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2014-2015 University Catalog 
    
2014-2015 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


The University Catalog lists all courses that pertain to the West Lafayette campus. In order to view courses that are available at a given time, and the details of such courses, please visit the myPurdue Schedule of Classes.

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Education-Curriculum and Instruction

  
  • EDCI 59500 - Advanced Studies In English Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00 - 3.00. Advanced study of an English education topic, issue, problem and/or trend within the instructor’s fields of specialization. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 60000 - Seminar And Practicum In The Supervision Of Reading Instruction


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Seminar and practicum in supervision of reading instruction. Seminar includes theory and practice of reading supervision with emphasis on the role of the reading specialist. Includes field supervision of students in reading courses. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 60400 - Social Studies In The Elementary School


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Social Studies-content and place in the modern elementary education curriculum. Materials, instruction techniques, evaluation procedures, and understanding the syntax of the structure of social studies. Prerequisite: EDCI 36100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 60500 - Teaching Science


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of historical developments and present trends in science education; the designing, implementation, and evaluation of science programs; the role of research in present and future developments. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 60800 - Individualizing Instruction In The Elementary And Secondary Schools


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course explores the foundations underlying individualized instruction, the preparation of individualized instruction materials for the class-room, the role of research in individualized instruction, and the future trends and issues in individualized instruction. Completion of a teacher certification program. Typically offered Summer Fall.
  
  • EDCI 61200 - Seminar In Literacy


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Recent trends and research in literacy. Topics provide in-depth study of literacy acquisition in educational settings. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDCI 61300 - Seminar In The English Language Arts


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (ENGL 69100 ) Problems in the teaching of English: literature, language, rhetoric. Attention to recent scholarship and to its application in the public schools. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 61400 - Literacy And Development Of Young Children


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on literacy development (reading, writing, other aspects of language) in pre-school and elementary age children. An emergent literacy model is contrasted with traditional models and school instruction. Particular experiences and materials that aid literacy acquisition are considered. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDCI 61500 - Qualitative Research Methods In Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on expanding graduate students’ research skills to include knowledge of the theories and methods associated with qualitative and qualitative-quantitative combined research. Prerequisite: EDPS 53300 . Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 61600 - Advanced Qualitative Research Methods In Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on expanding students’ foundation level knowledge of qualitative research in the areas of theories, methods, analysis and interpretation, and presentation. Prerequisite: EDCI 61500 . Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDCI 61800 - Gender And Culture In Science Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of the different perspectives on issues of gender, culture, and science. Major topics include feminist critiques of scientific theories and methods, the work of women and minorities in science, the role science has played in the construction of race and gender, and topics in science education, such as girls’ learning in science and the potential of inclusive practices in the science classroom. Prerequisite: EDCI 51800  or EDCI 58500 . Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 61900 - Learning Science


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The course provides a holistic study of how children and adults learn science; how the learner’s ideas, ways of thinking, abilities to do science, and their attitudes towards and beliefs about science learning influence how they learn science. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 62000 - Seminar In Mathematics Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Selected topics in mathematics education. Typical topics considered are: (1) problem solving; (2) instructional strategies; (3) cognitive structure; (4) current curriculum; (5) current research. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 62200 - Seminar In Science Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Current issues in science education. Typical topics considered are: (1) science curriculum; (2) concept learning; (3) teacher education; (4) intellectual developments; (5) current research. Prerequisite: EDCI 51700 , EDCI 51800 . Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 62300 - Seminar In Genre Studies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Explores theoretical and practical implications of genre theory for literacy studies, literary studies, psychology, communication, and education. Course topics include theoretical models of genre in spoken and written language and human activities; genres as tools for perceiving the world, maintaining and challenging social hierarchies, and developing a sense of self; the development of genre knowledge across the life span; and educational applications of genre theory. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDCI 62400 - Seminar In Social Studies Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An investigation of various aspects of the teaching of the social studies. One topic is dealt with in each enrollment. Master’s candidates are expected to complete the first three topics. Areas include: (1) philosophic concepts used in the social studies; (2) curricular analysis and examination of new social studies materials; (3) methods of inquiry in the social studies; (4) research methodology in the social studies. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 62700 - Current Topics In Educational Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A critical analysis of problems, trends, issues, and programs related to the area of educational technology. Prerequisite: EDCI 51300 . Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 62800 - Curriculum And Instruction Doctoral Seminar I


