Education

Wheelock College of Education & Human Development

  • The History of Boston University

    WED AP 555

    How did Boston University evolve from a rural seminary to an elite research university' What implications could the study of BU history have on the practice of professional education' This course explores the intellectual and institutional changes that occasioned "the spectacular development" of BU and then uses this history as a reflexive tool. Students access archival materials, tour historic sites, and construct historical narratives. Students also reflect on both their experiences and the work of education to enhance future practice. Effective Summer 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Historical Consciousness, The Individual in Community, Creativity/Innovation. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Student Affairs in Higher Education

    WED AP 622

    Online offering. Focuses on university divisions intentionally structured to shape students' character, to foster students' development, to provide services, and to educate students via various co-curricular and extra-curricular experiences. Develops a deep understanding of the history, philosophy, and mission of Student Affairs within the context of higher education. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 2 (July 1-August 18)

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  • Equity & Community Partnership

    WED AP 641

    This course outlines a framework and developmental theory of equity; uses rubrics and assessments to support individual and organizational development; introduces tools and strategy formulation; and, mobilizes community assets to build strategic plans for current challenges faced by community leaders. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 2 (July 1-August 18)

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  • Leadership Seminar: Cultivating a Leadership Disposition 2

    WED AP 706

    The second of three summer two-credit seminars, this course is designed to help students develop the personal and professional dispositions they need in order to exercise effective leadership in school- and district-based settings. Through an exploration of classic and current literature, students come to understand the ways in which research and practice interact and inform each other. The theoretical studies presented in this seminar are analyzed from the perspective of practitioners in a variety of educational settings, focusing on their real-life application to the challenges and opportunities educational leaders face every day. Class discussions, small group work, guest speakers, case studies, and presentations afford students the occasion to engage scholarship in an active and practical manner. 2 cr. Tuition: $1630

    Twelve-week course (May 20-June 27)

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  • Advanced Budgeting, Finance and Labor Relations

    WED AP 762

    This course equips students with knowledge and skills needed to manage school finance, budgeting, labor and governance issues. Primarily through in-class case studies, supplemented by lectures, presentations, readings, assignments and other activities, students will learn about management and governance. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 2 (July 7-July 18)

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  • Applied Positive Psychology

    WED CE 630

    Focuses on the scientific study of psychological aspects of living a fulfilling and flourishing life. Topics include happiness, empathy, optimism, friendship, goal setting, achievement, emotion, creativity, humor, and mindfulness. Students become familiar with theory and research in this relatively new subfield and critically consider application to their teaching, coaching, leadership, and/or counseling. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Clinical Assessment: Psychological Testing

    WED CE 726

    Introduction to the major assessment techniques in the field: interviews and psychometric tests. Test construction, reliability and validity will be presented. The major standardized instruments for measuring intellectual abilities and achievement, personality traits and functioning, aptitudes and interests, will be surveyed. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Substance Abuse and Treatment

    WED CE 769

    Provides a comprehensive overview of the field of substance abuse, its prevention practices, and treatment modalities. Using a biopsychosocial perspective, students learn the physiological and psychological effects of alcohol and other drugs, and the effects of substance abuse on individuals, families, and communities. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Theories of Group Counseling

    WED CE 847

    A conceptual and experiential introduction to group dynamics. Participation in ongoing training group while studying the dynamics of group development. Covers group counseling approaches and models, issues of small group leadership, and styles of leadership. Treatment of group counseling goals, composition, phases, and research. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Family & Community Engagement for Teachers

    WED CT 526

    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. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • A Practical Approach to Classroom Management

    WED CT 534

    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 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. Tuition: $1630

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Classroom Assessment

    WED CT 556

    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. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • American Sign Language 2

    WED DE 382

    This is the second level of American Sign Language (ASL). It is designed for the further development of students' proficiency in ASL, focusing on somewhat less frequently used signs, more complex lexical and grammatical structures, and more advanced conversational skills. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Oral and/or Signed Communication. Prerequisites: SED DE 381 or SED DE 581. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

    BU Financial Aid: Summer Term HUB Courses

    Financial aid may be available to BU need-based scholarship recipients for certain HUB courses in summer 2025, including this one. For more information, please contact BU Financial Assistance at 617-353-2965 or finaid@bu.edu. Check out Summer 2025 HUB Course Scholarship eligibility requirements to see if you qualify.

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  • Professional Seminar in Deaf Education

    WED DE 501

    The professional seminar serves as an orientation to Bilingual Deaf Education, and surveys current trends in the field as well as cutting edge scholarship. During the seminar, students will have an opportunity to learn from leaders in research, advocacy, curriculum development, Deaf literature and more. Students will also select a specialization during this course. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Digital Media Creation

    WED DE 502

    Sign language texts and instructional materials are typically documented via video. In this course students will learn the basic skills needed to create digital media and instructional resources. These skills include how to shoot video footage of people using sign language, how to a use green screen, how to edit footage to make various types of videos, and how to add captions and video descriptions. 2 cr. Tuition: $1630

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • American Sign Language 2

    WED DE 582

    Undergraduate Prerequisites: (WED DE 381 or WED DE 581). - This is the second level of American Sign Language (ASL). It is designed for the further development of students' proficiency in ASL, focusing on somewhat less frequently used signs, more complex lexical and grammatical structures, and more advanced conversational skills. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Oral and/or Signed Communication. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

    BU Financial Aid: Summer Term HUB Courses

    Financial aid may be available to BU need-based scholarship recipients for certain HUB courses in summer 2025, including this one. For more information, please contact BU Financial Assistance at 617-353-2965 or finaid@bu.edu. Check out Summer 2025 HUB Course Scholarship eligibility requirements to see if you qualify.

