Courses

• SED ME 546: Methods of Teaching Mathematics: Middle School
  Analysis of research on strategies, activities, assessment, and materials for teaching mathematical concepts and skills, grades 5-8. Focus on structures and models of algebraic and geometric concepts and applications. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED ME 547: Methods of Teaching Mathematics: High School
  Analysis of research on strategies, activities, and materials for teaching mathematical concepts and skills, grades 8-12. Concepts from geometry, higher algebra, probability and statistics, trigonometry, and calculus. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED ME 551: Mathematics for Special Needs Students
  Examines programs for students in grades K-12 at both ends of the achievement spectrum in mathematics: the gifted student and the student with learning disabilities. Diagnostic techniques, alternative curricula, appropriate instructional strategies, and classroom organization techniques for each type of student. 4cr, either sem.
• SED ME 558: Mathematics Curriculum: Program Issues, Trends
  Analysis of historical, mathematical, and psychological factors influencing pre-K-12 mathematics curricula. Focuses on national and international standards, research on learning and teaching with understanding, and integrated curricula. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED ME 559: Mathematics for Teachers: Geometry
  Analysis of geometry following an intuitive, materials-oriented introduction, and a more formalized analysis of geometric concepts. Topics include transformational, nonmetric, Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries, as well as topology. 4cr.
• SED ME 560: Algebra for Teachers: Grades PreK-12
  Alegbra is a major strand in the mathematics curriculum. The key ideas of algebra including variable, patterns, functions, structure and representation as well as methods of thinking algebraically will be explored. Instructional stategies and assessment techniques will be presented. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED ME 565: Calculus for Teachers
  Focuses on topics in calculus with a particular emphasis on preparing high school students to understand calculus from the perspective of a student and a teacher of calculus. Identify and connects unifying themes in calculus ? derivatives, integrals, limits, approximation, and applications and modeling. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED ME 581: Advanced Topics in Algebra for Teachers
  Exploration of advanced topics in algebra with emphasis on functions and the mathematical structures of group, ring, integral domain, and field. Connections are made among advanced algebraic concepts and middle and high school mathematics. 2 or 4 cr, 1st sem.
• SED ME 851: Seminar: Mathematics Education
  This seminar course for doctoral students examines historic and current research on specific topics in mathematics education. Topics chosen that focus on current issues in the field. 4cr, either sem.
• SED PE 103: Intro. to Human Movement
  Historical, philosophical, physical, intellectual, and psychosocial reasons for human movement: emotional expression, ego development, interpersonal relationships, communication, fitness, safety, work, health, and recreation. 2cr, 1st sem.
• SED PE 211: Movement Education: Early Childhood to Adolescence
  Assists special education and elementary school teachers in the organization, planning, and integrating of motor activities. Children from the Boston public schools are taught skills in the areas of rhythms, gymnastics, creative games, and ball activities; movement principles. 2 cr, either sem. Staff On Demand
• SED PE 250: Community Leadership through Youth Sport Coaching
  This course will enable students to gain an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the youth sport coach as well as to develop basic coaching skills through classroom study of coaching theory combined with practical involvement in a community sport organization.
• SED PE 375: Psychology of Sport
  Introduction to the field of sport psychology. An overview of theory and practice related to contemporary issues in the field, including personality and performance, motivation, attention control, leadership styles, stress/arousal/anxiety, athletic counseling, performance enhancement techniques, and testing and performance motivation. 4cr, either sem.
• SED PE 501: Methods of Coaching
  Principles and problems in coaching various individual and team sports. Theory and techniques in coaching including offensive and defensive strategy and scouting. Women's and men's sports. The online version of this course is offered each summer. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED PE 505: Foundations of Sport Science
  Overview of essential concepts in the sport sciences, including: exercise, physiology, sport biomechanics, principles of strength and endurance training, and sport nutrition. Open to advanced undergraduate students and graduate students interested in the sport sciences. 2 or 3cr, either sem.
• SED PE 506: Peceptual-Motor Development
  For the classroom teacher, special education teacher, and movement specialist. Examines motor development through the life span blending theory and practice in assessing individual perceptual-motor patterns. (Offered alternate years.) 4 cr, 2nd sem.
• SED PE 507: The Structure and Functions of the Human Body for Educators
  Students will learn the fundamental principles of human anatomy and physiology with a particular focus on application to physical education, sport settings, and health education. Although students learn the structures and functions of the human body, emphasis is placed on how theory meets practice for sport and physical education. 2cr, either sem.
• SED PE 508: Curriculum and Special Methods for Physical Education
  Examines societal and educational variables associated with development of innovative programs of physical education. Emphasizes curriculum trends, current practices, and constructing courses of study in schools and agencies. 4 cr, 1st sem.
• SED PE 511: Movement Education: Early Childhood to Adolescence
  Assists special education and elementary school teachers in the organization, planning, and integrating of motor activities. Children from the Boston public schools are taught skills in the areas of rhythms, gymnastics, creative games, and ball activities; movement principles. 2 cr, either sem.
• SED PE 513: Tuesday-Thursday Program Pre-Practicum
  Provides students the opportunity to design, teach, and use reflective teaching practices with movement lessons for an inner city population at Boston University each Tuesday or Thursday. Hands-on learning experience about developmentally appropriate practices. Required for EdM Human Movement licensure. 2 cr, either sem.

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