, and teacher preparation. Students will investigate the specific social, political, and economic issues that impact each of those topics in the international destination and the United States. 3 credit hours
Fall/Spring This course reviews public school structure and organization in terms of the teacher’s numerous roles and relationships. These relationships include parents and community, and various elements in the typical school environment. These include students, peers, support staff, and administration. Students are familiarized with the legal foundations applicable to employment and professional practice within a public-school setting. The three major functions of a teacher—to supervise, to keep safe, and to instruct—are examined with focus on the goal of providing an enhanced awareness of “preventative law.”
Fall/Spring This course serves as an alternate to the Professional Semester. Education major students may only enroll in this course under the following circumstances: 1. Student has not yet begun the Professional Semester and does not intend to seek certification, or 2. Student is determined ineligible to enter the Professional Semester, or 3. Student is relieved of student teaching duties during the Professional Semester as determined necessary by the College Supervisor, Cooperating Teacher, and/or other applicable supervisory personnel. Additionally, enrollment in this course requires demonstration of the completion of all required coursework prior to the Professional Semester and approval of the Chair of the Department of Education. Education major students enrolled in this course are not eligible to apply for state teaching certification. Varying credits. Grading will be Pass/Fail.
