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EDLL 655 - Emergent Bilinguals and Special Education - 3 credits
This course prepares candidates to understand, apply, and evaluate second language acquisition stages and distinguish them from learning disabilities. The candidates will be able to understand and plan instruction for emergent bilinguals who are in special education.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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EDLL 656 - Cultural and Linguistic Diversity for ESOL Educators - 3 credits
Equivalent: EDLL 456
This course is designed to improve the educator’s understanding of students with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The course focuses on cultural and linguistic diversity and identity with an emphasis on the following topics: culturally responsive learning environment, cultural bias, socio-economic diversity, and the home-school connection. Practicum experiences required.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDSC 500 - Assessment and Action Research - 3 credits
An introduction to assessment at the secondary level. Students design, apply, and interpret the results of measurements. Test formats, the correlation of test items with learning objectives and the interpretation of teacher-made and standardized test results are addressed.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDSC 508 - Foundations in Literacy - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAT Degree Program
An introductory course to literacy and its role in secondary schools and society. Candidates will research literacy by defining it and directly relating it to their field. An overview of literacy education topics including assessment, testing, equity, and multiple literacies will also be surveyed.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring, Summer
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EDSC 510 - Secondary Adolescent Development and Management - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAT Degree Program
Course includes the management of the classroom environment and learning processes as applied to secondary adolescent development. Attention is given to theories and best practices and includes a clinical experience.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDSC 515 - Teaching in Diverse Classroom Settings - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAT Degree Program
Study of the diverse population of students in today’s classrooms. Alternative methods of instruction and evaluation of concepts and skill development will be presented. A clinical field experience in public schools is included.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDSC 518 - Reading and Writing in the Content Area - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAT Degree Program and EDSC 508
A literacy methods course designed for candidates to learn general literacy instructional techniques and assessment strategies. Candidates will use these techniques and strategies to design a content-area instructional unit complete with an accompanying text set and assessments. Attention is given to addressing reading difficulties and enhancing reading skills necessary for effective teaching of content area materials.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDSC 525 - Managing the Classroom - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
Study of effective principles and techniques of management of classrooms today. Attention is given to theories and strategies of management of students as well as classroom organization and the relationship between motivation and management. A clinical experience in public schools is included.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDSC 546 - Foundations of Secondary Education - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAT Degree Program
A study of the principles of curriculum development in schools today as related to standards-based instruction and assessment. Attention is given to the teacher’s role in understanding curriculum, theory behind curriculum development, and implementing standards-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
Semester(s) Offered: Summer
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EDSC 547 - Principles and Methods of Teaching English - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAT Degree Program
A study of methods, techniques and materials appropriate to teaching English. A clinical experience in public schools is included.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDSC 548 - Principles and Methods of Teaching Foreign Language - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAT Degree Program
Study of methods, techniques, and materials appropriate to teaching Foreign Language. The student is expected to plan, implement, and evaluate specific lessons using various resources and techniques. A clinical experience in public schools is included.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 549 - Principles and Methods of Teaching Social Studies - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAT Degree Program
Study of methods, techniques, and materials appropriate to teaching Social Studies. A clinical experience in public schools is included.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDSC 552 - Principles and Methods of Teaching Mathematics - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAT Degree Program
Study of methods, techniques, and materials appropriate to teaching mathematics. A clinical experience in public schools is included.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDSC 553 - Principles and Methods of Teaching Science - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAT Degree Program
Study of methods, techniques, and materials appropriate to teaching science. A clinical experience in public schools is included.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDSC 575 - Human Development and Learning Processes - 3 credits
Corequisite(s): EDUC 515 permission of instructor
