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ECON 4010 - Game Theory
Analyzes the theory of strategically interdependent decision making, with applications to auctions, bargaining, oligopoly, signaling, and strategic voting. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110, and STAT 2120 or equivalent
Credits: 3
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ECON 4020 - Auction Theory and Practice
Covers the building blocks of modern auction theory (e.g. First Price versus Second Price, Dutch versus English, Revenue Equivalence, Auctions of Multiple Goods), critically assesses this theory by studying recent auctions in practice (e.g. 3G auctions, milk and timber auctions, eBay versus Amazon), and applies auction theory to other, non-auction, environments (e.g. election races, take-over-bid-wars, duopoly pricing). Prerequisite: ECON 3010 and STAT 2120 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4060 - Economics of Sports
Through a study of the extensive literature on the economics of college and professional sports, various topics in microeconomic theory, such as monopoly and cartels, racial discrimination, and the relationship between earnings and productivity, are examined. The class emphasizes the mastery of the tools of economic analysis as well as the historical and institutional factors peculiar to sports. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 and STAT 2120 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4080 - Law and Economics
Applies microeconomic theory to the analysis of legal rules and institutions. Includes the effect of economic forces on the development of law, and the effect of laws on the allocation of resources. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4090 - Mathematical Economics
Introduces the basic mathematical techniques used by professional economists and other quantitative social scientists: equations, derivatives, comparative statics analysis of equilibrium models, optimization, constrained optimization, integration and dynamic models, difference and differential equation models, and inequality constraints in linear and nonlinear optimization problems. The purpose of the course is to prepare students for graduate work in economics and in the more quantitative MBA program. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110 and MATH 1210 and 1220 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4100 - Managerial Economics
Applies economic analysis to management problems in business and government. Emphasizes solving problems through marginal analysis, decision making under uncertainty, determining and using the value of information, searching and bidding, bargaining and negotiation, and analysis of transaction costs. Examines methods of capital budgeting, linear programming, game theory, and forecasting. Considers strategic decisions in markets. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110 and a course in statistics.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4150 - Economics of Labor
Analyzes employment and wages, including the economics of education, unemployment, labor unions, discrimination and income inequality. Prerequisites: ECON 3010 or 3110, and ECON 3720, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4160 - Economics of Health
Uses microeconomic theory to examine the demand for health services and medical care, the market for medical insurance, the behavior of physicians and hospitals, issues pertaining to malpractice, and government policy. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or ECON 3110 and ECON 3720 or ECON 4720.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4170 - The Economics of Risk, Uncertainty, and Information
The principles of microeconomics are used to examine decision making under uncertainty: finance, learning, savings, contracts, and oligopoly. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 and ECON 3020.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4180 - Regulating Infrastructure
Analysis of ownership arrangements and regulation of infrastructure industries. Industries examined typically include telecommunications, the Internet, public utilities, and transportation facilities. Special problems posed by natural monopolies, network industries, essential facilities, and congestion. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4190 - Industrial Organization
Studies market structure, firm strategy, and market performance. Topics include strategic interactions among firms, as well as business practices such as mergers and acquisitions, price discrimination, advertising, product selection, innovation, vertical restraints, cartels, and exclusionary conduct. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4195 - Empirical Industrial Organization
Empirical Industrial Organization examines various timely issues related to market structure, firm strategy, and market performance by combining the analysis of data and economic theory to develop and estimate econometric models.
