Courses

The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular term. 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.

• WED CH 516: METH ER CH K-3
  Examines theories of and develop specific competencies in reading and language arts; general teaching strategies; basic elements of curriculum design; and institutional policies and practices of elementary education. Develops competency in providing effective instruction across the language arts curriculum to culturally and linguistically diverse learners. 3 cr.
• WED CH 517: ELEM SCI METHOD
  Examines theories of and develop specific competencies in social studies; general teaching strategies; basic elements of curriculum design; and institutional policies and practices of elementary education. Develops competency in providing effective social studies instruction across the curriculum to culturally and linguistically diverse learners. 3 cr.
• WED CH 518: ELEM SOC METHOD
  Examines theories of and develop specific competencies in science education; general teaching strategies; basic elements of curriculum design; and institutional policies and practices of elementary education. Develops competency in providing effective science instruction across the curriculum to culturally and linguistically diverse learners. 3 cr.
• WED CH 655: Student-Teaching Practicum: Elementary 1-6
  Graduate Prerequisites: Open only to matriculated graduate students who have completed prerequ isites and have passed the School of Education Literacy Test. - Supervised student teaching in a classroom for grades 1-6. Includes curriculum development, methods of instruction, and evaluation of the learner. Open only to degree candidates who have completed CH515. Fldwk w/ seminar. 8 cr.
• WED CH 656: ST TCH EL LAB
  Supervised student teaching in a classroom for grades 1-6. Includes curriculum development, methods of instruction, and evaluation of the learner. Open only to degree candidates who have completed methods courses. Fieldwork w/seminar.
• WED CL 210: Child and Family Health Systems
  Introduces students to the history and development of the U.S. health care system from a family-centered care perspective, including identification of the organizations and professional disciplines serving children and their families. Focuses on the psychosocial, financial and emotional costs of health care and introduces students to the profession of Child Life. 4 cr
• WED CL 520: Child Development and Family in Healthcare
  Introduces research and literature on the psychosocial needs of children and families in health care settings. Focuses on theories of development, play, preparation, coping and delivery of family-centered care in the context of health care. 4 cr
• WED CL 521: Methods and Materials in Child Life
  Explores relationships between child life play activities and child development theories, stressing the acquisition of practical skills needed for child life programming. 4 cr
• WED CL 522: Clinical Issues in Child Development and Child Life
  Provides skills to plan, implement, document, and assess developmentally appropriate child life interventions including coping with medical procedures, family-centered care, ethics, expressive activities, crisis intervention, and pain management. 4 cr
• WED CL 523: Clinical Internship and Seminar I (400 hr)
  Provides a 400-hour internship opportunity under the direct supervision of a certified Child Life Specialist in a hospital setting with focus on developing skills based on the Child Life Competencies. Students participate in weekly process seminar at the college. 8 cr
• WED CL 620: Child Life Program Development
  Provides skills to plan, implement, document, and assess Child Life program objectives and strategic planning, including child health systems, alternative settings, grant writing, professional presentations, group dynamics, interdisciplinary collaboration, and supervision. 4 cr
• WED CL 621: Clinical Internship and Seminar II (200 hr)
  Provides a 200-hour internship opportunity under the direct supervision of a certified Child Life Specialist in a community, outpatient, or primary care setting with a focus on developing skills based on the Child Life Competencies. 4 cr
• WED CL 900: Independent Study
  INDEPENDENT STD
• WED CT 500: Directed Study
  Prereq: Approval of advisor. Signed plan of study must be submitted in advance of registration on a Directed study form obtained from the SED Office of Records. Student initiated directed study to be completed with faculty member. Var cr.
• WED CT 526: Family & Community Engagement for Teachers
  Explores the ways that schools can work closely with families, communities, and community agencies to increase connections and mutual assistance. Consistent with DESE regulations, this course emphasizes collaborative relationships with families and with community partners such as youth- serving organizations, health and safety agencies, and other groups and businesses. 4cr.
• WED CT 534: A Practical Approach to Classroom Management
  Designed to support middle and secondary teachers in developing a practical, effective and low-stress approach to classroom management. The course focuses on a classroom management system with four components: classroom structure, limit-setting, responsibility training and back-up systems. Participants will develop effective classroom management practices, break current "high cost" and ineffective strategies, and establish a proactive, positive classroom setting that maximizes time on learning and minimizes classroom disruptions. 2 cr.
• WED CT 550: Teacher Leadership in Curriculum and Instruction
  Increases capacity of experienced teachers to provide innovative and effective assistance for other teachers. Focus: understanding and accepting teacher leadership, designing and implementing long-term professional development, and improvements in school culture. Primary for teachers in overseas programs.
• WED CT 556: Classroom Assessment
  Emphasizes principles and procedures of assessment that are of primary importance to educational practitioners. Includes diagnostic tests, construction of classroom tests, observation techniques, and performance measures; norm- and criterion-referenced assessment; uses of standardized tests, current issues and controversies. 4cr.
• WED CT 721: Analysis and Design of Curriculum
  This course explores theoretical approaches to curriculum design. Students analyze and critique curricula through a critical lens, and develop their own original curriculum map and unit plan for a course in their area of teaching using principles of backward design.
• WED CT 750: Basic Principles of Teaching and Learning
  This course explores research into how people learn, contrasts models of teaching, and examines contemporary research- and standards-based approaches to teaching and learning. Students engage in micro-teachings and design learning plans using principles of backward design. 4cr. either sem.