Apr 30, 2024  
2017-18 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-18 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


NOTE: Certain courses and programs require the use and/or handling of hazardous materials or equipment. Students are expected to follow all safety instructions and to take the required safety precautions including, but not limited to, the use of personal protection equipment (PPE) during the course or program to prevent incidences of injury to self or other students.

 

Youth Education

  
  • YOED 3000 - Classroom Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: YOED 2500  with grade of B- or better and admission to Teacher Education. Introduces a variety of classroom management strategies and techniques that will foster a positive learning environment in the classrooms. Provides an overview of behavior management models, theories, and research as a foundation for classroom practice. Facilitates, through the use of field experiences, the analysis of school-wide policies/procedures and insight on real life classroom management expectations of the first-year teacher.


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  • YOED 3300 - Problem-Based Instructional Strategies

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: YOED 2500  with grade of B- or better and admission to Teacher Education. Offers preparation for students to develop and present instructional strategies that frame curriculum content in problem-solving contexts. Field experience in a public school setting required.


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  • YOED 3500 - Instructional Design for Critical Thinking

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • YOED 3520 - Knowing and Learning in Science and Mathematics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.
     


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  • YOED 3550 - Classroom Interactions in Mathematics and Science

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.
     


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  • YOED 4000 - Managing the Classroom for Instruction

    3 credit hours
    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.


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  • YOED 4020 - Residency I: Grades K-12

    6 credit hours


    Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education program; successful completion of YOED 2500 , YOED 3000 , YOED 3300  with a grade of B or better; 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.

    NOTE: All students must obtain a grade of B or better in this course to move forward to Residency II.


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  • YOED 4030 - Residency I: Grades 7-12

    9 credit hours


    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education program; successful completion of YOED 2500 , YOED 3000 , YOED 3300  with a grade of B or better; 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.

    NOTE: All students must obtain a grade of B or better in this course to move forward to Residency II.


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  • YOED 4040 - Residency I: MTeach

    4 credit hours


    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education program; successful completion of   and  ; 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.

    NOTE: All students must obtain a grade of B or better in this course to move forward to Residency II.


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  • YOED 4050 - Project-Based Instruction in Mathematics and Science

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.
     


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  • YOED 4110 - Directed Teaching, Grades 7-12

    9 or 12 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • YOED 4400 - Residency II

    12 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education program; successful completion (with grade of B or better) of YOED 2500 , YOED 3000 , YOED 3300 , YOED 4020 ,YOED 4030 , 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.


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Visual Communication

  
  • VCOM 2010 - Introduction to Visual Communication

    3 credit hours
    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.
     


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  • VCOM 2950 - Visual Communication Applications

    3 credit hours
    Introduction to software applications used in publication media design, related hardware and peripheral components applicable to publication design, and electronic publishing procedures.
     


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  • VCOM 3520 - Special Topics in Professional Issues

    3 credit hours
    (Same as ADV/JOUR/PR 3520.) Prerequisite: VCOM 2010  or JOUR 3090  or JOUR 3430 . Special topics in journalism, advertising, public relations, and visual communication focusing on practical applications. Topics change each semester and have included investigative, environmental, sports, and political reporting; visual editing; international public relations; and advertising account management. May be repeated up to 6 credits.


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  • VCOM 3810 - History of Visual Communication

    3 credit hours
    Explores 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 printed to the digital.
     


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  • VCOM 3920 - Information Web Design

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: VCOM 2950 . Introduces software, design principles, and technology used for communicating concepts, information and narratives through websites and digital media. Overview of social, political, copyright, and ethical issues involving websites, digital and social media. Combined lecture/lab.


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  • VCOM 3930 - Visual Storytelling for Journalism

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: JOUR 2710 , VCOM 2010 , and VCOM 2950  or permission of instructor. Design process and production methods for communicating concepts, information, and narratives through the use of visual elements in print, Web, and digital media. Develops skill sets of typographic language and design, photography selection and use, illustration techniques and intermediate layout design for the purpose of visual storytelling in the form of such projects as editorial layout in digital and print formats, ad campaigns, and logo design. Combined lecture/lab.


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  • VCOM 3950 - Digital Storytelling for Journalism

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: VCOM 3930 . Advanced practice in communicating concepts, information, and narratives through the use of websites and digital media. Topics include contemporary practices and use of code and software for online and digital media production, combined with in-depth discussion of social, political, copyright, and ethical issues pertaining to websites and digital and social media. Combined lecture/lab.


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  • VCOM 4010 - Information Design

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: VCOM 3930 . 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.


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  • VCOM 4180 - Senior Portfolio

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites:VCOM 3920 , VCOM 3930 , and VCOM 3950 . Capstone class in the VCOM concentration. Students revise and create print and digital designs for the purpose of professional portfolio presentation. Professional topics are discussed, including creative strategies, legal and copyright issues and client relations.


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