Prerequisites: ECON 301, ECON 372
Credits: 3
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ECON 4200 - Antitrust Policy
Studies government regulation and control of business through public policies designed to promote workable competition. Prerequisite: ECON 2010.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4210 - International Trade: Theory and Policy
Studies the nature and determinants of international trade and factor movements; the effects of international trade on prices of goods and factors; the consequences of tariffs, quotas, customs unions, and other trade policies and agreements, national or international; and international trade and the balance of payments. ECON 3010 or ECON 3110; MATH 1220; ECON 3720/4720 or STAT 3220.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4220 - International Finance and Macroeconomics
Studies fixed and floating exchange rate systems. Topics include determinants of a nation’s balance of international payments; macroeconomic interdependence of nations under various exchange-rate regimes and its implications for domestic stabilization policies; and the international coordination of monetary and stabilization policies. Prerequisite: ECON 3020.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4230 - Seminar on Trade and Development
Examines various topics related to either international trade, Third World development, or interactions between the two. Examples include the effects of NAFTA, the WTO, multinational firms, child labor, rich country protectionism against Third World imports, volatile primary commodity markets, and how trade liberalization affects workers in rich and poor countries. The course will be structured on student presentations and directed-research projects. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or ECON 3110, and either ECON 4210 or ECON 4610.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4310 - Economics of the Public Sector
Studies the justifications for government activities, the design of programs consistent with these justifications, the effects of major existing and proposed expenditure programs and taxes, and positive and normative analyses of political systems. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4320 - Economics of Urban Areas
This course explores how economists think about cities. Why do cities exist? Why are they located where they are? Why do some cities grow and others decline? Within a city, what determines where people live, how they commute to work, and what they pay for housing? Topics to be treated include agglomeration economies, location theory, land use patterns and policies, urban housing and transportation, and local public goods.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4330 - Economics of Taxation
Introduces the basic principles of taxation from an economic rather than an accounting perspective. The themes of the course are the incidence and efficiency of taxes who ends up paying a tax and how people change their behavior to avoid a tax. The course will focus directly on the U.S. tax system and how it treats income from work, saving, and production. Prerequisite: ECON 3010.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4340 - The Theory of Financial Markets
Studies the theory and operation of financial markets and the role of financial assets and institutions in the economic decisions of individuals, firms, and governments. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110, 3030, and STAT 2120 or equivalent. .
Credits: 3
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ECON 4350 - Corporate Finance
Analyzes the theory of financing corporate operations and corporate decisions regarding the allocation of capital among alternative projects; includes the nature of financial instruments and the behavior of capital markets. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110, 3030, and STAT 2120 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4360 - Empirical Finance
Develops and tests models of asset pricing and allocation in finance, to determine both the validity of the theories and the extent to which they should guide us in financial decision-making.
Prerequisite: Must have met the Financial Economics concentration declaration prerequisites.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4365 - Global Financial Markets
Study the role and the importance of the financial system in the global economy. Construct general equilibrium models that encompass the financial markets as well as the rest of the economy. These models will be used to understand the recent subprime crisis, the European sovereign debt crisis, and many market phenomena such as extreme volatility and contagion. Prerequisites: ECON 3010 or 3110 (ECON 3020 is recommended).
Credits: 3
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ECON 4370 - Behavioral Finance
Behavioral finance questions the efficient market hypothesis. In addition, this course explores noise trader models and the ‘over and under reaction’ debate. Readings are mostly from professional journals. Students should be quite serious about finance.