    Credit Hours: 1.00. An examination of current issues and concerns related to doctoral study in Curriculum and Instruction. This course is intended for all new doctoral students in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and should be taken within the first year of doctoral study. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDCI 63500 - Content And Goals In Mathematics Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines conceptions of what mathematics is and how those conceptions have influenced the mathematics curriculum over the course of American history. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing or higher and enrolled in Mathematics Education. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDCI 63600 - The Learning Of Mathematics: Insights And Issues


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines research related to the learning of mathematics and to the relationships of social and cultural factors to the learning of mathematics. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing or higher and enrolled in Mathematics Education. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 63700 - The Teaching Of Mathematics: Insights And Issues


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines research related to mathematics teaching, including research on characteristics of mathematics teachers, the features of effective mathematics teaching, and the professional preparation and development of mathematics teachers. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing or higher and enrolled in Mathematics Education. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 64400 - Legal Issues In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Comprehensive examination of contemporary federal, state, and local legislation; rules, policy, regulations, provisions, guidelines, and initiatives affecting the nature, establishment, and implementation of state and local programs at the secondary and postsecondary levels in career and technical education; need for legislation and initiatives and the reauthorization of existing legislation; social, political, and economic aspects of legislation; advocacy for legislation; and public policy and policy development. Approval of Department required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 64500 - Organization And Administration Of Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Organizational structure and delivery systems at the national, regional, state, and local levels; program areas and services; legislative initiatives; federal, state, and local planning; administrative functions and practices; leadership development; trends; and issues. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 64600 - Supervision In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Purposes, principles, strategies, and procedures of supervision and management in career and technical education and related workforce education and development contexts: theory and practice: human resource development: environment, education, and management. Approval of Department required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 64700 - Research In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Rationale for and history of research in career and technical education; analysis of the research process and research methods; examination of the environment and support required for research; proposal development, and strategies for dissemination and utilization of research. Offered in alternate years. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDCI 64800 - Curriculum In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Overview of curriculum in career and technical education programs; business and industry training programs; curriculum planning, development, implementation, and evaluation; review and analysis of curriculum models. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 64900 - Assessment In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Goals and rationale for evaluation in education and work training contexts; assessment and measurement methods, techniques, and procedures; reliability, validity, and accuracy; construction and selection of instruments; data and information collection, analysis, and interpretation; meta evaluation; adaptations and modifications for special needs populations; and using assessment data and information. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 65000 - Program Evaluation In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Goals and objectives of, and criteria for, program evaluation in career and technical education; evaluation models and methods; design and planning; issues; development and selection of instruments and procedures; data and information collection and analysis; preparing program evaluation reports; and using program evaluation results for program improvement. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 65200 - Seminar In Family And Consumer Sciences Education


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 6.00. A critical analysis of current problems, trends, issues, and programs in family and consumer sciences education. Prerequisite: 12 credit hours in Education or equivalent professional training. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 65300 - Seminar In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 9.00. Current trends, theory, and practices related to educational contexts and careers. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 66000 - Learning Design And Technology Seminar


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Investigation of trends, developments, and issues in educational technology. Focus is on current practices, problems, and research. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 66300 - Interactive Multimedia


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines computer-based interactive multimedia theory, research, design, development, and evaluation. Includes a digital audio-video production and design of interactive multimedia for stand-alone or online delivery. Prerequisite: EDCI 56100, EDCI 57200 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 67000 - Learning Design And Technology Integrated Project


