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DRAM 9390 - Mentored Study: Costume
A faculty-guided study in an area of costume design and/or technology not covered in the established curriculum. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program or instructor permission.
Credits: 3 to 9
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DRAM 9400 - Mentored Study: Acting
A faculty guided study in an area of advanced acting not covered in the established curriculum. Prerequisite: Graduate standing M.F.A. program
Credits: 3
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DRAM 9420 - Devised Theatre
Examines the developmental process in the creation of new work driven solely by the actor or acting company. Applies performance skills with communication of individual artistry.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 9430 - Voice: Dialects
Studies the dialects most commonly employed in theatre. Methodology includes practice with taped dialects, interviews with authentic dialect speakers, phonetic representation, and research into specific cultural aspects influencing structural formation and sound. Prerequisite: Graduate standing MFA program.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 9460 - Acting: Portfolio Preparation
Audition techniques and practice are examined, as is a wide-ranging repertoire of audition materials. Prerequisite: DRAM 7450, 7460, 8450, 8460.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 9470 - Acting: Production and Performance
Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of acting. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 1 to 3
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DRAM 9480 - Acting: Production and Performance
Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of acting.
Credits: 1
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DRAM 9501 - Special Topics
Intensive study in a specific topic offered to graduate students.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 9630 - Production Studio: Technical Direction
Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of scenic elements. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2 to 6
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DRAM 9640 - Production Studio: Technical Direction
Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of scenic elements. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2 to 6
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DRAM 9690 - Mentored Study: Technical Direction
A faculty-guided study in an area of technical theatre not covered in the established curriculum. Repeatable up to 9 credits. Prerequisite: Graduate standing M.F.A. program or instructor permission.
Credits: 1 to 3
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DRAM 9993 - Independent Study
Graduate-level independent study conducted under the supervision of a specific instructor(s). Requisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1 to 12
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DRAM 9998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
Prerequisite: Graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 1 to 12
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DRAM 9999 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
Graduate-level preparation for thesis research.
Credits: 1 to 12
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EALC 5120 - Words and Images in East Asian Sacred Texts
This course explores the role of words and images in East Asian religious literature, by focusing on influential Buddhist and Daoist scriptures. In this context, we will assess both the way pictures are written about and texts rendered in visual forms, as well as their interactions. Ultimately, we will also tackle issues of representation relevant to study of China, Korea and Japan from both a historical and conceptual perspective.
Prerequisite: Introduction to East Asian Religions or Literature
Credits: 3
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EAST 5111 - China to 1000
This class introduces Chinese history from its origins through the end of the 10th century. Its goal is to explore what makes Chinese civilization specifically Chinese and how the set of values, practices, and institutions we associate with Chinese society came to exist. Political, social, cultural, and intellectual history will all be covered, though not equally for all periods. Major themes of the course include intellectual developments, empire
Credits: 3
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EAST 5162 - Historical China and the World
The course traces China’s external relations from antiquity to our own times, identifying conceptions, practices, and institutions that characterized the ancient inter-state relations of East Asia and examining the interactions between “Eastern” and “Western,” and “revolutionary” and “conventional” modes of international behavior in modern times. The student’s grade is based on participation, midterm test, final exam, and a 20-page essay. Prerequisites: Graduate students only and permission by instructor.
Credits: 3
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EAST 5321 - China and the Cold War
The class examines China’s entanglement with the Cold War from 1945 to the early 1990s. The course raises China-centered questions because it is curious in retrospect that China, a quintessential Eastern state, became so deeply involved in the Cold War, a confrontation rooted in Western history. In exploring such questions, this course does not treat China as part of the Cold War but the Cold War as a period of Chinese history. Prerequisites: Graduate Students only and permission by instructor.
Credits: 3
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EAST 5323 - China and the United States
The course explores Chinese-American relations since the late 18th century. Starting as an encounter between a young trading state and an ageless empire on the two sides of the Pacific Ocean, the relationship has gone through stages characterized by the two countries’ changing identities. The course understands the relationship broadly and seeks insights at various levels. Prerequisites: Graduate students only and permission by instructor.
