Professional Education Course Syllabi

Communication Disorders (College of Health and Human Services)

Master of Health Science in Communication Disorders 

Counseling

School Counselor Certification (post Master's) 

Education

Master of Arts Education - Required Core

• EDUC 610 Issues in Education
• EDUC 824 Academic Evaluation and Assessment
• EDUC 800 Student Learning and Assessment
• EDUC 811 Teacher as Researcher
• EDUC 868 Culminating Experience

Middle Grade Endorsement

• EDUC 642 Educational Psychology Applied to Middle School
• EDUC 643 Curriculum and Instruction in the Middle School

Sequences   

• Computer Education Specialization * 
  • EDCP 610 Evaluating Software for Instruction
  • EDCP 810 Multimedia in Education
  • EDCP 820 Telecommunications in Education
   
• Curriculum & Instruction Specialization * 
  • EDUC 825 Curriculum Development
   
• Mathematics Education Specialization * 
  • EDUC 640 Teaching and Learning Mathematics
  • EDCP 732 Educational Applications of the Microcomputer: Mathematics  
  • EDUC 818 Teaching Mathematical Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
  • EDUC 831 Strategies for Teaching Geometry
  • EDUC 833 Teaching Mathematics to Mathematically Able Students
   
• Science Education Specialization * 
• EDUC 625 Models and Strategies for Science Education
• EDCP 736 Educational Applications of Technology: Science

Bilingual/ESL Approval

• BBED 520 Foundations of Bilingual and ESL Education
• BBED 525 Assessment of Language Minority Students
• BBED 530 Methods and Materials for Teaching Bilingual Students
• BBED 538 Cross Cultural Education
• BBED 797 Reading Strategies in Bilingual and ESL Programs
• BBED 800 Practicum in Bilingual and ESL Education 
• EDUC 650 Topics in Education: Teaching English as a Second Language

* Please note: Additional coursework is required for program completion. Contact the program advisor or consult the University catalog for a full listing of program requirements. 

Educational Administration

General Administrative * 

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• EDAD 601 Curriculum Development and Learning Theories
• EDAD 621 Foundations of School Administration and Organization
• EDAD 713 Leadership and Organizational Behavior
• EDAD 724 School Supervision
• EDAD 729 Research in Educational Administration
• EDAD 731 Community Relations
• EDAD 822 Elementary and Secondary School Administration
• EDAD 832 School Finance
• EDAD 833 School Law
• EDAD 834 Practicum in Instructional Leadership and School Management I
• EDAD 835 Practicum in Instructional Leadership and School Management II

Chief School Business Official  * 

• EDAD 836 Administration of School Personnel
• EDAD 838 Collective Negotiaions
• EDAD 839 School Finance II: Advanced Concepts/CSBO
• EDAD 840 School Finance III: Applications/CSBO
• EDAD 845 School Business Internship
• EDAD 865 Information Technology for School Administrators

Higher Education Administration * 

• HEAD 618 The Adult Learner
• HEAD 621 Foundations of Higher Education Administration and Organization
• HEAD 625 Institutions of Higher Education
• HEAD 713 Leadership and Organizational Behavior in Higher Education
• HEAD 823 Higher Education Administration
• HEAD 833 Higher Education Law
• HEAD 834 Practicum in Higher Education Administration I
• HEAD 835 Practicum in Higher Education Administration II

* Please note: Additional coursework is required for program completion. Contact the program advisor or consult the University catalog for a full listing of program requirements. 

Early Childhood Education

Undergraduate * 

• EDEC 321 Effective Teaching and Laboratory
• EDEC 350 Foundations of Early Childhood Education
• EDEC 360 Growth and Development of Young Children
• EDEC 370 Typical and Atypical Speech and Language Development
• EDEC 415 Child and Family with/without Special Needs in the Community
• EDEC 416 Lab I: Infants and Toddler Methods
• EDEC 420 Observation and Assessment of Young Children with/without Special Needs
• EDEC 425 Preprimary and Special Education Methods
• EDEC 426 Lab II: Preprimary
• EDEC 431 Lab III: Literacy in Early Childhood Education
• EDEC 432 Literacy Methods in Early Childhood Education
• EDEC 440 Methods of Teaching Primary Math, Science, and Social Studies
• EDEC 441 Lab IV: Teaching Primary Math, Science, and Social Studies
• EDEC 450 Methods of Teaching the Arts
• EDEC 460 Integrating Instruction in Early Childhood Education
• EDEC 499 Student Teaching in Early Childhood Education

