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CS 1342 - COMPUTER ORGANIZATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Data representation, instruction formats, control memory, input/output units, microprocessors, vector and pipeline processing, and multiprocessor systems.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
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CS 1498 - DIRECTED RES: COMPUTER SCIENCE
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Independent work on a project in computer science, super vised by a member of the computer science faculty.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
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ECE 0031 - LINEAR CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 1
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
The analysis of linear circuits. Electric variables and circuit elements; Kirchhoff’s and Ohm’s Law; Mesh and Node Equations; Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits; first and second-order circuits; time domain analysis.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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ECE 0041 - LINEAR CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Sinusoidal steady-state analysis, network functions, real and reactive power, three-phase circuits, laplace transform method, two-port networks, and Fourier series.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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ECE 0132 - DIGITAL LOGIC
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introduction to digital systems, Boolean algebra, minimization of logic functions, combinational and sequential circuit design.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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ECE 0142 - COMPUTER ORGANIZATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Digital computer data representation, instruction formats, control, memory and input-output units, microprocessors, minicomputers.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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ECE 0257 - ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Diode circuits, power supply design; analysis and design of bipolar junction transistor and field effect transistor amplifiers. Bias stability analysis, power amplifiers. Ideal operational amplifiers. Cmos inverters.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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ECE 0501 - DIGITAL SYSTEMS LABORATORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course and laboratory introduces students to the basic concepts of digital circuits, simulation and instrumentation, systems composed of discrete devices, logic gates, combinatorial and sequential circuits are designed, simulated, built and tested.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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ECE 1201 - ELECTNC MEASURMNTS & CRCTS LAB
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Electronic measurements and circuits including experiments on use of electronic test equipment, a variety of linear circuits; non-linear device characteristics, operational amplifier basics, and transistor amplifier characteristics and design. Time and frequency domain methodologies are covered.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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EE 0132 - DIGITAL LOGIC
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introduction to digital systems, Boolean algebra, minimization of logic functions, combinational and sequential circuit design.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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ECON 0101 - ECONOMICS IN THE MODERN WORLD
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide the student who has had no previous exposure to economics with an introduction to current economic issues.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Economics
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ECON 0102 - INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A basic course in microeconomics studying the allocation of resources, the distribution income and the mechanism of exchange in a free enterprise system under perfect and imperfect competition. Emphasis is on the market structure of the economy in the United States.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Economics
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ECON 0103 - INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An introductory course dealing with the measures of national income, an analysis of national income fluctuations, monetary and fiscal policies and international exchange.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Economics
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ECON 0111 - MONEY IN THE REAL WORLD
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Team taught course that uses a series of current issues to introduce students to the study and understanding of finance and economics. Topics such as international trade, the behavior of financial markets and U.S. Policy are explored from differing perspectives within the disciplines of finance and economics. Information from current periodicals is extensively employed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Economics
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ECON 0112 - TOURISM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is a course designed to introduce the students to the many facets of the world’s largest industry, tourism. The approach is multidisciplinary focusing on such issues as work and leisure, tradition and modernity, growth and pollution, security and terrorism, privilege and servitude.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Economics
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ECON 0197 - DIRECTED STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Directed study in a specific area of economics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ECON 0201 - MONEY AND BANKING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A study of the nature of money and the role it plays in an economic system. The functions of institutions, such as commercial banks, other financial intermediaries and the federal reserve system will also be studied along with the monetary policies of the United States treasury.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Economics
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ECON 0203 - INTERNATIONAL FOOD SECURITY & POLICY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This Course examines the causes of famines and its relevance to the current global food crisis, generated through high food prices, food insecurity and climate change. Policy analysis will explore the debates surrounding Genetically Modified Crops (GMOs), WTO agreements, property rights along with economics of nutrition and health. GE Economics and Global Competency.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ECON 0204 - STATISTICAL METHODS
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course deals with the fundamental techniques of descriptive and inferential statistics and covers measures of central tendency and dispersion, the concepts of probability and probability distribution, sampling distributions, hypothesis testing, chi-square tests and bivariate correlation and regression analysis.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Computational Sciences
