 | | Course ID: | EDEL 4000. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Problems in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Selected students are permitted to secure specialized training appropriate to the needs of the individual. The student's project may involve intensive library investigation in a special field or the collection and analysis of original data pertinent to a given problem. | | Athena Title: | Special Problems Elementary Ed | | Nontraditional Format: | Individual/special projects. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 4010. 1-3 hours. | | Course Title: | Orientation to Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Translation of theories about how children learn into ideas for application in the classroom. Bases for developmentally appropriate practices are examined in light of the students' own experiences as learners. | | Athena Title: | Orientation to Elementary Ed | | Nontraditional Format: | This course provides a variety of mechanisms for introducing
students to early childhood education. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 4010L. 1-3 hours. 2-6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Orientation to Elementary Education Laboratory | Course
Description: | Exploring the communities where Pre-K-5th grade students and their families live and work. Developing habits of mind for viewing children, families, and communities with empathy and curiosity. Locating resources in children's lives, which can then be drawn on in classroom teaching and learning. | | Athena Title: | Orientation to EDEL Lab | | Nontraditional Format: | This course is field-based. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 4015L. 1-3 hours. 2-6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Integrated Creative Arts in Early Childhood Education Laboratory | Course
Description: | Active experiences in integrating the performing and visual arts
in the early childhood classroom. | | Athena Title: | Creative Arts ECE Lab | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 4015/6015. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Integrated Creative Arts in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Candidates will learn how to integrate the performing arts (dance,
music, theater) and the visual arts as primary media for
communication, inquiry, and engagement among P-5 students.
Developing child creative arts through drawing, painting,
sculpture, and crafts appropriate for young children will be
covered. | | Athena Title: | Creative Arts Elem Education | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 4020L. 1-3 hours. 2-6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Principles and Practices in Elementary Education Laboratory | Course
Description: | Field experiences in grades Pre-K-5th, including observation of
children in classroom contexts and design and teaching of an
inquiry project with groups of students. | | Athena Title: | Princ and Pract in EDEL Lab | | Nontraditional Format: | This course is field-based. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 4020. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Culturally Responsive Pedagogy | Course
Description: | General approaches to culturally responsive pedagogy, including how elementary teachers cultivate meaningful relationships and asset-based knowledge about diverse children and families to inform responsive content-area lesson planning. How teachers implement culturally responsive classroom management and how teachers demonstrate high expectations for student learning and achievement. | | Athena Title: | Culturally Responsive Pedagogy | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 4030. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Integrated Curricular Practices in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Develop philosophical perspectives of teaching and classroom management, consider effective parent-teacher relations, and connect with the wider community as a resource context for teaching and learning. Plan and teach an integrated, thematic curriculum unit for prekindergarten through grade five as part of the field component. | | Athena Title: | Integr Curr Pract in EDEL | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 4030L. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Integrated Curricular Practices in Elementary Education Laboratory | Course
Description: | Active involvement in the life of a Pre-K-5th grade classroom,
including experience with planning, teaching, and assessing
integrated lessons as well as organizing and guiding classroom
learning communities. | | Athena Title: | Integr Curr Pract in EDEL Lab | | Nontraditional Format: | This course is field-based and provides opportunities to spend
time in classrooms in schools. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 4040. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | A forum for issues of professionalism connected to professional teaching experiences. Topics may vary depending on student-generated issues and concerns. | | Athena Title: | Spec Topics EDEL Ed | | Corequisite: | EDEL 5460 or EDEL 5460E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 4050. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The History of Hip Hop and Pedagogy | Course
Description: | The history of Hip Hop music and culture of Hip Hop-based
education. Students will learn Hip Hop's origins, traditions,
and how current Hip Hop music and culture has been influenced
by urban youth's social, cultural, educational, and political
identities to influence teaching practices. | | Athena Title: | History of Hip Hop Pedagogy | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence
to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry
into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth
of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as
the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth
of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as
the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the
4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or
capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and
apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research
project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback
from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 5460. 3-18 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Student Teaching in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | A prekindergarten through grade five classroom teaching experience under the direction of a teacher and an elementary education university instructor. | | Athena Title: | Student Teaching in EDEL | | Nontraditional Format: | Student teaching/field based in schools. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 6000. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Problems in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Library investigation or the collection and analysis of original data pertinent to a given problem. | | Athena Title: | Special Problems in Elem Educ | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent study. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 6020. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 3 hours credit. 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Field Practicum in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Field experiences in grades Pre-K-5th, including reflective decision making that incorporates the major themes, concepts, and skills involved in organizing, planning, and developing instruction in elementary classrooms. | | Athena Title: | Practicum in EDEL | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 6021. 2-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Pre-Clinical Practice Field Practicum | Course
Description: | Active involvement in the life of pre-K through 5th grade
classrooms, including experience with planning, teaching, and
assessing integrated lessons based on understanding of children
and their learning and reflection and self-evaluation of teaching
practice. | | Athena Title: | Pre-Clinical Field | | Nontraditional Format: | Practicum. | | Prerequisite: | EDEL 6020 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 6025. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Principles and Practices in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Reflective decision making that incorporates the major themes, concepts, and skills involved in organizing, planning, and developing instruction in elementary classrooms. | | Athena Title: | Principles and Practices EDEL | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 6030. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Integrated Curricular Practices in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Develop philosophical perspectives of teaching and classroom
management, consider effective parent-teacher relations, and
connect with the wider community as a resource context for
teaching and learning. Plan and teach an integrated, thematic
curriculum unit for prekindergarten through grade five as part of
the field component. | | Athena Title: | Integrated Curr Prac EDEL | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 6040. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Learning Ecologies I: Equity, Access, and Inclusion in Context | Course
Description: | Drawing on critical, sociocultural, and anthropological theories in education, this initial course will ground new EDEL Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) teacher candidates’ explorations of equity, access, and inclusion in diverse elementary classrooms, pre-K-5. Students will engage in community-based research and learning about their professional roles as citizens, advocates, and classroom activists. | | Athena Title: | Learning Ecologies I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 6040E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 6040L. 1 hour. 3-6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Learning Ecologies I Laboratory | Course
Description: | In this practicum experience, students will engage in fieldwork in communities where pre-K-5th grade students and their families live and work. Field supervisors will work with course instructors to facilitate experiences aligned with course content in elementary education theory and practice. | | Athena Title: | Learning Ecologies I Lab | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 6040E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Learning Ecologies I: Equity, Access, and Inclusion in Context | Course
Description: | Drawing on critical, sociocultural, and anthropological theories in education, this initial course will ground new EDEL Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) teacher candidates’ explorations of equity, access, and inclusion in diverse elementary classrooms, pre-K-5. Students will engage in community-based research and learn about their professional roles as citizens, advocates, and classroom activists. | | Athena Title: | Learning Ecologies I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 6040 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 6045E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Elementary Education Theory and Practice | Course
Description: | Applying critical pedagogies, students will learn educational theories and curricular models while also developing lesson plans that employ critical pedagogy. When possible, the course will seek to connect to opportunities to implement lesson plans created with children in out-of-school settings. | | Athena Title: | Intro EDEL Theory and Practice | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 6045 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 6045. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Elementary Education Theory and Practice | Course
Description: | Applying critical pedagogies, students will learn educational theories and curricular models, while also developing lesson plans that employ critical pedagogy. When possible, this course will seek to connect to opportunities to implement lesson plans created with children in out-of-school settings. | | Athena Title: | Intro EDEL Theory and Practice | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 6045E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 6050. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Learning Ecologies II: Integrated Curriculum and Assessment | Course
Description: | Focuses on integrated, inquiry-based curriculum and assessment in elementary classrooms. Students will investigate the philosophical perspectives driving inquiry-based integrated curriculum, including project-based learning. Inclusive and differentiated pedagogies will be explored, along with a variety of formative and summative forms of assessment. | | Athena Title: | Learning Ecologies II | | Prerequisite: | EDEL 6040 or EDEL 6045 | | Pre or Corequisite: | LLED 7601 or LLED 7601E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 6050L. 3 hours. 6-12 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Learning Ecologies II: Integrated Curriculum and Bilingual Literacy Strategies Laboratory | Course
Description: | Field supervisors will work with course instructors to facilitate experiences aligned with course content in integrated curriculum and literacy strategies for bilingual learners. | | Athena Title: | Learning Ecologies II Lab | | Nontraditional Format: | In this practicum experience, students will be paired at field sites for approximately 8 hours a week for fifteen weeks. | | Pre or Corequisite: | EDEL 6050 and (LLED 7601 or LLED 7601E) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 6060. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Learning Ecologies III: Culturally Responsive Learning Environments and Classroom Management | Course
