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EDUC-030 Externship

EDUC-101 Introduction to Education & Society

Introductory study of education. Emphasizes teaching as a profession and current educational practice. Requires school-based practicum. Required for all areas of certification.

EDUC-102 Historical/Phil Foundations of Ed

The role of education in American society and the historical, cultural and philosophical forces that have influenced the school. Required for all areas of certification.

EDUC-125 Residential Leadership

This course is designed to prepare resident assistants for their role as leaders in the Susquehanna University residential community. Coursework will include an introduction to theory and the philosophy relating to student development and the liberal arts. The course will survey diversity and inclusion principles by challenging students to think critically about their own identity as it relates to others.

EDUC-202 Introduction to Human Geography

Studies and experiences that empower future teachers to develop and implement curricula that promote global perspectives. Emphasis is on the similarities and connections among human beings and recognition of difference and uniqueness through an ecological, cultural, economic and political lens.

EDUC-205 Topics in Education

This course examines the educational process tailored to students identifed as having special learning needs. It will cover all categories of exceptionalities, legal aspects of providing services to individuals with special needs, and designing educational strategies to support student progress.

EDUC-240 Cognition & Classroom Learning

An overview of educational principles, theories, and strategies that positively influence student development and learning. Approaches to teaching and learning are based on an understanding of children as individuals and as members of a group. Field experience required.

EDUC-240FE Cognition & Classroom Field Exp

EDUC-250 Educational Psychology

An overview of psychological and educational principles as they apply to the classroom. Topics include instructional planning, developmental characteristics of students, and learning theories. Also covers evaluation, discipline and classroom management. Requires 20 hours of school-based practicum. Required for all areas of certification.

EDUC-260 Introduction to Special Education

Prepares education students to meet the needs of students with disabilities in multiple settings. Historical, philosophical, and legal treatment of exceptional students is addressed. Typical and atypical development are examined; all major areas of exceptionality are covered. Education students develop curricular and instructional strategies that support student success in inclusive classrooms. Ethical and professional responsibilities of teachers and students with disabilities and special needs, including multicultural and multilingual students, are emphasized.

EDUC-260FE Special Education Field Exp

EDUC-270 Instruction of Exceptional Children

In this course general-education teacher candidates will examine critical issues in providing effective instruction for individuals with special learning requirements. Education candidates will identify factors affecting learners? strengths and challenges in achieving school success. They will design effective teaching strategies to augment learners? progress, especially in inclusive settings, and develop methods of evaluating individual learners? skill development in academic and personal/social domains. They will apply these skills in the course practicum. Practicum: EDUC 270 includes 20 hours of practicum observations and hands-on participation in inclusive and other education settings. This experience will provide opportunities for candidates to observe students using Assistive and Augmentative Communication systems, a variety of assessment methods, an array of instructional strategies, and planning and implementation of IEPs.

EDUC-270FE Exceptional Students Field Experience

EDUC-300 Arts in Education

Designed to teach liberal studies: elementary education majors basic music/art fundamentals, music/art education methods, and integration strategies for their future classrooms. Students created standards-based lessons which incorporate and/or integrate musical/artistic concepts and develop skills in listening to, evaluating, appreciating, and participating in music and art.

EDUC-300A Arts in Education: Art

Designed to teach liberal studies: elementary education majors basic art fundamentals, art education methods, and integration strategies for their future classrooms. Students created standards-based lessons which incorporate and/or integrate artistic concepts and develop skills in listening to, evaluating, appreciating, and participating in art.

EDUC-300M Arts in Education: Music

Designed to teach liberal studies: elementary education majors basic music fundamentals, music education methods, and integration strategies for their future classrooms. Students created standards-based lessons which incorporate and/or integrate musical concepts and develop skills in listening to, evaluating, appreciating, and participating in music.

EDUC-310 Pre-School Math Foundations/Assessment

In this course, education candidates will develop curriculum and design instruction for pre-school children in numbers and mathematical operations that will include quantities, classification, patterns, shapes, distance, relative position, representations (including symbols) of mathematical concepts, and measurement (including comparisons and estimates). Education candidates will apply knowledge of pre-school math instruction and assessment in field experiences.