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ECON 0206 - INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The theories and techniques of price and output are studied. Topics include the theory and measurement of demand, production functions, cost output relationships, pricing practices in competitive and oligopolistic markets, the roles of prices and profit in resource allocation and the functioning of a decentralized economic system.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ECON 0207 - INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course begins with the rudiments of model building, and after working through the Keynesian model goes into monetary and fiscal policy issues. Coverage extends into consumption and investment theories.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ECON 0250 - SPECIAL TOPICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The study of a special topic in economics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ECON 1301 - POVERTY AND SOCIETY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Poverty is a problem confronting most of the world’s societies. This course examines poverty from an economic, political, social, cultural and psychological point of view. Special attention is given to poverty and programs to combat it in NorthWestern Pennsylvania.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competencyGeneral Education: Economics
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ECON 1304 - ECONOMETRICS & BUS FORECASTING
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course deals with regression theory covering bivariate and multiple regressions with associated problems such as multicollinerity, heteroscedasticity and autocorrelation. Coverage extends into estimation techniques including simultaneous-equation models.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
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ECON 1307 - ECONOMICS OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMNT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course will examine the role of energy in economic development, models of efficient energy management, OPEC behavior and world oil crisis. Coverage extends into environmental issues (air pollution, solid waste, acid rain) and government policies.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
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ECON 1451 - CAPSTONE: ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Studies the operation and management of a wide spectrum of economic systems, ranging from the mixed-market systems of the United States, Europe, and Japan to the central-command systems of the former soviet bloc and the republic of china.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
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ECON 1494 - UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY ASSISTANT
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
The undergraduate faculty assistant (UFA) serves as an assistant for a course or lab under the supervision of a faculty member. The experience develops students’ communication and leadership skills, and their understanding of the learning process. The responsibilities of the UFA will vary by the faculty supervisor. Responsibilities might include (but not limited to): assisting students outside of class (e.g., conducting weekly review sessions), assisting with classroom demonstrations, or assisting faculty with delivery of labs.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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ECON 1497 - DIRECTED STUDY: ECONOMICS
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Directed study in a specific area of economics. Permission of the instructor.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
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ECON 1498 - DIRECTED RESEARCH: ECONOMICS
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Directed research is designed to give students the opportunity to design and carry out a research project to be agreed upon by the student and a supervising faculty member.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
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ECON 1499 - INTERNSHIP: ECONOMICS
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
An internship is a special type of independent study in which h the student works in a nonacademic setting. The internship should be directly related to economics. The student’s learning is evaluated and graded by a faculty member.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
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EDUC 0110 - BASIC SKILLS TEST PREPARATION: WRITING
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course provides remediation and test taking strategies to help prepare education students for the reading basic skills test.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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EDUC 0111 - BASIC SKILLS TEST PREP: READING
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course provides remediation and test taking strategies to help prepare education students for the reading basic skills test
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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EDUC 0112 - BASIC SKILLS TEST PREPARATION: MATH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course provides remediation and test taking strategies to help prepare education students for the reading basic skills test.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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EDUC 0197 - DIRECTED STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Independent work on a project in education supervised by a member of the education faculty.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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EDUC 0204 - INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to education for students who plan to enter the profession or for those who are considering teaching as a career. The course is designed as an overview of the general information required for early level, health and physical education, and secondary preservice teachers
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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EDUC 0210 - EDUCATION PRACTICUM 1
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Education practicum 1 is the first in a series of three practicum courses for students seeking certification in elementary and secondary education. The first course will focus on speaking and writing for teachers; on the pre professional tests of the praxis series; on lesson planning; learning styles; and classroom observations. The practicum includes two hours of class time per week and two hours of field time.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: Sophomore status is required