Graduate * 

• EDEC 499 Student Teaching in Early Childhood Education
• EDEC 651 Lab I: Infant and Toddler
• EDEC 652 Child and Family with/without Special Needs in the Community
• EDEC 665 Methods of Teaching in the Arts
• EDEC 670 Preprimary and Special Education Curriculum Development in Early Childhood
• EDEC 671 Preprimary and Special Education Curriculum Methods
• EDEC 672 Lab II: Preprimary
• EDEC 680 Literacy Methods in Early Childhood Education
• EDEC 681 Lab III: Literacy in Early Childhood Education
• EDEC 695 Methods of Teaching Primary Math, Science and Social Studies
• EDEC 740 Issues and Methods for At Risk/Special Needs
• EDEC 800 Psycholinguistics
• EDEC 812 History and Philosophy of Early Childhood Education
• EDEC 822 Advanced Early Childhood Development
• EDEC 860 Advanced Assessment Techniques for Children with/without Special Needs in Early Childhood
• EDEC 868 Culminating Experience
• EDEC 885 Integrating Instruction in Early Childhood Education
• PSYC 560 Research Methodology
• PSYC 853  Human Neuropsychology I: Brain Function 

* Please note: Additional coursework is required for program completion. Contact the program advisor or consult the University catalog for a full listing of program requirements. 

Elementary Education

Bachelor of Arts Elementary Education * 

• EDCP 500 Introduction to Educational Technology
• EDUC 310 Foundations of Education
• EDUC 320 Future of American Education
• EDUC 321 Effective Teaching and Laboratory
• EDUC 330 Educational Psychology: Child Growth and Development
• EDUC 440 Educational Psychology in Action
• EDUC 442 Educational Psychology Applied to the Middle School
• EDUC 443 Curriculum and Instruction in the Middle Schools
• ELED 301 Teaching Laboratory I
• ELED 302 Teaching Language Arts in Elementary Schools
• ELED 303 Developmental Reading in Elementary Schools
• ELED 401 Teaching Laboratory II
• ELED 450 Corrective Reading
• ELED 460 Teaching Science in Elementary Schools
• ELED 463 Teaching Mathematics in Elementary Schools
• ELED 466 Teaching Social Studies in Elementary Schools
• ELED 499 Student Teaching
• SPED 510 Survey of Students with Exceptionalities 
• EDUC 530 Multicultural Literature in the Classroom

* Please note: Additional coursework is required for program completion. Contact the program advisor or consult the University catalog for a full listing of program requirements. 

Post-BA Alternative Route to Elementary Certification  

Secondary Education (College of Arts & Sciences)

Required Core

• EDUC 310 Foundations of Education 
• SPED 510 Survey of Students with Exceptionalities
• EDCP 500 Introduction to Educational Technology 
• EDUC 440 Educational Psychology in Action 

Bachelor of Arts Secondary English Education * 

• EDUC 465 Methods of Teaching English 
• EDUC 574 Methods of Teaching Reading
• EDUC 499 Student Teaching: Secondary English  

Bachelor of Arts Secondary Mathematics Education *  

• EDUC 436 Principles of Secondary Mathematics Education
• EDUC 437 Teaching Secondary School Mathematics 
• EDUC 499 Student Teaching: Secondary Mathematics

Bachelor of Science Biology Education 

• EDUC 433 Principles of Science Education 
• EDUC 434 Teaching Secondary School Science
• EDUC 499 Student Teaching: Secondary Biology 

Bachelor of Science Chemistry Education

• EDUC 433 Principles of Science Education 
• EDUC 434 Teaching Secondary School Science 
• EDUC 499 Student Teaching: Secondary Chemistry

* Please note: Additional coursework is required for program completion. Contact the program advisor or consult the University catalog for a full listing of program requirements. 

Reading

• READ 819 Narrative and Expository Writing Instruction K - 12
• READ 820 Psycholinguistic and Sociolinguistic Foundations of Literacy
• READ 821 Survey of Reading: Theory and Practice
• READ 822 Teaching Reading in Content Areas
• READ 823 Integrating Children's and Adolescent's Literature Across the Curriculum
• READ 824 Reading Diagnosis
• READ 825 Reading Remediation
• READ 826 Reading Practicum I: Elementary School Reading
• READ 827 Reading Practicum II: Middle and Secondary School Reading
• READ 828 Seminar in Reading
• READ 830 Developing and Supervising Reading Programs

* Please note: Additional coursework may be required for program completion. Contact the program advisor or consult the University catalog for a full listing of program requirements. 

Special Education

• SPED 619 Psychological Diagnosis of Learners with Exceptionalities
• SPED 699 Special Education Student Teaching
• SPED 805 Administration and Supervision of Special Education
• SPED 820 Learning Characteristics of Learners with Exceptionalities
• SPED 831 Behavioral Characteristics of Learners with Exceptionalities
• SPED 835 Methods for Teaching Learners with Exceptionalities
• SPED 840 Special Education Practicum I
• SPED 850 Special Education Practicum II
• SPED 860 Collaboration Skills for Teachers and Support Personnel
• SPED 863 Special Education Practicum III
• SPED 865 Graduate Seminar in Multicategorical Special Education
• EDUC 632 Teaching Mathematics to Low Achieving Students
• EDUC 811 Teacher as Researcher
• EDUC 846 Reading Remediation in the Classroom
• EDCP 737 Educational Applications of the Microcomputer: Special Education 

* Please note: Additional coursework may be required for program completion. Contact the program advisor or consult the University catalog for a full listing of program requirements.