CI 47095 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION 1-5 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Topic varies for each offering.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-5 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CI 47096 INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION 1-5 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Student-initiated experience to pursue an area of interest not covered by a regular course offering, with the guidance of a Kent State faculty member.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Individual Investigation
Contact Hours: 1-5 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
CI 47192 STUDENT TEACHING IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION (ELR) 1-5 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Student teaching topics vary for each offering.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 3-15 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
CI 47501 TEACHING MATHEMATICS IN EARLY AND MIDDLE GRADES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 57501) Addresses pedagogical content knowledge for the teaching and learning of mathematics in grades K-9, based on the national content and process standards.
Prerequisite: MATH 14001 or MATH 14002 with a minimum C grade; and admission to advanced study.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 47502 SCIENCE TEACHING IN EARLY AND MIDDLE GRADES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 57502) Addresses pedagogical content knowledge for the teaching and learning of science in grades K-9. Students examine how to best align science practice to state and national standards.
Prerequisite: Admission to advanced study.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 47503 TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES IN EARLY AND MIDDLE GRADES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 57503) Addresses pedagogical content knowledge for the teaching and learning of social studies in grades K-9, based on the national content and process standards.
Prerequisite: Admission to advanced study.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 47504 TEACHING READING AND WRITING IN MIDDLE GRADES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 57504) Addresses pedagogical content knowledge for the teaching and learning of reading and writing in grades 4-9, based on the national content and process standards.
Prerequisite: Admission to advanced study.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 47505 INTEGRATED SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 57505) Addresses principles of teaching and learning as applied to teaching social studies and science in elementary and middle grades. Students examine how to best align social studies and science practice with state and national standards.
Prerequisite: Admission to advanced study.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 55015 PSYCHOLOGY OF COACHING 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with PESP 45015) Factors affecting athletic performance emphasizing skill, motivation, personality and practice conditions.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 57330 READING AND WRITING IN ADOLESCENCE/ADULTHOOD 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 47330) Understanding of literacy learning in adolescence and adulthood (ages 12-21) with an emphasis on strategies for text learning, literacy in electronic environments, and teaching students who struggle as readers and writers.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 57501 TEACHING MATHEMATICS IN EARLY AND MIDDLE GRADES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 47501) Addresses pedagogical content knowledge for the teaching and learning of mathematics in grades K-9, based on the national content and process standards.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 57502 SCIENCE TEACHING IN EARLY AND MIDDLE GRADES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 47502) Addresses pedagogical content knowledge for the teaching and learning of science in grades K-9. Students examine how to best align science practice to state and national standards.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 57503 TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES IN EARLY AND MIDDLE GRADES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 47503) Addresses pedagogical content knowledge for the teaching and learning of social studies in grades K-9, based on the national content and process standards.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 57504 TEACHING READING AND WRITING IN MIDDLE GRADES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 47504) Addresses pedagogical content knowledge for the teaching and learning of reading and writing in grades 4-9, based on the national content and process standards.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 57505 INTEGRATED SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 47505) Addresses principles of teaching and learning as applied to teaching social studies and science in elementary and middle grades. Students examine how to best align social studies and science practice with state and national standards.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 60199 THESIS I 2-6 Credit Hours
Thesis students must register for a total of 6 hours, 2 to 6 hours in a single semester distributed over several semesters if desired.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Masters Thesis
Contact Hours: 2-6 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
CI 60299 THESIS II 2 Credit Hours
Thesis students must continue registration each semester until all degree requirements are met.
