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EDUC 440 - Concepts of Career Exploration
Credits:
4.00
Examines the four major roles of people (family members,
students, workers, and users of leisure time) and how
these roles apply to (1)achieving a balanced life,
(2)exploring individual areas for improvement, (3)relating
present and future classes to entering the world of work,
and (4) developing flexibility for changes that may occur
in the future. Special fee.
EDUC 444 - Learning to Learn
Credits:
4.00
The central issue in this seminar is the nature of
learning. What does it mean to learn? To be a learner?
What role does learning play in students' own lives - both
in and out of school? Students consider the roles of the
environment, the teacher, and the learner in thinking about
what it means to learn. Through readings, discussions,
classroom activities, investigations and observations
students develop their own beliefs and understandings about
what it means to learn. Students in the course explore
specific topics related to learning, including the nature
of intelligence and motivation, and the roles of attention,
memory and context in learning. They consider both formal
and informal learning environments as well as structures
that support or impede learning. Students work together in
groups to solve problems and present information to others.
They use reflection as a tool for learning and increase
their understanding of themselves as learners. Writing
intensive.
EDUC 451 - Welding and Fabrication Technology
Credits:
4.00
Processes and procedures of welding including: Shielded
Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Oxyacetylene Welding (OAW),
Oxy-Fuel Gas Cutting (OFC-A), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW),
Plasma Arc Cutting (PAC) and Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW).
Welding metallurgy and control of distortion. Special fee.
Prereq: permission. 2 lec/2-hr rec.
EDUC 461 - Internal Combustion Engines I
Credits:
4.00
Internal combustion engines (spark-ignited and diesel) and
their subsystems with emphasis on their design, how they
function, preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting. 2
lec/2-hr rec.
EDUC 462 - Internal Combustion Engines II
Credits:
4.00
Advanced engine principles and theory. Detailed major
failure analysis and overhaul techniques. Prereq:
permission, AM 261, AOE 461, or EDUC 461. 2 lec/2 rec.
EDUC 470 - Residential Electricity
Credits:
2.00
Electrical principles, laws, and installation with
emphasis on the National Electrical Code. While modeled at
the residential level, concepts and terminology will be
applicable to the commercial and light industrial sectors
as well. Concepts and methodologies will be supported with
design and when appropriate, hands-on application to
enhance the learning environment. 2 lec/2-hr rec. (half
semester course.) No credit earned if credit earned for the
second half of CT 227.
EDUC 475 - Building Science/Residential Construction
Credits:
4.00
Studies the interrelationship of physical principles that
affect the functionality and life span of a building. The
materials and methodologies of residential construction. 3
lec/2-hr lab. Special fee.
EDUC 500 - Exploring Teaching
Credits:
4.00
For students considering a teaching career. In-school
experiences to develop introductory skills in teaching.
On-site seminars for analysis and evaluation. Assessment
and advising related to teaching as a career. Prerequisite
for further work toward teacher licensure. Minimum of 7
hours a week, plus travel time, required. Prereq:
permission. Cr/F.
EDUC 501 - Occupational Competency Examination and Evaluation
Credits:
3.00
Examination and/or evaluation to determine the level of
competency within an occupation. Restricted to adult and
occupational education majors. Prereq: permission. Special
fee. Cr/F.
EDUC 506 - Service Learning Experiences in Literacy
Credits:
1.00
Supports students engaged in school-based literacy
tutoring as service learning experiences. Explores
tutoring methods in literacy, community/school service, and
contemporary issues in education. May be repeated to six
credits, one credit per semester. Prereq: permission
required. Cr/F.
EDUC 507 - Mentoring Adolescents
Credits:
2.00
This seminar is intended for undergraduate men and women
who are mentoring local middle-school students on a weekly
basis. The mentoring involves minimally tutoring the
mentees once a week at their schools. The seminar meets
twice a month for two hours. Additionally, one tutoring
session a month is reserved for a focus group discussion
involving the mentors and their mentees at the school site.