    Credit Hours: 1.00 or 2.00. Current issues and problems in educational technology. Projects in current practice and research selected and pursued. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 67200 - Advanced Practices In Learning Systems Design


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Applications of learning systems design to educational situations. In-depth treatment of learner analysis, task analysis, learning activities design, learner verification and summative evaluation. Focuses on the application of instructional design concepts and principles within authentic ID situations. Prerequisite: EDCI 57200 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 67300 - Issues And Methods In Learning Systems Design Research


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides preparation to conduct independent research in the field of educational technology through direct participation in the research process: critically reviewing research, designing and conducting a research study, synthesizing and presenting results in written and oral formats. Prerequisite: EDPS 53300 . Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 67400 - Advanced Instructional Design Theory


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines the impact of both psychological learning theories and instructional applications upon the development of various instructional design theories. Emphasis is on theory construction, influence of learning and educational principles, and the current and future possibilities of instructional design theory. Prerequisite: EDCI 53100  and EDCI 57200 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 67500 - Instructional Strategies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines and applies the cognitive strategies and tactics that can be used by an instructional designer to improve human learning. Applications of chunking, frames, concept mapping, advance organizers, analogies, rehearsal, and imagery tactics to learning will be covered. Implementation and evaluation procedures for those strategies within intellectual skills, verbal information, psychomotor, and attitude domains of learning will be studied and applied. Prerequisite: EDCI 57200 . Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 68200 - Contemporary Curriculum Theory


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Critical examination of contemporary concepts of curriculum theory. Rational/technical curriculum, social needs/child centered curriculum. Socio-political curriculum theory; curriculum as existential, aesthetic, and phenomenological. Implications for current practice, school reform, and educational research. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 68400 - Seminar In Curriculum Studies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A course designed to allow for the in-depth exploration of specialized and timely topics in curriculum theory, practice, and reform. Though all specialized topics address both theory and practice, some topics focus more heavily on practice, and others focus more heavily on theory. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 68500 - Global Issues In Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Critical examination of contemporary global issues in education. Historical, social economic, political, and cultural theories of globalization in international context. Analysis and synthesis of current research. Implications and application to current practice, school reform, policy, curriculum, and educational research. Resources for instruction; curriculum design strategies for implementing global education. Prerequisite: 12 credit hours in Education. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 69400 - Elementary Transition To Teaching Student Teaching/Internship


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 6.00. A full-time elementary classroom teaching experience and internship seminars. Students teach for a period of 14 weeks under the mentorship of a master teacher and a University supervisor. In order to provide support for student teachers and ongoing interactions among students and their supervisors, students will attend scheduled student-teaching seminars. After the classroom experience has ended, students will spend two additional weeks completing a variety of assignments. The purpose of the internship semester is to provide a structured experience for learning and refining the theories and practices necessary to become an effective teacher of all children in the inclusive classroom. Prerequisite: EDCI 50100 , EDCI 51100 , EDCI 58500 , 60300, EDCI 60400 , EDCI 60500 . Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 69500 - Internship In Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 10.00. Amount of credit to be determined by nature and extent of the assignment. A special course in selected areas of education, designed to provide practical field experience under professional supervision in selected situations related to the candidate’s area of specialization. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 69800 - Research MS Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MS Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 69900 - Research PhD Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

Educational and Psychological Studies

  
  • EDPS 10000 - Personal Growth And Development


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An experiential learning approach to interpersonal communications and such developmental issues as autonomy, identity, values clarification, intimacy, and career-life goals. Emphasis is upon active participation in small-group discussion and cognitive mastery of personal and interpersonal dynamics. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 10100 - Facil Personal Growth And Development


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Facil Personal Growth And Development. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDPS 10101 - Learning In Context-An Introduction To The Learning Sciences