Prerequisite: CI 60199; and Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Masters Thesis
Contact Hours: 2 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
CI 61124 EDUCATING THE GOOD CITIZEN 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 71124) Course explores the competing conceptions of citizenship education through an examination and critique of the diverse perspectives on the purposes and possibilities of citizenship education–including the contributions and influence of multicultural, international and theoretical perspectives on the meaning of educating citizens in a democracy–situating work, thinking and practice in the literature. As part of the process of reading, discussing and deliberating together, students articulate a rationale for citizenship education and develop ways to incorporate their vision for citizenship education into their work as teacher educators, practicing social studies teachers and/or community members.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 61125 ISSUES AND TRENDS IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 71125) Provides an overview of historical trends and contemporary issues in social studies education.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 61126 RESEARCH IN SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHING AND LEARNING 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 71126) Students examine, discuss and study research in the teaching and learning of social studies, as well as develop their own study of social studies teaching and learning.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 61127 TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL STUDIES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 71127) Course provides experiences with and study of various uses of technology in social studies teaching and learning. Students examine implications and effects of technology on student learning, teaching and society as a whole.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 61133 ISSUES AND TRENDS IN ELEMENTARY SCIENCE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 71133) New discoveries in science, including issues in society with direct science content. Emphasis is on practical and simple classroom applications.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 61134 RESEARCH TRENDS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 71134) Course in issues relating to research methods pertinent to science education.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 61140 CULTURE AND MULTICULTURALISM IN SCIENCE EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 71140) Provides a general introduction to the impacts of multiculturalism and the social studies of science on science education. Implications for science educational curriculum theory, classroom practice and research are explored. Teaching topics examined include race and gender in science education, culture of science and science in a global context.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 61141 NATURE OF SCIENCE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 71141) Course in issues relating to the nature of science as it impacts science education.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 63193 VARIABLE TITLE WORKSHOP IN EXERCISE, LEISURE AND SPORT 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Workshop in exercise, leisure and sport. Topics vary. Maximum 4 credit hours applied to the degree.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Workshop
Contact Hours: 1-3 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
CI 65025 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN SPORT PEDAGOGY - AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 85025) An international perspective on the investigation and study of current problems, issues and trends in sport pedagogy.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 65037 ADAPTED PHYSICAL EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 85037) Course prepares physical education teachers to provide safe, appropriate and individualized accommodations to students with disabilities. All information presented is structured around research-based and cross-culturally appropriate practices in adapted physical education that have been implemented in physical education programs globally.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 65044 PEDAGOGICAL ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 85044) An analysis of contemporary pedagogical models, practices and theories relevant to the multidimensional environments of physical education and sport.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 65055 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN SPORT PEDAGOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 85055) The analysis, development and design of curricular theory and practice in physical education and sport. An examination of current and future issues in curriculum implementation.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 65592 PRACTICUM IN ADAPTED PHYSICAL EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Supervised and supervisory experiences in motor development for all ages and abilities, including conceptual bases for assessment and individualized task analysis.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 9 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CI 65692 INTERNSHIP IN ATHLETIC COACHING 2-4 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for a maximum of 4 credits) Supervised experience in organized sport focused upon the duties of a coach; can involve one or more level (youth, school, college, professional) and sport. A focus on the philosophy, skills, strategies and tactics of coaching within contemporary society. 45 contact hours per credit. Students are required to complete Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification (BCII) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background checks and submit the results to authorized personnel at their assigned school-agency before the first day of the semester in which student teaching-internship will take place.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 6-12 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
CI 67003 TEACHER EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 77003) Course provides a broad overview of teacher education, including curriculum, organization, governance and policy.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 67007 CRITICAL REFLECTION IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION 2 Credit Hours
Capstone course for a master's degree in curriculum and instruction. Students critique their content area studies with reference to the standard of curriculum-based pedagogy. Three concepts inform this critique: continuing professional development, multicultural education, curriculum leadership for reform and renewal.