An investigation of various patterns of intellectual, social, emotional, and physical growth of learners from prenatal through adolescence periods with an emphasis on the period of adolescence and a focus on developmental applications in educational settings. A clinical experience in public schools is included.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDSC 580 - Internship Seminar - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAT Degree Program
Corequisite(s): EDSC 590
Candidates will meet periodically with their University supervisor and with other candidates to establish links between the theoretical principles taught in the methods course and the practical application of these theories during the internship.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDSC 590 - Internship - 9 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAT Degree Program, Passing PRAXIS II Scores
Corequisite(s): EDSC 580
Supervised teaching experience. Interns will be assigned to schools for a period of no fewer than 60 instructional days.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDSC 601 - Special Topics in Science Education - 3 credits
Topics will be selected from various science education fields, including trends, methods, and materials of science education. May be repeated; credit up to six hours may be applied toward a degree.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 611 - Special Topics in English Education - 3 credits
Topics will be selected from various English education fields, including trends, methods, and materials of English education. May be repeated; up to six credit hours may be applied toward a degree.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 625 - Content Area Reading - 3 credits
A literacy methods course designed for candidates to learn general literacy instructional techniques and assessment strategies. Candidates use these techniques and strategies to design a content-area instructional unit complete with an accompanying text set and assessments. Attention is given to addressing reading difficulties and enhancing reading skills necessary for effective teaching of content area materials.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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EDSC 626 - Advanced Principles and Practices of Teaching in High School - 3 credits
A study of historical developments and recent innovations in curricula, resources, and techniques in secondary schools. Students will be expected to investigate and apply research as it relates to the improvement of instruction.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 628 - Advanced Study of the Teaching of English in Secondary Schools - 3 credits
A study of historical developments and recent innovations in curricula, resources and techniques in the field of teaching English in secondary schools. Students will be expected to investigate research as it relates to the improvement of instruction.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 629 - Advanced Study of the Teaching of History and Social Studies in Secondary Schools - 3 credits
A study of historical developments and recent innovations in curricula, resources and techniques in the field of teaching history and social studies in secondary schools. Students will be expected to investigate research as it relates to the improvement of instruction.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 631 - Special Topics in Secondary Education - 3 credits
Specific analysis of crucial issues in the field as they exist and emerge in the future. Provides an opportunity for students to do in- depth study of definitive areas of concern.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 632 - Advanced Study of the Teaching of Science in Secondary Schools - 3 credits
A study of historic developments and recent innovations in curricula, resources, and techniques in the field of teaching science in secondary schools. Students will be expected to investigate research as it relates to the improvement of instruction.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 633 - Special Topics in Social Studies Education - 3 credits
Topics will be selected from various social studies education fields, including trends, methods, and materials of social studies education. May be repeated; up to six credit hours may be applied toward a degree.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 644 - Foundations of Literacy Instruction - 3 credits
An introductory course to literacy and its role in secondary schools and society. Candidates research literacy by defining it and directly relating it to their field. An overview of literacy education topics including assessment, testing, equity, and multiple literacies are also surveyed.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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EDSC 650 - Advanced Secondary Instructional Methods and Strategies - 3 credits
Advanced study of instructional strategies and best teaching practices applicable to teaching in secondary schools. Instructional planning, delivery and assessment are included.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 659 - Teaching Reasoning and Inquiry Skills - 3 credits
Definition of and methods for teaching reasoning and inquiry skills in various educational settings. Participants develop a plan of instruction based on a study of model programs.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 664 - Advanced Study in Teaching Mathematics in Secondary Schools - 3 credits
A study of historical developments and recent innovations in curricula, resources, and techniques in the field of teaching mathematics in secondary schools. Students will be expected to investigate research as it relates to the improvement of instruction.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 666 - Special Topics in Mathematics Education - 3 credits
Topics will be selected from various mathematics education fields, including trends, methods and materials of mathematics education. May be repeated; up to six credit hours may be applied toward a degree.
Semester(s) Offered: As Needed.