Prerequisite: Econ 3010 or 3110 and ECON 4340
Credits: 3
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ECON 4380 - Investment Management
This course examines the investment process used by a variety of instiutional investors. Students will study the tools and the investment challenges faced by investment managers at such institutions. These include evaluating the role of institutional investors (e.g, endowments and pensions), portfolio choice, manager choice, asset allocation, risk management, and alternative asset class investing
Credits: 3
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ECON 4390 - The Economic Theory of Advertising
Course deals with theories explaining the nature of advertising, and evaluates market performance in this industry, using Game Theory and Oligopoly Theory. Calculus will be used extensively. Prerequisite: STAT 2120 or equivalent, ECON 3010 or 3110, and MATH 1220 or 1320.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4400 - Topics in Economic History
Comparative study of the historical development of selected advanced economies (e.g., the United States, England, Japan, continental Europe). The nations covered vary with instructor. Prerequisite: ECON 3020, or ECON 2010 and 2020 and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4410 - Economics of the European Union
Studies the history, theory, and empirics of European economic integration. Focuses on monetary union, as well as product and factor market integration. Prerequisite: ECON 3020.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4420 - Macroeconomic Policy
Integrated analysis of public policies (including: monetary, fiscal, debt-management, foreign exchange, and incomes) designed to cope with fluctuations in national income, employment, and the price level, and to influence the rate of economic growth. Emphasizes policies adopted during specific historical episodes and the theory of macroeconomic policy. Prerequisite: ECON 3020.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4430 - Environmental Economics
Explores the origins of environmental problems, how to measure the value of environmental amenities, and the efficacy of specific forms of regulation, including mandated technologies, taxes, subsidies, and pollution permit trading. Topics include air and water pollution, climate change, the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, and sustainable development. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4440 - Economic Inequality
Economic analysis of the growth of income and wealth inequality since 1980, in the United States and around the world. Emphasis on measuring inequality, understanding the causes of growing inequality, and possible policy responses.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4590 - Majors Seminar
Reading, discussion, and research in selected topics. Topics vary by instructor and course may be taken for credit more than once. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1 to 2
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ECON 4610 - Economic Development
Studies the peculiar problems of economic growth in underdeveloped countries. Emphasizes public policies for both the countries themselves and the more developed countries and international agencies. Prerequisite: ECON 2020; ECON 3010 or ECON 3110; ECON 3720/4720 or STAT 3220.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4620 - Seminar on Development Economics
This course covers important topics in development economics, such as health, education, gender, environment, institutions, and infrastructure. The primary goal of the course is to prepare students to conduct and evaluate empirical research in development economics. To this end, the course will cover empirical tools necessary to study the problems facing developing economies.
Requisites: ECON 3010, ECON 3720 and/or ECON 4720
Credits: 3
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ECON 4710 - Economic Forecasting
Analyzes the theory and practice of forecasting economic variables using models for linear stochastic processes, including specifying, estimating, and diagnosing models of economic time series. Prerequisite: MATH 1220; ECON 3720/4720 or STAT 3220.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4720 - Econometric Methods
Meets concurrently with ECON 5720. 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: ECON 3720 or STAT 3120 or STAT 3220 or APMA 3110 or APMA 3120. In addition, students must have completed or be concurrently taking Math 3350, or Math 3351, or APMA 3080.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4810 - Advanced Macroeconomic Theory
Studies macroeconomic theory beyond the intermediate level. Emphasizes dynamic aspect of macroeconomic analysis under uncerainty, asset pricing, and various topics of macroeconomic policy. Includes a review of basic mathematical tools and models of economic growth.
Prerequisites: ECON 3010 and ECON 3020
Credits: 3
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ECON 4820 - Experimental Economics
Explores the use of laboratory methods to study economic behavior. Topics include experimental design, laboratory technique, financial incentives, and analysis of data. Emphasizes applications: bargaining, auctions, market price competition, market failures, voting, contributions to public goods, lottery choice decisions, and the design of electronic markets for financial assets. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110 and a course in statistics, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4880 - Seminar in Policy Analysis
Introduces the methods used to estimate the effects of existing and proposed government programs. Methods will be illustrated with applications to several areas of government policy. Students will complete an empirical policy analysis under faculty supervision. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110, ECON 3720, and ECON 4310.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4990 - Distinguished Majors Seminar
Required for Distinguished Majors. An introduction to economic research and the writing of a Distinguished Majors thesis. Although the course is intended for Distinguished Majors, other highly motivated and accomplished students may be admitted if space permits. Prerequisite: ECON 3010 or 3110; and either 3720 or 4720 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 4993 - Independent Study
Independent study under the direction of a regular faculty member. Students may not use this class to obtain academic credit for a summer internship. Prerequisite: GPA of 3.300 in UVa ECON courses.