EDUC 630 - Development of Food and Fiber in Third World Countries
Credits:
4.00
The world food situation and the role of agriculture and
education in development of third-world agrarian systems.
Identifies constraints on food production, technology
transfer, advantages and disadvantages of different
agriculture systems, agricultural marketing, and career
opportunities in international agriculture.
EDUC 694 - Courses in Supervised Teaching
Credits:
8.00
Supervised Teaching of Music. Cr/F. Supervised Teaching of
Adult and Occupational Education. Cr/F. Supervised
Teaching of Mathematics. Cr/F.
EDUC 694D - Courses in Supervised Teaching
Credits:
4.00
Supervised teaching of Kinesiology. Cr/F.
EDUC 700 - Educational Structure and Change
Credits:
2.00 or 4.00
Organization, structure, and function of American schools;
historical, political, social and cross-cultural
perspectives; nature and processes of change in education.
A) Educational Structure and Change; B) Education in
America: Backgrounds, Structure, and Function; C)
Governance of American Schools; D) School and Cultural
Change; E) Teacher and Cultural Change; F) Social
Perspectives of Conflict in the Schools; G) Nature and
Processes of Change in Education; H) What is an Elementary
School?; I) Schooling for the Early Adolescent; J)
Curriculum Structure and Change; K) Stress and Educational
Organizations. Candidates teacher licensure must take
either 4-credit course 700A, or 2 credits each of 700F and
and 700C. Prereq: for teacher licensure: EDUC 500 and
junior status. Prereq: for students not seeking teacher
licensure: instructor permission. Writing intensive.
EDUC 701 - Human Development and Learning: Educational Psychology
Credits:
2.00 or 4.00
Child development through adolescence, learning theory,
cognitive psychology, research in teaching and teacher
effectiveness, cross-cultural variability, and evaluation--
all applied to problems of classroom and individual
teaching and learning. A) Human Development and Learning:
Educational Psychology; B) Human Development: Educational
Psychology; C) Human Learning: Educational Psychology; D)
Developmental Basis of Learning and Emotional Problems; E)
Learning Theory, Modification of Behavior, and Classroom
Management; F) Cognitive and Moral Development; G)
Evaluating Classroom Learning; H) Deliberate Psychological
Education; I) Sex Role Learning and School Achievement; J)
The Development of Thinking. Each semester 2-credit and
4-credit courses are offered. 2-credit courses emphasize
either development or learning. Candidates for teacher
licensure are required to have the 4-credit course (701A)
or 2 credits each of 701B and 701C. Prerequisite for
teacher licensure: EDUC 500 and junior status. Prerequisite
for students not seeking teacher licensure: instructor
permission and junior status. 701A has a special fee when
taught in Manchester. Writing intensive.
EDUC 703 - Alternative Teaching Models
Credits:
2.00 or 4.00
Basic teaching models, techniques of implementation, and
relationships to curricula. A) Alternative Teaching
Models; B) Curriculum Planning for Teachers; C) Alternative
Strategies for Maintaining Classroom Control; D) Social
Studies Methods for Middle and High School Teachers; F)
Teaching Elementary School Science; G) Language Arts for
Elementary Teachers; H) Experiential Curriculum; I)
Children with Special Needs; Teaching Strategies for the
Classroom Teacher; K) Writing across the Curriculum; L)
Learning and LOGO; M) Teaching Elementary School Social
Studies. 2-credit and 4-credit courses are offered. Teacher
education students should be aware of the specific
course(s) required for their licensure area. EDUC 703F and
M are required for elementary education candidates. EDUC
703D is required for social studies candidates. EDUC 791 is
required for science candidates. For all other secondary
education candidates, the appropriate methods course in the
department of major is required. See the Schoolhouse Book
for specific course listings. Prerequisite for teacher
licensure: EDUC 500 and junior status. Prerequisite for
students not seeking teacher licensure: instructor
permission and junior status. 703F has a special fee when
taught in Manchester.
