Courses

• SED CE 840: Family Systems and Family Therapy
  Introductory course that includes comprehensive overview of the field. Covers the family in historical and sociological perspectives, family structure and process, schools of family therapy, and issues beyond conjoint family therapy. Readings, lectures, discussions, and demonstrations, with audiovisual materials. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED CE 841: Theories of Human Development (Infancy, Childhood, and Early Adolescence)
  Provides opportunities for understanding the fundamental inquiries, assumptions, theories, methodologies, and controversies that comprise the discipline of developmental psychology. Presents an in-depth historical and contemporary approach to the yet-enigmatic processes of human development throughout infancy, childhood, and early adolescence. required for all counseling students. Permission of instructor necessary. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED CE 842: Theories of Human Development (Adolescence and Adulthood)
  Provides opportunities for understanding the fundamental inquiries, assumptions, theories, methodologies, and controversies that comprise the discipline of developmental psychology. Presents an in-depth historical and contemporary approach to the yet-enigmatic processes of human development during adolescence and throughout adolescence and adulthood. Required for all counseling students. Permission of instructor necessary. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED CE 846: Clinical Practice
  Open only to matriculated counseling student with permission of instructor. Minimum 600 hours of clinical experience is required for current professional licensure in Massachusetts. Supervised field experience in schools, guidance clinics, or community agencies. Work with a caseload under supervision; increasing responsibility for counseling, testing, placement, and follow-up of counselees. Conference time arranged. Variable cr, either sem.
• SED CE 847: Theories of Group Counseling
  A conceptual and experiential introduction to group dynamics. Participation in ongoing training group while studying the dynamics of group development. Covers group counseling approaches and models, issues of small group leadership, and styles of leadership. Treatment of group counseling goals, composition, phases, and research. 4cr, 2nd sem, Summer Term.
• SED CE 856: Seminar: Counseling Psychology
  Introduction to professional psychology, its history and standards. Current status and directions in counseling psychology. Ethical principles and behavior. 1cr, either sem.
• SED CE 946: Advanced Practicum
  Open only to matriculated graduate students who have completed prerequisites. Supervised field experience with students assuming major responsibility for counseling, testing, placement, and follow-up of clients. 3-4cr, either sem.
• SED CE 948: Supervision in Counseling
  Examination of supervision of counseling in theory, process, and practice. Assumption of direct supervisory responsibility. Permission of the instructor required. 2-4cr, either sem.
• SED CH 300: Methods of Instruction: Elementary 1-6
  Develops competency in reading and language arts, history and social studies education, science education; general teaching strategies; basic elements of curriculum design; institutional policies and practices of elementary education. Develops competency in providing effective instruction across the curriculum to culturally and linguistically diverse learners. Includes application of these competencies in field settings. Stamped approval and a qualifying score on the Boston University School of Education Literacy Test are required. 10cr, either sem.
• SED CH 515: Curriculum Methods, 1-6
  Examines theories of and develops specific competencies in reading and language arts, social studies education, and science education; general teaching strategies; basic elements of curriculum design; and institutional policies and practices of elementary education. Application of these competencies in field settings. 10cr, 1st sem.
• SED CH 555: Student-Teaching Practicum: Elementary 1-6
  Required of all students seeking licensure as elementary teachers. Open only to degree candidates who have completed prerequisites. Supervised student teaching in a classtroom for grades 1-6. Includes curriculum development, methods of instruction, and evaluation of the learner. 10cr.
• SED CH 655: Student-Teaching Practicum: Elementary 1-6
  Supervised student-teaching in a classroom for grades 1-6. Includes curriculum development, direct instruction, and evaluation of the learner. Open only to matriculated graduate students who have completed prerequisites and have passed the School of Education Literacy Test. Implementation of educational learning standards of the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. 8cr, 2nd sem.
• SED CL 520: Methods of Teaching Latin and Classical Studies, 5-12
  Reviews traditional and recent curriculum materials in Latin and classics education at the middle and senior high school levels. Analyzes curricular goals for grades 5-12. Develops new instructional materials and classroom techniques for classics teachers. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED CL 540: Student-Teaching Practicum: Latin and Classical Studies, 5-12
  Student-teaching under the joint supervision of a cooperating practitioner and a University supervisor. Minimum 300 hours required for initial licensure, 8 cr; for those also enrolling in SED CL 700, minimum of 150 hours required. Open only to matriculated graduate students who have completed prerequisites. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED CT 500: Directed Study
  Additional 2 credits for CC101 Z1
• SED CT 522: Character and Ethics Education
  Examines philosophical ideas at the core of virtue ethics, as well as historic efforts to introduce values, ethics, and character into curriculum. Explores the moral socialization, various versions of moral education, controversies in the field, and the current challenges. Development and presentation of instructional materials for elementary, middle, and secondary classrooms. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED CT 524: Institute on Values in Physical Education and Sport
  Addresses central issues in sport and physical education today. Character growth and sportsmanship are examined from the perspective of demands for excellence. Values and excellence are analyzed in relation to students of widely varied talents. Core assumptions and experience in pedagogical situations are given practical resolution. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED CT 538: Curriculum Development in Intercultural Education
  Examines theoretical and practical aspects in the development of intercultural curriculum materials. Analysis of approaches to intercultural and multicultural education through the history of American schools and in other educational systems around the world.
• SED CT 556: Classroom Assessment
  Emphasizes principles and procedures of assessment that are of primary importance to educational practitioners. Includes diagnostic tests, construction of classroom tests, observation techniques, and performance measures; norm- and criterion-referenced assessment; uses of standardized tests, current issues and controversies. 4cr, either sem.
• SED CT 575: General Methods of Instruction, 5-12
  Development of teaching skills and classroom strategies common to a variety of teaching matters. Includes instructional planning, integrating subject matter with learner's age level and educational environment. Analysis of best practices across all academic areas, learning theories, evaluation, and specific teaching techniques. 4cr, 2nd sem, Summer Term.

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