2009-2010 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Course Descriptions Course Descriptions 246 Cedarville University 2009–10 MAHE-4400 – MATH-1990 MAHE-4400 Health Education In-Service –Fa, Sp 0 hours Students are required to organize and conduct a health fair or make a presentation on a health-related issue to other health professionals, parents, faculty, or school personnel at the site of their student teaching experience or on campus to faculty, staff, and students. Students will prepare the information and materials for the health fair and/or presentation as part of the course Community Health Concepts. Prerequisite: Departmental approval is required. MAHE-3500 Community Health Concepts. Credit/no credit. MAHE-4610 Teaching Health –Fa 5 hours This course provides methods of instruction with emphasis on the teacher’s role in comprehensive school health education, including an introduction to the health status of youth, at-risk students, objectives for A Healthy People 2010, components of comprehensive school health education, the role of the teacher in school health services, and special health concerns of today’s preschool children through post-secondary youth, as well as curriculum development, behavioral objectives, life skills, scope and sequence of learning, teaching strategies, philosophy of wellness, and responsible decision making. Prerequisite: admission to the teacher education program. (Odd years) MAHE-4850 1-3 hours Independent Study in Health Education –Fa, Sp Independent study in the area of health education by students pursuing multi-age health education teaching licensure or a health promotion minor. Departmental approval is required. MAHE-4960 4 hours Field Experience in Health Education –Fa, Sp An eight-week field experience, including the teaching of health. Prerequisite: admission to the teacher education program. Credit/ no credit. (Fee: $35) MAHE-4990 Internship in Health Promotion –Fa, Sp 3 hours This is an actual work experience in a health promotion setting for a minimum of 10 hours per week for a minimum of ten weeks. Departmental approval is required. Credit/no credit. Multi-Age Physical Education (MAPE) MAPE-1210 Team Sports –Fa 2 hours Theory and practice in soccer, basketball, softball, baseball, volleyball, and novelty sports with attention given to various teaching methods, skills, and rules. MAPE-2200 Individual and Dual Sports I –Fa 2 hours Theory and practice in tennis, golf, archery, and bowling with attention to various teaching methods, skills, psychomotor skill development, and knowledge in rules, terminology, strategies, safety, and etiquette. (Fee: $20) MAPE-2210 Individual and Dual Sports II –Sp 2 hours Theory and practice in badminton, racquetball, table tennis, and track and field with attention to various teaching methods, skills, psychomotor skill development, and knowledge in rules, terminology, strategies, safety, and etiquette. (Fee: $15) MAPE-3600 5 hours Physical Education in the Elementary School –Sp An overview of the place of physical education in the elementary school curriculum with an emphasis on the study of current program content design, teaching techniques, and types of evaluations, as well as modifying activities for the purpose of inclusion for the physically challenged. MAPE-4500 3 hours Curriculum Development in Physical Education –Fa Overview of the curriculum process in physical education, specifically giving attention to the theoretical base, process of curriculum design, and curriculum development for elementary through high school educational programs. MAPE-4850 1-3 hours Independent Study in Physical Education –Fa, Sp Independent study by major students of advanced standing toward the understanding and appreciation of problems in physical education. This course gives students an opportunity to develop skills in the use of literature and in the appropriate techniques of problem solving. Prerequisite: Departmental approval is required. MAPE-4950 3 hours Methods of Teaching Secondary Physical Education –Fa This course provides the study of methods of instruction and practice and the study of planning and implementing units of instruction, as well as evaluating the effectiveness of various teaching strategies for teaching physical education at the secondary level. Also included is the study of understanding and developing assessment techniques in physical education and developing strategies for working with handicapped students. Prerequisite: admission to the teacher education program. MAPE-4960 Field Experience –Fa 4 hours A field experience taken in conjunction with MAPE-4950 Methods of Teaching Physical Education. Prerequisite: admission to the teacher education program. Credit/no credit. (Fee: $35) MAPE-4970 2 hours Field Experience in Physical Education–Special Populations –Fa, Sp An adapted physical education teaching field experience taken in conjunction with EDSE-4900 Student Teaching and Seminar: Adolescent/Young Adult that seeks to provide the opportunity for application of adapted physical education content and theory studied in MAPE-3600 Physical Education in the Elementary School and MAPE-4950 Methods of Teaching Physical Education. Prerequisites: admission to the teacher education program; MAPE-4950 Methods of Teaching Physical Education; MAPE- 4960 Field Experience. (Fee: $35) Mathematics (MATH) MATH-1710 Calculus I –Fa, Sp 5 hours First course of a two-course sequence covering basic concepts of analytic geometry and single variable calculus. Includes limits, transcendental functions, derivatives, applications of the derivative, single variable integration with introduction to numeric integration techniques, applications of integration including some solutions of differential equations, and additional integration techniques. Prerequisite: GMTH-1030 Precalculus or equivalent; or permission of instructor. MATH-1720 Calculus II –Fa, Sp 5 hours The second course of a two-course sequence covering the basic concepts of analytic geometry and single variable calculus. Includes sequences, series, expansion of functions into Taylor and power series, conic sections, plane curves, parametric equations, polar coordinates, vectors and geometry in three-space, vectors, and vector calculus. Prerequisite: MATH-1710 Calculus I or equivalent or permission of instructor. MATH-1990 3 hours Beautiful Math Structures and Thinking –Fa This course introduces freshmen math majors to interesting mathematical ideas and applications beyond the usual scope of standard math courses. Topics include an introduction to propositional logic, function theory, and infinite sets. Other topics will be chosen from elementary number theory, modular arithmetic, error-correcting codes, Fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio, fractals, discrete dynamical systems and chaos, Euler and Hamilton Circuits, democracy and impossibility theorems, game theory, the Platonic solids, n-dimensional space, and other topics up to the discretion of the instructor.