Apr 19, 2024  
2014-2015 Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Catalog FINAL VERSION - Closed for Revisions

Course Descriptions



 

 

Economics

  
  • ECON 370 - Managerial Economics


    Description:
    Economic analysis of business decision making using regression analysis and forecasting tools; mathematical analysis of production decisions, cost minimization, pricing strategies, consumer demand, and market environment.

    Prerequisites:
    ECON 111 , MATH 109 , and MATH 355  or equiv.

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 374 - Regional Economic Growth


    Description:
    Factors that promote and/or hinder regional economic and business growth. Geographical distribution of resources and spatial ordering of industrial and commercial activities. Patterns of trade among regional and urban areas; regional business cycles. Patterns of land use and values in regions and urban areas.

    Prerequisites:
    ECON 111 

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 390 - Special Topics in Economics


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate topic.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitles.

    1-3 cr.

  
  • ECON 420 - Economics of Organization


    Description:
    Apply microeconomic and game theoretic principles to analyze business institutions and practices. Examine economic theories of the firm and alternative contractual relationships. Vertical integration (make-or-buy decision), corporate owner-ship, multiproduct firm, relational contracting, franchising. Evaluate economic theories with economic experiments.

    Prerequisites:
    ECON 111  and cons instr.

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 450 - Seminar in Applied Economics


    Description:
    This capstone course offers instruction on the qualitative and quantitative methods of the economics profession. Using topics from the economics discipline, examine a variety of types of professional economic studies, for example, literature reviews, case studies, qualitative research, and quantitative analysis. Prepare for the type of work you will be expected to conduct in the economics profession, the business world, or in graduate school.

    Prerequisites:
    ECON 310 

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 460 - Economics and Management of Technological Change


    Description:
    Read, present papers and discuss history of technological change, economic/social determinants of direction and rate of change, effects of change on economic structure/growth, and on behavior of firms. Also, technology problems faced by policy makers and firm managers.

    Prerequisites:
    ECON 111  and 2nd sem jr or sr st.

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 490 - Advanced Topics in Economics


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate topic.

    Prerequisites:
    Sr st; cons instr.

    May repeat for credit with different subtitles.

    1-3 cr.

  
  • ECON 493 - Internship in China


    Description:
    Supervised training work program in cooperating agency or business in China plus lectures in English.

    Prerequisites:
    Economics major/minor or cons intern dir.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GDR: NW; GEP: GA, XL

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 497 - Internship in Economics


    Description:
    Supervised training work program in a cooperating agency or business. Credit set by chair and econ faculty member.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons chair.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: XL

    Cr arranged.

  
  • ECON 498 - International Internship


    Description:
    Supervised training work program in an international agency or business located outside the U.S. Credit set by chair and econ faculty.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons chair.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: XL

    1-12 cr.

  
  • ECON 499 - Special Work


    Description:
    Upperclass or graduate students may arrange for independent study with cons chair.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons chair.

    Credit based on scope of the project.

    Available for graduate credit as ECON 699 .
  
  • ECON 699 - Special Work


    Description:
    Upperclass or graduate students may arrange for independent study with cons chair.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons chair.

    Credit based on scope of the project.

    Available for undergraduate credit as ECON 499 .
  
  • ECON 717 - Economic Education for Elementary and Secondary Teachers


    Description:
    Introduction to basic economic principles and issues; identify resources for economic instruction at elementary and secondary levels; design lessons/activities for integrating economic education across the curriculum. Open to experienced, certified teachers.

    May not earn credit in both ECON 717 and EDUC 717 .

    3 cr.

  
  • ECON 725 - Economics and Environmental Issues


    Description:
    Role of economics principles in analysis of environmental issues; competitive markets, externalities, environmental regulations, economic incentives, pollution reduction, energy efficiency, waste disposal, population change, and economic development; teaching strategies and instructional materials to integrate economics and environmental education.

    Prerequisites:
    Certified elementary and secondary teachers only.

    1 cr.


Education

  
  • EDUC 100 - Introduction to Education: Teaching and Schooling


    Description:
    Survey of historical, philosophical and political issues in K-12 schooling for students interested in careers as professional educators.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 101 - Field Experience in Teaching and Schooling


    Description:
    Two-five days field experience and seminars in a school system.

    1-3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 105 - Study Skills


    Description:
    Develop skills in textbook comprehension, lecture notetaking, memory, listening, preparation for examinations, time management, and systematic methods of study.

    1 hr class per wk; addl 1/2 hr appointments to be arranged.