Prerequisite: CI 67001; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 67091 SEMINAR IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION 1-4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 87091)(Repeatable for credit) A wide range of topics for advanced graduate inquiry. Normally, course provides a balance of theoretical study and creative application.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1-4 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CI 67092 ADVANCED PRACTICUM AND INTERNSHIP IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Supervised practicum in curriculum design, development, implementation and-or leadership. Planned with and directed by a graduate faculty member. Students are required to complete Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification (BCII) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background checks and submit the results to authorized personnel at their assigned school-agency before the first day of the semester in which student teaching internship will take place.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 3-9 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
CI 67095 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION 1-5 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 77095)(Repeatable for credit) Specialized offerings in response to emerging or selected program needs in curriculum design, development and implementation.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-5 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 67107 CURRICULUM AND ORGANIZATION IN THE MIDDLE GRADES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 77107) Course enhances students' knowledge, skills and dispositions about curriculum history and organization of middle schools (grades 4-9) that is developmentally responsive to early adolescents, and promotes student achievement and equity. In addition, students are able to extend their knowledge, skills, techniques and professional dispositions as related to middle school students’ experiences, as well as to differentiate curriculum and assessment for diverse learners.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 67108 TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE MIDDLE GRADES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 77108) Course emphasizes theories of learning and teaching and their application to teaching in middle childhood classrooms with a diversity of learners. Major class topics include lesson planning, teaching strategies, assessment, classroom management and effective classroom instructions. In a concurrent clinical field experience, teacher candidates apply teaching methods in intermediate-middle school classrooms.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 67224 TEACHING MATHEMATICS WITH TECHNOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 77224) Students develop knowledge of research and theories regarding teaching and learning mathematics via computing devices. Students develop proficiency in the use of computing devices and software that would be used in the teaching and learning of mathematics.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 67225 RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 77225) Current research theory, methodology and results in mathematics education are investigated. Implications for instructional practice and curriculum design are examined.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 67226 IMPROVING MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 77226) Instructional psychology and materials, including technology, for the effective teaching of mathematics in grades 3-8, with a theoretical emphasis on cognitive development.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 67240 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 77240) Survey course emphasizes current debates in environmental issues, exploring the interconnectedness of ecology, understanding the impact of culture and education on notions of environmental concerns, and how these ideas can be investigated within classroom contexts. The course is designed for teachers, science educators and other concerned citizens of the earth.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 67292 PRACTICUM IN MATHEMATICAL ASSESSMENT 2 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Practicum experience in designing and administering both formal and informal assessments.
Prerequisite: Two courses from the following: ADED 52267, CI 67224, CI 67226 and/or ECED 50147; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 6 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 67314 SURVEY OF YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 77314) Presents a survey of selected types of literature appropriate for students in middle school, junior high and high school. Emphasis on evaluating, selecting and teaching.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 67339 WRITING ASSESSMENT AND RESPONSE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 77339) Exploration of issues in writing assessment, theoretical base for effective formative response to student writing and design, and implementation of writing assessment measures.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 67392 ADVANCED PRACTICUM AND INTERNSHIP IN READING 1-10 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Supervised practicum requiring application of theory and practices in reading in field settings. Planned with and directed by a graduate faculty member. Students are required to complete Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification (BCII) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background checks and submit the results to authorized personnel at their assigned school/agency before the first day of the semester in which student teaching/ internship will take place.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 3-30 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 67395 SPECIAL TOPICS IN READING 1-5 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 77395)(Repeatable for credit) Specialized offerings in response to emerging or selected program needs in reading.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-5 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 67517 NEW LITERACIES IN PRACTICE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 87517) Developing technologies are changing the very definition of literacy. Designed to provide an overview of current (and past) theory and practices related to the growing line of inquiry known as new literacies. Participants of the class follow their own paths of inquiry related to the question: How is the definition of literacy changing? Participants engage in discussions of theoretical positions related to this question (from perspectives as new literacies, multi-literacies and arts-based knowing to name a few) as well as encounter the basics of creating a blog or wiki and editing video. Appropriate for any educator who is interested in examining how new literacies are transforming the classrooms.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 67592 PRACTICUM IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION INTERVENTION 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Experience in providing leadership in designing intervention programs for schools, and designing curriculum and instruction for individual learners that experience difficulties in learning mathematics.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 9 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 67692 CLINICAL PRACTICUM IN CORRECTIVE READING 3 Credit Hours
Application of previous courses includes supervised diagnostic/prescriptive reading work with school-age pupils and diagnostic/remedial reporting.