Credits: 1 to 3
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ECON 4995 - Supervised Research
Research under the direction of a regular faculty member. Students may not use this class to obtain academic credit for a summer internship.Prerequisite: GPA of 3.300 in UVa ECON courses.
Credits: 1 to 3
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ECON 4999 - Distinguished Majors Thesis
Supervised research culminating in the writing of a Distinguished Majors thesis. Restricted to members of the Distinguished Majors Program.
Credits: 1 to 3
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EDIS 2010 - Teaching as a Profession
Designed as a pre-requisite course for applying to the Five-Year (BA/MT) Teacher Education Program. In this survey of American education, students examine education history, philosophy in action in schools,student diversity, curriculum, effective teaching, school organization & governance, education finance,education law, sociopolitical dimensions of education, & the role of the teacher as a professional. Co-requisite EDIS 2880.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 2011 - Foundations for Teaching Young Children With and Without Disabilities
This course provides an overview of early childhood special education and early childhood education for children birth through age five and their families. The course covers topics such as historical perspectives, current trends, and recommended practices for working with this age group.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 2012 - Foundations of Early Childhood Education
This course provides an overview of early childhood special education and early childhood education for children birth through age five and their families. The course covers topics such as historical perspectives, current trends, and recommended practices for working with this age group.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 2850 - Agents of Change: Civic Engagement through Community Service Learning
Do you feel called to be an agent of change in the UVA community? In this course, students will explore how service learning can foster civic engagement and provide the tools necessary to become an agent of change at UVA and beyond. Together, students will engage in service learning through practical community-based problem solving. Students will have the opportunity to connect to the UVA community and identify their role within it.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 2880 - Field Experience
This initial lab experience is a co-requisite class with EDIS 2010 and is a mandatory pre-requisite to applying to the 5-year (BA/MT) Teacher Education Program. Experiences are provided for students to observe children in either a community or school context and to develop an understanding of essential evidence-based practices for effective teaching. Corequisite: EDIS 2010.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 2890 - Strategies for Academic Achievement
Instruction in multiple strategies for analyzing, planning, and completing academic tasks. Guidance in appropriate application and adaptation of general procedures of study to requirements and materials of specific courses. Focus on continual implementation, refinement, and evaluation of strategies to ensure that study habits are effective and efficient. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 2910 - Beyond the Second Year: Academic Realities and Skills
A three-credit course that will assist upper level students attain their academic goals at the University of Virginia. The class will address strategies for dealing with lenghty and complex readings, the analytical and evaluative skills of scholarship, methods of time mangement in academic pursuits and stress management.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 2920 - Debunking Classroom Myths
Ever wonder why concepts are taught over and over and are still difficult to explain? This course explores misconceptions commonly learned in K-12 math, science, humanities, and social sciences. We investigate these ideas through the lens of students own experiences and what is known about how people learn. This course builds understanding of best practices in teaching and assessment through reading, discussion, reflection, and presentation.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 3012 - Mindfulness in Health and Human Development
Mindfulness-based interventions promote physical and mental health and support cognitive and emotional developmental processes in individuals across the lifespan. Mindful awareness practices can support our ability to be fully present to the needs of others. This course introduces a variety of these practices and the research on their effects as a means to promoting well-being and building supportive relationships in professional settings.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 3020 - 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 3070 - Digital Multimedia Development
Designed for the novice-level student who is interested in developing and publishing computer-based multimedia. This intensive, project-based class covers tools for website and podcast creation and working with digital images, audio, animation, and video. Students will be required to demonstrate competency with each individual tool, and will create a final project for the class which incorporates several tools.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 3450 - Teaching with Technology
This course provides an introduction to effective, standards-based methods of integrating technology into the classroom, focusing on approaches specific to each content area.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 3451 - Teaching with Technology for Practicing Teachers
This class is designed for teachers needing to meet the VA technology competency. The class will focus on the essential technologies needed for effective instuction including such things as data mamgement, spreadsheets, webquest, digital story telling, digital instruction, & virtual schooling. Students will be expected to apply technology applications to enhance student achievement.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 3452 - Designing Games for Learning
What makes games so much fun? How can games be educational? The goal of this course is to understand how games can motivate, engage, and teach. In this course students will survey current approaches by playing a variety of games and develop understanding of game-based learning, motivation, and design thinking perspectives. Students will apply this understanding by designing a new educational game in a collaborative class project.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 3455 - Using Online Lessons for Inquiry Based Learning
Students will explore online lessons through researching and evaluating teacher created lessons then create their own lesson that is age and curricular appropriate. Inquiry-based lesson plans are usually referred to as “faciliation plans,” to help teachers remember their role as facilitator of learning, rather than fount of all wisdom. This helps teachers to structure lessons loosely to allow student questions to drive the learning process
Credits: 1
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EDIS 3500 - Special Topics in Curriculum and Instruction
Topical offerings in the subject of curriculum and instruction.