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EDUC 0215 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides pre-service teachers with a general overview of the challenges of supporting oral language development in English language learners (ell). This course addresses the social, political, and cultural context in which language learning takes place and examines those issues that are relevant in language acquisition. This course includes a field component. GE: Cultures and Global Competency.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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EDUC 0220 - SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A general overview of special education law. Emphases will be placed on individuals with disabilities act (idea), Americans with disabilities act (ADA), free and appropriate public education (FAPE), and no child left behind (NCLB). This course includes a field component.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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EDUC 0225 - THE DEVELOPING CHILD: BIRTH-PRIMARY YEARS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In this class, students will examine theoretical perspectives and research findings that provide insights into the course of child development. The course will cover conception and fetal development, infancy and early childhood. Discussions will focus on several domains of human development including physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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EDUC 0230 - FAMILY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course prepares teachers to be promoters and practitioners of family and community involvement in education. Goals and benefits of family and community involvement will be explored along with specific strategies for developing partnerships with each entity. Components of family structure, economics, cultural diversity, second-language learners, communication skills and resources are integrated into the coursework.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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EDUC 0235 - INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course emphasizes the use of purposeful and reflective decision making in choosing developmentally appropriate content and pedagogical techniques. These decisions will result in a classroom environment conducive to obtaining desired outcomes for student learning. The course will focus on lesson plan writing, the papa test series, multiple intelligences, and speaking and writing for teachers. The course includes twenty hours of field time.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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EDUC 0251 - SPECIAL TOPICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The study of a special topic in education.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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EDUC 0255 - READINGS IN CHILDREN’S LITERTR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to literature for children. Students will learn guidelines for evaluating literature for children, study the history and current state of literature for children, and review various genres of literature for children. Required reading includes classics of children’s literature, award winners, and other books of current value and interest. This course includes a field component.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Second Lit.
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EDUC 0275 - ADOLESCENT LITERATURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course prepares a student to develop a reading program for an individual or a class in a secondary school and to prepare the student to teach fiction, poetry, and drama in the classroom. The course should be of particular interest to present and future teachers. We will read classics as well as modern works written specifically for an adolescent audience. We will also read and discuss sociological and psychological studies of adolescents and books on pedagogy.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Second Lit.
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EDUC 1301 - INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students will apply theories, research, and current practices pertaining to the utilization of various forms of technology in curriculum and instruction. This will include modifying instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners, creating a positive learning environment, increasing motivation and engagement, and the role of technology in student assessment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1302 - ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course is designed to help teacher candidates become well-versed in assessment strategies. Comprehensive assessment topics including standardized tests and informal strategies, how to prepare for and conduct assessments, and how to select tests and strategies to ensure results that are valid and unbiased will be examined. Finally, students will learn how to interpret and use assessment data to drive curriculum.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
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EDUC 1306 - CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course prepares pre-service early level (prek-4) teachers to be effective classroom managers through exposure to effective discipline methods and theories currently being used in diverse classrooms.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
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EDUC 1307 - SECONDARY METHODS
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course introduces students to various components of instructional design, actual instruction, and classroom climate. The course includes extensive off campus experience to acquaint the student with various educational settings, as well as the roles and responsibilities of teachers in schools.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1309 - DIFFERENTIATED READING INSTRUCTION AND INTERVENTION (PREK-4)
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an in-depth study of the balanced literacy approach to reading and writing focusing on methods to differentiate reading instruction. Authentic assessment tools and miscue analysis will be used to determine instructional goals for student learning.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1310 - EDUCATION PRACTICUM 2
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Education practicum 2 is the second in a series of three practicum courses for students seeking certification in elementary and secondary education. This course will continue the emphasis on speaking and writing for teachers through the preparation and teaching of lessons. In addition, preparing for required praxis tests will be covered as well as classroom management strategies and other pertinent educational topics. The practicum includes two hours of class time per week and two hours of field time.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
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EDUC 1312 - LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY LITERACY FOUNDATIONS (PREK-1)
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will prepare teacher candidates to develop, deliver, and assess content related to language development, language comprehension and expression and language skills. In addition, the topics of phonological development and emerging literacy will be covered.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1315 - ADVANCED READING METHODS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Advanced reading methods is the second course in reading and language arts for students seeking elementary certification. Students will continue their study the acquisition of language, the balanced literacy approach to reading and writing, and instructional strategies for the development of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Emphasis will be placed on phonics and assessment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1318 - EARLY MATH FOUNDATIONS (PREK-1)