Credits: 3
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EAST 5511 - China’s Borderlands
This seminar examines important events and historical questions relevant to China’s borderlands during the 20th century. Students read and discuss scholarly works about modern Tibet, Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Manchuria. Students write book reviews each week and also produce a research essay. Prerequisites: Graduate Students only and permission by instructor.
Credits: 3
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EAST 5861 - Chinese Art
The course familiarizes students with the important artistic traditions developed in China: ceramics, bronzes, funerary art and ritual, Buddhist art, painting, and garden architecture. It seeks to understand artistic form in relation to technology, political and religious beliefs, and social and historical contexts, with focus on the role of the state or individuals as patrons of the arts.
Credits: 3
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EAST 5862 - Monuments of Japanese Art
The course focuses on key monuments and artistic traditions that have played a central role in Japanese art and society. Topics range from art and architecture of Shinto and Buddhism of the classical period, late Heian court art, Zen paintings and garden architecture, and also decorative paintings and woodblock prints of the later period.
Credits: 3
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EAST 8998 - Non-Topical Research: Preparation for Research
For master’s research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
Credits: 1 to 12
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EAST 8999 - Non-Topical Research
For master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
Credits: 1 to 12
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Economics |
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ECON 5090 - Introduction to Mathematical Economics I
Studies topics in univariate and multivariate calculus and linear algebra. Includes applications to the theory of economic statics. Prerequisite: One semester of calculus and one additional semester of college mathematics, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 5100 - Introduction to Mathematical Economics II
Studies topics in the theories of difference and differential equations and dynamic optimization. Includes applications to the theory of economic dynamics. Prerequisite: ECON 5090 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 5352 - British Economic History Since 1850
Studies the structure, performance, and policy in the British economy since 1850, focusing on the causes and consequences of Britain’s relative economic decline. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 5520 - Special Topics in Economics
Graduate students combine course work in an upper-level undergraduate economics course with additional special assignments. Because topics vary with instructor, this course may be repeated for credit Prerequisite: Graduate standing and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 5720 - Econometric Methods
Meets concurrently with ECON 4720. Studies the application of statistical methods to the testing and estimation of economic relationships. Emphasizes applied econometric studies and the problems that arise when analyzing time series and cross section data by means of stochastic linear models. Prerequisite: Math 1220 and one of the following statistics courses: ECON 3710, ECON 3720, STAT 3120, STAT 3220, APMA 3110, APMA 3120, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ECON 7010 - Microeconomic Theory I
Studies the theory of consumer and producer choice. Includes partial equilibrium analysis of competitive and imperfectly competitive markets. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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ECON 7020 - Macroeconomic Theory I
Introduces macroeconomic theory, emphasizing economic growth and the business cycle. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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ECON 7030 - Microeconomic Theory II
Studies general equilibrium analysis, welfare economics, externalities, and public goods. Prerequisite: ECON 7010 or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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ECON 7040 - Macroeconomic Theory II
Studies advanced topics in the theory of money and income. Prerequisite: ECON 7020 or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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ECON 7710 - Econometrics I
Studies the concepts and basic techniques of probability theory and statistical inference. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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ECON 7720 - Econometrics II
Development of the linear and non-linear regression models including hypothesis testing, specification, instrumental variables, generalized least squares, and asymtotic distribution theory. Includes an introduction to identification and estimation of simultaneous equation models. Prerequisite: ECON 7710 or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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ECON 8010 - Microeconomic Theory III
Studies advanced topics in microeconomic theory such as uncertainty, imperfect information, imperfect competition, game theory, capital theory and dynamic analysis. Prerequisite: ECON 7030 or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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ECON 8050 - American Economic History
Studies the economic evolution of the United States. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8150 - Economics of Labor Markets
Introduction to labor economics, including economic aspects of employment, wages, schooling, labor unions, and discrimination. Prerequisite: ECON 7030 and 7720 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8160 - Seminar in Labor Economics and Development
Studies advanced topics in labor economics, emphasizing applications to developing countries. Cross-listed as ECON 8190. Prerequisite: ECON 8150 and 7720.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8170 - Industrial Organization I