    1 cr.

  
  • EDUC 106 - Workshops for College Success


    Description:
    Workshops in college-level writing, reading and learning (varies by section).

    May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.

    1 cr. pass/fail pass/fail.

  
  • EDUC 107 - College Success Skills: A Leading Edge Orientation to College Course


    Description:
    Leading Edge is a 2-day UW-Stevens Point orientation and transition seminar for students qualifying for services through the Disability and Assistive Technology Center. The seminar is an introduction to services and accommodations; as well as individual planning sessions for students with disabilities. Involves participation in the Leading Edge seminar and four consecutive two-hour weekly classes, involving extended exploration into aspects of assistive technology, accommodations, and self-advocacy training, academic skills development and tutoring services, academic advising and career planning.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    1 cr.

  
  • EDUC 135 - Thinking and Feeling in Modern Media


    Description:
    Introductory investigation and application of new media, including video games and web videos. Applying interdisciplinary perspectives. Focus on adolescents’ use of media and technology.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: ART

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 200 - Professional Portfolio Development


    Description:
    Introduction to state and national professional teaching standards and assessments. Examine professional development portfolio components and processes. Develop samples of evidence that relate to local and state requirements for certification and initial licensure.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    1 cr.

  
  • EDUC 205 - Pluralism for Educators


    Description:
    Analyze and evaluate education in U.S., policy of equal educational opportunity, and impact of class, gender, race, and language differences on teaching and learning. Involves lectures, discussions and presentations for pre-service teacher education students on topics mandated for initial certification programs in Wisconsin. (Wis Admin Rule Pl 34.15).

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: XL

    2 cr.

  
  • EDUC 300 - Professional Portfolio Development II


    Description:
    Advanced examination of professional portfolio components and processes. Develop samples of evidence that relate to local and state requirements for certification and initial licensure.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 200 

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    1 cr.

  
  • EDUC 301 - Post-Secondary Learning Theory and Practice


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate area and prerequisites.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: XL

    1-3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 501 .
  
  • EDUC 302 - Methods/Materials for Teaching Reading I


    Description:
    Introduction to reading process, includes word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension study strategies and classroom organization for elementary/secondary school. Satisfies state mandate for phonics.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 305 - Wisconsin Indians: Cultural Perspectives on Educational Issues


    Description:
    Analyze and evaluate federal and state policies and laws pertaining to Wisconsin American Indian tribes and band members’ treaty rights and civil rights, particularly in respect to culture, language, and education.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 205  

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 505 .
  
  • EDUC 307 - Turtle Project


    Description:
    Comprehensive course in which varied topics provide opportunity to explore curriculum in your daily life and in your professional careers. Devise proposals for projects with approval of the instructor. Designed for non-traditional students.

    Notes:
    At the undergraduate level, this course is considered an elective.
       

    May be repeated for credit.

    1 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 507 .

  
  • EDUC 309 - Methods/Materials for Teaching Reading II


    Description:
    Materials/methods of reading instruction: basic approaches, research, assessment, preventive/corrective measures. Includes Wis Teaching Standards.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 302 , or cons chair for EDUC 309 only.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 509 .
  
  • EDUC 310 - Materials/Methods for Teaching Language Arts


    Description:
    Materials/methods to teach, integrate, assess the language arts in middle/elementary setting. Includes Wis Teaching Standards.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 302  or cons chair.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 311 - Techniques for Intermediate/Upper Grades - Mathematics, Social Studies, Science


    Description:
    Principles, aims, methods, techniques.

    3 hrs lec; observation/lab hrs to be arranged.

    4 cr.

  
  • EDUC 314 - Nature and Needs of the Gifted


    Description:
    Introduction to gifted education presenting characteristics of gifted children and their needs as learners.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 351 

    2 cr.

  
  • EDUC 315 - Fundamentals of Facilitating Enrichment Programs for High Ability Learners


    Description:
    Facilitation of university enrichment programs for high ability children. Identification of traits associated with high ability learners including social and emotional issues. Concepts and procedures of program design and implementations. Program evaluation and analysis.

    Prerequisites:
    Con reg in EDUC 314  or cons instr.

    May be repeated for credit.

    1 cr.

  
  • EDUC 316 - Leadership in Facilitating Enrichment Programs for High Ability Learners


    Description:
    Facilitation of university enrichment programs for high ability children. Identification of traits associated with high ability learners including social and emotional issues. Concepts and procedures of program design and implementation. Program evaluation and analysis. Training of small groups of adults to facilitate enrichment programs.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    1 cr.