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This introductory course is designed to acquaint first year Learning Science students with the core concepts, principles, and research findings of the learning sciences as they apply to a wide range of formal and informal educational contexts. The course provides students with opportunities to interact with and learn about the scholarship of College of Education faculty who conduct research within the framework of the learning sciences. Students will learn about faculty projects that exemplify key features of the Learning Sciences such as attention to the complexity of learning environments, the study of social and cultural as well as individual dimensions of learning, and the cross-disciplinary nature of the field. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 10500 - Academic And Career Plan


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Builds understanding of career interests and personality characteristics related to academic and career decisions. Expands knowledge of Purdue academic programs and of the world of work. Introduces decision-making strategies. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDPS 20000 - Life Career Planning


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A course designed to help students clarify and develop educational and vocational plans related to career development. Emphasis upon assessment, exploration of vocational opportunities, the decision-making process, and identification of appropriate educational channels leading to selected career objectives. Section 1 for juniors and seniors only to focus their career direction and to develop job search, career management, and life-planning skills. Section 2 is for freshmen and sophomores only, in the process of changing or selecting a college major. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 21000 - Academic Self-Esteem Enhancement


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Academic Self-Esteem Enhancement. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDPS 23500 - Learning And Motivation


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to concepts of learning and motivation in educational contexts (i.e., Educational Psychology). Influence of development, culture, and individual differences on learning and motivation. Uses of assessment and technology in promoting learning and motivation. A field-based experiential component is included. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDPS 26500 - The Inclusive Classroom


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Characteristics of students with special needs/talents; strategies for helping students learn and develop in general educational settings. Emphasis placed upon research evidence, case studies, problem-based learning, and development of a plan for an inclusive classroom. A field-based component is included. Typically offered Spring Summer Fall.
  
  • EDPS 27000 - Characteristics of Individuals with Mild Disabilities


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Characteristics of students with mild disabilities and their related academic and social outcomes, issues, and implications for assessment and intervention. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDPS 30000 - Student Leadership Development


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Leadership in students is developed through lectures and experiential activities. Topic areas include leadership styles; campus organizational structures; program planning; social and intellectual activities; human relations and cultural differences; motivation; team building; public relations. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 30100 - Peer Counseling Training


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Students are trained to help peers deal with their problems and concerns. Training modules are used to build knowledge and skills in the duties of peer helpers; student development, communication, goal setting, and use of community resources are stressed. (EDPS 30100 and 30100 are for Horizon students only.). Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 30101 - Motivation To Learn


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces students to current social-cognitive and sociocultural theories of motivation for learning and academic achievement, and research framed by those theories. Both individual-level and contextual factors associated with motivation will be considered. The course will also address applications of theory in educational settings, including motivational interventions. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 30102 - Social-Emotional Aspects Of Learning In Diverse Environments


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The course examines the role of social emotional competence in learning and builds understandings of the inter-relationships between theory, empirical evidence, and instructional practice. It takes the perspective that experiences across different learning contexts are interrelated and may influence each other in reciprocal ways. The course views social-emotional dimensions of learning as: embedded in person-environment transactions; tied to specific instructional (formal and/or informal) contexts over time; co-evolving with cognition and language; critical to psychological, behavioral, and learning outcomes. The focus is on intersection of social-emotional competence, learning, and instruction. The course is intended to provide the foundations (theoretical and empirical) that can help those interested in formal and informal instructional environments make informed educational decisions by considering the social-emotional dimensions of learning. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 30200 - Adolescents Classroom Teacher


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Students will develop understanding of physical, intellectual, emotional and social development of learners. Emphasis on individual differences and behavior patterns that influence the establishment of an orderly, healthy learning environment, and upon the teacher as an influence of the learning environment. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDPS 31500 - Collaborative Leadership: Listening


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The purpose of this course is to provide integrated study of listening as a collaborative leadership skill necessary for interpersonal and intrapersonal development. Focus is on the development of professional listening skills, and the understand of the role listening plays in collaborative leadership conflict resolution, interviewing, team building, and ethics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDPS 31600 - Collaborative Leadership: Cross-Cultural Settings


    Credit Hours: 3.00. In this course, students will explore the cultural nuances of leadership in the United States as well as around the world. This course will include impact of globalism as a context for leadership, conflict resolution in a global environment, and other important factors that impact culturally diverse or global teams. Typically offered Summer.
  