Studies the industrial structure of the economy and its effects on allocation of resources. Prerequisite: ECON 7030 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8180 - Industrial Organization II
Advanced study of selected problems in industrial organization. Prerequisite: ECON 8170 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8190 - Economics of Underdeveloped Areas
Studies advanced topics in labor economics, emphasizing applications to developing countries. Cross-listed as ECON 8160.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8210 - International Trade Theory
Studies the theory of international trade and analysis of the economic effects of tariffs, quotas, and other departures from free trade. Prerequisite: ECON 7030 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8220 - International Finance
Topics include the balance of payments, long-term and short-term capital movements, the international money market, international monetary standards, international equilibrium and the mechanism of adjustment, exchange variations, and the objectives of international monetary policies. Prerequisite: ECON 7020 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8230 - Advanced Topics in International Trade
The course studies very recent papers on International Trade, or the “micoreconomics of globalization,” in order to get students conversant with current research. By the end of the semester, students should be ready to explore potential dissertation topics in the field.
Prerequisites: ECON 8210 or permission of Instructor
Credits: 3
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ECON 8310 - Public Economics I
Topics include the justifications for government activities; principles of program analysis; illustrative theoretical and empirical analysis of expenditure programs; and theories of political processes. Prerequisite: ECON 7030 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8320 - Public Economics II
Studies the foundations of excess burden, incidence analysis, and optimal taxation; studies of taxation; general equilibrium analysis for tax policy; and the study of tax reform. Prerequisite: ECON 7030 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8350 - Advanced Macroeconomic Theory
Advanced study of selected topics in macro- and monetary economics, with and emphasis on theoretical and computational issues. Prerequisite: ECON 7040 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8360 - Empirical Macroeconomics
Advanced study of selected topics in macro and monetary economics, with an emphasis on empirical methods. Prerequisite: ECON 7040 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8410 - Applied Microeconomics Workshop
Studies current research in applied microeconomics. Prerequisite: Third-year status or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8420 - Macroeconomics Workshop
Studies current research in macroeconomics. Prerequisite: Third-year status or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8430 - Economic Theory Workshop
Studies current research in economic theory. Prerequisite: Third-year status or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8440 - International Trade and Development Workshop
Studies current research in finance. Prerequisite: Third-year status or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8450 - Public Economics Workshop
Studies current research in public economics. Prerequisite: Third-year status or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8460 - Econometrics Workshop
Studies current research in econometrics. Prerequisite: Third-year status or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8510 - Topics in Growth Theory
Studies the issues related to economic development, emphasizing endogenous growth models. Topics include human capital, R & D, learning by doing, fiscal policy, trade, and financial development. Prerequisite: ECON 7040 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8710 - Cross Section Econometrics
Studies econometric tools for the analysis of cross-section and qualitative data. Prerequisite: ECON 7720 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8720 - Time Series Econometrics
Studies econometric techniques for the analysis of economic time series. Prerequisite: ECON 7720 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8730 - Econometric Methods for Data-Rich Environments
“Traditional” econometric inference is hard to implement in “big data” settings. This course provides a bridge between highly efficient scalable tools from Machine Learning and nonparametric econometric models. The focus will be on developing non-parametric models of large datasets, establishing uniform consistency results for the analyzed models, and bridging the computational efficiency and statistical properties of the estimators.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8820 - Experimental Economics
Analysis of the use of laboratory methods to study economic behavior. Topics include experimental design, laboratory technique, and nonparametric analysis of data. Emphasizes using controlled observations to evaluate alternative economic theories and policies. Applications include bargaining, auctions, oligopoly, asymmetric information, voting, public goods, financial markets, and tests of expected utility and game theories. Prerequisite: ECON 7010 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8991 - Research Methods in Economics
The course focuses on developing research ideas into a formal paper. Students work in small groups with the instructor, completing writing assignments that form the body of a scholarly paper and offering critical evaluations of other students’ assignments. Prerequisite: Third-year status or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
For master’s research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
Credits: 1 to 12
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ECON 8999 - Non-Topical Research
For master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
Credits: 1 to 12
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ECON 9550 - Selected Research Problems in Economics I
Advanced research into specific economic problems under detailed faculty supervision.