  
  • EDUC 321 - Techniques in Elementary School-Speech


    Description:
    Methods, materials, and philosophy for teaching speech in elementary school; curricular correlation.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 324 - Techniques in Elementary School-Social Studies


    Description:
    Principles, aims, methods, techniques, and field experiences.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course. 2 hrs lec, 2 addl hrs to be arranged per wk.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 325 - Techniques in Elementary School-Science


    Description:
    Principles, aims, methods, techniques, and field experiences.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course. 2 hrs lec, 2 addl hrs to be arranged per wk.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 328 - Reading in the Content Areas


    Description:
    Skills for teaching reading in content areas, related research, strategies for teaching comprehension, study skills, and critical thinking; procedures for curriculum and program development for teachers and reading specialists.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 309  or EDUC 386 /EDUC 586  or ENGL 381 .

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 528 .
  
  • EDUC 331 - Educational Technology


    Description:
    Use and apply media and technology to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction. Develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions in effective instruction and other communication.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to relevant Professional Education Program.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 531 .
  
  • EDUC 335 - Advanced Analysis of Modern Media


    Description:
    Advanced investigation and appreciation of new media, including video games and web videos. Applying interdisciplinary perspectives. Investigation of implications for adolescent development.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: ART

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 337 - Techniques in Secondary Education-Science


    Description:
    Aims, methods, materials, techniques, planning, programs, organization, testing, and field experience.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 339 - Techniques in Secondary Education-Social Studies


    Description:
    Aims, methods, materials, techniques, planning, programs, organization, testing, and field experience.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 351 - Educating Students with Special and/or Other Needs in the General Education Environment


    Description:
    Characteristics and differences of students with disabilities, gifts/talents abilities, or culturally diverse backgrounds; alternative teaching approaches emphasizing the least restrictive environment. Practicum is required.

    Prerequisites:
    PSYC 110 .

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 551 .
  
  • EDUC 356 - Individual Assessment


    Description:
    Screening, referral and individual assessment relating to M-team procedures; report writing, decision making, and IEP program planning; monitor ongoing progress; learn administration and interpretation of norm-referenced and criterion-referenced individual assessment tests including recording behavioral data, using rating scales and curriculum-based assessment; field experience.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 351 /EDUC 551 .

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 556 .
  
  • EDUC 362 - Classroom Management Techniques and Strategies


    Description:
    Comprehensive management of behavior problems of children and adolescents in general education and special education settings classrooms for students with disabilities.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 364 - Curriculum and Methods for Teaching Students with Disabilities I


    Description:
    Methods, materials and adaptations for teaching reading, writing, and mathematics to meet the needs of students with disabilities in the general education curriculum, including development, implementation, and evaluation of IEPs. Required field experience.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 351 /EDUC 551 .

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 564 .
  
  • EDUC 365 - Assessment and Intervention Strategies for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities and Their Families


    Description:
    Develop skills in assessment procedures to use with newborn, infants, and toddlers up to age three having high risk and/or disabilities; work in cooperation with family members and related services professionals. Includes field experience.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 351 /EDUC 551 .

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 565 .
  
  • EDUC 366 - Assessment/Intervention Strategies for Preschool Children with Disabilities and Their Families


    Description:
    Develop skills in assessment procedures and intervention strategies to use with preschool children (3-5 years) having at-risk situations and/or disabilities; work in cooperation with family members and related services professionals. Includes field experience.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 351 /EDUC 551  or cons instr.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 566 .
  
  • EDUC 367 - Assessment and Intervention Strategies for Children with Disabilities in the Primary Grades and Their Families


    Description:
    Develop skills in assessment procedures and intervention strategies to use with children ages 5-8 years experiencing kindergarten and primary curricula, early academic skills, and social/behavioral areas; work in cooperation with family members and related service professionals. Field experience.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 351 /EDUC 551  or cons instr.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 567 .
  
  • EDUC 368 - Career, Vocational and Community Education for Youth with Disabilities


    Description:
    Procedures and methods in assessing needs, adapting curriculum, and providing instruction in career and vocational education, community skills, personal and interpersonal skills, and transition to adult environments.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 351 /EDUC 551 , or cons instr.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 568 .
  
  • EDUC 369 - Curriculum and Methods for Teaching Students with Disabilities II


    Description:
    Teaching strategies, curricular adaptations, and methodology at elementary and secondary levels in the areas of science, social sciences, and behavioral interventions and other aspects of teaching students with disabilities. Includes field experience.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 351 /EDUC 551 .