  • EDPS 31700 - Collaborative Leadership: Mentoring


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The purpose of this course is to provide a theoretical and experiential overview of the basic elements of mentoring as a key aspect of effective collaborative leadership. The learning experience is designed to promote development of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions required for competent mentorship. Emphasis on workplace and youth mentoring. Typically Summer.
  
  • EDPS 33000 - Child Behavior Elementary School


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Presents methods of collecting and using information about the behavior and development of children in the elementary school. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDPS 36100 - Use Of Assessment Techniques In Special Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Assessment techniques for the exceptional child, with applications to curriculum. Includes norm-referenced and curriculum-based measurement, error analyses, and observational ratings. Admission to Teacher Education Program, passage of Gate A. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDPS 36200 - Organization And Management Of Instructional Behaviors


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Organization and management techniques, including structure, principles, scheduling, evaluation, and strategies for effective integration into regular, resource, and special education classrooms to motivate and increase appropriate learning behaviors and to manage problem behaviors. Admission to Teacher Education Program, passage of Gate A. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDPS 36400 - Practicum In Special Education Assessment


    Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Practical experiences in test administration, scoring, and interpretation will be provided in practicum. Admission to Teacher Education Program, passage of Gate A. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 40099 - Topics In Design Based Research, Assessment And Evaluation


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Design-Based Research (DBR) is inquiry that is driven by educational practice- the desire to understand and improve the practice of teaching and learning. Learning scientist employ DBR in order to implement innovative designs for teaching and learning in a variety of formal and informal educational settings (e.g., schools, museums, and extramural clubs) and to conduct research no teaching and learning that occurs in the context of their design innovations. The focus of this course is to help students develop a set of core competencies for systemically studying the teaching and learning of science in designed environments. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 40101 - Computers And Cognition


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an overview of the theoretical basis for using computers and technology K-12 and post-secondary settings. It explores how research on human cognition (e.g., memory, attention, problem solving) can be applied to the use of computers in educational settings. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 41000 - Collaboration And Transition Practices For Individuals With Disabilities


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course addresses the professional collaborative practices for special educators, who work with school age students with disabilities. The topics of this course include collaboration with professionals, ancillary personnel, agencies, and families, problem-solving and dealing with conflict, co-teaching, and transition planning from early intervention to post-secondary settings. The possible products from this course include community resources, transition plans, co-teaching plans, and family interviews. No undergraduate student may be enrolled in this undergraduate course until they have been admitted to the teacher education program and passed Gates A and B. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDPS 43000 - Creating And Managing Learning Environments


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course develops skills in classroom organization and management at the elementary level. It includes classroom discipline, interpersonal skills, administrative aspects of teaching, working with families, building support networks, and a classroom design project. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 45900 - Assistive Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Use of technological applications in special education, including microcomputers, interactive video, auditory and visual enhancement, and other adaptive devices with individuals experiencing disabilities including learning disabilities, intellectual impairments, sensory and physical impairments. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Admission to Teacher Education Program, passage of Gates A and B. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDPS 46000 - Strategies For Teaching Individuals With Disabilities


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to education of individuals with mild disabilities, learning disabilities, mild mental handicaps, and severe emotional handicaps. Topics include: technological applications, teacher effectiveness, instructional design, development of individualized education programs, and evaluation of instruction. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Admission to Teacher Education Program, passage of Gate A. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDPS 46100 - Practicum In Strategies For Teaching Individuals With Disabilities


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Practicum experience in assessment and teaching of individuals with disabilities. Experience in design, delivery, implementation, and evaluation of instruction. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Admission to Teacher Education Program, passage of Gates A and B. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDPS 46200 - Advanced Strategies For Teaching Individuals With Disabilities


