Listed below are the course descriptions for School of Education Summer Sessions courses.   

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION GRADUATE COURSES
Curriculum, Instruction, and Education Psychology

CIEP 401 Exceptional Child
This course is designed to provide a psychological examination of exceptionality as related to school-age children and youth.   

CIEP 421 Reading/Literacy Instruction
This course will focus on the theoretical and practical applications of teaching reading to diverse populations in the elementary school. Emphasis will be on teaching strategies that are effective in developing literacy and a literate environment.   

CIEP 426 Analysis of Reading Materials
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CIEP 437 Strategies: Teaching SS/Arts
This course is designed to help students examine the complex role of the teacher and to understand principles and methods of curriculum, instruction, and evaluation in schools. Class activities are organized within the content areas of social studies and an appreciation for the arts and include lesson planning, teaching models, the roles and responsibilities of teachers, and educational issues which impact the teaching profession.   

CIEP 438 Math for Elementary and Middle School Teachers
Providing the foundation for teaching standards based mathematics in the elementary school classroom, students will study geometry, measurement, data analysis and probability, algebra and number and operations.  Students will broaden their understanding of elementary school mathematics instruction and teach math lessons in elementary school classrooms.   

CIEP 439 Teaching Science
This course is designed to help teacher students develop the theoretical background, practical knowledge, and skills essential for successful science teaching.   

CIEP 446 Middle School Theory/Practice
This course focuses on middle level philosophy and structure; student development and diversity; curriculum, instruction, assessment, and planning for the middle school classroom; and the creation of a positive learning environment for the graduate student in teacher certification.   

CIEP 450 Education Psychology 
The psychological bases of educational theories and practices related to human learning, development and psychological research are studied and critically examined.   

CIEP 473 Instructional Leadership for Multicultural Schools
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CIEP 475 Curriculum Workshop: Implementing Middle School Math Program
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CIEP 481 Infant and Pre-School Assessment
Emphasis is on assessment skills and interpretation of the individual and also focuses on the measure of developmental functioning among infants and preschool children. Students will be able to demonstrate proficiency in the administration and interpretation of a wide variety of psychological measures used with infants and young children.   

CIEP 484 Biological Foundations of Behavior
Students will learn basic biological foundations of behavior as they relate to assessment and intervention of students in school settings.    

CIEP 498 Independent Study
Topics chosen for individual study. Must be approved by an instructor and department chairperson.    

CIEP 511 Developmental Theories and Disabilities
The purpose of this course is to study the stages of development with special attention to the similarities and differences among individuals with and without disabilities. Areas of cognitive, emotional, physical, motor, and language development characterized by typical and atypical maturation will be discussed. The influence of sensory, cultural, and environmental issues on the developmental needs of children and adolescents will be explored. Students will use their knowledge of typical/atypical development to design lessons, arrange learning environments, and select instructional strategies to promote their students' learning and social-emotional development.   

CIEP 512 Special Education: The Profession
The purpose of this course is to examine, test, and clarify the student’s commitment and understanding of the teaching profession.   

CIEP 544 Crisis Prevention and Intervention Strategies
The purpose of this course is to provide educators with a knowledge base pertaining to school violence and crisis response procedures in schools.   

CIEP 547 Clerkship: School Psychology
This is a non-credit doctoral level course that provides advanced experience in university teaching, research or direct service to children/adolescents.   

CIEP 563 Student Teaching/Grad Special
Student teaching gives the opportunity to meld theory with practice in the actual activity of teaching.      

CIEP 586 Doctoral Internship
Students will follow a prescribed doctoral level internship plan to show advanced competencies as a school psychologist under the direction of a licensed clinical psychologist and certified school psychologist.    

Counseling Psychology 

CPSY 424 Career Development and Counseling
This course examines research and theories on career development and counseling and their applications to assessing, treating, and preventing career-related problems across the life-cycle.    

CPSY 425 Assessment in Counseling
This course provides an introduction to the basic principles involved in using tests, inventories, observational procedures, and other forms of assessment in counseling.   