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 569 .
  
  • EDUC 370 - Workshop in Education


    Description:
    Problems of teaching in elementary and secondary schools. Subtitle will designate area and prerequisites.

    1-3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 570 .
  
  • EDUC 378 - Parent, Home and Agency Involvement in Educating Children and Youth with Disabilities


    Description:
    Develop understanding of familial needs, behaviors and perspectives for all family members; cite resources/ intervention to be applied to families having a child with a disability; learn interaction and communication techniques to use with family and community agencies.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 351 /EDUC 551 .

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 381 - Educational Psychology


    Description:
    Psychological bases of educational procedures and practices; educational implications of characteristics of physical and mental growth, emotional behavior, motivation, learning, individual differences, and human relations.

    Prerequisites:
    PSYC 110 .

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: SS

    2 cr.

  
  • EDUC 382 - Managing Learning Environments


    Description:
    Theories and strategies in classroom management, student behavior management, and learning communities.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to Professional Education. EDUC 381  or con reg EDUC 381 .

    General Education Designation(s):
    GEP: SS

    1 cr.

  
  • EDUC 383 - Educational Assessment


    Description:
    Develop understanding of the role assessment plays in determining student learning, evaluating and guiding instruction, and empowering teachers and students with useful data and evidence.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 583 .
  
  • EDUC 385 - Teaching the Early Adolescent


    Description:
    Characteristics of early adolescents and instructional strategies appropriate to their needs.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 381  or cons instr.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 585 .
  
  • EDUC 386 - Literacy in the Secondary School


    Description:
    Survey of issues, research, theory, process, and strategies that constitute literacy in secondary school including a clinical experience.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 586 .
  
  • EDUC 390 - Reading and Writing for Content Understanding


    Description:
    Analyze and explore how reading and writing support content learning in secondary school. Develop strategies and learning activities that integrate reading and writing in content area studies.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 386  or cons instr.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for graduate credit as EDUC 590 .
  
  • EDUC 397 - The Competent Special Educator: Course Content into Practice


    Description:
    Complete the multiple skill components required of a special educator: special education assessment (selecting, completing, scoring, interpreting, and describing), development of the full individualized education plan and behavior intervention plan, conducting IEP meetings, consulting with general educators, and adapting assignments to meet the individualized needs of a student. Engage in activities related to professional practice and ethics. Practicum is required.

    Prerequisites:
    Completion of Block II special education courses; permission of instructor required.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 398 - Student Teaching


    Description:
    Certifiable field experiences. Six to 20 weeks in actual school settings planning, instructing, and evaluating educational programs with the cooperation of certified teachers and administrators. Subtitle will designate area.

    Prerequisites:
    Approval of each certifying department; application with Field Experiences; con reg in approp section of 400.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    Variable cr. pass/fail.

  
  • EDUC 399 - Special Work


    Description:
    Upperclass education students may arrange for independent study with consent of the head of the School of Education.

    Credit based on scope of project.

  
  • EDUC 400 - Seminar on Teaching for Intern Teachers


    Description:
    Structured group discussions on aspects of teaching that emerge during full-time field experiences.

    Prerequisites:
    Admis to PEP. Con reg in EDUC 398  or EDUC 498 .

    1-2 cr. pass/ fail.

  
  • EDUC 491 - Gifted/Talented Education Foundations


    Description:
    Overview of history and definitions. Emphasis on development, characteristics, and individual learning differences of students with gifts and talents. Identification strategies. Exploration of relevant issues and trends.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 492 - Gifted/Talented Curriculum Methods


    Description:
    Curriculum methods designed specifically for identified students with gifts and talents in specialized programs. Curriculum differentiation and instructional strategies/techniques for students with gifts and talents in the general education classroom. Planning of the Differentiated Program Plan. Professional and ethical teaching practice.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 491  or EDUC 792  or cons instr.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 498 - Intern Teaching


    Description:
    Structured field experiences in approved school programs. Interns are certified by the DPI and are employed under contract with schools to design, deliver, and assess instructional programs in grades n-k-12. Complete all methods courses and 75% of content courses in approp major.

    Prerequisites:
    Con reg in approp section of EDUC 400  may be required.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    Variable cr. pass/fail.

  
  • EDUC 501 - Post-Secondary Learning Theory and Practice


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate area and prerequisites.

    Prerequisites:
    Cons instr.

    1-3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 301 .
  