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced strategies for teaching individuals with disabilities. Topics include technological applications, reading, problem-solving, written language, self-monitoring, memory, peer tutoring, generalization, and computer-assisted instruction. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Admission to Teacher Education Program, passage of Gates A and B. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDPS 49000 - Individual Research And Teaching Experience


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 8.00. Primarily for teacher candidates requiring special, individualized experience in research or teaching. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDPS 49100 - Topics And Issues In Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Provides student with opportunity to strengthen preparation through study of selected educational topics and issues based upon individual needs and interests. One topic is considered in each enrollment. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDPS 49800 - Supervised Teaching- Special Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 16.00. A student planning to enroll in EDCI 49600 , EDCI 49800 , EDCI 49900; EDPS 49800, EDPS 49900 , EDPS 56100, or EDPS 56600  in the spring or fall semester of any academic year must secure, complete, and submit a student teaching application form between the middle of September and November 1 preceding the academic year during which he or she will be enrolled in the course. Failure to file the application during or prior to this time will make it virtually impossible for the student to receive a student teaching assignment for that year. Application forms may be obtained in and submitted to Room 3241, Liberal Arts and Education Building. Teaching full time in a school classroom under the supervision of the teacher in charge of the class and a University supervisor. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Admission to Teacher Education Program, passage of Gates A, B, and C. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDPS 49900 - Supervised Teaching Or Practicum In Endorsement Area


    Credit Hours: 3.00 to 9.00. A student planning to enroll in EDCI 49600 , EDCI 49800 , EDCI 49900; EDPS 49800 , EDPS 49900, EDPS 56100, or EDPS 56600  in the spring or fall semester of any academic year must secure, complete, and submit a student teaching application form between the middle of September and November 1 preceding the academic year during which he or she will be enrolled in the course. Failure to file the application during or prior to this time will make it virtually impossible for the student to receive a student teaching assignment for that year. Application forms may be obtained in and submitted to Room 3241, Liberal Arts and Education Building. Teaching full time in an endorsement area in a school classroom under the supervision of the teacher in charge of the class and a University supervisor. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. completion of education courses required for the endorsement area and admittance to teacher education program. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDPS 50000 - Group Counseling Theories And Techniques


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Theoretical and experiential overview of fundamental elements of group work and group counseling processes. Broad topics include purposes and types of groups, therapeutic factors and stages of leadership skills, and multicultural, ethical, and legal aspects of group counseling. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 50100 - Introduction To School Counseling


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Presents an overview of counseling in elementary, middle, and secondary schools. Treats the history of school counseling, developmental characteristics and problems of students, and counseling program elements and issues. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 50500 - Foundations Of Career Development And Assessment


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Treats career development theories which emphasize aspects of the self in decision making, occupational classification systems, and educational and vocational information with applications to individual and group counseling. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 50700 - Counseling Multicultural And Diverse Populations


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Counseling strategies for multicultural and diverse populations encountered by helping professionals. Among the populations considered are ethnic and cultural minorities, older persons, the gifted, and the disabled. Typically offered Spring Summer.
  
  • EDPS 51000 - Culture And Cognition


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Explores how culture shapes thinking and learning form childhood through adulthood. Students develop a critical understanding of the cross disciplinary research on culture and cognition and its implications for teaching and learning. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDPS 51500 - Applied Behavior Analysis For Teachers


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of learning theory, measurement procedures, verification of functional relationships, and developing knowledge of current significant research in applied behavior analysis. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDPS 52000 - Characteristics Of Individuals With Severe Disabilities


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Characteristics and issues encountered by individuals who experience severe and profound levels of mental retardation and/or autistic spectrum disorders. Characteristics include: learning, behavioral, social, emotional, and communicative abilities. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDPS 52500 - Language And Communication In Autism Spectrum Disorders