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EDSC 670 - Computers in Mathematics Education - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 531
Topics in the use of microcomputers in the teaching of mathematics at the middle and secondary school levels.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 671 - Computers in Science Education - 3 credits
Use of computer technology in teaching and managing science classes and programs.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 672 - Foundations in American Education - 3 credits
A study of the principles of curriculum development in schools today as related to standards-based instruction and assessment. Attention is given to the teacher’s role in understanding curriculum, theory behind curriculum development, and implementing standards-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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EDSC 673 - Advanced Study of the Teaching of Computer Studies - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 531
Recommendations for materials, content, and methods for teaching computer-related subject matter at the middle and high school level. Experience in writing computer programs for educational purposes will be given.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 675 - Advanced Study of Secondary Curriculum and Program Models - 3 credits
A study of methods, techniques and materials appropriate to teaching. Students explore a variety of teaching methods to increase student learning. They explore the variety of ways a teacher can formatively and summatively assess students to determine successful learning.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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EDSC 679 - Multicultural Issues in Education - 3 credits
Effects of cultural diversity in instruction with emphasis on teaching strategies and programs for multicultural student populations.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 680 - Seminar in Secondary Education - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 531 . 606, 607 , 649 , EDSC 675 with grade of C or better
Students will synthesize their graduate studies for a master’s degree in secondary education.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 686 - The Teaching of Literature in the Secondary School - 3 credits
Subject content of new literature programs; resources and innovative approaches; problems in organizing literature. Emphasis on specific teaching methodology and the development of materials.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSC 687 - The Teaching of Composition in the Secondary School - 3 credits
New curricula in the teaching of oral and written composition; issues and problems in the composition phase of English programs; innovative teaching techniques and methodology. Development of materials appropriate to the teaching of oral and handwritten composition.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDUC 627 - Student Motivation and Management - 3 credits
Study of effective principles and techniques of motivation and management in classrooms today. Attention is given to theories and strategies of the management of students, as well as classroom organization, and the relationship between motivation and management.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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EDSP 600 - Applied Behavior Analysis - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Graduate admission or special permission
Applied behavior analysis is a branch of behavior analysis devoted to the understanding and improvement of human behavior. This course teaches students how to apply basic principles and concepts of behavior analysis to produce effective, ethical, and socially significant change in the behavior of individuals they support. Topics include how to select, identify, and effectively use reinforcers; how to manipulate reinforcement schedules and dimensions of reinforcement to produce the desired effects on behavior; and how to assess the functions of behavior and develop function-based interventions.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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EDSP 605 - Special Education for Teachers in Early Childhood and Elementary Education - 3 credits
Addresses current issues and needs in instructional programming for students with high incidence disabilities (learning disabilities, emotional/behavioral disorders, and mental retardation) at the early childhood and elementary levels. Emphasizes methods for the development and acceleration of basic academic skills, study skills, learning strategies, and modification of course content to meet individual needs of students who are engaged in the general education curriculum.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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EDSP 606 - Instructional Design in Special Education - 3 credits
Teachers in schools need more ways to reach all of their students. This course will help the in-service teacher to learn more about Instructional Design through Differentiated Instruction and applying Universal Design principles. The framework of this class is based on the multiple means of representing information, multiple means of expressing knowledge, and multiple means of engagement in learning.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDSP 607*ED - Practicum in Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities - 3 credits
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Prerequisite(s): EDSP 200, EDSP 692 or permission of instructor
Supervised field experience requiring a minimum of 60 hours of special education services provided to early childhood to high school students with disabilities in the chosen concentration area (Early Childhood Special Education, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, Intellectual Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, or Severe Disabilities). Related seminars address timely issues in special education; integrating research-based practices in the classroom; and community resources.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDSP 610 - Characteristics of Students with Severe Disabilities - 3 credits
Course introduces candidates to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for individuals with severe speech and language impairments. In addition, the knowledge and skills needed to assess the potential AAC user, make team decisions, develop and implement instruction, and evaluate the effects of instruction aimed at motivating, building, and expanding communications, choice-making, and social interaction are addressed.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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EDSP 615 - Instruction of Students with Severe Disabilities - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): EDSP 610 or permission of instructor
Course focuses on current best practices in curriculum and methods for students with moderate to severe disabilities. Specific strategies for teaching students with moderate to severe disabilities, general strategies for working with diverse groups of students in inclusive settings, and methods for adapting the general education curriculum to include students with moderate to severe disabilities are addressed.