EDUC-311 Math Foundations - Elementary

In this course, education candidates will develop curriculum and design instruction for primary-grade children in numbers and mathematical operations that will include estimation; patterns; symbols; functions; geometric ideas and relationships; measurement tools and practices; data collection, display, and analysis; predictions; and problem-solving using a variety of methods and tools. Education candidates will apply knowledge of elementary math instruction and assessment in field experiences.

EDUC-330 Technology in Education

Provides students with theory and practice with using educational technology in the classroom. Includes experiences with computers, multimedia and telecommunications.

EDUC-350 English Language Learners

This course will provide foundational knowledge of language systems and language acquisition for pre-service teachers. Students will also examine socio-cultural influences on learning and communication. Students will apply this foundational knowledge of language systems, language acquisition, and socio-cultural contexts of language use to designing instruction and assessment. Throughout the course students will address ethical and legal responsibilities to ELLs, including facilitating connections to professional resources and organizations for ELLs, their families, and their teachers.

EDUC-365 Preschool Language & Literacy

This course provides a foundation in research and theory of young children's language development. Education candidates will learn to assess and guide the language skills expected of children in the pre-K years and to identify difficulties that may impede the development of these skills. In addition, education candidates will learn teaching strategies to help children use language for a range of communication purposes, including first steps of reading and writing. This course includes a ten-hour practicum in early-childhood sitex.

EDUC-366 Primary Literacy Development

This course teaches education candidates how to deliver balanced, research-based, explicit instruction in reading, writing, and the related language arts to children in grades K- 4. Language arts include phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary development, and comprehension strategies. Education candidates will practice strategies for differentiating literacy instruction for all students and will employ a variety of literacy assessment tools. This course requires a ten-hour practicum in which candidates will apply their knowledge of literacy development and instruction.

EDUC-367 Literacy Assessment & Interventions

This course teaches education candidates how to assess young children?s literacy development and provide interventions, when appropriate, suited to the needs of each child. Education candidates will employ a variety of literacy assessment tools and practice strategies for differentiating literacy instruction for all students. The course includes a ten-hour practicum in which candidates will apply their knowledge of literacy instruction and intervention.

EDUC-370 Theory & Practice of Peer Ed

An introduction to a broad range of approaches to successful learning and tutoring, this course focuses particularly on addressing diverse learing styles and understanding the impact of social-cultural differences on learning. Through theory and practice, students will develop diverse peer tutoring strategies that address the need for innovative and individualized ways to facilitate learning. Students who successfully complete the course will be ready to serve as paraprofessionals who can effectively lead collaborative learning in a variety of settings within and beyond the undergraduate environment.

EDUC-374 Methods of Mathematics Instruction

Content and techniques needed to teach mathematics in the elementary school. Topics include conceptual skills, drill and practice, problem solving, diagnosis and remediation. Required for and limited to elementary education majors.

EDUC-375 Bldg Blocks for Teaching Literacy

Techniques in teaching reading, writing, listening, speaking and grammar. Topics include contemporary theories of reading and current research. Required for elementary education certification.

EDUC-377 Literacy II

Introduces the study of children's literature. Includes a literature survey and covers a variety of criticism, including psychological and sociological. Required for elementary education majors. Strongly recommended for secondary certification candidates.

EDUC-380 Instructional Design

This course provides a perspective on assessment that integrates it into the teaching and learning process and views assessment as a vehicle for improving student learning. It addresses the critical role classroom assessment plays in the educational process, the influence on students' motivation to learn, and the importance of designing student-centered classroom assessment. It introduces the concepts and methods for developing performance tasks and rubrics and aligning curriculum with instruction and assessment.

EDUC-384 Intro to Early Childhood Education

An overview of early childhood education. Topics include studies in the social and cultural foundations for early childhood education, child care and the public schools and current child care issues.

EDUC-389 Assessment

This course will prepare education candidates to understand and use a wide range of assessment types and assessment data. They will learn a variety of ways to collect assessment data and use it to implement instructional and/or programmatic revisions. In addition to classroom data collection, education candidates will learn to interpret evaluations based on percentile rank, standard scores, and stanines. They will examine the role of formal, summative assessment such as standardized state tests.

