YOED 3500 - Instructional Design for Critical Thinking
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Admission to teacher education program. Focuses on practical application, including some practice of multiple teaching strategies designed to foster critical thinking skills. Students will teach mini-lessons and engage in micro-teaching episodes. Teaching assignment in a public school required.
YOED 3520 - Knowing and Learning in Science and Mathematics
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: MSE 1010 and MSE 2010 . Focuses on issues of what it means to learn and know science and mathematics. Included are topics related to standards of knowing and understanding powerful ideas in mathematics and science, links between knowing and developing in learning theory, and the content and evolution of scientific ideas. Students required to conduct interviews with public school practitioners.
YOED 3550 - Classroom Interactions in Mathematics and Science
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: YOED 3520. Continues the process of preparing candidates to teach mathematics and science in upper elementary and secondary settings and to learn how content and pedagogy combine to make effective teaching. Focuses on building awareness and understanding of equity issues and their effects on learning.
YOED 4000 - Managing the Classroom for Instruction
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Admission to teacher education program. Course will be taken in conjunction with YOED 4110/5110. Introduction, examination, and practice in multiple models and approaches to classroom management and discipline. Analysis and interpretation of related research. Application of principles and procedures in classroom management to school and classroom settings. Field experience in a public school required.
6 credit hoursPrerequisites: Admission to teacher education program; successful completion of YOED 2500, YOED 3000, YOED 3300; overall grade point average maintained at a minimum of 2.75; grade point average in the major at a minimum of 2.50; and senior standing. A school-based clinical experience in a problem-based learning format in art, drama, music, or physical education.
9 credit hoursPrerequisites: Admission to teacher education program; successful completion of YOED 2500, YOED 3000, YOED 3300; overall grade point average maintained at a minimum of 2.75; grade point average in the major at a minimum of 2.5; and senior standing. A school-based clinical experience in a problem-based learning format.
; overall grade point average maintained at a minimum of 2.75; grade point average in the major at a minimum of 2.5; and senior standing. A school-based clinical experience in a problem-based learning format in biology, chemistry, mathematics, or physics education.
YOED 4050 - Project-Based Instruction in Mathematics and Science
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Admission to the MTeach Program (Mathematics and Science majors only). Readings, discussions, and activities associated with the planning and instruction of inquiry-based STEM lessons. Field-based teaching, including out-of-school research and instructional settings.
9 or 12 credit hoursPrerequisites: All required professional education courses; appropriate special methods course(s); senior standing, minimum grade point average of 2.50 overall and in the teaching major; admission to teacher education. A full-day, full-semester supervised teaching experience in a public school classroom. Pass/Fail.
12 credit hoursPrerequisites: Admission to teacher education program; successful completion of YOED 2500, YOED 3000, YOED 3300, YOED 4020, or YOED 4040; passing score(s) on the specialty area exam(s) of Praxis II; overall grade point average maintained at a minimum of 2.75; grade point average in the major at a minimum of 2.50; and senior standing. A full-day, full-semester supervised teaching experience in a public school classroom. Pass/Fail grading.
3 credit hoursRequired for candidacy. Overview of concepts for effective visual communication; the role of visual elements and design practices in a cultural, historical, and political context; basic typography and design, electronic and digital composition and reproduction, and technological aspects of design and production.
3 credit hoursIntroduction to software applications used in publication media design, related hardware and peripheral components applicable to publication design, and electronic publishing procedures.
3 credit hoursExplores various creative and critical dialogues between principles and practices, movements and paradigms, art, science, and technology relating specifically to journalism and visual media from the the printed to the digital.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Admission to candidacy; JOUR 2710 and VCOM 2010. Basic design process for publication; in-depth analysis of typography, copywriting, art and illustration, photography; theory and practice of color reproduction; diverse design images; informational graphics, production methods of design for print and electronic media. Cannot be taken concurrently with VCOM 2950.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Admission to candidacy or permission of instructor; upper-level standing. Introduces software, design principles, and technology used for creating news and information website and interactive Web elements. Overview of social, political, copyright, and ethical issues involving websites and social media.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Admission to candidacy; VCOM 2950 or 3910. Principles and practices of publication design and production with emphasis on newsletters, magazines, newspapers, and contemporary formats; use of traditional and electronic information services as a resource; selection and use of photographs and illustrations for publication; preparation of design for print, electronic, or multimedia publication.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Admission to candidacy; VCOM 4010. Application of contemporary graphic design technologies for solving visual problems in print and electronic media. Creative strategies in media design and design copywriting; cooperative and collaborative design projects; legal aspects of media graphics; strategies for designing diverse images, color reproduction, and evaluation of design performance standards for portfolio.