Semester(s) Offered: Summer, odd years
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EDSP 620 - Language and Communication Skills of Students with Severe Disabilities - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): EDSP 610 or permission of instructor
Course introduces candidates to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for individuals with severe speech and language impairments. In addition, the knowledge and skills needed to assess the potential AAC user, make team decisions, develop and implement instruction, and evaluate the effects of instruction aimed at motivating, building, and expanding communications, choice-making, and social interaction are addressed.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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EDSP 630 - Single-case Research - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 607
Course focuses on in-depth study of single-subject research methods including data collection, research designs, data display and analysis, and writing research proposals using single-subject methodology.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDSP 635 - Advanced Topics in Special Education - 3 credits
Course provides a critical examination of current issue surrounding the field of special education including instruction methodologies, latest research, legislation and policy, case law, high stakes exams, over-representation of minorities in special education, and teacher shortages.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDSP 640 - Behavior Management - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Graduate Status
This course provides a critical analysis of behavior management theories, evidenced-based disciplinary practices, and applications that foster an environment conducive to learning. Course emphasizes identification, analysis, etiology and intervention strategies for prevention and management of inappropriate behaviors exhibited by students with disabilities. Research of legal and ethical practices are included.
Semester(s) Offered: Summer
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EDSP 641 - Comprehensive Assessment for Exceptional Learners - 3 credits
Covers the use and interpretation of formal and informal diagnostics tests and procedures calculated to determine instructional levels and procedures for exceptional learners. Content includes statistical and psychometric concepts in assessment including norm-referenced, criterion- referenced, and curriculum-based measurement, and informal testing. Emphasis is on interpretation for instruction, eligibility determination, placement decisions, and report writing.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDSP 645 - Literacy Instruction for English Learners and Students with High Incidence Disabilities - 3 credits
This course prepares candidates in the area of reading development and effective instructional methodologies specific to students with disabilities and students who are English learners with an emphasis on reading practices as they relate to individual learners, readiness activities, phonemic awareness and decoding skills, phonics, fluency, vocabulary development, and comprehension.
Semester(s) Offered: Summer
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EDSP 670 - Characteristics of Learners with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities - 3 credits
This course covers theories and specific conditions in the area of emotional and behavior disabilities. Participants will study the impact of learning and behavioral differences on academic and social/emotional performances. Diversity within student populations is addressed throughout the course. Experiential, observational, interactive strategies, and technological advances are used to facilitate course outcomes.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDSP 671 - Method/Procedures for Learners with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): EDSP 670 or permission of instructor
Provides knowledge of instruction programming to improve outcomes for students with emotional/behavioral disabilities across all grade levels by focusing on evidence-based strategies/methods, issues and supports needed for success in general and special education environments, and the affective, social, and academic needs of students.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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EDSP 680 - Characteristics of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities - 3 credits
Course is an in-depth study of the unique learning and behavioral characteristics of individuals with intellectual disabilities, ranging in age from preschool to adult, with a focus on mild to moderate disabilities. Topics include historical development of the field of intellectual disabilities (mental retardation); theoretical models; etiological factors; cognitive, social, emotional, behavioral, and physical/health characteristics; models of assessment and intervention, including technological advances; transition programs and services; community programs and provisions; issues and trends, including legislation and litigation; and the impact of intellectual disabilities on academic and social/emotional performance.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, odd years
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EDSP 681 - Methods for Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): EDSP 680 or permission of instructor
Course provides educators with interventions to address the comprehensive needs of students with intellectual disabilities in various settings. It emphasizes the application of evidence-based practices for teaching students with intellectual disabilities in the general and functional curriculum. It includes analysis and application of programs and services, legislation, research, inclusive education transition services, and instructional support for persons with intellectual disabilities. Field based assignments are required.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring, even years