EDUC 705 - Alternative Perspectives on the Nature of Education
Credits:
2.00 or 4.00
Students formulate, develop, and evaluate their own
educational principles, standards, and priorities.
Alternative philosophies of education; contemporary issues.
A) Contemporary Educational Perspectives; B) Controversial
and Ethical Issues in Education; D) Concepts of Teaching:
Differing Views; E) Curriculum Theory and Development; F)
Readings on Educational Perspectives; G) Philosophy of
Education; I) Education as a Form of Social Control; K)
Schooling and the Rights of Children; L) Education,
Inequality, and the Meritocracy; M) Readings and
Philosophies of Outdoor Education; N) Alternative
Perspectives on the Nature of Education; O) Classrooms: The
Social Context; P) Teaching: The Social Context; Q) School
and Society. 2-credit and 4-credit courses are offered.
Candidates for teacher licensure must choose either
4-credit course 705A, 705B, or 705Q. Prerequisite for
teacher licensure: EDUC 500 and junior status. Prerequisite
for students not seeking teacher licensure: instructor
permission and junior status. Writing intensive.
EDUC 706 - Introduction to Reading in the Elementary School
Credits:
4.00
Methods in reading and writing instruction; current
procedures and materials; diagnostic techniques. Course
satisfies reading/language arts requirement for prospective
elementary teachers in the five-year teacher education
program. Prereq: EDUC 500 and junior status.
EDUC 707 - Teaching Reading through the Content Areas
Credits:
2.00
Approaches and methods for teaching reading through
content materials; coursework includes practical
applications through development of instructional
strategies and materials. Required for candidates seeking
certification in art, biology, chemistry, earth science,
general science, physical science, physics, or social scienc
EDUC 710A - Concepts of Adult and Occupational Education
Credits:
4.00
Development of occupational education in the U.S.;
socio-economic influences responsible for its
establishment; federal and state requirements for secondary
and postsecondary schools. Coordination of programs with
general education and vocational fields. Focus on selected
concepts relevant to adult education. Special attention on
the adult as a learner, volunteer management, evaluation
and accountability, experiential learning, and adult
education. Required of all degree candidates in AOE
concentrations. Writing intensive.
EDUC 710B - Microcommunications
Credits:
4.00
Organization, presentation, and evaluation of
micro-lessons in a variety of educational settings.
Preliminary experience and practice in communications.
Variables of communicating under controlled conditions with
videotaping for immediate feedback. Required for majors and
minors. Special fee. Writing intensive.
EDUC 710C - Youth Organizations
Credits:
4.00
Organizational development (advising youth organizations,
teaching parliamentary procedure, developing programs and
activities, leadership). FFA/SAEP (Future Farmers of
America/Supervised Agricultural Experience Programs, for
high school youth). VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of
America). 4-H (Cooperative Extension Youth Program).
EDUC 710D - Planning for Teaching
Credits:
4.00
Organization of materials of instruction to meet group and
individual needs. Techniques of instruction, planning for
teaching, function of consulting committees, working with
youth groups, program evaluation. Course scheduled
concurrently with EDUC 694. Prereq: Microcommunications or
permission.
EDUC 710E - Workshop in Adult and Occupational Education
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Modularized instruction of in-service education. Focus
varies with the needs of the student. May be repeated for
up to 8 credits.
EDUC 710F - Investigations
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Topics may include career education, secondary education,
post-secondary education, adult education, extension
education, exemplary education, cooperative education,
disadvantaged and handicapped education, international
agriculture, or teaching experience. Student-selected in
one of the areas listed. Elective after consultation with
instructor. Hours arranged. May be repeated.
EDUC 710H - Field Experience
Credits:
2.00 to 16.00
Work with an agency, institution, or organization to gain
technical and/or professional competence not otherwise
available. Student plans experience with departmental
adviser. Credit approval subject to recommendation of
faculty members and performance of student. Prereq:
permission.