  • EDUC 505 - Wisconsin Indians: Cultural Perspectives on Educational Issues


    Description:
    Analyze and evaluate federal and state policies and laws pertaining to Wisconsin American Indian tribes and band members’ treaty rights and civil rights, particularly in respect to culture, language, and education.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 205  

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 305 .
  
  • EDUC 507 - Turtle Project


    Description:
    Comprehensive course in which varied topics provide opportunity to explore curriculum in your daily life and in your professional careers. Devise proposals for projects wiht approval of the instructor. Designed for non-traditional students.

    Notes:
    At the graduate level, this course can be taken up to 9 credits as part of master’s program.  

    May be repeated for credit.

    1 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 307 .

  
  • EDUC 509 - Methods/Materials for Teaching Reading II


    Description:
    Materials/methods of reading instruction: basic approaches, research, assessment, preventive/corrective measures. Includes Wis Teaching Standards.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 302 , or cons chair for EDUC 309  only.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 309 .
  
  • EDUC 528 - Reading in the Content Areas


    Description:
    Skills for teaching reading in content areas, related research, strategies for teaching comprehension, study skills, and critical thinking; procedures for curriculum and program development for teachers and reading specialists.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 309  or EDUC 386 /EDUC 586  or ENGL 381 .

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 328 .
  
  • EDUC 531 - Educational Technology


    Description:
    Use and apply media and technology to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction. Develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions in effective instruction and other communication.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to relevant Professional Education Program.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 331 .
  
  • EDUC 551 - Educating Students with Special and/or Other Needs in the General Education Environment


    Description:
    Characteristics and differences of students with disabilities, gifts/talents abilities, or culturally diverse backgrounds; alternative teaching approaches emphasizing the least restrictive environment. Practicum is required.

    Prerequisites:
    PSYC 110 .

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 351 .
  
  • EDUC 556 - Individual Assessment


    Description:
    Screening, referral and individual assessment relating to M-team procedures; report writing, decision making, and IEP program planning; monitor ongoing progress; learn administration and interpretation of norm-referenced and criterion-referenced individual assessment tests including recording behavioral data, using rating scales and curriculum-based assessment; field experience.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 551 

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 356 .
  
  • EDUC 564 - Curriculum and Methods for Teaching Students with Disabilities I


    Description:
    Methods, materials and adaptations for teaching reading, writing, and mathematics to meet the needs of students with disabilities in the general education curriculum, including development, implementation, and evaluation of IEPs. Required field experience.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 551 

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    1-3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 364 .
  
  • EDUC 565 - Assessment and Intervention Strategies for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities and Their Families


    Description:
    Develop skills in assessment procedures to use with newborn, infants, and toddlers up to age three having high risk and/or disabilities; work in cooperation with family members and related services professionals. Includes field experience.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 551 

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 365 .
  
  • EDUC 566 - Assessment/Intervention Strategies for Preschool Children with Disabilities and Their Families


    Description:
    Develop skills in assessment procedures and intervention strategies to use with preschool children (3-5 years) having at-risk situations and/or disabilities; work in cooperation with family members and related services professionals. Includes field experience.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 551  or cons instr.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 366 .
  
  • EDUC 567 - Assessment and Intervention Strategies for Children with Disabilities in the Primary Grades and Their Families


    Description:
    Develop skills in assessment procedures and intervention strategies to use with children ages 5-8 years experiencing kindergarten and primary curricula, early academic skills, and social/behavioral areas; work in cooperation with family members and related service professionals. Field experience.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 551  or cons instr.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 367 .
  
  • EDUC 568 - Career, Vocational and Community Education for Youth with Disabilities


    Description:
    Procedures and methods in assessing needs, adapting curriculum, and providing instruction in career and vocational education, community skills, personal and interpersonal skills, and transition to adult environments.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 551  or cons instr.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    1-3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 368 .
  
  • EDUC 569 - Curriculum and Methods for Teaching Students with Disabilities II


    Description:
    Teaching strategies, curricular adaptations, and methodology at elementary and secondary levels in the areas of science, social sciences, and behavioral interventions and other aspects of teaching students with disabilities. Includes field experience.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 551 

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 369 .
  
  • EDUC 570 - Workshop in Education


    Description:
    Problems of teaching in elementary and secondary schools. Subtitle will designate area and prerequisites.

    1-3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 370 .
  
  • EDUC 583 - Educational Assessment


    Description:
    Develop understanding of the role assessment plays in determining student learning, evaluating and guiding instruction, and empowering teachers and students with useful data and evidence.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 383 .
  