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will prepare teacher candidates to develop, deliver, and assess content related early math skills. Student will learn how to engage young learners in hands-on experiences and math exploration as they develop a concrete understanding of classification, patterning, counting, ordering, addition, and subtraction.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1320 - ART, MUSIC, AND MOVEMENT METHODS (PREK-4)
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the essential role of the arts in an early level (prek-4) classroom, focusing on the importance of multiple intelligence theory and its implications for teaching and learning fine and performing arts. In addition, the course focuses on quality, meaningful physical activity and physical education experiences.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1322 - SOCIAL STUDIES METHODS (PREK-4)
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide an overview of the methods, materials, curriculum, and activities used to teach social studies in grades prek-4. The course is intended to help students acquire a repertoire of planning and instructional skills necessary for teaching social studies.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1324 - MATH METHODS FOR PRIMARY GRADES (2-4)
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will prepare teacher candidates to teach concrete and abstract math concepts including problem solving, geometry, measurement, algebra, and probability.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1325 - DEVELP OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course surveys the major areas of exceptionalities and student diversity addressing the characteristics and educational needs of students. Students explore major physical and psychological characteristics, diagnostic and therapeutic services, educational programs, legal issues, and findings of recent research. This course includes a field component.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
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EDUC 1327 - SCIENCE METHODS (PREK-4)
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on the use of process oriented inquiry methodology to develop science literacy in all children. The course will foster a working knowledge of science education standards as well as a facility in science process skills which are vital for effective teaching. The course will provide opportunities to apply cognitive development knowledge and will explore the integration of technology, children’s literature and other content areas within the early level (prek-4) science classroom.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1330 - EDUCATING EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An examination of the varied special needs found in today’s students, including both learning disabilities and the more profound physical and emotional handicaps. All school personnel must be familiar with these situations as well as the adaptations in learning that must occur as a direct response to these conditions.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: PSY 0101 and EDUC 1325
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EDUC 1332 - LITERACY FOUNDATIONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES (2-4)
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will prepare teacher candidates to teach early literacy content through a balanced literacy approach including word level recognition, text level comprehension, and reading-writing connections.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1334 - LITERACIES ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND SECONDARY CURRICULUM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course introduces and engages students in strategies that address literacies for 21st century learners in middle and secondary content areas. Focus areas include assessments, strategies for pre-reading, during reading and post-reading, writing, technologies, critical thinking, and creating literary environments in middle and secondary classrooms. The course includes a PDE required field component. Prerequisite: admission to the education program
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency AND EDUC 0235
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EDUC 1345 - EDUCATIONAL THEORIES AND PRACTICES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students develop criteria and skills to examine case studies, conduct field observations, read and apply articles on best practices, discover and incorporate learning domains and theorists into the design of lessons that address the challenges, needs and interests of students within the candidates’ content and grade level. Charlotte Danielson’s framework for teaching is a foundation of the course so the student will create a variety of effective learning environments.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
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EDUC 1350 - EDUCATIONAL PSYCH & MEASUREMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Areas of study include psychological aspects of educational objectives, learning theory and its application, individual differences, motivation, development of personality and sex differences, and basic concepts in measurement and evaluation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Completion of PSY 0101 and all competencies is required before taking upper-level PSY courses
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EDUC 1354 - HLTH & PHYSCL WELL-BEING IN ELEM
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
This course provides the teacher with a background in the health and fitness needs of school children. Students will learn planning, content, and methods for teaching personal and community health in the elementary school.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1360 - TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES ELEM SCH
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
This course deals with objectives, content, procedures and classroom activities in the social studies. Materials available, evaluation of textbooks, community resources and how they may be used effectively in classrooom instruction will be discussed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1362 - ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS METHODS
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
Concrete and abstract methods used in teaching and evaluating pupil achievement in the fundamental concepts and operations of the basic principles of modern mathematics in the elementary school are studied.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1364 - TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCIENCE
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
Creative methods used in teaching and evaluating pupil achievement in the fundamental concepts of science in the elementary school are studied.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1366 - ART & MUSIC IN ELEM EDUC
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