EDUC 711 - Youth, Culture, and Society in Comparative Perspective
Credits:
4.00
Examines lifestyles, social identities, and subcultures of
youth in a variety of sociocultural and historical
settings. Students develop an understanding of the
conditions that foster the formation of social identity and
the emergence of age-based subcultures. Explores the
relationship between individual and social identity, and
between youth subcultures and dominant cultural systems.
(Also listed as ANTH 710.)
EDUC 717 - Growing up Male in America
Credits:
4.00
An integrative view of growing up male in the American
culture from birth through adulthood. Analysis of major
perspectives on male development and the implications in
parenting with specific emphasis on male education.
Participants are expected to develop awareness of their own
development as a male or alongside males, using current
male development perspectives as a guide. They also create
an awareness of how this will affect their behavior toward
boys in their classrooms.
EDUC 720 - Introduction to Computer Applications for Education
Credits:
4.00
Major issues related to classroom computer applications:
historical development; computer functioning; methods of
instruction, problem solving, educational software
development and evaluation, psychological and sociological
impact of the computer on children and learning. A
practical approach is stressed. Lab.
EDUC 721 - Application of Multimedia Technology in Education
Credits:
2.00
This half-semester course gives preservice and inservice
teachers the opportunity to master two pieces of software
that are often used in constructing multimedia projects.
Students develop two projects--a product that can be used
in multimedia authoring programs and a multimedia project.
Class discussions and reflection papers based upon readings
about integrating technology into the classroom.
EDUC 733 - Introduction to the Teaching of Writing
Credits:
4.00
Development of writers, child to adult; ways to respond to
writing; organization of the classroom for the teaching of
writing. Persons taking the course need to have access to
students to carry out course requirements. Prereq: permissio
EDUC 734 - Children's Literature
Credits:
4.00
Interpretive and critical study of literature for children
in preschool and elementary settings. Methods of using
literature with children.
EDUC 735 - Young Adult Literature
Credits:
4.00
Critical study of the fiction and nonfiction genres that
constitute literature written for the adolescent reader.
Emphasis on literary analysis of young adult literature and
its pedagogical uses in middle/junior high/high school
curriculum.
EDUC 741 - Exploring Mathematics with Young Children
Credits:
4.00
A laboratory course offering those who teach young
children mathematics, and who are interested in children's
discovery learning and creative thinking, an opportunity to
experience exploratory activities with concrete materials.
Offers mathematical investigations through which one may
develop the ability to provide children with a
mathematically rich environment to become adept at asking
problem-posing questions.
EDUC 750 - Introduction to Exceptionality
Credits:
4.00
A life span perspective of the social, psychological, and
physical characteristics of individuals with
exceptionalities including intellectual, sensory, motor,
health, and communication impairments. Includes
implications for educational and human service delivery.
EDUC 751A - Educating Exceptional Learners: Elementary
Credits:
4.00
Foundations of special education and an introduction to a
variety of service delivery models with an emphasis on
educating all learners in heterogeneous classrooms.
Instructional strategies and supports for all students,
particularly those with mild and moderate diabilities, will
be the primary focus.
EDUC 751B - Educating Exceptional Learners: Secondary
Credits:
4.00
Foundations of special education and an introduction to a
variety of service delivery models with an emphasis on
educating all learners in heterogeneous classrooms.
Instructional strategies and supports for all students,
particularly those with mild and moderate diabilities, is
the primary focus. Preparation for students' transitions to
post-secondary life is included.
EDUC 751C - Educating Exceptional Learners: Related Services
Credits:
4.00
An overview of special education and related services in
an educational setting. Focus on support services provided
to general education and special education teachers,
including laws relating to special populations, how related
services interact with classroom and special educators,
IEPs, and other topics that impact services provided to
students with special needs.
EDUC 752 - Contemporary Issues in Learning Disabilities
Credits:
4.00
Critical analysis of current and historical conceptions of
learning disability in the areas of definition, supporting
theories, assessment practice, and teaching methodologies.
