Courses

• SED SE 751: Assessment in Special Education: Procedures
  Examines both alternative assessment and standardized test instruments. Assessment practices and critical issues are addressed, including the assessment of culturally and linguistically diverse pupils. Examples include math, literacy/reading, social/adaptive behaviors, cognitive aptitude, and career-vocational considerations. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED SE 760: Special Education: Cognition, Learning, and Behavior
  Examines the incidence, etiology, and characteristics of learning disabilities, emotional disturbance, mental retardation, speed and language disabilities, developmental disabilities, and attention deficit disorder. Major theoretical models associated with these characteristics and their relationship to learning are discussed. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED SE 805: Research Work in Special Education
  Graduate students work with faculty in carrying out a specific research project or investigating a specific research area. Students working on their master's or doctoral thesis may register for a minimum of 2 credits. Variable cr.
• SED SE 807: Field Experience
  Graduate students are involved in field experiences in schools, institutions, clinics, and other human services agencies. Concurrent seminars discuss strategies of intervention and/or curriculum planning or assessment procedures. Students must register for a minimum of 2 credits. 2cr, 1st sem.
• SED SE 808: Internship: Students with Special Needs, Pre-K-8
  
• SED SE 999: Dissertation Advisement
  See SED AP 999 for description.
• SED SO 507: Student-Teaching Half Practicum: History and Social Science, 5-8
  Minimum 150 hours required. OPen only to matriculated graduate students who have completed prerequisites. For description, see SED SO 509. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED SO 508: Student-Teaching Half Practicum: History and Social Science, 8-12
  Minimum 150 hours required. OPen only to matriculated graduate students who have completed prerequisites. For description, see SED SO 510. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED SO 509: Student-Teaching Practicum: History and Social Science, 5-8
  Student teaching under joint supervision of a cooperating practitioner and a University representative. Minimum 300 hours required. 8cr, 2nd sem.
• SED SO 510: Student-Teaching Practicum: History and Social Science, 8-12
  Student teaching under joint supervision of a cooperating practitioner and a University representative. Minimum 300 hours required. 8cr, 2nd sem.
• SED SO 572: Curriculum and Special Methods for History and Social Science, 5-12
  Reviews traditional and recent curriculum materials in history or social science education for middle, junior, and senior high school. Analysis of curricular goals for grades 5-12. Development of new teaching materials and classroom techniques for social studies education at various age levels. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED SO 713: Field Experience: Intercultural Education
  Field experience in intercultural education within an educational setting. In most cases, this involves the development of instructional materials and a research project. 4cr
• SED TL 508: Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), 5-12
  Teaching methodologies for English as a Second Language at the middle- and high-school levels, including techniques for developing language skills, content-based language teaching, evaluation and adaption of materials, planning and assessment. Students participate in a field-based component. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED TL 509: Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
  Current theories of language teaching, analysis of materials, and practice in adapting and expanding textbook lessons. Focus on adult, college, and international teaching. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED TL 511: Methods of Teaching Modern Foreign Languages
  Teaching methodologies for modern foreign language, including techniques for developing language skills, communicative grammar teaching, evaluation and adaptation of material, planning and curriculum development, and assessment. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED TL 612: Student-Teaching TESOL: College and Adult
  Open only to matriculated graduate students who have completed prerequisites. Supervised student- teaching in a college or adult education program in English as a second language. Variable 3-6cr (1credit per 37.5 hours in the field), either sem.
• SED TL 614: TESOL Field Observation: International Students
  Open only to matriculated international graduate students who have completed prerequisites. Field observation in a college or adult education program in English as a second language. Minimum 10 weeks required under supervision of a cooperating practitioner. Variable 3-6cr (1credit per 37.5 hours in the field), either sem.

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