CPSY 426 Group Counseling
This course provides an overview of prevailing group counseling models and theories and their application to conducting group counseling in various settings.   

CPSY 435 Selected Topics: College Counseling
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CPSY 444 Family Therapy I
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CPSY 454 Human Development
This course explores theories and research pertaining to the development of human beings across the lifespan, including childhood, adolescence and adulthood.      

CPSY 458 Adolescent Development and Counseling
This course provides in-depth study of psychological theories and research relevant to adolescent development.    

CPSY 498 Independent Study
Topics chosen for individual study. Must be approved by an instructor.   

CPSY 499 Independent Research
Research projects selected by the individual student, with the approval of the research supervisor.   

Education Leadership and Policy Studies

ELPS 219 American Education
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ELPS 302 Philosophy of Education
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ELPS 420 Philosophy of Education
This course examines the philosophical questions embedded in teaching, learning, and schooling. Outcome: Students acquire familiarity with the history of philosophic thinking about education and develop an ability to formulate valid arguments about the fundamental issues in teaching, learning, and schooling.

ELPS 429 Higher Education Selected Topics: Powerful Pedagogies in Higher Education
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ELPS 446 Historical Foundations of Western Education and Social Policy
This course examines the development of Western education through an examination of changing concepts of what it means to be an educated person and the intellectual movements and socio-cultural contexts within which such notions have emerged. Course Students will be able to demonstrate a historical understanding of the development of Western education.   

ELPS 460 School Administration
This course serves as an introduction to the administration and governance of American public schools.  The course provides an overview of educational administration and the systemic forces that impact upon its functioning. Students will be able to apply a systems model approach to school leadership.  Students will be able to articulate how to transform school inputs into successful school outputs that build positive will and capacity in order to accomplish the school’s vision and mission.   

ELPS 465 Workshop: Superintendency
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ELPS 465 Instructional Leadership: Cultural Context for Informed Decision Making
This Rome-based course uses the historic sites of Rome as the “classroom” to discover the cultural components of Western Civilization and from that to illuminate crucial decision points in responding to current instructional issues  in today’s schools.  Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of current educational issues as fabric of our heritage in Western Civilization, develop the skills for examining one’s own school/district in terms of how such issues are manifested in the school’s explicit, implicit, and null curriculum, and develop the capacity to determine implications for educational change.   

ELPS 466 School Finance and Budgeting
Study of the processes by which financial decisions are made by local school districts, with special emphasis on the roles of building and district administrators in the budgeting process. Included are the techniques of constructing and managing the budget, while addressing issues of need and equity in the school community. Also covered are the sources of school revenues and an introduction to the process and principles of facility planning. This course is intended as a first course in school finance. Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of and competencies pertinent to the school leader’s role in building, maintaining, and managing the school budget while addressing issues of need and equity.   

ELPS 468 Problems in Finance and Business Management
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ELPS 469 Human Resources in Education Organizations
This course explores various facets of human resource administration in educational organizations.  Topics covered include organizational equity in strategic planning and compensation, employment justice in recruitment, selection, staff development, performance appraisal, discipline, and an introduction to unionism. Students will be able to create a strategic plan from recruitment through continual employment for both certified and classified personnel that supports the school’s mission and promotes educational excellence for all.   

ELPS 498 Independent Study
Instructor's permission required.      

ELPS 499 Directed Study
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ELPS 527 Internship in Higher Education
Prerequisite: consent of the department
This course is comprised of supervised, field-based experience in an institution of higher education involving a learning contract and 10 hours per week of internship service plus attendance at an on-campus seminar. Students will develop and refine knowledge and skills in applying what they have learned in the classroom to higher education administrative practice, and the ability to critically analyze and reflect on key issues experienced in college and university administration.     

Research Methods

RMTD 400 Introduction to Research Methods
This course provides an introduction to research methods used in education and the social sciences including qualitative and quantitative research designs.   

RMTD 404 Introduction to Education Statistics
This course provides an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistical methods used in education, psychology and the health professions.   

   
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