This course is required of all graduate students during their first period of matriculation. Students read assigned textual materials including the University's student manual and participate in dialogue with the faculty chair and the dean to determine appropriate study options for individualizing the coursework. This is the an appropriate forum for determining acceptable transfer courses and potential professional portfolio courses. This course presents the elements of instruction diagnosis of learning needs, selection of instructional content, determination of learning objectives, delivery system, test construction and other forms of student assessment. This course is an introduction to human development training and education and a study of the historical and philosophical background of the development of human capital in societies and industry.
Students examine competency in the workplace.
The investigation includes competency characteristics, categorization, analysis, model development and application. Student will be expected to develop a project within a work environment, maintain a weekly log of events and reflections. This elective course allows students to obtain credits for prior field work by completing and submitting a portfolio to the committee Chair of documented participation in external activities substantially related to the program. The field study portfolio should cover a minimum of 150 hours of participation and should demonstrate appropriate practical knowledge in a major field of this program area. For insurance reasons, only fieldwork conducted prior to the student s enrolment is acceptable for portfolio.