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  • Introduction to Adolescent Development

    WED DS 502

    Develops important understandings of cognitive, social-emotional, and identity developing during adolescence, as well as the role that educators can play in fostering the mindsets, skillsets, character strengths, and contexts that adolescents need to grow into healthy and high-performing adults. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Social Inquiry I. 2 cr. Tuition: $1630

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Equity and Democracy in Action

    WED ED 679

    Facilitates students¿ development of a digital capstone portfolio that reveals a plan for facilitating equity that implicates social, cultural, and political practices and policies reflective of a healthy democracy. 2 cr. Tuition: $1630

    Summer 1 (May 6-June 23)

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  • Thesis: Equity and Social Justice in Practice

    WED ED 700

    This course is relevant for students in their final stages of formatting and refining their Master's theses. It builds on the preparatory work begun in previous courses that examine or engage students in several aspects of the research process. 2 cr. Tuition: $1630

    Summer 1 (May 6-June 23)

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  • The Psychology of Oppression and Liberation

    WED HD 610

    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. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 1 (May 6-June 23)

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  • Applied Linguistics: Language & Linguistics Survey

    WED LS 565

    An introduction to contemporary linguistics, including the study of language structure, language use and variation, and applied linguistics. Students will explore the systematic yet complex nature of language by taking a scientific approach to thinking about language. The technical knowledge about language gained in this course will serve as a foundation for more advanced courses in linguistics and/or for any future language-related career. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Second Language Acquisition

    WED LS 658

    This course will provide an examination of approaches and major theories of second language acquisition (SLA). What can be observed about how people acquire a second language' How do the various SLA theories, models, and hypotheses explain each of these observations' How can an understanding of SLA theory inform language instruction' We will explore foundational theories and approaches in SLA, investigate contemporary thinking from a variety of perspectives, and form knowledge and ideas of how languages are acquired, based on empirical research. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Mathematical Reasoning in the Elementary Grades: Number Systems

    WED ME 503

    Designed for students who are preparing to become K-6 teachers. Students re-envision the teaching and learning of elementary mathematics by exploring these topics: place value, whole numbers and operations, fractions, decimals, and elementary number theory. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Mathematical Reasoning in the Elementary Grades: Algebra, Geometry, Statistics

    WED ME 504

    Graduate prerequisites: (WED ME 503). Designed for students majoring in elementary education, special education, and Deaf education preparing to teach children in grades 1-6. Students explore: pre-algebra, proportional reasoning, geometry, measurement, and statistics. Students also examine their own mathematical identity and connect these ideas to the elementary classroom. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Equitable Pedagogies in STEM Education

    WED ME 530

    Interrogates how race, class, language, and culture affect students' opportunities to learn mathematics and science. Different pedagogies (e.g., culturally responsive teaching, teaching for social justice) that target these opportunity gaps are introduced, discussed, and debated. 2 cr. Tuition: $1630

    Summer 2 (July 22-August 7)

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  • Problem Solving in Mathematics

    WED ME 563

    This course engages participants in collaborative problem solving and problem posing while exploring the role of productive struggle in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Effective Spring 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Oral and/or Signed Communication, Quantitative Reasoning I, Critical Thinking. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Methods of Coaching

    WED PE 501

    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. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Introduction to Research

    WED RS 600

    Designed to introduce students to social science research methods including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed method approaches to education inquiry. Students will develop skills in conducting literature searches, reading empirical research studies, and applying these methods. Students leave the course better able to critically examine research presented in the mass media, critically engage with research in the workplace, and participate in research-based efforts to improve education. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Research for Equity and Social Justice

    WED RS 630

    This course is designed to introduce students to educational research with a focus on equity and democracy, and to complement research apprenticeship experiences in conducting research studies aimed at changing the systems of entrenched inequities in education. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 2 (July 1-August 18)

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  • Foundations of Science Education

    WED SC 575

    Provides an introduction to modern learning theory emphasizing inquiry learning in the classroom for science and engineering. The four-credit option includes a pre-practicum for pre-service teachers. Variable cr. Tuition: $815 per credit

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Behavioral and Emotional Problems: Characteristics and Methods

    WED SE 502

    Introduces students to childhood emotional and behavioral disorders. Students will identify questions to ask if they believe a student may have an emotional/behavioral disorder, identify resources within the educational system and the broader mental health system, and discuss evidence-based interventions. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Special Education: Curriculum and Instruction

    WED SE 510

    Designed to develop an understanding of the historical background and legal framework of special education, various disabilities (etiology, diagnostic criteria and process, and learner characteristics), and instructional practices and behavioral support strategies. For elementary and secondary content area teachers. 2 cr. Tuition: $1630

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Assessment In Special Education: Procedures

    WED SE 751

    Undergraduate Prerequisites: WED SE 706 - Designed to develop the knowledge/skills related to the assessment of students who are in or being referred to special education. Includes legal requirements, culturally-/linguistically-responsive practices, various assessments in multiple domains, and procedures for administering tests, scoring, interpreting, and reporting. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Teaching Media Literacy

    WED SO 578

    Students investigate research in (and develop classroom lessons for) media literacy. Students deepen their understanding of journalism and "fake news" (in the digital age) and how various forms of media can protect or undermine democracy. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Teaching English Language Learners in Middle/High Schools

    WED TL 525

    Focus on theory/research related to teaching English language learners and the implications for effective language, literacy, and content-area assessment and instructional practices in Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) classrooms in middle/high schools. For students seeking licensure at the 5-12 level. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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