Description: | Supports teachers in the practical application of culturally responsive, inquiry-based approaches emphasized throughout the Elementary Master of Arts in Teaching program. This course highlights culturally responsive, relevant, and sustaining pedagogies and how they relate to classroom management in order to cultivate and maintain engaging, equitable classroom communities. | | Athena Title: | Learning Ecologies III | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 6060E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 6060E. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Learning Ecologies III: Culturally Responsive Learning Environments and Classroom Management | Course
Description: | Supports teachers in the practical application of culturally responsive, inquiry-based approaches emphasized throughout the Elementary Master of Arts in Teaching program. This course highlights culturally responsive, relevant, and sustaining pedagogies and how they relate to classroom management in order to cultivate and maintain engaging, equitable classroom communities. | | Athena Title: | Learning Ecologies III | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 6060 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 6070. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Learning Ecologies IV: Arts-Based Pedagogies in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | An introduction to arts-based, critical, and creative pedagogies in elementary education, focusing on culturally sustaining practices of engagement and “hybrid spaces” of learning in which academic, school-based, and community-based knowledge and practices come together. Students will engage with readings and arts-based workshops paired with two weeks of field experience. | | Athena Title: | Learning Ecologies IV | | Prerequisite: | EDEL 6050 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 7010E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Trends and Issues in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Current and past trends and issues in the education of children in prekindergarten through grade five. | | Athena Title: | Trends and Issues in EDEL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 7010 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 7010. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Trends and Issues in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Current and past trends and issues in the education of children in prekindergarten through grade five. | | Athena Title: | Trends and Issues in EDEL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 7010E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 7020. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Theory and Curriculum in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Theory and curriculum in elementary education. | | Athena Title: | Theory and Curriculum in EDEL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 7020E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 7020E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Theory and Curriculum in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Theory and curriculum in elementary education. | | Athena Title: | Theory and Curriculum in EDEL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 7020 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 7040. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Induction to Teaching | Course
Description: | A forum for issues of professionalism connected to professional
teaching experiences. Topics may vary depending on
student-generated issues and concerns. | | Athena Title: | Induction to Teaching | | Prerequisite: | EDEL(CHFD) 7460 | | Pre or Corequisite: | EDEL 7460 | | Corequisite: | EDEL 5460 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 7050. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Teaching in Elementary Schools (P-5) | Course
Description: | Use of problem-solving techniques in teaching and to develop a repertoire of strategies. | | Athena Title: | Teaching in Elementary Schools | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 7110. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Educational Role of Play in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | The cognitive and affective aspects of the play of children in prekindergarten through grade five. Techniques for facilitating children's play. | | Athena Title: | Educational Role of Play EDEL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 7110E | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 7110E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Educational Role of Play in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | The cognitive and affective aspects of the play of children in prekindergarten through grade five. Techniques for facilitating children's play. | | Athena Title: | Educational Role of Play EDEL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 7110 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 7160E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Instructional Strategies for Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Curricular approaches and research on instructional strategies to meet the needs of children in prekindergarten through grade five. | | Athena Title: | Instructional Strategies EDEL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 7160 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 7160. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Instructional Strategies for Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Curricular approaches and research on instructional strategies to meet the needs of children in prekindergarten through grade five. | | Athena Title: | Instructional Strategies EDEL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 7160E | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 7170. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Evaluation of the Elementary School | Course
Description: | Components of evaluation, appropriate evaluation techniques, procedures, collection, and utilization of research data for improving elementary schools. | | Athena Title: | Evaluation Elementary School | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 7200. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Developmental Issues of Elementary School Learners | Course
Description: | Implications of developmental issues in children grades Pre-K through 5. Focus on the elementary school teacher's role in fostering the development of the whole child in the school context. | | Athena Title: | Devel Issue Elemen Sch Learn | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 7420. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Organization and Management of Elementary Classrooms | Course
Description: | Principles and practices that are germane to organizing and operating the classroom for learners in prekindergarten through grade five. Students will acquire knowledge of important theoretical approaches in this area as well as practical skills applicable to their work with young children. | | Athena Title: | Org and Mgmt of Elem Classroom | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 7420E | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 7420E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Organization and Management of Elementary Classrooms | Course