Introduces art and music processes, practices, and programs in relation to their role in arts instruction. Emphasis is on developmental aspects of children’s responsive and expressive skills in art and music.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1375 - TEACHING READING & LANGUAGE ARTS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is a methods course for students seeking elementary certification. Students will study emergent literacy, guided reading, acquisition of language, multiple intelligences, kid writing, literature circles, and cultural diversity and its effect on language and learning in addition to other current topics in the field.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1378 - READING & WRTNG IN CONTENT CURR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course focuses on reading and writing for effective study in secondary school subjects. Techniques for developing vocabulary, comprehension and skills in thinking, content writing and study are offered.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1410 - EDUCATION PRACTICUM 3
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Education practicum 3 is the third in a series of three practicum courses for students seeking certification in elementary and secondary education. This course will continue the emphasis on speaking and writing for teachers through the preparation and teaching of lessons. Classroom management strategies and other pertinent educational topics will be covered through the work of Harry Wong and other education writers. Topics related to student teaching will be covered. Students will teach two lessons in the field and one lesson in the college classroom, using the smart board.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1451 - CAPSTONE: EDUCATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The elementary education capstone requires students to conduct a thorough review of literature in a chosen area of study as well as design an original research investigation which would make a unique contribution to the field of education. Student work may be focused on a specific education-related interest, but all aspects of the work must be original.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1481 - STUDENT TEACHING
Minimum Credits: 12
Maximum Credits: 12
This is a full-time practicum for teacher certification candidates consisting of a period of supervised observations and student teaching at two different levels in two different school districts.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: UPB Admission to Education is required in order to register for this course.
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EDUC 1494 - UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY ASSISTANT
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
The undergraduate faculty assistant (UFA) serves as an assistant for a course or lab under the supervision of a faculty member. The experience develops students’ communication and leadership skills, and their understanding of the learning process. The responsibilities of the UFA will vary by the faculty supervisor. Responsibilities might include (but not limited to): assisting students outside of class (e.g., conducting weekly review sessions), assisting with classroom demonstrations, or assisting faculty with delivery of labs.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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EDUC 1497 - DIRECTED STUDY: EDUCATION
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Directed study in a specific area of education. Permission of the instructor is required.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
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EDUC 1498 - DIRECTED RESEARCH: EDUCATION
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Students gain research experience by helping to design and carry out a research project mutually agreed upon by the student and education faculty supervisor.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
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EDUC 1499 - INTERNSHIP: EDUCATION
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Practical experience in education in a professional setting. Work is directed by the employer and evaluated jointly with the faculty supervisor.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
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ENG 0090 - ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is intended for non-native speakers of English who need to improve their reading and grammar skills and enlarge their knowledge of vocabulary for success in doing University-level coursework in English. The course includes intensive reading of the selections in the textbook, extensive reading of academic and similar materials chosen by the student or the instructor, discussions and writing assignments related to the readings, vocabulary development, and practice in applying various reading strategies.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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ENG 0100 - INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE COMPOSITION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Designed to build self-confidence in the use of standard written English, including the ability to compose clear and correct standard English prose in sentences, paragraphs, and short essays.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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ENG 0101 - ENGLISH COMPOSITION 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The first of two required competency courses in English composition, this course focuses on the writing process and on the kinds of writing common in the academic disciplines.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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ENG 0102 - ENGLISH COMPOSITION 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is an extension of the skills mastered in ENG 0101, this course focuses on the processes of researching, writing, and presenting a term paper.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 0101 is required
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ENG 0103 - INTRODUCTION TO POETRY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The development of basic analytical and critical techniques that prepare students to understand and appreciate poetry.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Literature
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ENG 0104 - INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A study of plays as a literary genre. Such concepts as themes and attitudes, literary style, and structural techniques are emphasized. Readings range from the ancient Greeks to contemporary dramatists.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Literature
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ENG 0105 - MASTERPIECES OF WORLD LITERATURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A study of themes, ideas, and attitudes found in the works of writers from many countries. This course will offer students the opportunity to read in translation works that are considered classics in Western culture. Selections from the bible, Greek and Latin poets and playwrights, medieval masterpieces, and works from Renaissance literature.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Literature
