2022-2023 Academic Catalog

May 14, 2024

2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

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Schedule Type Classifications

The delivery of instruction often requires educational material to be organized and presented to students in a variety of ways. In order to facilitate the planning for and scheduling of classes to accommodate these multiple types of instruction, it is necessary to divide courses into organizational parts which reflect the unique combinations of instructors, meeting places, and time patterns used to conduct the instruction. The schedule types listed below are intended to reflect the nature of activities required of students, the relationship between students and their instructors, and the settings required to deliver the content of an instructional offering.

LEC — Lecture
LAB — Laboratory
DIS — Distance Education
CLN — Clinic
EX — Experiential
IND — Individual Study
SD — Studio

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Education Curriculum and Instruction
	EDCI 57200 - Introduction To Learning Systems Design Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the principles of designing instructional materials and to instructional communication theory and techniques. Topics include objectives, student characteristics, media selection, communication variables, message design, and systematic evaluation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 57300 - Instructional Development Practicum Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Provides supervised field experience in programs involving instructional design development activities. Students participate in ongoing projects in the design, development, and evaluation of instructional materials and training programs in business and industry, medical facilities, or other settings deemed appropriate. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 57500 - Foundations Of Distance Learning Prerequisite(s): EDCI 57200 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the field of distance learning/education. Examination of basic concepts and principles of distance learning, the theoretical underpinnings of the field, research and application literature, and distance education delivery technologies. Focus is on integration of distance education technologies for learning and teaching. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 58000 - Foundations Of Curriculum Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the major historical and philosophical sources of curriculum ideas. Significant forces influencing curriculum decision making. Different theoretical approaches to the construction and analysis of curriculum. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 58500 - Multicultural Education Credit Hours: 3.00. The course aims to develop understanding of multicultural education as an on-going reform process that addresses social justice issues through an examination of race, class, gender, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, etc. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 58700 - Leadership And Management In Educational Technology Credit Hours: 3.00. This course addresses the fundamentals of leadership and management of educational technology in a K-12 setting. Students will explore and evaluate computer hardware, software, networks, and lab management, including how they fit into education. This course is designed to provide prospectives on organizational leadership of educational technology, as well as providing future teachers with the ability to troubleshoot basic problems often associated with computers and software in the classroom. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 58900 - Special Topics For Teachers Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Consideration of appropriate professional problems of experienced educational personnel in workshops or in-service programs. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 59000 - Individual Research Problems Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Opportunities for students to study particular problems under the guidance of a member of the This plan of individualized instruction may be used in any field of education or vocational education. Does not include thesis work. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 59100 - Special Topics In Education Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Group study of a current problem or special topic of interest to professional educational personnel. Intensive study of research, theory, or practical aspects of a particular issue within the usual graduate class format. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 60100 - Problems In Literacy Acquisition: Advanced Practicum Prerequisite(s): EDCI 50000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- AND EDCI 50100 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines strategies for teaching elementary and secondary students who experience moderate to severe difficulties acquiring reading, writing, and other aspects of language. Supervised practicum. Prerequisite: EDCI 50000, 50100. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 60400 - Social Studies In The Elementary School Credit Hours: 3.00. Social Studies-content and place in the modern elementary education curriculum. Materials, instruction techniques, evaluation procedures, and understanding the syntax of the structure of social studies. Prerequisite: EDCI 36100. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 60500 - Teaching Integrated Science, Technology, Engineering And Math Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of historical developments and present trends in science education; the designing, implementation, and evaluation of science programs; the role of research in present and future developments. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 60800 - Individualizing Instruction In The Elementary And Secondary Schools Credit Hours: 3.00. This course explores the foundations underlying individualized instruction, the preparation of individualized instruction materials for the class-room, the role of research in individualized instruction, and the future trends and issues in individualized instruction. Completion of a teacher certification program. Typically offered Summer Fall. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 61200 - Seminar In Literacy Credit Hours: 3.00. Recent trends and research in literacy. Topics provide in-depth study of literacy acquisition in educational settings. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 61300 - Seminar In The English Language Arts Credit Hours: 3.00. (ENGL 69100) Problems in the teaching of English: literature, language, rhetoric. Attention to recent scholarship and to its application in the public schools. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 62400 - Seminar In Social Studies Education Credit Hours: 3.00. An investigation of various aspects of the teaching of the social studies. One topic is dealt with in each enrollment. Master’s candidates are expected to complete the first three topics. Areas include: (1) philosophic concepts used in the social studies; (2) curricular analysis and examination of new social studies materials; (3) methods of inquiry in the social studies; (4) research methodology in the social studies. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 64800 - Curriculum In Career And Technical Education Credit Hours: 3.00. Overview of curriculum in career and technical education programs; business and industry training programs; curriculum planning, development, implementation, and evaluation; review and analysis of curriculum models. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 64900 - Assessment In Career And Technical Education Credit Hours: 3.00. Goals and rationale for evaluation in education and work training contexts; assessment and measurement methods, techniques, and procedures; reliability, validity, and accuracy; construction and selection of instruments; data and information collection, analysis, and interpretation; meta evaluation; adaptations and modifications for special needs populations; and using assessment data and information. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 66300 - Interactive Multimedia Prerequisite(s): EDCI 56100 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- AND EDCI 57200 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines computer-based interactive multimedia theory, research, design, development, and evaluation. Includes a digital audio-video production and design of interactive multimedia for stand-alone or online delivery. Prerequisite: EDCI 56100, 57200. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 67200 - Advanced Practices In Learning Systems Design Prerequisite(s): EDCI 57200 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- Credit Hours: 3.00. Applications of learning systems design to educational situations. In-depth treatment of learner analysis, task analysis, learning activities design, learner verification and summative evaluation. Focuses on the application of instructional design concepts and principles within authentic ID situations. Prerequisite: EDCI 57200. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 69500 - Internship In Education Credit Hours: 1.00 to 10.00. Amount of credit to be determined by nature and extent of the assignment. A special course in selected areas of education, designed to provide practical field experience under professional supervision in selected situations related to the candidate’s area of specialization. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDCI 69800 - Research MS Thesis Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MS Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
Educational and Professional Studies
	EDPS 10300 - Introduction To Higher Education Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to assist and guide students in maximizing their potential for success at the university by promoting academic growth. Through collaborative learning, this course will promote the concept of life-long learning through the use of the following strategies: utilization of campus resources; goal setting; time management; diversity training; values exploration; career exploration; and critical thinking skills. This course is highly recommended for all freshman. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 22000 - Psychology Of Learning Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of the learner and learning. Study of the cognitive, social, physical, moral and personality development from early childhood through adolescence; implications of developmental stages for educational planning and intervention. Principles of basic learning theories, facilitative conditions and strategies for enhancing learning; classroom management as a means to foster the learner’s development and learning. Survey techniques for assessing the learner, learning and identification of learning dysfunctions. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 23500 - Learning And Motivation Prerequisite(s): EDCI 20500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C AND EDCI 28500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Introduction to concepts of learning and motivation in educational contexts (i.e., Educational Psychology). Influence of development, culture, and individual differences on learning and motivation. Uses of assessment and technology in promoting learning and motivation. A field-based experiential component is included. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 23600 - Developmental Theory And Practice In Early Childhood Education Prerequisite(s): PSY 23500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR CDFS 21100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will explore the theories of child development as they relate to early childhood education. An overview of theoretical perspectives on the developing child will serve as a foundation for examining current practices in early childhood education settings from birth through age eight. There will be a focus on child study (observation and assessments in diverse settings). Child development in all domains and its connections to practical applications in group settings will be studied. Implications of multicultural perspectives for infants/toddler, preprimary and primary age children will be addressed. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 23601 - Developmental Theory & Practice in Early Childhood Education Credit Hours: 2.00. Exploration of child development theories as they relate to early childhood education, birth to grade 3. Overview of curriculum and instruction planning in early childhood learning environments. Study of developmentally appropriate practices in all domains and practical applications in group settings, including implications of multicultural perspectives for infants/toddler, preprimary and primary age children. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 26000 - Introduction To Special Education Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of the field of special education: foundations, areas of exceptionality, teaching strategies, and current issues and trends. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 26500 - The Inclusive Classroom Prerequisite(s): EDPS 23500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) AND EDCI 20500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C AND EDCI 28500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit Hours: 3.00. Characteristics of students with special needs/talents; strategies for helping students learn and develop in general educational settings. Emphasis placed upon research evidence, case studies, problem-based learning, and development of a plan for an inclusive classroom. A field-based component is included. Typically offered Spring Summer Fall. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 27500 - Observation, Assessment And Documentation Prerequisite(s): EDPS 23600 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. The focus of this course is on the methods and tools used for child study to create positive learning environments that foster children’s development. Students explore the purpose and value of assessment, examine and apply the use of systematic observations, documentation, and other effective assessment strategies. Includes an in-depth case study. Typically offered Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 27501 - Observation, Assessment And Documentation Credit Hours: 2.00. Methods of child study used to inform instruction and create positive learning environments to foster children’s development. Explore the purpose and value of developmentally appropriate assessment tools, examine the use of systematic observations, documentation, and other effective assessment strategies. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 27600 - Young Children With Exceptional Needs Credit Hours: 3.00. The identification of young children’s exceptional needs. Study of various developmental challenges and characteristics with a focus on early intervention with resources and referrals. Strategies for adapting early care and education settings for all children and families to ensure education in inclusive settings. Use of the Division for Early Childhood of the Council of Exceptional Children guidelines. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 27601 - Young Children With Exceptional Needs Credit Hours: 2.00. Identification of young children’s exceptional needs. Study of various developmental challenges and characteristics with a focus on early intervention with resources and referrals. Strategies for adapting early care and education settings for all children and families to ensure education in inclusive settings. Use of the Division for Early Childhood of the Council of Exceptional Children guidelines. Typically offered Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 27701 - Nurturing And Guiding The Young Child Credit Hours: 2.00. Explore the connection between developmental needs of young children and practices for guidance. Methods for management of Birth – Grade 3 early learning environments to promote young children’s executive function and pro-social behaviors. Typically offered Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 27800 - Field Experience In Early Childhood I Credit hours: 2.00. Supervised field experience in early learning environment, birth – grade 3. Early childhood candidates apply academic and early childhood classroom learning in professional practice with young children focusing on planning and implementing developmentally appropriate instruction and assessment practices. Candidates complete weekly field experiences. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 27900 - Field Experience In Early Childhood II Credit hours: 2.00. Supervised field experience in early learning environment, birth – grade 3. Early childhood candidates apply academic and early childhood classroom learning in professional practice with young children focusing on organizing and managing the learning environment to meet the needs of all children, including children with exceptionalities. Candidates complete weekly field experiences. Typically offered Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 28500 - Diversity And Education Credit Hours: 3.00. This course integrates an understanding of diversity with principles of democratic education. Historical, Sociological, Cultural, Political philosophical, and Pedagogical Foundations of diversity are explored and related to issues of pedagogy in a pluralistic society. This course includes an experiential component. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 30300 - Career And Life Planning Seminar Credit Hours: 3.00. Students will complete a personal assessment of their values, skills personality traits, interests, life goals and life roles. Students will also become familiar with tools integral to a successful job search, including networking, resume writing, job search correspondence, and interviewing. Finally students will identify possible paths as they are guided through the process of integrating their knowledge of themselves with information they have gathered about the larger world of work. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 30600 - Adolescent And Young Adult Development Prerequisite(s): EDCI 27200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND EDCI 28600 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND EDPS 30700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) Credit Hours: 3.00. Candidates learn research-based theories of adolescent and young adult development and how this relates to the teacher’s role in the secondary classroom. The influences of development, culture, and classroom contexts on secondary students’ learning are examined. The purpose of the field component is to integrate course topics with professional field experiences, and encourage reflective observations of adolescent and young adult development in secondary classrooms. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 31300 - Curriculum And Programming For Young Children With Special Needs Prerequisite(s): EDCI 35501 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) AND EDPS 27600 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides specialized content and procedural strategies for professionals involved in the education of preschoolers and primary-grade children (PreK - grade 3) with developmental delays or disabilities. This course will provide (a) the rationale, legislative, and research base for recommended practices in assessment, curriculum, and programming, and (b) practical guidelines and examples of how to implement these strategies in integrated and inclusive preschool and primary learning environments and family contexts. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 32800 - Teaching Students with Mild to Moderate Needs I Credit Hours: 3.00 (2-3-3). Course focuses on evidence-based instructional methodologies for students with mild intervention needs, including learning strategy instruction, peer-assisted and other social learning strategies, behaviorally-based techniques, and specialized strategies for severe reading disabilities. Additional topics include universal design for learning, culturally responsive instruction, and data collection for progress monitoring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 36100 - Use Of Assessment Techniques In Special Education Credit Hours: 3.00. Assessment techniques for the exceptional child, with applications to curriculum. Includes norm-referenced and curriculum-based measurement, error analyses, and observational ratings. Admission to Teacher Education Program, passage of Gate A. Typically offered Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 37000 - Teaching Students With Diverse Learning Needs In K-12 Class Prerequisite(s): EDPS 22000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C AND EDPS 26000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C AND EDCI 28500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C AND EDCI 35500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) AND EDCI 36600 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) AND 001 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 220 AND 002 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 220 AND 003 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 220 Credit Hours: 4.00. EDPS 37000 builds on basic concepts presented in EDPS 26000. The course develops a knowledge base and practical strategies that will enable teachers to help every student succeed-including students with disabilities, those with diverse cultural backgrounds, students with limited English proficiency, students who are considered at risk” for academic failure and those who are gifted and talented. Topics include planning and grouping strategies classroom management collaboration skills curriculum adaptations teaching strategies and supported inclusive education. Field experiences are integrated with classroom instruction. Typically offered Spring. Experiential Learning (EL): Yes View Class Schedule