Credits: 1 to 6
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EDIS 3600 - Experiential Education
Beginning with the work of the great American Philosopher John Dewey, we will learn how experiential learning is practiced in the countries we visit. Two examples of experiential education we will critique are the “folkschool” movement in Scandinavia & the relatively recent Russian experiential education emphasis that is seen as necessary to reform education from a pedagogy that had previously been based upon a totalitarian educational approach
Credits: 3
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EDIS 3720 - Word Study Workshop
Written as an overview of a word-study approach to phonics in the classroom, this course will introduce the stages that children negotiate as they become readers and connect instruction in spelling/word study to reading at each level. The workshop is not intended to be as in-depth a treatment of developmental word knowledge as the three-hour graduate course.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 3721 - Comprehension Strategies
This one-credit course covers practical strategies for reading, writing, discussion, studying, and vocabulary in all content areas. The emphasis will be on learning a range of content and comprehension strategies that lead to greater engagement by student learners and more effective instruction by teachers. This course can be tailored to a specific group of teachers such as K-3 or for grades 4 and up.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 3722 - Small Group Differentiated Reading Instruction
This one hour course is designed for educators who want to learn more about differentiating small group reading instruction. Using their own assessment data, participants will design differentiated instruction and use flexible grouping for reading groups and individuals students. Designing and critiquing lesson plans is a required component of this course.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 3724 - Literacy Coaching
This one-credit-hour course will meet for 15 contact hours. The purpose of this course is to assist reading specialists develop and refine coaching skills that will enable them to be reading leaders at the school and/or district level. Participants will examine the role of the literacy coach, and work on skills that enable reading coaches to be effective literacy leaders.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 3725 - Preschool Children’s Literature
This course focuses on the study of various genres of literature appropriate for preschool and primary grade children. The course emphasizes criteria for selecting and interpreting quality material for children who are at different developmental levels. In addition, it explores the many ways that quality children’s preschool literature can be used in the classroom.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 3726 - Oral Language Development
This one-credit level course designed for prekindergarten teachers will focus on the role of oral language acquisition and development in emergent literacy, as well as theories that describe various aspects of language acquisition and the stages of oral language development. Strategies for fostering oral language in the classroom and methods of evaluating oral language will be explored.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 3727 - Writing as a Remix: A Writer’s Workshop for Teachers
Participants will develop new understandings about the writing process & its implications for their own and their students’ writing through experimentation, reinterpretation, and collaboration. Participants will experiment with writing and writing instruction and support each other in evaluating and refining their work. Connections will be made to teaching and assessing of writing in the classroom with diverse populations of students from K-12
Credits: 2
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EDIS 3728 - Writing in a Digital Age
With the use of texting & quick shortcut messaging, we have seen an increasing need to help teachers develop writing as a skillfor our students.Teachers will explore methods online to motivate students to write using the digital storytelling methodology. This course is to support participants’ growth as writers, teachers of writing, and teacher-leaders.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 3881 - Field Experience: Elementary Education
Field-based practice experiences tutoring children. The Elementary Education section is aligned with specific program/endorsement area, and meets the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 3882 - Field Experience: Secondary Education
Field-based practice experiences tutoring children. The secondary section is aligned with specific program/endorsement area, and meets the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 3887 - Field Experience: Special Education
Field-based practice experiences tutoring children. The Special Education section is aligned with specific program/endorsement area, and meets the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 3888 - Field Experience: Early Childhood