  • EDUC 585 - Teaching the Early Adolescent


    Description:
    Characteristics of early adolescents and instructional strategies appropriate to their needs.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 381  or cons instr.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 385 .
  
  • EDUC 586 - Literacy in the Secondary School


    Description:
    Survey of issues, research, theory, process, and strategies that constitute literacy in secondary school including a clinical experience.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 386 .
  
  • EDUC 590 - Reading and Writing for Content Understanding


    Description:
    Analyze and explore how reading and writing support content learning in secondary school. Develop strategies and learning activities that integrate reading and writing in content area studies.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 386  or cons instr.

    Notes:
    You must be admitted to the relevant Professional Education Program (PEP) area before you can enroll in the course.

    3 cr.

    Available for undergraduate credit as EDUC 390 .
  
  • EDUC 598 - Graduate Internship


    Description:
    Certifiable field experience for licensed educators seeking additional license endorsements under Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction rules.

    Prerequisites:
    Wisconsin educator license.

    1-6 cr.

  
  • EDUC 701 - Philosophical Foundations of Education


    Description:
    Analyze critical issues in education; their ideological and social bases.

    Prerequisites:
    Teacher certification or cons instr.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 702 - Advanced Educational Psychology: Theory Into Practice


    Description:
    Understanding and application of psychological theories of education relative to human abilities, behavior, individual differences, and human relations in diverse teaching and learning settings.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to graduate program.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 703 - Newer Views of Learning


    Description:
    Explore contemporary views on multi-dimensional and contextual nature of intelligence and learning styles. Investigate theories such as multiple, emotional, successful, and creative intelligence; re-examine importance of learning styles and methods (modalities) for constructing optimal educational experiences.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 704 - Strategies for Discipline and Classroom Management


    Description:
    Develop effective strategies for solving individual behavioral problems; survey several models and interaction techniques to use in general and special education settings for students with disabilities.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 705 - Basic Statistical Methods in Education


    Description:
    Fundamentals of statistical analysis that apply to education and other fields according to student needs; critical ratios and the test for paired, pooled, and unpooled samples; straight line and curvilinear regression for simple and multiple correlation of variables; introduction to the use of probability, simple and two-way analysis, chi square, and other nonparametric statistics.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 383 /EDUC 583 , or EDUC 751 ; and cons instr.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 707 - Educational Research


    Description:
    Study educational research procedures and develop an educational product or paper, involving problem identification, literature review and analysis, description, and evaluation.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 708 - Social and Cultural Foundations of Education


    Description:
    Relationship between schooling and society; impact of society and culture on education and individuals within educational institutions; emphasis on educational processes, development, and outcomes from multiple theoretical and research perspectives including human relations with implications for teaching.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 717 - Economic Education for Elementary and Secondary Teachers


    Description:
    Introduction to basic economic principles and issues; identify resources for economics instruction at elementary and secondary levels; design lessons and activities for integrating economics education across the curriculum. Open to experienced, certified teachers.

    May not earn credit in both EDUC 717 & ECON 717 .

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 721 - Fundamentals of Curriculum


    Description:
    Fundamental ideas in developing curriculum, emphasizing human aspects.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 726 - Models of Teaching and Learning


    Description:
    Cohesive curricular components representing a broad array of educational philosophies and teaching methods in social, information-processing, personal, and behavioral models. Each model has distinctive curricular orientation and direct link to supportive instructional environments and curricular methods.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 740 - Reading Teacher Portfolio


    Description:
    Compile personal/ professional portfolio representing professional growth based on balanced literacy instruction, diagnosis and evaluation of reading difficulty, supported reading practices, clinical case study.

    Prerequisites:
    Con reg in EDUC 741 .

    1 cr.

  
  • EDUC 741 - Improvement in Reading


    Description:
    Trends and programs in developmental reading, reading curriculum, and related research.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 309 

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 742 - Literacy and the Young Child


    Description:
    Study social and developmental aspects of literacy, including research, programs, and instructional strategies.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 309 , EDUC 310 , or teaching license.

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 746 - Diagnosis and Evaluation of Reading Abilities


    Description:
    Survey formal and informal evaluation instruments in reading; test to identify remedial readers, construct diagnostic profiles, write interpretations of test results.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 309 , EDUC 741 .

    3 cr.

  
  • EDUC 747 - Supported Literacy


    Description:
    Materials and techniques of supported literacy. For classroom teachers, reading teachers, and administrators of reading programs who are responsible for instruction, curriculum development, and leadership.

    Prerequisites:
    EDUC 309 , EDUC 741 , EDUC 746 .

    3 cr.

 

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