Credits: 3
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ECON 9998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research
For doctoral research, to be taken only in the first semester after passing a field exam, and before a dissertation director has been selected.
Credits: 1 to 12
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ECON 9999 - Non-Topical Research
For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of the first reader or prospective first reader.
Credits: 1 to 12
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EDIS 5000 - The Exceptional Learner
An intensive introduction to the study of exceptional children and adults. Focuses on extending principles of learning and intellectual, socio-cultural, emotional, and physical development to persons with disabilities, as well as the gifted, autism, traumatic brain injury, ADD, and ADHD. Information on medical conditions which influence learning and development is also provided. Credit is not given for both EDIS 3020 and 5000. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5010 - Curriculum and Instruction for Elementary and Special Education
Study of the development of curriculum and instructional design with a focus on developing teaching techniques to increase student performance. Emphasis is also given to understanding classroom routines and management to support safe learning environments. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program; corequisite: EDIS 3881 or 3882.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5011 - Classroom Management and Behavioral Assessment
This course develops an understanding and application of classroom and behavior management techniques, community building, and behavioral assessment. Introducing diverse approaches based upon behavioral, cognitive, affective, social and ecological theory and practice, the course supports professionally appropriate practices that promote positive redirection of behavior, development of social skills and self-management.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5012 - Mindfulness for Teachers
Teaching is one of the most rewarding professions, but it can also be one of the most stressful. Mindfulness for Teachers will introduce students to a series of evidence-based practical skills that will help them cultivate the inner resources needed to support their students’ social, emotional, and academic growth.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5013 - Teaching Mindfulness in School
This course introduces the knowledge and skills teachers need to introduce mindful awareness practices to students in pre-K-12 school settings. Reviewing the latest research, students will learn effective strategies for teaching mindfulness to children and teens. Applying instructional design questions, students will design a series of lessons that are developmentally and culturally appropriate for their students.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5020 - Foundations of Learning and Teaching
We study instructional design, planning and delivery, assessments, and professional behavior for pre-service teachers in a secondary field. Planning standards-based lessons, shifting to a professional perspective of learning, and the ways to gather, analyze, and use data to measure academic progress, guide instructional content and delivery, and provide timely feedback are covered.
Pre-requisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5021 - Assessment and Instruction: Birth to Age Five
This course covers the selection, administration, and interpretation of formal and informal assessments for children birth to 5 to document development, diagnose learning needs, and plan and modify curriculum and instruction. It also discusses instructional programming and service delivery. Restricted to ECSE students.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5022 - Early Childhood Assessment & Instruction
This course covers the selection, administration, and interpretation of formal and informal assessments for children birth to 5 to document development, diagnose learning needs, and plan and modify curriculum and instruction. It also discusses instructional programming and service delivery. Restricted to ECSE students.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5023 - Mentoring Novice Teachers: Roles & Responsibilities
This course explores the spaces in which teacher preparation and induction interact, specifically focusing on mentoring and coaching practices. Students will examine teacher recruitment, attrition, and retention, and anlyze measures of teacher quality and the impact of teacher induction. The course prepares students to serve as mentors by developing and practicing effective mentoring and observation skills
