Courses

The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular semester. Please refer to the published schedule of classes on the MyBU Student Portal for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.

• SED HD 400: Internship in Applied Human Development
  Opportunity to complete a semester-long, 75-hour internship at a non-profit organization in the Greater Boston community. Bi-weekly seminars to process the experience with peers and to explore career choices with mentors.
• SED HD 410: 200-Hour Practicum
  This course offers 200 hours of professional experience in child and adolescent mental health, opportunities to apply theory and research in human development and clinical psychology in community settings, and to acquire skills relevant for social service careers.
• SED HD 415: Practicum/Capstone Seminar
  This course provides opportunities for reflection, self-assessment and program evaluation. Students will produce an e-portfolio documenting the knowledge and practical skills they have gained in the course of completing the specialization in child and adolescent mental health.
• SED HD 500: Directed Study
  By arrangement; no description.
• SED HD 510: Positive Youth Development
  This course will introduce students to the historical and contemporary understandings of Positive Youth Development. Students will explore adolescent development and identify developmental milestones, local context, and potential exposure to adversity that may be present during the period of adolescence, as well as the way(s) Positive Youth Development can help foster healthy adolescent development. Various models of Positive Youth Development will be examined in the context of various youth-serving settings, including schools, sports, communities, and after-school programs.
• SED HD 511: Social and Policy Perspective in Positive Youth Development
  This course explores the broader systemic and policy issues of positive youth development. Understanding of development within diverse cultural contexts and the integration of this knowledge by youth serving systems are critical perspectives in this course.
• SED HD 512: Transformational Leadership in Positive Youth Development
  Transformational leadership is a model of leadership that emphasizes change, growth, and teamwork. In the often underfunded and overworked fields of Positive Youth Development, transformational leadership is a highly desirable trait in employees and managers. This course will explore the characteristics of transformational leadership and transformational leaders relative to Positive Youth Development settings through readings and case studies.
• SED HD 513: Language Development and Culture in PYD
  Examines the relationships between language and social identities like culture, class, race, ethnicity, and gender. Explores implications for cross-cultural communication in diverse settings. Considers issues of linguistic diversity within their broad sociopolitical and philosophical contexts.
• SED HD 526: Meaning & Development of Play
  Examines play from birth through adolescence, its role in social, emotional and cognitive development, its therapeutic and educational value, how the environment, including toys and media, shapes play, and how to promote quality play in diverse settings with diverse children. Graduate. 4 cr.
• SED HD 530: Sport: Imperialism and Liberation
  Sport: Imperialist and Liberator explores sport's deep-seeded roots of systemic oppression and supremacy. An anti-oppression framework will scaffold examinations of racism, sexism, nationalism, violence, power, religion, and capitalism.
• SED HD 600: AHD Practicum
  This seminar is designed to support the practicum experience of students in the semester in which they are completing a practicum working with students in a youth serving organization. The seminars include the presentation of content related to the practicum and discussions related to students' fieldwork placements.
• SED HD 610: The Psychology of Oppression and Liberation
  Examines psychological effects of social oppression and liberation, and the psychological requirements that sustain these ideas. Explores dynamics of resistance, healing, and liberation. Interrogates systems of oppression regarding race, social class, gender, sexuality, and ability. Integrates intersectional and global perspectives.
• SED HE 221: Foundations of Health Education
  Provides the foundation for improving health through modification of daily habits and lifestyle decisions. Analysis of nutrition, exercise, stress, substance abuse, and environmental health. 2 cr.
• 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, management, and education with interests in comprehensive health care and health promotion. 4 cr.
• SED HE 722: Curriculum Development for Health, Movement and Wellness
  For individuals in a variety of settings involved in planning curricula related to health, movement and wellness. Explores influences on curriculum development and implementation in a variety of settings, including schools and communities, focusing on effective planning for behavior change in a variety of populations within schools and communities. 4 cr.
• SED LC 500: Directed Study
  Open to undergraduate students only. Prereq: Signed plan of study must be submitted in advance of registration on a Directed study form obtained from the SED Office of Records. Var cr.
• SED LC 900: Independent Study
  See SED AP 900 for description. Prereq: Approval of advisor. Signed plan of study must be submitted in advance of registration on an Independent study form obtained from the SED Office of Records. Var cr.
• SED LC 999: Dissertation Advisement
  See SED AP 999 for description.
• SED LR 501: Teaching of Reading
  For upper level undergraduate and beginning graduate students without experience in teaching. Study of literacy development in childhood-early adolescence and implications for teaching and learning. Includes integration of educational media/technology, discussion of theory/research, and applications to effective lesson planning. Effective Spring 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Digital/Multimedia Expression, Writing- Intensive Course, Creativity/Innovation. 4 cr. Either sem.
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  • Digital/Multimedia Expression
  • Creativity/Innovation
  • Writing-Intensive Course
• SED LR 503: Reading and Writing Assessment
  For undergraduate students in Special Education and Elementary Education. Introduction of informal and formal assessment of reading and writing knowledge and strategies among students in general education classrooms. Includes analysis of prototypic case studies. Provides a foundation for a two-credit module (SED SE 515) that addresses the particular needs of special populations. 2 cr.

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