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EDSP 690 - Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD): Nature and Needs - 3 credits
This course provides a critical analysis of foundation knowledge of Specific Learning Disabilities, including the history, theoretical base, legal aspects, terminology, etiology, definitions, medical aspects, and approaches to identification and intervention. Professional literature reviews and experiences in schools required.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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EDSP 691 - Instructional Procedures for Students with Learning Disabilities - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): EDSP 690 or permission of instructor)
Provides knowledge of instructional procedures to improve outcomes for individuals with learning disabilities. Applies research on teacher effectiveness, instructional approaches, and current issues and needs in instructional programming for students with LD. Content includes curriculum design, instructional strategies for basic academic skills in reading, language arts, and mathematics; study skills and adaptations for science and social studies; motivation; and peer-mediated instruction. Experiences in schools and applied research projects required.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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EDSP 692 - Foundations and Services for Exceptional Learners - 3 credits
Presentation of an overview of exceptionalities of children and youth, as well as curricular and instructional modifications or accommodations that may be needed to meet their needs in the general education classroom. Philosophical and historical foundations of special education, current trends and issues in service delivery, federal and state law, court cases and regulations for special education programs are addressed.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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EDSP 697*ED - Practicum in Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities - 3 credits
Equivalent: EDSP 697*ID , EDSP 697*LD , EDSP 697*SD )
Prerequisite(s): EDSP 200, EDSP 692 or permission of instructor
Supervised field experience requiring a minimum of 60 hours of special education services provided to early childhood to high school students with disabilities in the chosen concentration area (Early Childhood Special Education, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, Intellectual Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, or Severe Disabilities). Related seminars address timely issues in special education; integrating research-based practices in the classroom; and community resources.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDSP 697*ID - Practicum in Intellectual Disabilities - 3 credits
Equivalent: EDSP 697*ED , EDSP 697*LD , EDSP 697*SD
Prerequisite(s): EDSP 200, EDSP 692 or permission of instructor
Supervised field experience requiring a minimum of 60 hours of special education services provided to early childhood to high school students with disabilities in the chosen concentration area (Early Childhood Special Education, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, Intellectual Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, or Severe Disabilities). Related seminars address timely issues in special education; integrating research-based practices in the classroom; and community resources.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDSP 697*LD - Practicum in Learning Disabilities - 3 credits
Equivalent: EDSP 697*ED , EDSP 697*ID , EDSP 697*SD
Prerequisite(s): EDSP 200, EDSP 692 , or instructor permission
Supervised field experience requiring a minimum of 60 hours of special education services provided to early childhood to high school students with disabilities in the chosen concentration area (Early Childhood Special Education, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, Intellectual Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, or Severe Disabilities). Related seminars address timely issues in special education; integrating research-based practices in the classroom; and community resources.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDSP 697*SD - Practicum in Severe Disabilities - 3 credits
Equivalent: EDSP 697*ED , EDSP 697*ID , EDSP 697*LD
Prerequisite(s): EDSP 200, EDSP 692 or permission of instructor
Supervised field experience requiring a minimum of 60 hours of special education services provided to early childhood to high school students with disabilities in the chosen concentration area (Early Childhood Special Education, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, Intellectual Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, or Severe Disabilities). Related seminars address timely issues in special education; integrating research-based practices in the classroom; and community resources.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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EDSP 698 - Practicum in Special Education-High Incidence Disabilities (Emotional, Intellectual, and Learning) - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Graduate admission, instructor approval
Supervised, structured, field-based practicum experience in schools with high incidence disabilities (emotional, intellectual, and learning) for a minimum of 150 hours. Participants apply legal, ethical, and evidence-based practices in assessment, collaboration, instructional planning, teaching and learning, eligibility determination, and behavior management. On-campus seminars required.