Prerequisite: CI 67319; and graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 9 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 67791 SEMINAR IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) An in-depth exploration of the theoretical frameworks and methodologies used in current research in mathematics education.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 71124 EDUCATING THE GOOD CITIZEN 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 61124) Course explores the competing conceptions of citizenship education through an examination and critique of the diverse perspectives on the purposes and possibilities of citizenship education–including the contributions and influence of multicultural, international and theoretical perspectives on the meaning of educating citizens in a democracy–situating work, thinking and practice in the literature. As part of the process of reading, discussing and deliberating together, students articulate a rationale for citizenship education and develop ways to incorporate their vision for citizenship education into their work as teacher educators, practicing social studies teachers and/or community members.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 71125 ISSUES AND TRENDS IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 61125) Provides an overview of historical trends and contemporary issues in social studies education.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 71126 RESEARCH IN SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHING AND LEARNING 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 61126) Students examine, discuss and study research in the teaching and learning of social studies, as well as develop their own study of social studies teaching and learning.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 71127 TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL STUDIES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 61127) Course provides experiences with and study of various uses of technology in social studies teaching and learning. Students examine implications and effects of technology on student learning, teaching and society as a whole.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 71133 ISSUES AND TRENDS IN ELEMENTARY SCIENCE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 61133) New discoveries in science, including issues in society with direct science content. Emphasis is on practical and simple classroom applications.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 71134 RESEARCH TRENDS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 61134) Course in issues relating to research methods pertinent to science education.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 71140 CULTURE AND MULTICULTURALISM IN SCIENCE EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 61140) Provides a general introduction to the impacts of multiculturalism and the social studies of science on science education. Implications for science educational curriculum theory, classroom practice and research are explored. Teaching topics examined include race and gender in science education, culture of science and science in a global context..
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 71141 NATURE OF SCIENCE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 61141) Course in issues relating to the nature of science as it impacts science education.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 75592 PRACTICUM IN ADAPTED PHYSICAL EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Supervised and supervisory experiences in motor development for all ages and abilities, including conceptual bases for assessment and individualized task analysis.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 9 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CI 77003 TEACHER EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 67003) Course provides a broad overview of teacher education, including curriculum, organization, governance and policy.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 77092 ADVANCED PRACTICUM IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Supervised practicum in curriculum design, development, implementation and-or leadership. Planned with and directed by a graduate faculty member. Students are required to complete Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification (BCII) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background checks and submit the results to authorized personnel at their assigned school-agency before the first day of the semester in which student teaching internship will take place.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 3-9 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
CI 77095 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION 1-5 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 67095)(Repeatable for credit) Specialized offerings in response to emerging or selected program needs in curriculum design, development and implementation.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-5 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 77107 CURRICULUM AND ORGANIZATION IN THE MIDDLE GRADES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 67107) Course enhances students' knowledge, skills and dispositions about curriculum history and organization of middle schools (grades 4-9) that is developmentally responsive to early adolescents, and promotes student achievement and equity. In addition, students are able to extend their knowledge, skills, techniques and professional dispositions as related to middle school students’ experiences, as well as to differentiate curriculum and assessment for diverse learners.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 77108 TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE MIDDLE GRADES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 67108) Course emphasizes theories of learning and teaching and their application to teaching in middle childhood classrooms with a diversity of learners. Major class topics include lesson planing, teaching strategies, assessment, classroom management and effective classroom instructions. In a concurrent clinical field experience, teacher candidates apply teaching methods in intermediate-middle school classrooms.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 77224 TEACHING MATHEMATICS WITH TECHNOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 67224) Students develop knowledge of research and theories regarding teaching and learning mathematics via computing devices. Students develop proficiency in the use of computing devices and software that would be used in the teaching and learning of mathematics.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 77225 RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 67225) Current research theory, methodology and results in mathematics education are investigated. Implications for instructional practice and curriculum design are examined.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 77226 IMPROVING MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 67226) Instructional psychology and materials, including technology, for the effective teaching of mathematics in grades 3-8, with a theoretical emphasis on cognitive development.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 77240 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 67240) Survey course emphasizing current debates in environmental issues, exploring the interconnectedness of ecology, understanding the impact of culture and education on notions of environmental concerns, and how these ideas can be investigated within classroom contexts. The course is designed for teachers, science educators and other concerned citizens of the earth.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 77292 PRACTICUM IN MATHEMATICAL ASSESSMENT 2 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Practicum experience in designing and administering both formal and informal assessments.