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (SLHS 52500 ) This course will address development and impairment of language and communication in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). In addition to language and communication characteristics, this course will review the behavioral, cognitive, sensory, and social-emotional abilities of individuals with ASD. Differential diagnosis, assessment, and intervention strategies will be emphasized with a focus on empirically supported treatments and evidence-based practices. Current developments and research findings will be highlighted related to etiology and diagnosis of ASD, advances in biomedical research, augmentative and alternative communication strategies, assistive technology solutions, behavioral, cognitive, and physiological interventions, and comprehensive treatment approaches. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDPS 53000 - Advanced Educational Psychology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Theories of learning and development, research on instruction and learning, and principles of measurement applied to educational problems. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDPS 53100 - Introduction To Measurement And Evaluation


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the basic concepts and principles of measurement and evaluation with special emphasis on descriptive statistics, and teacher-made and standardized tests. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 53200 - Measuring Educational Achievement


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A course in developing, analyzing, and interpreting measures of educational achievement. Emphasis is placed upon cognitive tests. Nontest techniques for assessing behavior are also explored. Prior experience with statistics or measurement, although helpful, is not required for this course. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 53300 - Introduction To Educational Research I: Methodology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introductory course in educational research and evaluation methodology which considers the various methods of educational research, the formulation of research hypotheses, and the preparation of research reports. Typically offered Summer Fall.
  
  • EDPS 53400 - Introduction To Educational Research II: Measurement Consideration


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introductory course in measurement concepts and statistical reasoning, with emphasis on the selection, evaluation, and/or development of independent and dependent variables as they are employed in educational research settings. Unlike EDPS 53100  and EDPS 53200 , this course is explicitly designed for the educational researcher and not for the teacher. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDPS 53500 - Personal And Social Development During The School Years


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Stresses understanding of personal and socio-emotional growth of students and teachers in the school environment. Attention is given to means of promoting personal and socio-emotional growth. Typically offered Summer Spring.
  
  • EDPS 53600 - Achievement Motivation And Performance


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of current theory and research on the nature and development of achievement motivation. Motivation for intellectual and academic performance will be emphasized. Applications of theory in educational settings will be considered. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDPS 54000 - Gifted, Creative And Talented Children


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to intellectual, social, and emotional characteristics of gifted youth. Philosophy of gifted education. Multi-talent concept of giftedness: intellectual, academic, creative, artistic, and leadership. Criteria for selecting instructional materials and methods. Designing learning experiences for the gifted. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 54100 - Identification And Evaluation In Gifted Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to instruments and procedures for identifying gifted, creative, and talented students. Procedures for evaluation of gifted programs and individual student progress. Also covers selection strategies and guidance of the gifted. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 54200 - Curriculum And Program Development In Gifted Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to curricular materials, curriculum development, and programs for gifted, creative, and talented students. Serves needs of teachers and administrators who are developing programs. Also covers administration and evaluation of programs and methods of orientation and in-service training of teachers. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDPS 54500 - Social And Affective Development Of Gifted Students


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of the affective and psychosocial development of gifted students. Emphasis on developmental influences on academic performance. Introduction to appropriate educational and counseling interventions for gifted students. Typically offered Summer.
  
  • EDPS 56010 - Practicum In Special Education Assessment And Teaching


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Assessment and teaching of individuals with varying disabilities. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDPS 56200 - Augmentative And Alternative Communication


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (SLHS 54000 ) Introduction to augmentative and alternative communication. Cognitive, educational, physical, psycho-social, and linguistic aspects are considered together with symbol characteristics, teaching strategies, and research issues. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDPS 56300 - Identification, Evaluation, And Assessment Of Exceptional Individuals


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced procedures for educational assessment of exceptional individuals: norm-referenced and curriculum-based measurement, error analyses, and observational ratings. Adaptations and selections of tests for sensory impairments, behavioral styles, different intelligence levels and ages. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDPS 56400 - Mild Mental Handicaps: Historical Perspectives, Etiology, And Characteristics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced study of persons with varying disabilities. Topics include: historical development; theoretical models; etiological factors; characteristics; assessment and intervention. Typically offered Fall.
 

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