Semester(s) Offered: As Needed.
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EDSP 741 - Comprehensive Assessment for Exceptional Learners - 3 credits
This course focuses on assessment (e.g., norm-referenced, criterion-referenced, and curriculum-based measurement, and informal and informal testing) in the context of classrooms and educational systems with emphasis on the determination of individual needs and development of plans to meet needs. This course covers the use and interpretation of formal and informal diagnostic tests, procedures calculated to determine instructional levels, and procedures for exceptional learners. Emphasis is on interpretation for instruction, eligibility determination, placement decisions, and report writing.
Semester(s) Offered: TBA
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ENGL 569 - Literary Magazine Production - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAW program
Provides an in-depth practical and theoretical understanding of literary magazine editing and production using a combination of readings and hands-on, experiential practice. Students will serve as editorial assistants on Waccamaw, CCU’s literary magazine. May be repeated once for elective credit.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ENGL 599 - Independent Study - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Approval by graduate committee of a course syllabus guided by a faculty mentor, students will conduct an intense study of an issue salient to their scholarly interests.
A maximum of 3 hours of 599 may be applied to the completion of the graduate degree. Course must be used for elective credits and must not be used to fulfill core program requirements.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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ENGL 602 - Principles of Editing and Publishing - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAW program
Through seminars, workshops and lectures conducted by publishers, designers, authors, editors, and other industry specialists, students will be introduced to a range of skills involved in professional writing, editing, design and production.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 603 - Special Topics in Forms of Creative Writing - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAW program
Students will examine the history, movements and technical forms of literary genres in an effort to better understand influences that may affect the writer today. May be taken more than once, maximum of nine credit hours, as topics vary. May count only one time for core credit.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 604 - Composition and Rhetoric - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAW program
ENGL 604 is designed to introduce the graduate student to a wide array of composition theorist. Each theory will be examined for its underlying assumptions and pedagogical implications. Research in the fields of composition and research will be reviewed, and students will join the critical debate with their own researched perspectives.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 605 - Composition Pedagogy - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAW program
This course covers the best practices associated with the teaching of composition. Graduate students learn to build curricula, craft assignments, comment on drafts, and grade written work in ways that support the development of undergraduate first-year writing students.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ENGL 611 - Writing/Reading Process Institute Seminar - 6 credits
Equivalent: EDUC 611
Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor based on experience and/or interest in teaching writing and reading
This course involves participants in the study of literacy education. Current theory and practice in the teaching and learning of writing and reading will be explored and experienced with special attention to writing/reading workshop and the role of teacher research to develop new professional knowledge. Prior approval of graduate advisor is required to include this course in a graduate degree program.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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ENGL 628 - Topics in British Literature - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAW program
This course introduces students to a variety of texts from the British literary tradition. Individual sections may focus on particular periods, movements, subcultures, or historical contexts. Students will be asked to read rhetorically, with an eye toward ways in which literary texts speak to larger issues of rhetoric and writing.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ENGL 635 - Topics in American Literature - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAW program
An exploration of texts from a variety of eras, movements, regions and/or sub- cultures within American Literature. Students will read literary texts, focusing on the social, cultural, historical, and political contexts in which these texts were produced and analyzing the content for cultural-specific themes.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ENGL 649 - Advanced Composition and Rhetoric - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing
Course is designed to introduce the graduate student to a wide array of pedagogies associated with the teaching of writing. A variety of curricular approaches will be examined, as students articulate their own teaching philosophies and discuss the theoretical and pedagogical implications of the teaching of writing.
