Education Core

• SED ED 100: Introduction to Education
  Designed to orient students to the education profession.Examines topics such as aims of education, student learning, effective teaching, and good schools using inquiry from philosophy, psychology, sociology, and history. Includes 60 hours of observation and assistance in local schools. Must be taken concurrently with SED ED 101. 6cr, either sem.
• SED ED 101: Education Lab
  Orientation to school requirements and state certification. Preliminary assessment in basic mathematics skills. Introduction to the uses of educational media and technology in classrooms and online. Required of all SED undergraduate students and all other students seeking teacher licensure. Must be taken concurrently with SED ED 100. 0cr, either sem.
• SED ED 203: Eating Right/Get Moving
  Students learn how to coordinate good eating habits with the right amount and type of physical activity into their college experience. Foundations of nutrition, such as micro and macronutrients, nutrient dense foods, and the components of physical fitness as well as lifetime activities are analyzed. 2cr, on demand.
• SED ED 225: Project Citizen: Promoting Civic Engagement
  Students apply a model of citizen action (Project Citizen) to analyze and influence a current public policy of their choice. The course also examines how that model can be used to promote active and informed citizenship among youth and adults. 2cr, on demand.
• SED ED 410: Social Context of Education
  How culture, race, language, poverty, social change, urban pressures, and rural isolation affect the work of schools and other educational institutions, based upon reading, discussion, field research, and extensive writing by students. SED ED 410 A1 and ED 412 A1 must be taken in the same semester or ED 410 B1 in the fall and ED 412 B1 in the spring. 2cr.
• SED ED 412: Civic Context of Education
  Political and professional decision making in education in a democracy, emergent issues in educational policy, and the ethics of educational practice, based upon reading, discussion, planning exercises, and extensive writing by students. ED 410 A1 and ED 412 A1 must be taken in the same semester or ED 410 B1 in the fall and ED 412 B1 in the spring. 2cr.
• SED ED 500: Foundations of Educational Practices
  Open only to graduate students enrolled in classroom initial licensure programs. Focuses on learning and teaching in schools in terms of historical, philosophical, social, and political issues. An introduction to the occupation of teaching through placement in local schools, lectures, readings, written assignments, and small group discussions. 6cr, 1st sem, Summer Term.
• SED ED 501: Foundations of Educational Practice Lab
  Orientation to school requirements, state licensure, and technology. Introduction to the uses of educational media and technology in classrooms. Includes introduction to networks accessible to teachers and students. Must be taken concurrently with SED ED 500. 1st sem, Summer Term.
• SED ED 700: Intellectual History of Education I
  Not offered 2000/01
• SED ED 702: Intellectual History of Education: Development over the Life Span
  Open only to matriculated doctora students or with consent of instructor. Identifies and addresses conceptual, substantive, and historical questions about the effects of research and theories on changing views of learning throughout the life span, and the effects of these views on educational practice. The writings of theorists and researchers who have been influential over the past 100 years are emphasized.
• SED ED 703: Intellectual History of Education: Plato, Rousseau, James and Lewis
  Readings in and discussion of The Republic, Émile, Talks with Teachers, and The Abolition of Man— Intended to introduce doctoral students to the thinking and writing about significant issues in education with conceptual sophistication. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED ED 704: The Intellectual Foundations of Education
  Emphasize close readings of selections from significant philosophic texts, discussions about the issues they raise, and connections to contemporary debates about American education. Included will be selections from Locke, Franklin, Jefferson, Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Emerson, Mann, and Dewey. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED ED 950: Continuing Study
  For EdM, CAGS, and EdD candidates who have completed all coursework and who are preparing for comprehensive examinations or dissertation hearings, or are completing theses. No credit.

Note that this information may change at any time.

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