	EDPS 38000 - Special Education Law For Teachers Prerequisite(s): EDPS 36100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit Hours: 3.00. The purpose of this course is to provide pre-service teachers with a general understanding of the educational entitlement and civil rights of children with disabilities. Laws ensuring the provision of special education to students with disabilities are based on constitutional principles, written and enacted by legislatures and administrative agencies, and interpreted by the courts. It is through the interaction of these various components of the legal system, legislative and judicial, that the field of special education has evolved. The knowledge and skills gained in this course shape the advocacy and ethical dispositions of the teacher. Permission of Department required. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 40400 - Early Intervention For Young Children With Developmental Delays Prerequisite(s): EDCI 27600 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C AND EDPS 31300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to provide specialized content and procedural strategies related to the provision of family-centered early intervention for infants and toddlers who are at-risk or have developmental delays or disabilities. Students examine policy issues, curriculum content, teaming, and service coordination strategies, and assessment and intervention techniques for providing family centered early intervention. Course content will include (a) the philosophical, policy, and research base for recommended practices in early intervention, and (b) practice guidelines and examples of how to implement these strategies in inclusive infant-toddler programs and family and community contexts. Emphasis will be placed on the collaborative development, implementation and evaluation of the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) as the framework for early intervention. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 41100 - Collaboration and Transition Practices for Individuals With Disabilities Credit hours: 3.00. This course addresses the professional collaborative practices for special educators, who work with school age students with disabilities. The topics of this course include collaboration with professionals, ancillary personnel, agencies, and families, problem-solving and dealing with conflict, co-teaching, and transition planning from early intervention to post-secondary settings. The possible products from this course include community resources, transition plans, co-teaching plans, and family interviews. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 42000 - Creating And Managing The Inclusive Classroom Credit Hours: 3.00. This course develops skills in classroom organization and management at the elementary level. Topics include classroom discipline systems and responses, teaching and improving student interpersonal skills, establishing and maintaining positive and productive relationships with families, responding to and building support networks for students with special needs, and a classroom design project outlining how student behavioral expectations are established, monitored, assessed, and revised. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 43000 - Creating And Managing Learning Environments Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. This course develops skills in classroom organization and management. It includes evidence-based classroom discipline, interpersonal skills, administrative aspects of teaching, working with families, and building support networks. Permission of school/program required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 45000 - Teaching Students With Disabilities Prerequisite(s): EDPS 32800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit Hours: 3.00. Course focuses on development of individual educational plans for students who have special needs. Topics include implementation of the functional behavior assessment processes and creation of behavior intervention plans, determination of appropriate class placement, accommodations for standardized testing and classroom instruction, and creation of differentiated/individualized instruction based on goals and objectives of the program plan. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 45902 - Assistive Technology Prerequisite(s): EDCI 32300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit hours: 3.00. Use of technological applications in special education, including microcomputers, interactive video, auditory and visual enhancement, and other adaptive devices with individuals experiencing disabilities including learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, sensory and physical disabilities. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 49000 - Individual Research And Teaching Experience Credit Hours: 1.00 to 8.00. Opportunity for undergraduate students to investigate particular problems in the field of education. Permission of the school/program required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 50000 - Group Counseling Theories And Techniques Credit Hours: 3.00. Theoretical and experiential overview of fundamental elements of group work and group counseling processes. Broad topics include purposes and types of groups, therapeutic factors and stages of leadership skills, and multicultural, ethical, and legal aspects of group counseling. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 50100 - Introduction To School Counseling Credit Hours: 3.00. Presents an overview of counseling in elementary, middle, and secondary schools. Treats the history of school counseling, developmental characteristics and problems of students, and counseling program elements and issues. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 50101 - Collaboration In Special Education Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to help candidates construct knowledge about techniques for collaborating with families and professionals to support the needs of children/youth with disabilities. This course will facilitate the development of professional practices and relationships by exploring current research on effective methods of interaction with key stakeholders which support inclusive educational practices. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 50202 - Autistic Spectrum Disorders Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an overview of autism spectrum disorders, including history, etiology, characteristics, assessment, evidence-based interventions at home and school, service delivery models and alternative/complementary treatments. Typically offered Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 50300 - Introduction To Mental Health Counseling Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides an overview of mental health counseling as it relates to community issues and needs. Roles and settings for the mental health counselor and specific intervention skills will be stressed. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 50303 - Characteristics Of Students With Intense Intervention Needs Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is focused on the learning and behavioral characteristics of students with intense intervention needs. Assessment and identification criteria used in the identification of these children are discussed. Appropriate programming and placement is also primary focus. Diagnostic definitions used for classification are explained. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 50404 - Intervention Strategies For Students With Intense Needs Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an understanding of the interventions and teaching methods used to instruct children and students with intense special education needs. The nature of significant cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and physical disabilities, including the biological, psychological, and behavioral characteristics of various conditions are also discussed. Typically offered Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 50500 - Foundations Of Career Development And Assessment Credit Hours: 3.00. Treats career development theories which emphasize aspects of the self in decision making, occupational classification systems, and educational and vocational information with applications to individual and group counseling. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 50700 - Counseling Multicultural And Diverse Populations Credit Hours: 3.00. Counseling strategies for multicultural and diverse populations encountered by helping professionals. Among the populations considered are ethnic and cultural minorities, older persons, the gifted, and the disabled. Typically offered Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 50900 - Expressive Arts: Music, Movement, And Spiritual Expression Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an introduction to the creative process and the use of that process in development of music, movement, and spiritual expression in traditions and cultures of healing. It presents evidence that the expansion of the creative potential with all of us is valuable for professional counselors to recognize and use in treatment. Further, the course will include definitions, historical roots, theoretical underpinnings, and basic elements of music, movement, and spiritual expression in art therapy. Course topics will include an examination of the major contributors in the field, and how music, movement, and spiritual expression can be used to affect behavioral, emotional, and psychological changes, and how art therapy can be used in the context of various psychological approaches. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 51010 - Counseling Children And Adolescents Credit Hours: 3.00. The purpose of this course is twofold: 1) to present theories, techniques, and strategies for working with children and adolescents and their families and 2) to provide an in-depth understanding of the etiology, symptomology, assessment, and treatment of child and adolescent psychopathology. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 51100 - Expressive Arts Professional Project: Healing Through The Arts Credit Hours: 3.00. This capstone professional project is an opportunity to work with clients from a particular mentally ill population, define a treatment issue within that population, and use an original art therapy approach based in integrated theories as a treatment option for the defined issue. The general objective of this course is to develop the candidate’s ability to find innovative solutions to problems that arise among clients in the practice of counseling through an understanding of the creative process and through enhanced professional creative expression. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 51200 - Expressive Arts: Painting, Poetry, And Dreams Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an introduction to the creative process and the use of that process in development of self-awareness and empathetic relationships with self and clients in the counseling relationship. The course will include definitions, historical roots, theoretical underpinnings, and basic elements of the field of art therapy. Course topics will include an examination of the major contributors in that field, what art therapists do, where art therapists work, how art-making can be used to affect behavior, emotional, and psychological changes, and how art therapy can be used in the context of various psychological approaches. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 51300 - Expressive Arts: Symbolism In Expressive Arts Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will include definitions, historical roots, theoretical underpinnings, and basic elements of the field of art therapy. Course topics will include an examination of the major contributors in the field, what art therapists do, where art therapists work, how art-making can be used to affect behavioral, emotional, and psychological changes, and how art therapy can be used in the context of various psychological approaches. Permission of Department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 51500 - Applied Behavior Analysis For Teachers Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of learning theory, measurement procedures, verification of functional relationships, and developing knowledge of current significant research in applied behavior analysis. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 51600 - Addictions Seminar I: HIV/AIDS And Dual Diagnosis Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is intended to provide awareness and knowledge about concomitant disorders and substance use disorders and the assessment and recommended treatment for dually diagnosed clients. The course will also provide an overview of HIV/AIDS and its relation to substance use disorders. These topics will be addresses within a culturally aware and competent framework. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 51700 - Addictions Seminar II: Ethics, Criminal Justice, And Social Systems Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is intended to provide awareness and knowledge about the ethics of working within the substance abuse setting. Students will receive a better understanding of how this population is represented within the criminal justice system, and how other social systems can be used in both prevention and treatment of substance abuse. The ICAADA core functions covered are Orientation, Client Education, and Consultation. Permission of Department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 52100 - Counseling And Psychopathology Credit Hours: 3.00. Development of an understanding of the DSM-V-TR, diagnosis, and treatment planning. Permission of Department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 52200 - Crisis Intervention And Emergency Management Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides in-depth study of the nature of crises and crisis intervention. Students will learn crisis theory, crisis intervention models, and practical skills for effective crisis intervention. Over the course of the semester, we will attend to a variety of crises including crises related to suicide, violence, victimization, psychiatric illness, chemical dependency, individual or family-level trauma, and community-wide disasters. Emphasis will be placed on the counselor’s development of crisis assessment, management, and short-term intervention skills. Special attention will be given to cultural, ethical, and legal considerations. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 52300 - Human Growth and Development Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to expose counseling students to the classical and current theories of individual psychosocial development through the lifespan. Permission of Department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 52800 - Research In Counseling Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is a graduate level seminar course for mental health and school counseling students. This course will provide students with an in-depth understanding of both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Critical reading skills and basic descriptive statistics will be covered allowing students to better understand and utilize research literature. Principles, practices, and applications of need assessment and program evaluation will be presented. Students will be provided with the opportunity to design, execute, and report results from a class research project. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 52900 - Techniques Of Addictions Counseling: Counseling Skills, Groups, And Processes Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to help students develop and apply basic counseling skills and helping attitudes for addictions counseling. Self-evaluation, giving and receiving feedback and reflection upon the development of clinical skills and ethical tendencies is an essential part of this course. The ICAADA core functions of Assessment Intake, Treatment Planning, Counseling, and Report/Record Keeping will be included. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 53000 - Advanced Educational Psychology Credit Hours: 3.00. Theories of learning and development, research on instruction and learning, and principles of measurement applied to educational problems. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 53010 - Introduction To Addictions And Psychopharmacology Credit Hours: 3.00. A special course in selected area of education in addictions and pharmacology, designed to provide theories and practical knowledge in selected situations related to the candidate’s area of specialization. Permission of instructor required. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 53100 - Introduction To Measurement And Instrument Design Credit Hours: 3.00. An application-oriented introduction to constructing educational and psychological tests and surveys. Class sessions include guided practice with the process of instrument development, from trait and test task domain definition, item writing and revision, and item analysis, to score interpretation and validation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 53200 - Measuring Educational Achievement Credit Hours: 3.00. A course in developing, analyzing, and interpreting measures of educational achievement. Emphasis is placed upon cognitive tests. Nontest techniques for assessing behavior are also explored. Prior experience with statistics or measurement, although helpful, is not required for this course. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 53300 - Introduction To Educational Research I: Methodology Credit Hours: 3.00. This course presents a sequence of journal articles and exercises that help introduce the foundational concepts of the course, including: research design, reliability and validity, various methodologies commonly used in educational research, and basic quantitative and qualitative data analyses. In addition, contrasting research conclusions are shown in the articles to help students learn why careful analysis of articles and their theoretical framing is critical to evaluating their conclusions. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 53900 - Ethics And Professional Identity For Mental Health Counselors Credit Hours: 3.00. This seminar is designed to introduce students to ethical issues that occur in mental health counseling and psychotherapy, resources to assist in the resolution of these issues, and considerations needed. Permission of Department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 54000 - Gifted, Creative And Talented Children Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is an introduction to the intellectual, social, and emotional characteristics of gifted youth; philosophies of gifted education; and programmatic and classroom approaches for supporting gifted students generally and within different domains (e.g., intellectual, academic, creative, artistic, leadership). Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 54100 - Identification And Evaluation In Gifted Education Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an introduction to the instruments and procedures for identifying gifted, creative, and talented students, as well as the issues and procedures for evaluating gifted programs and individual student progress. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 54200 - Curriculum And Program Development In Gifted Education Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is an introduction to the curriculum development and program design for meeting the needs of gifted, creative, and talented students. Students will be exposed to established program and curriculum models, as well as the nuts and bolts of developing curricular plans, materials, and specialized programs that support the advanced learning needs of gifted students. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 54600 - Addictions Practicum Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is structured as a seminar designed to include a combination of lectures, discussions, supervision, and constructive feedback. It will include assignments that are geared toward developing each student’s clinical abilities. The first half of class will include didactic instruction, discussion and case presentations, practicing addictions assessment, goal setting, and treatment planning skills. The second half of class will be dedicated to group supervision. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 56300 - Identification, Evaluation, And Assessment Of Exceptional Individuals Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced procedures for educational assessment of exceptional individuals: norm-referenced and curriculum-based measurement, error analyses, and observational ratings. Adaptations and selections of tests for sensory impairments, behavioral styles, different intelligence levels and ages. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 56400 - Mild Mental Handicaps: Historical Perspectives, Etiology, And Characteristics Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced study of persons with varying disabilities. Topics include: historical development; theoretical models; etiological factors; characteristics; assessment and intervention. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 56500 - Intervention Strategies And Research Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of intervention strategies and research with individuals with varying disabilities. Reading comprehension; written composition; mathematics; mnemonic strategies; metacognitive strategies; self-monitoring; social problem solving; and transitional instruction. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 56600 - Graduate Supervised Teaching Special Education Credit Hours: 1.00 to 16.00. Demonstration of ability to function independently in special education setting by appropriately planning for student needs, implementing and evaluating plans, establishing appropriate classroom discipline, and interacting professionally with staff and parents. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 56800 - Social, Legal, And Ethical Issues In Special Education Credit Hours: 3.00. Survey of difference and similarities of children with exceptionality, including their nature and characteristics related to their developmental and educational needs. Analysis and practical application of social, legal, and ethical issues in the field of special education. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 57100 - Advanced Assistive Technology Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction and overview of assistive technology for communication, education, employment, recreation, and daily living activities. Typically offered Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 57701 - Development Of Learners With Mild Intervention Needs Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will explore the 4 areas of child development and the milestones associated with Cognitive, Social/Emotional, Language and Communication, and Movement and Physical development. This foundation in typical development will allow candidates to better understand atypical development in relation to characteristics and etiologies of mild disabilities. Candidates will investigate the multiple impacts systems have on individuals with mild disabilities and their families. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 58900 - Special Topics For Teachers Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Consideration of appropriate professional problems of experienced educational personnel in workshops or in-service programs. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 59000 - Individual Research Problems Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Opportunities for students to study particular problems under the guidance of a member of the This plan of individualized instruction may be used in any field of education or vocational education. Does not include thesis work. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 59100 - Special Topics In Education Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Group study of a current problem or special topic of interest to professional educational personnel. Intensive study of research, theory, or practical aspects of a particular issue within the usual graduate class format. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 60000 - Counseling Theories And Techniques Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of major counseling theories and counseling techniques, professional and ethical issues. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 60100 - Counseling Theories And Techniques Laboratory Credit Hours: 3.00. Use of counseling techniques in a supervised laboratory; application of theories and techniques within varying employment settings. Concurrent Prerequisite: EDPS 60000. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 60900 - Program Development And Organization In Human Services Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Issues and procedures in program development, management, organization, and administration for school guidance, college student affairs, and mental health services. Also treats administrative theory, intervention strategies, staff development, and evaluation. Prerequisite: EDPS 50100 or 50300 or 50400. Typically offered Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 61000 - School Counseling Practicum Prerequisite(s): EDPS 60000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- AND EDPS 60100 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- Credit Hours: 3.00. EDPS 61000 is a field experience for first year master’s students in school counseling, consisting of a minimum of 100 hours in a school, under the supervision of both a site supervisor and a campus supervisor. Permission of instructor required. Prerequisites: EDPS 60000 and EDPS 60100. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 61400 - Advanced Counseling Practicum Credit Hours: 3.00. Supervised use of personal and career counseling techniques applied to complex and difficult client situations. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 62000 - Counseling Seminar Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Recent investigation and research in (1) counselor supervision; (2) professional issues; (3) counseling theories; (4) education of counselors and student personnel workers; (5) counseling methodology; (6) vocational development; (7) elementary school counseling; (8) counselor consultation; and (9) other relevant topics. One topic is dealt with in each enrollment. Prerequisite: Open to graduate students who have successfully completed 12 credit hours of previous counseling personnel services courses. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	EDPS 66400 - Seminar In Special Education Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. A critical analysis of or special assignments related to research, practice, and selected problems in special education or in specific disability areas. One topic is considered in each enrollment. For advanced graduate students. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule

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Schedule Type Classifications

EDCI 57200 - Introduction To Learning Systems Design

EDCI 57300 - Instructional Development Practicum

EDCI 57500 - Foundations Of Distance Learning

EDCI 58000 - Foundations Of Curriculum

EDCI 58500 - Multicultural Education

EDCI 58700 - Leadership And Management In Educational Technology

EDCI 58900 - Special Topics For Teachers

EDCI 59000 - Individual Research Problems

EDCI 59100 - Special Topics In Education

EDCI 60100 - Problems In Literacy Acquisition: Advanced Practicum

EDCI 60400 - Social Studies In The Elementary School

EDCI 60500 - Teaching Integrated Science, Technology, Engineering And Math

EDCI 60800 - Individualizing Instruction In The Elementary And Secondary Schools

EDCI 61200 - Seminar In Literacy

EDCI 61300 - Seminar In The English Language Arts

EDCI 62400 - Seminar In Social Studies Education

EDCI 64800 - Curriculum In Career And Technical Education

EDCI 64900 - Assessment In Career And Technical Education

EDCI 66300 - Interactive Multimedia

EDCI 67200 - Advanced Practices In Learning Systems Design

EDCI 69500 - Internship In Education

EDCI 69800 - Research MS Thesis

EDPS 10300 - Introduction To Higher Education

EDPS 22000 - Psychology Of Learning

EDPS 23500 - Learning And Motivation

EDPS 23600 - Developmental Theory And Practice In Early Childhood Education

EDPS 23601 - Developmental Theory & Practice in Early Childhood Education

EDPS 26000 - Introduction To Special Education

EDPS 26500 - The Inclusive Classroom

EDPS 27500 - Observation, Assessment And Documentation

EDPS 27501 - Observation, Assessment And Documentation

EDPS 27600 - Young Children With Exceptional Needs

EDPS 27601 - Young Children With Exceptional Needs

EDPS 27701 - Nurturing And Guiding The Young Child

EDPS 27800 - Field Experience In Early Childhood I

EDPS 27900 - Field Experience In Early Childhood II

EDPS 28500 - Diversity And Education

EDPS 30300 - Career And Life Planning Seminar

EDPS 30600 - Adolescent And Young Adult Development

EDPS 31300 - Curriculum And Programming For Young Children With Special Needs

EDPS 32800 - Teaching Students with Mild to Moderate Needs I

EDPS 36100 - Use Of Assessment Techniques In Special Education

EDPS 37000 - Teaching Students With Diverse Learning Needs In K-12 Class

EDPS 38000 - Special Education Law For Teachers

EDPS 40400 - Early Intervention For Young Children With Developmental Delays

EDPS 41100 - Collaboration and Transition Practices for Individuals With Disabilities

EDPS 42000 - Creating And Managing The Inclusive Classroom

EDPS 43000 - Creating And Managing Learning Environments

EDPS 45000 - Teaching Students With Disabilities

EDPS 45902 - Assistive Technology

EDPS 49000 - Individual Research And Teaching Experience

EDPS 50000 - Group Counseling Theories And Techniques

EDPS 50100 - Introduction To School Counseling

EDPS 50101 - Collaboration In Special Education

EDPS 50202 - Autistic Spectrum Disorders

EDPS 50300 - Introduction To Mental Health Counseling

EDPS 50303 - Characteristics Of Students With Intense Intervention Needs

EDPS 50404 - Intervention Strategies For Students With Intense Needs

EDPS 50500 - Foundations Of Career Development And Assessment

EDPS 50700 - Counseling Multicultural And Diverse Populations

EDPS 50900 - Expressive Arts: Music, Movement, And Spiritual Expression

EDPS 51010 - Counseling Children And Adolescents

EDPS 51100 - Expressive Arts Professional Project: Healing Through The Arts

EDPS 51200 - Expressive Arts: Painting, Poetry, And Dreams

EDPS 51300 - Expressive Arts: Symbolism In Expressive Arts

EDPS 51500 - Applied Behavior Analysis For Teachers

EDPS 51600 - Addictions Seminar I: HIV/AIDS And Dual Diagnosis

EDPS 51700 - Addictions Seminar II: Ethics, Criminal Justice, And Social Systems

EDPS 52100 - Counseling And Psychopathology

EDPS 52200 - Crisis Intervention And Emergency Management

EDPS 52300 - Human Growth and Development

EDPS 52800 - Research In Counseling

EDPS 52900 - Techniques Of Addictions Counseling: Counseling Skills, Groups, And Processes

EDPS 53000 - Advanced Educational Psychology

EDPS 53010 - Introduction To Addictions And Psychopharmacology

EDPS 53100 - Introduction To Measurement And Instrument Design

EDPS 53200 - Measuring Educational Achievement

EDPS 53300 - Introduction To Educational Research I: Methodology