Prerequisite: Two courses from the following: ADED 52267, CI 77224, CI 77226 and/or ECED 50147; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 6 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 77314 SURVEY OF YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 67314) Presents a survey of selected types of literature appropriate for students in middle school, junior high and high school. Emphasis on evaluating, selecting and teaching.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 77339 WRITING ASSESSMENT AND RESPONSE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 67339) Exploration of issues in writing assessment, theoretical base for effective formative response to student writing, and design and implementation of writing assessment measures.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 77392 ADVANCED PRACTICUM AND INTERNSHIP IN READING 1-10 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Supervised program requiring application of theory and practices in reading in field settings. Planned with and directed by a graduate faculty member. Students are required to complete Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification (BCII) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background checks and submit the results to authorized personnel at their assigned school/agency before the first day of the semester in which student teaching/internship will take place.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 3-30 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 77395 SPECIAL TOPICS IN READING 1-5 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 67395)(Repeatable for credit) Specialized offerings in response to emerging or selected program needs in reading.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-5 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 77592 PRACTICUM IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION INTERVENTION 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Experience in providing leadership in designing intervention programs for schools, and designing curriculum and instruction for individual learners that experience difficulties in learning mathematics.
Prerequisite: ADED 52267 and CI 77224 and CI 77226 and ECED 50147; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 9 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 77791 SEMINAR IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) An in-depth exploration of the theoretical frameworks and methodologies used in current research in mathematics education.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 85025 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN SPORT PEDAGOGY - AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 65025) An international perspective on the investigation and study of current problems, issues and trends in sport pedagogy.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 85037 ADAPTED PHYSICAL EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 65037) Course prepares physical education teachers to provide safe, appropriate and individualized accommodations to students with disabilities. All information presented is structured around research-based and cross-culturally appropriate practices in adapted physical education that have been implemented in physical education programs globally.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 85044 PEDAGOGICAL ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 65044) An analysis of contemporary pedagogical models, practices and theories relevant to the multidimensional environments of physical education and sport.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 85055 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN SPORT PEDAGOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 65055) The analysis, development and design of curricular theory and practice in physical education and sport. An examination of current and future issues in curriculum implementation.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 87091 SEMINAR IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION 1-4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 87091)(Repeatable for credit) A wide range of topics for advanced graduate inquiry. Normally, course provides a balance of theoretical study and creative application.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1-4 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CI 87340 RESEARCH IN READING 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to a perspective on psychological processes underlying levels of reading from pre-reading to mature reading with implications for instruction.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 87342 SEMINAR IN READING AND LANGUAGE 3 Credit Hours
Exploration of some of the issues, methods and findings on the relationship of reading and language. Examination of selected issues such as dialect bilingualism readability language based-strategies for reading instruction.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 87343 RESEARCH IN TEACHING OF WRITING 3 Credit Hours
Issues and methodologies in research in the teaching of writing. Students review the literature and conduct research in a significant area of writing instruction.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 87391 SEMINAR IN READING 1-4 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Variable topic seminar for advanced study of specialized areas and topics. Normally designed around research and theory applied to practice.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 87398 RESEARCH IN READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS 1-15 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Students pursue an individualized research project on a specialized topic with approval and under direction of instructor.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Research
Contact Hours: 1-15 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 87517 NEW LITERACIES IN PRACTICE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CI 67517) Developing technologies are changing the very definition of literacy. Designed to provide an overview of current (and past) theory and practices related to the growing line of inquiry known as new literacies. Participants of the class follow their own paths of inquiry related to the question: How is the definition of literacy changing? Participants engage in discussions of theoretical positions related to this question (from perspectives as new literacies, multi-literacies and arts-based knowing to name a few) as well as encounter the basics of creating a blog or wiki and editing video. Appropriate for any educator who is interested in examining how new literacies are transforming the classrooms.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CI 87791 DOCTORAL SEMINAR IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for a maximum of 12 credit hours) Variable content seminar covering mathematics education. Students must seek faculty advisor recommendation prior to registration.
Prerequisite: Curriculum and Instruction major; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1-3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter