2021-2022 Course List

The first semester of a year-long student teaching experience that provides an opportunity for teacher candidates to experience fully the role of the professional elementary educator and demonstrate their ability to successfully enter the induction phase of teaching.

Analyze and design instruction and assessment that bridges curriculum with students¿ cultural, racial, linguistic and community assets and reflects students' diverse experiences.

Examines, synthesizes, and applies the research base for a problem of practice within elementary level education.

This field-based course is designed for students working with two-year college students and adults in reading. It provides an opportunity to implement knowledge and skills developed in coursework with this population.

Opportunity for individual study on curriculum or instruction topics under direction of graduate faculty.

Seminar brings together knowledge from a variety of disciplines to help students meet the needs of learners within inclusive settings. Specific attention is given to English language support, special education services, ethical and legal issues in teaching, and the edTPA.

Current research, instructional techniques and materials regarding kindergarten curriculum in language arts, reading, science, mathematics, social studies, psychomotor and creative arts.

For students completing a Master's degree with the alternate plan paper option.

For students completing a Master's degree with the creative project option.

For students completing the Master's or Specialist degree using the thesis option.

This course offers instruction in and practice with critical reading and writing strategies. Credit does not apply toward graduation. P/N only.

Students in this course approach academic reading and writing as subjects of study.

Students in this course approach writing as a subject of study by investigating how writing works across a variety of contexts.

Goal Areas:

GE-1A

Study and analysis of elements of prose, poetry and drama in English from earlier periods through contemporary. Emphasizes critical reading of literature. May include such genres as short story, novel, memoir, nonfiction, biography, autobiography, poem, play, screenplay.

Goal Areas:

GE-06

Study and analysis of prose, poetry, drama, and film from various genres, time periods, and geographies. Emphasizes critical reading of and writing about literature.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101 

Goal Areas:

GE-06

The course purpose is to increase students' knowledge of international children's literature that is written in English or translated into English. Students will be introduced to individual books, authors, and methods of responding to literature. This course studies children's literature set in countries such as Afghanistan, WWII Germany,and the Dominican Republic.

Goal Areas:

GE-06, GE-08

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

This course will introduce students to Shakespeare's plays (histories, tragedies, and comedies) and sonnets. Students will read, analyze, and develop interpretations of these works, learning about Shakespeare's language, historical situations, and world views.

Goal Areas:

GE-06, GE-08

Work on developing mastery of the rhetorical principles of planning, executing, and revising written texts. Emphasis on strengthening analytical writing, both expository and argumentative; valuable for writing on the job.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101 

Goal Areas:

GE-02

Study of written and/or oral communication specific to international student needs in disciplinary or professional fields. Course may be repeated.

Courses will introduce students to works of literature from a variety of world cultures. Designed to increase knowledge of world cultures and appreciation and understanding of cultural differences in representation, and in seeing, believing, and being. Emphasizes critical thinking, reading, and writing. May be repeated with different topics.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101 

Goal Areas:

GE-06, GE-08

Courses will focus on some characteristic ways in which literature addresses and explores the ethical dimensions of human society and the relationships between works and their cultural contexts. Emphasizes critical thinking, reading and writing. May be repeated as topics change.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101 

Goal Areas:

GE-06, GE-09

Course will explore specialized topics in literature; may be repeated under a different topic.

Goal Areas:

GE-06

This course operates as an independent study of those writers visiting campus for the Good Thunder Reading Series.

An introduction to writing poetry and short prose. This course does not assume previous creative writing experience on the part of the student.

Goal Areas:

GE-11

This class explores the history of story-focused games from ancient board games through contemporary mobile games and introduces visual, narrative, and audio techniques that create the story. Through software like Twine, class members will also have the opportunity to create a story game.