Courses

• SED EM 716: Computer Graphics for Presentation
  Applying the elements of graphic design to the development of learning resources. Students use their acquired graphic skills to prepare overhead transparancies, visuals for display, and other graphic materials in instructional settings. Studens must supply some materials. 2cr, 2nd sem.
• SED EM 731: Developing E-Learning Courseware
  Students gain comprehensive understanding of e-learning. Students design and develop interactive web- based education and training resources based on advanced instructional design practice, theory, and research. Students evaluate e-learning resources as stand-alone products and for integration into multifaceted learning contexts. 4 cr, 1st sem.
• SED EM 810: Practicum: Instructional Technology
  Field experience offered in media facilities of industry, higher education, health services, and instructional technology-centered school activities. Students spend time in media facilities programs. Variable cr, either sem.
• SED EN 501: Examining Ethical Issues in the Secondary Classroom through Classic and Contemporary Literature
  Analyzes the role of both classic texts (e.g. Sophocles' Antigone, Homer's The Odyssey) and contemporary short fiction (e.g. Junot Diaz's Drown, Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Gloria Naylor's The Men of Brewster Place) in promoting adolescents' contemplation of important moral and ethical issues. Also includes selections from these primary texts as well as from education scholars such as Noddings, Tatum, Damon, and others. Class discussion will focus on both the primary texts themselves and relevant educational research, and attempts will be made to synthesize the two into a refined literary pedagogy. 4 cr, 2nd sem.
• SED EN 504: Student-Teaching Half Practicum: English, 5-8
  Minimum 150 hours required. For description, see SED EN 507. 4 cr, 1st sem.
• SED EN 505: Student-Teaching Half Practicum: English 8-12
  Minimum 150 hours required. For description, see SED EN 508. 4 cr, 1st sem.
• SED EN 506: Curriculum Materials and Teaching Strategies in English
  Considers research-based strategies for teaching short fiction, poetry, novels, drama, grammar, and vocabulary. The course also considers key aspects of the teaching and learning process such as lesson and unit planning, assessment, and the role of local, state and federal standards in the English/Language Arts classroom. 4 cr, 1st sem.
• SED EN 507: Student-Teaching Practicum: English, Grades 5-8
  Full-time student-teaching in selected middle schools for a period of 12 weeks. Should be taken concurrently with SED EN506. Minimum 300 hours required. 8 cr, either sem.
• SED EN 508: Student-Teaching Practicum: English, 8-12
  Full-time student teaching in selected high schools for a period of 12 weeks. Should be taken concurrently with SED EN506. Minimum 300 hours required. 8 cr, either sem.
• SED EN 609: Student-Teaching Practicum: English, 8-12
  Only for matriculated graduate students seeking current professional licensure. Full-time teaching in selected high schools. Six weeks; Minimum 150 hours required. 4 cr, either sem.
• SED HE 522: Community Health
  Examines the interrelationship of school and community health programs. Community health services, health environment, and healthful living emphasized. The responsibilities and the coordination of school and agency personnel in total health education programs are addressed. 4 cr, 1st sem.
• SED HE 523: Applied Nutrition
  Essential principles of nutrition applied to educational programs in school and community agencies. Enrichment of courses in heath education, nursing education, and allied health fields. Presentations by outstanding leaders in the areas of nutrition, medicine, public health, and education. 4 cr, either sem.
• SED HE 554: Health Education Student Teaching Grades K-12
  Licensure track health education students complete this final practicum in the public schools with a licensed health educator as their supervising practitioner. The twelve-week practicum provides the opportunity for applying theory with teaching exposure in two school settings (secondary, middle and/or elementary). 8 cr, either sem.
• SED HE 720: Selected Problems in Health Education
  Health education with emphasis on nutrition, medical self-care, substance abuse, physical exercise, and leisure from Eastern and Western perspectives. Designed for graduate students in health professions, managment, and education with interests in comprehensive health care and health promotion. Enrollment limited. 4 cr, 2nd sem.
• SED HE 722: Development of the Health Education Curriculum
  School and community influences on the development of the health education curriculum. Current practices and trends, innovative techniques, organizations for learning, and other topics applicable to health teaching for early childhood through adulthood. 4 cr, 1st sem.
• SED HE 724: Sexuality, Culture, and Human Development
  Human sexuality across the life span. A developmental approach concerned with the promotion of psychological, sociological, and physical well-being studied in multicultural contexts. The role and responsibility of health education in effecting change within the public is emphasized. 4 cr, 2nd sem.
• SED HR 500: Practicum: Human Resource Education
  Development and application of training skills in private sector programs. Required for all human resource education master's and CAGS students. 4cr.
• SED HR 510: Organizational Analysis for Human Resource Development
  This course is intended to teach students how to approach several dimensions of analyzing organizational problems and opportunities. These include describing and establishing the importance of particular problems and opportunities; documenting significant indicators of the problems and opportunities; clarifying relationships between facts and values in defining what are called problems and opportunities; using social science theories as conceptual frameworks for analyzing (a) the causes of organizational problems and (b) the potential hindering and facilitating factors involved in making changes to ameliorate problems and taking advantage of opportunities; formulating and evaluating strategies to resolve problems and utilizing opportunities; tailoring specific action recommendations to important stakeholders based on their interests, commitments, power positions, skills and resources. 4cr.
• SED HR 720: The Theory and Practice of Human Resource Education
  The course includes an analysis of the major theories and recent research of human resource education with emphasis on the assessment, design, delivery, and evaluation of workplace learning. The role of learning in organizational change and individual development is a major focus. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED HR 722: Adult Learning and Training
  Focuses on three elements of the training and development role: application of theories of adult learning; design of effective instructional programs; and models of effective platform skills. Students have an opportunity to practice and evaluate various models and theories of adult learning. 4cr, 2nd sem.

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