EDUC634 Chemical Dependency 2 credits This course examines dependency and addiction and how they occur and progress. It examines substance abuse as well as other ways in which individuals develop addictive behavior. Students learn about the effects of addiction on individuals and those around them. EDUC635 Psychological Development of Children in School 3 credits This course is designed to focus on the characteristic changes in behavior and functioning at each stage of life of a growing person from conception through adolescence. EDUC636 Integration of Technology into the Curriculum 3 credits This course provides experience in the use of integrating software, and introduces hard disk management, and the Macintosh and MS-DOS environments.
Students learn about a wide range of teacher utilities and their applications in school.
This class surveys the history and current status of gifted education. It deals with the identification and characteristics of gifted learners, curricular and instructional design, and topics such as meta-cognition, reflective and moral reasoning, and critical thinking. This course is an overview of special education including a historical perspective, current federal and state mandates, pre-referral interventions and referral procedures, assessment and evaluation, programming trends from segregation to full inclusion, and educational strategies for learner and teacher success. This seminar explores the dynamic changes occurring in society that have an impact on education. Students analyze the changing roles of those involved in critical positions in education.