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ENG 0106 - INTRODUCTION TO SHORT STORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students read and discuss representative short stories. The short story is studied as a literary genre with emphasis on structure, technique, style, and theme.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Literature
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ENG 0110 - LITERATURE AND INTERPRETATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is an examination of the ways in which both literary and non-literary texts create meaning and an introduction to some of the methods of literary interpretation. Beginning with literary concepts like genre, narrative, character and figurative language, this course considers the interaction among the reader, the writer and the text itself, and between different texts.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Literature
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ENG 0197 - DIRECTED STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Independent study in a topic in English. Permission of the instructor is required.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ENG 0198 - DIRECTED RESEARCH IN ENGLISH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
An in-depth investigation of an issue in the student’s area of interest. Topic, research procedure, and progress are discussed in meetings with the supervising professor.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ENG 0201 - AMERICAN LIT BEFORE CIVIL WAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A survey of American literature from the beginnings to the 1870’s including a study of the cultural values that influenced literature. Begins with the colonial period and proceeds through other periods such as Calvinism, deism, realism, transcendentalism, and naturalism.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Literature
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ENG 0202 - AMERICAN LIT SINCE THE CIVIL WAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A survey of the major American writers of prose and poetry from the 1870’s to the present including the works of William Dean Howells, mark twain, Emily Dickinson, Henry James, T S. Eliot, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Carlos Williams, and Norman Mailer.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Literature
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ENG 0203 - BRITISH LITERATURE BEFORE 1800
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A survey of the prose and verse produced by British writers from the eighth to the 18th century. Major authors and movements of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the age of enlightenment will be covered.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Literature-Global
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ENG 0204 - BRITISH LITERATURE SINCE 1800
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A survey of the major English writers of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The course stresses both the variety and the continuity of our literary heritage.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Literature
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ENG 0205 - INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A study of selected plays of Shakespeare. The classroom study draws attention to elements that vitalize the action of each play as a whole, with due regard for language and thematic patterns as well as for characterization.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Literature
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ENG 0206 - HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANG
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Studies of the evolution of English from Germanic dialects, its chronological changes, and differences in the English of various countries, regions, and social groups.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Cultures
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ENG 0207 - AMERICAN POETRY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A study in chronological order of the major American poets with emphasis on Edward Taylor, poet, Emerson, Whitman, Thoreau, Melville, Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, Stephen Crane, Robinson, Frost, and Eliot.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Literature
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ENG 0212 - GRAMMAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A descriptive analysis of the English language.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ENG 0214 - INTRO TO LITERATURE BY WOMEN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The attitudes of both men and women will be honored as together we examine and discuss stories, poems, essays, and perhaps a short novel or two written by women of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We will consider, in light of our own experiences, the perspectives and concerns of women and the literary forms they have taken on.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Literature
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ENG 0215 - THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The English bible is a major influence, affecting literature, art, and ethics. Examines the bible not as inspiration but as a collection of stories and poetry. Considers history and doctrine, but major interest is in the literary aspect.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Literature
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ENG 0218 - INTRO TO LITERATURE & ENVIRON
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An introduction to some of the ways nature and the environment have been represented in poetry, fiction, film, and essays. Students will read some of the major literary statements about the environment by such writers as Alto Leopold, John Muri, Henry David Thoreau, William and Dorothy words worth, and others. The course will also look at nature writing as an exploration of religious, ethical, aesthetic, and other human concerns not obviously related to the non-human world.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
General Education: Literature
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ENG 0219 - AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
African-American writers is designed for students seeking to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the American experience through the writings of key black writers and activists. The works of these authors stand at the confluence of creativity, ideology and activism inasmuch as they generate controversy and challenge representations, race, gender, and sexuality in the US. Both fictional and non-fictional works will be selected from the writings of such as Alice Walker, Maya Angelo, Toni Morrison, Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, W.E.B Dubois, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr, (among others) will be studied in order to develop a deeper appreciation of African American culture-within the context of a broader Americana. Audio-visual materials will be deployed to enhance the learning experience for students.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 0101 is requiredGeneral Education: Literature
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