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5025 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Learning science and educational research informs us about what should be happening in classrooms for both students and teachers. In this class, we will focus on professional knowledge–curriculum content, instructional design, instructional planning and delivery, and assessment for and of student learning so that a positive classroom learning environment can be established.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5030 - Designing Effective Learning Experiences and Environments
This class focuses on instruction, classroom management, behavioral management, and personalized curriculum techniques for establishing positive learning environments in secondary classrooms. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program; corequisite: EDIS 5020.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5035 - Effective Classroom Interactions Part I
This course is focused on increasing early childhood teachers, knowledge about specific types of teacher-child interactions that promote the development of social/emotional, and self-regulatory skills. Teachers will practice using these interactions in their classroom with the goal of enhancing the supports they provide to children in their classrooms.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5040 - Psychoeducational Assessment
Prepares teachers of exceptional children to administer, score, and interpret several standard educational instruments; to use informal procedures in educational assessment; and to interpret the combined results of psychological, sociological, medical, and educational assessments as they apply to the development and evaluation of individualized educational plans.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5041 - Behavior & Classroom Management
Examination of principles and applications of behavior analysis in education settings. Students learn fundamental concepts of human behavior as well as procedures for managing classroom behavior and routines for establishing positive learning environments.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5045 - Introductory Strategies for Gifted Education
On-line presentation of the fundamental background knowledge necessary for making decisions about the identification and education of gifted students. Topics include definitions of giftedness, characteristics, identification, service delivery models, curricular considerations, social and emotional needs of gifted students, and consideration of special populations of gifted students (e.g., students of color, students of poverty).
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5046 - Developing and Implementing Curriculum for the Gifted
In this on-line course students will study basic guidelines for creating appropriate curriculum for the gifted through exploration of the major curriculum models in the field (e.g., Multiple Menu Model, Integrated Curriculum, CLEAR curriculum , Depth and Complexity, Differentiation, Parallel Curriculum). Students will be guided in the creation of units of instruction based on these models that can be applied to classrooms.
Prerequisites: students must have completed EDIS 5045 or EDIS 7220
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5047 - Introduction to Models & Strategies for Teaching the Gifted
An on-line course focusing on the general models for delivering instruction to gifted students (e.g., Schoolwide Enrichment Model, Autonomous Learner Model, Purdue Three-Stage Model) as well as adapting instructional strategies for teaching gifted students (e.g., Socratic Method, curriculum compacting, problem-based learning, complex instruction, creative problem solving, questioning strategies).
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5049 - History of Science for Teachers
The course is designed to increase pre-service science teachers’ understanding of the history of science, the evolution and structure of biology, chemistry, physics and earth/environmental science disciplines, and pedagogical knowledge for planning and teaching history of science integrated science lessons in middle and high school classrooms.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5050 - Teaching Science in Secondary Schools I
The first course in the “Teaching Science Sequence” addresses scientific literacy as a rationale and framework for secondary science instruction. Specific topics in science subject matter are developed along with teaching techniques, procedures and on-going professional development.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5051 - Teaching Science in Secondary Schools II
The second course in the “Teaching Science Sequence” addreses scientific inquiry, teaching process skills, safety, assessment, and evaluation. Prerequisites: EDIS 5050 and instructor permission
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5052 - Models of Science Instruction Lab
This lab course introduces students to several models of effective science instruction and provides opportunities for practice of the models in peer instruction lessons.