EDUC-400 Early Childhood Social Studies

Methods of designing and delivering effective instruction in social studies in early childhood classrooms. Includes field experiences at school sites. Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and elementary education major.

EDUC-410 Family, Community, and Advocacy

This course addresses the connections between families and programs for families and children in and out of schools. In a broader sense, it examines relations between school and community, with the understanding that children and their families are members of both. The theme of the course is advocacy: educators establishing and maintaining positive collaborative relationships with families through classroom practices and participation in programs and events outside of school. Upon completion, education candidates will be able to demonstrate strategies for ?teffectively working with diverse families ?tidentifying and utilizing local, state, and federal resources ?tidentifying advocacy roles of families, teachers, and early childhood agencies.

EDUC-420 Methods in Teaching Communications

Methods courses in the secondary program address content and techniques used to develop and implement instruction in the specific content area. (Music education majors should refer to the music department's methods course list.)

EDUC-421 Methods in Teaching English

EDUC-422 Methods in Teaching Foreign Languages

EDUC-423 Methods in Teaching Mathematics

EDUC-424 Methods in Teaching Science

EDUC-425 Methods in Teaching Social Studies

EDUC-426 Methods in Teaching Social Sciences

EDUC-427 Methods in Teaching Citizenship

EDUC-430 Early Childhood Science Methods

This course prepares education candidates to teach the elements of scientific thinking and experimenting in developmentally appropriate ways to children through fourth grade. Education candidates in this course will learn to design instruction (aligned with state academic standards) that incorporates scientific tools, applications, concepts, and processes to be taught and learned through hands-on discovery.

EDUC-476 Learning & Teaching in Elementary Ed

Synthesis of knowledge from prior education courses that addresses students as learners, instructional strategies, instructional planning, assessment strategies, communication techniques and teacher professionalism. This course is part of a two-day-per-week integrated block and should be taken the semester before student teaching. A school-based practicum is required.

EDUC-479 Principles Teach & Learn Secondary Ed

Surveys current curricular and instructional practices. Topics include components of professional practice, planning and preparation, classroom environment, classroom assessment, and professional development. (A summer section of EDUC-479 may be offered for students participating in the Teacher Intern Program. This summer section carries 2 semester hours of credit and is not available to undergraduate students.)

EDUC-481 Elem Ed Curriculum, Instruct, Assessmnt

Focuses on fundamental recurrent activities that create "Best Practice" classrooms. These structures are broad generic strategies, often called methods of teaching, that are applicable to all grade levels and subject areas from early childhood through college. This course takes a closer look at their application in areas of science, social studies, and language arts. A school-based practicum is required.

EDUC-482 Differentiated Instruction in Elem Ed

An overview of the current models of classroom management and strategies for meeting diverse needs and unique abilities of students from many different backgrounds. Topics include classroom management techniques for exceptional learners, urban and rural students, and culturally and linguistically diverse students. This course should be taken in the methods block for early childhoos and elementary education majors.

EDUC-483 Differentiated Instruction in Sec Educ

An overview of the current models of classroom management and strategies for meeting diverse needs and unique abilities of students from many different backgrounds. Topics include classroom management techniques for exceptional learners, urban and rural students, and culturally and linguistically diverse students. This course should be taken the in the methods block for secondary education students.

EDUC-485 Curriculum, Assessment Early Child Ed

Content and techniques used in introduction to planning, implementing and evaluating early childhood curriculum. Includes assessment of the young child's development level in cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains. Also addresses the use of play as an instructional process and the adaptation of curriculum and instructional materials to meet the needs of young children.

EDUC-490 Pedagogy & Classroom Environment

A course for seniors in the early childhood (PreK-4) certificate program, which covers methods of early childhood teaching, including instructional planning, responsive classroom management, diversity in the classroom and professional ethics. The second half of the course is spent at the school site with the cooperating teacher to whom each senior is assigned for student teaching in the spring semester. Prerequisites: Senior standing in the elementary education major and admission to the teacher education program.