Field-based practice experiences tutoring children. The Early Childhood Special Ed. section is aligned with specific program/endorsement area, and meets the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 4100 - Characteristics of Individuals with Emotional & Behavioral Disabilities
This course explores the meaning and concepts associated with the field of emotional and behavioral disabilities, including the psychological and behavioral characteristics of individuals with emotional and behavioral disabilities. Topics include specific causes, assessment, and treatment of emotional and behavioral disabilities. Educational, psychological, historical, and medical implications are addressed.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 4110 - Characteristics of Individuals with Learning Disabilities
This course explores the meaning and concepts associated with the field of learning disabilities, including the psychological and behavioral characteristics of individuals with learning disabilities. Topics include specific causes, assessment, and treatment of learning disabilities and related disabilities. Educational, psychological, historical, and medical implications are addressed.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 4120 - Characteristics of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
This course explores the meaning and concepts associated with the field of learning disabilities, including the psychological and behavioral characteristics of individuals with learning disabilities. Topics include specific causes, assessment, and treatment of learning disabilities and related disabilities. Educational, psychological, historical, and medical implications are addressed.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 4425 - Teaching Writing K-5
This course examines various components of establishing the Writer’s Workshop in the classroom (Mini-Lessons, Conferring, Writing, Author’s Chair, and Reflection). Students will learn how teachers and their students maneuver throughout the workshop approach to broaden knowledge about writing processes and become better writers.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 4720 - Word Study for the Classroom
This course will present the stages of literacy development in terms of spelling, reading and writing. Participants will learn how to assess students spelling development, determine groups for instruction, and to design instruction for each spelling stage. The focus of this course will be implementing a developmental spelling curriculum in the classroom.
Credits: 3
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EDIS 4878 - Field Experience: English as a Second Language
Extensive experience in observing classrooms and in practice teaching using various instructional strategies. Classroom placements are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program
Credits: 1
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EDIS 4881 - Field Experience: Elementary
Extensive experience in observing classrooms and in practice teaching using various instructional strategies. Classroom placements are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 4882 - Field Experience: English Education
Extensive experience in observing classrooms and in practice teaching using various instructional strategies. Classroom placements are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 4883 - Field Experience: Foreign Language Education
Extensive experience in observing classrooms and in practice teaching using various instructional strategies. Classroom placements are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 4884 - Field Experience:Mathematics Education
Extensive experience in observing classrooms and in practice teaching using various instructional strategies. Classroom placements are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 4885 - Field Experience: Science Education
Extensive experience in observing classrooms and in practice teaching using various instructional strategies. Classroom placements are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 4886 - Field Experience:Social Studies Education
Extensive experience in observing classrooms and in practice teaching using various instructional strategies. Classroom placements are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 4887 - Field Experience: Special Education
Extensive experience in observing classrooms and in practice teaching using various instructional strategies. Classroom placements are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 4888 - Field Experience: Early Childhood Special Education
Extensive experience in observing classrooms and in practice teaching using various instructional strategies. Classroom placements are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 4889 - Field Experience: Health & Physical Education
Extensive experience in observing classrooms and in practice teaching using various instructional strategies. Classroom placements are aligned with specific program/endorsement areas and meet the guidelines for the approved licensure program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program.
Credits: 1
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EDIS 4993 - Independent Study
Independent study.
Credits: 1 to 6
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EDIS 4995 - Directed Research
Directed Research under supervision of faculty member.