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in EDIS 5051 and Instructor Permission
Credits: 1
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EDIS 5053 - Science Education Leadership
The era of cutting-edge scientific advances calls for a generation of science education leaders who can articulate, design and implement evidence-based and process-specific best practices for scientific literacy in formal and informal K-12 settings.This course will address theoretical and practical underpinnings for science education leadership in the context of curriculum, instruction, assessment, professional development, diversity and equity.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5055 - Models of Instruction
Each day more is known about how we learn. New information has identified instructional strategies and tasks that do not support student learning, and others that do. This class will explore, practice, and implement student-centered instructional models that are aligned with recent research and can increase student learning–all of which are appropriate for K-12 schools, higher education and workplace environments.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5058 - Positioning, Handling, and Self-Care Skills
Designed for special educators, related service personnel, and other professionals who teach young children with disabilities or school-aged students with severe disabilities. Includes interdisciplinary instructors with training in special education, occupational, physical, and speech therapies, and nursing. Content addresses high & low muscle tone and related movement disabilities, mobility, carrying and positioning of students, use of equipment, instruction of self-care, and collaborative teaming. Students are involved in supervised use of lifting, positioning, and other therapeutic methods. Prerequisite: EDIS 5000; corequisite: EDIS 7150.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5060 - Math Instruction for Special and Elementary Education
Designed to teach special education preservice teachers the Virginia Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) content strands: Number and Number Sense; Computation and Estimation; Measurement; Geometry: Probability and Statistics; and Patterns, Functions, and Algebra. This course also focuses on the mathematical adaptations through Problem Solving, Reasoning and Proof, Mathematical Communication, Mathematical Connections, and Representation. Elementary and secondary mathematics topics will be covered in this course. Restricted to Special Education.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5070 - Designing Technologies for Teaching/Designing Tech-Enhanced Instruction
This course focuses on designing technology-enhanced solutions to instructional problems. Students will conduct context-driven, principled inquiry into authentic learning environments by integrating with teacher education field experiences. Students will learn and apply processes of learner-centered design and develop technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge to create innovative solutions as part of their practice.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 5075 - Online Instructional Procedures for K-12
This web-based course explores the principles of online learning and instructional strategies in the K-12 environment. Students learn to adapt strategies for a variety of course models (e.g. synchronous and asynchronous), employ innovative teaching strategies in an online environment, and select, adapt, and create rich multimedia for instruction. An online practicum is included. Prerequisite: Student teaching or teaching experience
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5100 - Characteristics of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
This course presents the characteristics of children and adolescents with emotional and behavior disorders within the context of special education services. On completion of this course, students will have (1) knowledge of the origins and characteristics of the primary behavioral disorders, (2) procedures for identification and assessment, and (3) approaches of programming and instruction for ED/BD, autism and other related disabilities.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 5110 - Characteristics of Learning Disabilities
Studies the meaning and concepts associated with the field of learning disabilities and the diverse characteristics of individuals with these disabilities. Includes the nature, causes, assessment, and treatment of learning disabilities and related disabilities such as ADHD, ADD, brain injury and others. Prerequisite/corequisite: EDIS 3020 or 5000.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 5111 - Characteristics of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
This course presents the characteristics of children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) within the context of special education services and comorbidity with other disabilities. Includes the nature, causes, assessment, and treatment of ADHD under the special education label of Other Health Impaired (OHI).
Credits: 1
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EDIS 5120 - Characteristics of Intellectual Disabilities
Designed to explore basic concepts/issues pertaining to persons with significant limitations in intelligence and adaptive behavior. While the course primarily explores the educational implications of having intellectual disabilities/mental retardation, the psychological, historical, and medical implications are also touched upon. Prerequisite: EDIS 3020 or 5000.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 5130 - Characteristics of People with Severe Disabilities
This course is designed to explore basic concepts and issues that pertain to persons with severe disabilities including those with intellectual disabilities, autism, and multiple disabilities who exhibit extensive or pervasive support needs. While the course primarily explores the educational implications of having intellectual disabilities, the psychological, historical, medical, and sociological implications of this disability are also touched upon. Prerequisite: EDIS 3020 or 5000.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5131 - Curriculum and Assessment in Severe Disabilities
This course develops knowledge and skills related to best practices in curriculum and assessment for those preparing to teach individuals with severe disabilities. Students plan, develop and implement assessment and curriculum activities. Field-based activities allow students to directly apply their learning.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 5132 - Teaching Strategies for Severe Disabilities
This course reviews the principles of instruction and learning and gives practice using effective strategies for teaching students with severe disabilities. Topics include writing goals and objectives, documenting progress, planning instruction, prompting and reinforcement methods, teaching in special and inclusive settings and in the community, adapting the general education curriculum, and working with paraprofessional support staff.
Credits: 3
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