Focus on contemporary issues in the field that relate to
working with students labeled as learning disabled at both
elementary and secondary levels.
EDUC 753 - Contemporary Issues in Behavioral Disabilities
Credits:
4.00
Nature and scope of emotional and behavioral disabilities
in students for elementary through secondary levels.
Theoretical perspectives, characteristics, assessment and
educational intervention strategies are included.
EDUC 754 - Contemporary Issues in Developmental Disabilities
Credits:
4.00
The causal factors, physical and psychological
characteristics, and educational and therapeutic
implications of mental retardation, cerebral palsy,
epilepsy, autism, and related conditions. A life span
perspective is included, with major emphasis on the
school-age population.
EDUC 755 - Fostering Social Relationships for Students who Experience Significant Disabilities
Credits:
2.00
Focuses on the supports students with significant
disabilities need in order to have a wide variety of
satisfying social relationships. Students learn to identify
and facilitate the factors essential to the development of
friendships such as full inclusion; valued membership and
belonging; shared experiences; an effective means of
communication understood by everyone; and access to typical
school, extracurricular, and community environments and
activities. Additionally, students learn to identify and
mitigate the barriers to friendships, such as low
expectations; devaluing of differences; age-appropriate
experiences; and educational practices, such as pull-out
and separate special education programs. Students learn
about appropriate relationship supports, especially
relating to the facilitation of communicative interactions.
EDUC 760 - Introduction to Young Children with Special Needs
Credits:
4.00
Needs of children (birth to eight years) with
developmental delays or who are at risk for disabilities.
Strengths and special needs of such children; causes,
identification, and treatment; current legislation; parent
and family concerns; program models.
EDUC 767 - Students, Teachers, and the Law
Credits:
4.00
Our public schools play a vital role in our society. What
shall be taught and who shall teach our children are
perennial questions. This course explores how the law
impacts the educational lives of students and teachers,
including issues of church-state relations, free speech,
dress codes, and search and seizure. (Also offered as JUST
767.)
EDUC 776 - Reading for Learners with Special Needs
Credits:
4.00
Techniques and procedures for teaching reading to learners
with special needs. Emphasis on providing reading
instruction in the least restrictive alternative.
EDUC 780 - Belize/New Hampshire Teacher Program
Credits:
4.00
International course involving teams of teachers from
Belize and New England. The program offers teachers in
both countries the opportunity to work collaboratively on
developing effective teaching practices, develop an
understanding of each other's cultural and educational
perspectives, extend the experience to other teachers and
students upon return. Special fee.
EDUC 781 - Introduction to Statistics: Inquiry, Analysis, and Decision Making
Credits:
4.00
An applied statistics course that covers
introductory-level approaches to examining quantitative
information. Students spend about half of class time in the
computer lab analyzing real data from the behavioral and
social sciences. An emphasis is placed on the role of
statistics in making empirically-based policy decisions.
EDUC 785 - Educational Assessment
Credits:
4.00
Theory and practice of educational evaluation; uses of
test results in classroom teaching and student counseling;
introductory statistical techniques.
EDUC 791 - Methods of Teaching Secondary Science
Credits:
4.00
Application of theory and research findings in science
education to classroom teaching with emphasis on inquiry
learning, developmental levels of children, societal
issues, integration of technology, critical evaluation of
texts and materials for science teaching, and planning for
instruction. Lab.
EDUC 795 - Independent Study
Credits:
2.00 or 4.00
Juniors and seniors only, with approval by appropriate
faculty member. Neither course may be repeated.
EDUC 796 - Independent Study
Credits:
2.00 or 4.00
See description for EDUC 795.
EDUC 797 - Seminar in Contemporary Educational Problems
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Issues and problems of special contemporary significance,
usually on a subject of recent special study by faculty
member(s). Prereq: permission. May be repeated for
different topics. Special fee on topic: Picturing Writing,
Fostering Literacy through Art.