Description: | Principles and practices that are germane to organizing and operating the classroom for learners in prekindergarten through grade five. Students will acquire knowledge of important theoretical approaches in this area, as well as practical skills applicable to their work with children. | | Athena Title: | Org and Mgmt of Elem Classroom | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 7420 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 7460. 3-15 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Student Teaching in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | A prekindergarten through grade five classroom teaching experience under the direction of a teacher and an elementary education university instructor. | | Athena Title: | Student Teaching in EDEL | | Nontraditional Format: | Student teaching/field based in schools. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 7650. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Literature Review in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Preparation of a literature review on a topic of interest related to elementary education. | | Athena Title: | Literature Review in EDEL | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL(EDEC) 8030. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Research Perspectives in Early Childhood and Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Examination of significant theories in early childhood and elementary education research, constructs used in those theories, and current philosophical and empirical work drawing on those theories. Readings in the course will include texts drawn from philosophy, developmental and social psychology, socio-cultural theories, critical theories, and poststructural/postmodern/literary theories. | | Athena Title: | Rsch Pers Early Child and EDEL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 8030E, EDEC 8030E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL(EDEC) 8030E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Research Perspectives in Early Childhood and Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Examination of significant theories in early childhood and elementary education research, constructs used in those theories, and current philosophical and empirical work drawing on those theories. Readings in the course will include texts drawn from philosophy, developmental and social psychology, socio-cultural theories, critical theories, and poststructural/postmodern/literary theories. | | Athena Title: | Rsch Pers Early Child and EDEL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDEL 8030, EDEC 8030 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 8045. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 1-3 hours lecture and 1-3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Exploration of topics related to theories and practices in
elementary education contexts, including pedagogies, policies,
curricula, teachers, and students. | | Athena Title: | SPCL TOPICS ELEM ED | | Nontraditional Format: | Each special topics course may have some combination of lecture,
lab, and/or discussion group, but in all cases the hours will
add up to three credit hours. | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL(EDEC) 8210. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History of Discourses and Debates in Early Childhood and Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Significant figures, incidents, pedagogical, and curriculum approaches that have greatly influenced contemporary early childhood and elementary education. Readings in the course will include primary sources of works produced by thinkers and educators influential in shaping the field's discourses and debates. | | Athena Title: | Hist Disc Debate Early Ch EDEL | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL(EDEC) 8260. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Post-Structural Theory and Early Childhood and Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Applies post-structural theory to topics in early childhood and elementary education. Theories to be covered include various versions of French post-structuralism (Foucault, de Certeau, Bourdieu, Althusser, and Deleuze), performance theory, queer theory, and postcolonial theory. | | Athena Title: | Post Struct Thry Early Ch EDEL | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL(WMST) 8400. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Feminist Perspectives in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Readings in feminist theories, research, and pedagogies focused
on the experiences of children, families, and teachers in the
context of elementary education. Students will engage feminist
theories in their analyses of language, curricula, classroom
practices, policies, media, and/or subjectivities in
educational settings. | | Athena Title: | Feminist Perspectives in EDEL | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 8990. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Research Seminar in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Seminars on topics related to elementary education. | | Athena Title: | RESEARCH SEMINAR | | Nontraditional Format: | Doctoral/research seminars. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 9000. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Doctoral Research | Course
Description: | Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | DOCTORAL RESEARCH | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 9300. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Doctoral Dissertation | Course
Description: | Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor. | | Athena Title: | DOCT DISSERTATION | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and preparation of the doctoral dissertation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL 9600. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Educational Research in Elementary Education | Course
Description: | Independent research in elementary education under the direction of faculty. | | Athena Title: | RESEARCH IN ELEM ED | | Nontraditional Format: | Doctoral/independent study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EDEL(EDEC) 9800. 1-9 hours. | | Course Title: | University Teaching Practicum in Early Childhood and Elementary Education | Course
Description: | University teaching experience under the direction of a tenured faculty member noted for outstanding university teaching. | | Athena Title: | Teach Prac Early Child Ed EDEL | | Nontraditional Format: | Students apprentice with an exemplary university teacher to learn first-hand the theory, research, and practice particular to University teaching. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
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