Semester(s) Offered: Summer
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ENGL 652 - Graduate Writing Workshop, Fiction - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAW program
A course in fiction writing to show students how to analyze the multiple ways a short story can be written and the ways in which published writers organize their thoughts and ideas on the page. May be repeated once for elective credit.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ENGL 653 - Topic in Linguistics - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAW program or permission of instructor
A course in the study of language from various sources, time periods, and social groups. Students will examine written and spoken language in a number of genres, focusing on the ways in which language functions as a communicative tool and social phenomena.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ENGL 655 - Graduate Writing Workshop, Creative Nonfiction - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAW program
This class will focus on personal essay-writing and the memoir. Students will read selections by some of the major figures in contemporary nonfiction, and will write two major essays. May be repeated once for elective credit.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ENGL 658 - Graduate Writing Workshop, Poetry - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAW program
A workshop to study the craft of poetry and write poems in both traditional forms and free verse. The majority of class time will be spent in group discussions of poems produced by members of the class with the goal of becoming better readers and writers of poems. May be repeated once for elective credit.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ENGL 662 - Teaching Multicultural Adolescent Literature - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAT program
An exploration of the general issues of teaching literature to adolescents with a focus on using literature from a variety of cultures in the classroom.
Semester(s) Offered: Summer
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ENGL 663 - Graduate Writing Workshop, Short Novel - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAW Program or permission of instructor
This is a graduate course in short novel writing in which we will analyze the multiple ways a short novel can be written. Students will have the opportunity to read each other’s writing in a workshop setting and have a short novel critiqued by the class. We will also study contemporary elements of style and seek to understand particular values inherent in important short novel writing. May be repeated once for elective credit.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring Summer
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ENGL 664 - Topics in the Teaching of Writing - 3 credits
Course integrates pedagogy and literary analysis to focus on general principles of writing and reading about poetry and essay, applicable to more than one secondary grade.
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ENGL 666 - Studies in World Literature - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MALS Program
Course gives students the opportunity to read masterworks of literature and critical theory from across cultures and to explore how these works are connected to broader cultural, social, and historical processes. This course will also explore connections between literature and other arts such as painting, music, and film.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 669 - Studies in American Literature - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MALS Program
Course gives students the opportunity to read literary texts and critical theory that engage with concepts of Americanness from a variety of cultural viewpoints and to explore how these texts are connected to broader intellectual, social, and historical processes. This course will also explore connections between literature and other arts such as painting, photography, architecture, music, and film.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ENGL 673 - Media and Digital Literacy - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAT program
In this course students will access, analyze, evaluate, and produce media texts, learn the instructional applications of current software programs, consider the challenges of teaching a “digital generation” and investigate and discuss the impact of media and digital technology on the culture.
Semester(s) Offered: Summer
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ENGL 675 - Topics in American Literature: The Novel - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Graduate MAT status
Originating c.1790, the American novel overcame resistance from religious and political quarters, eventually becoming a major literary form that represents American readers.
Semester(s) Offered: Summer
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ENGL 680 - Topics in Professional and Technical Writing - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAW program
Course in the study of various modes of writing for professional and technical settings. Students will examine and produce documents associated with various occupations and environments, analyze the contexts in which such documents are written and read, and investigate the critical and theoretical frameworks for understanding professional and technical writing topics.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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ENGL 681 - Workshop in Professional and Technical Writing - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAW program
A workshop-style course that focuses on projects illustrating some of the challenges facing contemporary technical writers. Students will develop technical and scientific documents based on real-life examples from academia and industry and will develop their skills with the types of writing assignments, processes, and styles that will lead to success as a technical writer. May be repeated once for elective credit.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ENGL 682 - Workshop in Composition and Rhetoric - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAW program
This course introduces and explores advanced concepts of grammar, rhetoric, the composition process and editing that affect both professional writers and teachers and writing at the high school and college level. May be repeated once for elective credit.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ENGL 683 - Writing and Editing Internship - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAW program
Students will receive instruction and gain professional experience in an internship while working at least 100 hours with a business or organization that requires writing and editing skills. Course contract must be approved prior to registration. May be repeated once for elective credit.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 685 - Adolescent Literature - 3 credits
Course designed to introduce the various issues which have encouraged the proliferation of modern critical views within the field and to enable students to use theory effectively across a wide range of texts in the classroom.
Semester(s) Offered: Summer
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ENGL 690 - Special Topics in Composition - 3 credits
Course content varies.
Semester(s) Offered: Summer
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ENGL 691 - Topics in World Literature - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAW program
Provides an intensive introduction to reading literature (in translation) from culture outside of the United States and Great Britain and uses a comparative approach to the study of literature. Students will be exposed to the cultural context of literary genres and writing techniques that are unique to particular cultural traditions.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ENGL 698 - Thesis Research - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAW program, 18 graduate hours in ENGL and permission of instructor and Graduate Program Committee
Students will design and execute an original research project with the guidance, support and oversight of a member of the English faculty. Students will create a detailed thesis proposal, and the thesis advisor will review the work in progress, providing feedback. Students will submit the finished thesis for final review by the Graduate Program Committee.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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ENGL 699 - Master’s Portfolio Workshop - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MAW program and either 18 hours in English or permission of instructor
The capstone experience for students in the MAW program. This course is focused principally on the creation of digital portfolios that showcase (1) the quality and variety of work students have produced and their (2) abilities to contextualize, assess, and present their writing projects. Students will reflect upon their body of work in systematic ways as they anticipate and prepare for writing settings they will encounter after leaving the program. The class is led by one professor but because it is taught as a workshop, wherein peer feedback and guest speakers are central, it presents students with a multitude of perspectives.
Semester(s) Offered: Offered as needed
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GEOG 502 - Human Geography - 3 credits
Course will explore the basic concepts, methods, and schools of thought in human geography, the branch of geography focused on the geographic aspects of human behavior and the interaction between humans and the world around them. Students will explore major sub-disciplines within human geography, including population, urban, economic, cultural, and political geography.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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GEOG 550 - Digital Heritage: Historical Digital Reconstruction - 3 credits
This graduate course leverages digital technologies as tools forstudying, visualizing, and contextualizing various aspects of material culture, includingsculpture, architecture, and cultural objects. Central to this course is critical engagement withdigital tools as used in the fields of art history, archaeology, public history, geography, andvirtual heritage. Focused on a semester-long historical case study, this course is predominantlyhands-on, providing an opportunity for students to develop and utilize interdisciplinary andtransferrable skills, including 3D modeling, mapping, digital photography, photogrammetry,and graphic and web design. To that end, students conduct focused research on an object,monument, or site in order to produce a fully documented essay. This essay forms the scholarlybasis for a digital project that may employ any appropriate technologies including GIS anddigital mapping platforms, 3D modeling software, immersive 3D technologies, interactive webplatforms and other digital authoring tools. The course can be repeated for up to 6 credit hours.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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GEOG 552 - Digital Heritage: Virtual Landscapes - 3 credits
This graduate course explores a variety of digital technologies that can be used to recreate and represent historical and contemporary landscapes, as well as to present historical content and scholarly documentation within virtual landscape platforms. The critical visualization of landscapes is a practice of growing importance in the fields of digital and public history, archaeology, art and architectural history, cultural geography, and digital heritage. Students need no prior technical expe1tise to complete this course and learn how to build interactive 3D models in SketchUp and other modeling and digital authoring software, as well as generating virtual landscape features and platforms in GIS and immersive 3D software packages. Students also work collectively to develop multimedia scholarly content that documents the changing landscapes of a particular place. For the final project, individual 3D models and the multimedia content is embedded within an immersive and interactive virtual landscape.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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GEOG 611 - GIS Fundamentals - 3 credits
A graduate-level course that provides students an introduction to the theoretical and methodological frameworks for utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related geospatial technologies. Topics include; geographic data models; how location is represented within a GIS; spatial analysis methods; and the design and production of effective maps and visualizations.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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