Credits: 1 to 6
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EDHS 1100 - Introduction to Youth and Social Innovation
This course introduces students to major theories of youth development and examines the application of their tenets to the design and implementation of social innovations in youth programming. Using a theory of change model as the foundation, students will learn how to think critically about key issues facing youth today and relevant social science research on social innovation strategies designed to impact them.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 1120 - So You Want to Change the World: Foundations of Community Engagement
How can we be part of creating a more just world? In this course, we’ll aim to answer that question for ourselves by examining practices of youth and community engagement through a critical and discerning lens. We’ll reflect on our own practice engaging with youth and their communities, examine our roles in those relationships and interactions, explore the complexities and importance of culture, and consider our own cultural influences.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 2240 - Substance Abuse
Examines substance abuse and use in contemporary society. Treats topics from a multi-disciplinary perspective and includes biological, pharmacologic, cultural, social, psychological, political, economic, and legal aspects of substance abuse. Analyzes patterns of addiction, intervention, and rehabilitation with respect to alcoholism and other drugs. Examines assessments of costs, options, and alternatives to addiction, along with educational efforts toward prevention. Class discussions are an integral part of this course. Taught at the graduate level as EDHS 5240.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 2250 - Stress and Anxiety Management
This course presents the major models of stress, examines psycho-social, intrapsychic, and environmental causes of stress and provides an overview of stress’s physiological and psychological impact. Building upon researched-based practice, students will experience and explore cognitive, behavioral, and physiological techniques and strategies so as to manage life’s stressors more effectively.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 2260 - Keeping Children Safe: What Citizens Should Know and Communities Can Do
Applying knowledge about the nature, causes, and correlates of child abuse and neglect, the course builds on experience in implementing Strong Communities for Children to engage entire communities in prevention of child maltreatment and promotion of family well-being. Many class sessions feature discussions with international, national, and grassroots leaders about participation of diverse community sectors in child protection and family support.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 2450 - Introduction to Communication Disorders
A survey course of human communication, communication disorders, and the clinical professionals who improve the lives of people presenting with a communication disorder (including career opportunities, worksites, responsibilities, and compensation). Lectures contrast scientific understandings with society’s perceptions of disordered communication through portrayals in popular culture media.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 2840 - Intro to Youth and Social Innovation
What do we need to know in order to design effective youth programming and policies that promote the positive development of youth? This course focuses on how theories of development and theories of change inform social innovations that enhance youth thriving, what strategies promote creative problem-solving and innovative solutions for youth programming, and how current social innovations in youth programming address youth challenges.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 2860 - Fundamentals of Child Protection in Emergencies
This course will provide students with a core knowledge base of the organizations, principles and practices that working together are the foundation and informs the practice of Child Protection in Emergencies (CPIE). This course is designed to familiarize students with the principles and normative frameworks of humanitarian responses that shape the CPiE Sector.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 2889 - Fostering Leadership in Teenage Boys
This course is designed to teach students to maximize effective mentoring, foster critical thinking, & understand the relationship of theories of masculine identity to the development of middle school age boys. Leadership, respect, authenticity, strength, social systems & their behavioral manifestations will be explored while class members work in a mentoring role with Middle School boys or in another mentoring relationship.
Credits: 3
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EDHS 2890 - Personal Development
This course is designed for first-year students to assist them in identifying, clarifying, developing and critiquing personal needs and values. Emphasis will be placed on ramifications of personal values, especially in the areas of interpersonal relationships, academics, diversity, goal setting, lifestyle choices, career planning, healthy behaviors, responsibility and commitment in the areas of personal actions, community service and leadership.
Credits: 2
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EDHS 2891 - Issues Facing Adolescent Girls
This course provides an opportunity for students to develop their leadership skills through involvement in academic service learning. Students will explore the psychological, social, and cultural issues affecting adolescent girls and apply this understanding through service with the Young Women Leaders Program (YWLP), a mentoring program that pairs middle school girls with college women for a year. Offered on the Undergraduate and Graduate levels. Graduate level requires additional readings and assignments.
Credits: 3
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