2010-2011 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Page 215 2010–11 Undergraduate Catalog Introduction Admissions Academic Information Academic Departments Course Descriptions Financial Information Appendix Index ECON-3350 Comparative Economic Systems –Fa 3 hours Analysis of different types of economic systems. Special emphasis is placed on centralized planning from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. Centralized economic planning is compared and contrasted with a free-market distribution of resources. Individual country case studies are included. Prerequisite: ECON-2340 Macroeconomics or permission of instructor. (odd years) ECON-3360 International Trade and Economics –Fa 3 hours A study of international economic theory and international trade policy. The economic basis of trade and factor mobility, the benefits of international trade, and the barriers to international trade flows will be examined. Prerequisite: ECON-2330 Microeconomics or permission of instructor. ECON-3370 Labor Economics 3 hours An examination of the role of unions and the labor market in a free enterprise system. Emphasis is given to the impact of unions as a social institution in the collective bargaining process. Labor legislation and the labor movement are studied from both a historical and current perspective. Prerequisite: ECON-2330 Microeconomics. (even years) ECON-3380 3 hours Economic Development and Political Economy –Sp A study of the interaction of political and economic systems to produce economic development and growth of nation states. A framework for analysis of development is explored and applied to specific case studies of both industrial and developing economics that have recently undergone significant change. Prerequisite: ECON-2340 Macroeconomics or permission of instructor. ECON-3390 Public Finance –Fa 3 hours A consideration of the financing of local, state, and federal governments. Much attention is given to three functions of government: stabilization, distribution, and allocation. All major taxes that are present in the United States are studied as to structure, revenue gained, and present status. Crosslisted as PUAD. Prerequisite: ECON-2340 Macroeconomics. (even years) Early Childhood/Special Education (ECSP) ECSP-2500 3 hours Young Children with Special Needs –Sp An introduction to the education of young children with special needs. The course will focus on child development and factors affecting development, partnership with families, as well as strategies for nurturing language and cognitive development. Prerequisite: EDUC-1000 The Education Profession, Introduction to Teaching Block. ECSP-3500 3 hours Assessing and TeachingYoung Children w/ Special Needs –Sp A study of educational tests and materials for teaching and assessing young children with disabilities. Teacher candidates will develop assessment strategies and lesson plans for children in prekindergarten special education programs. Prerequisite: EDUC- 1000 The Education Profession, Introduction to Teaching Block, ECSP-2500 Young Children with Special Needs. ECSP-3550 3 hours Clinical:Young Children w/ Special Needs –Sp The course provides a clinical experience for the development of skills and strategies for instruction of students with exceptional educational needs in a prekindergarten setting. Emphasis is on understanding of development and adaptation of curriculum, materials, and teaching skills. Prerequisite: ECSP-2500 Young Children with Special Needs, ECSP-3500 Assessing and Teaching Young Children with Special Needs. (Fee: $140) Early Childhood Education (EDEC) EDEC-2100 2 hours Art, Music, and Drama for Early Childhood –Fa, Sp An overview of the use of art, music, and drama to enhance the early childhood classroom. A strong emphasis on practical techniques and projects for personal expression based on an understanding of the importance of art, music, and drama at the system, school, classroom, and individual levels. Prerequisite: EDUC-1000 The Education Profession. (Fee: $20) EDEC-2300 Phonics and the Reading Process –Fa, Sp 4 hours The study of phonics and the place of phonics in the overall reading program. The course focuses on the four parts of the reading process: reading, speaking, listening, and writing. Special emphasis on literacy and reading readiness. Prerequisite: EDUC- 1000 The Education Profession. EDEC-3500 Early Childhood Education –Fa, Sp 3 hours An introductory descriptive overview of current early childhood education, including various approaches, programs, and curricula. Emphasis on the development, implementation, and evaluation of early childhood programs. Prerequisite: admission to the Teacher Education Program. Corequisite: other courses in the Early Childhood Methods I block. (Fee: $10) EDEC-3600 3 hours Issues in Early Childhood Administration –Fa, Sp An examination of program issues important to both teachers and administrators. Includes examination of models for leadership and for developing and maintaining personal and community working relationships. Prerequisite: admission to the Teacher Education Program. Corequisite: other courses in the Early Childhood Methods I block. EDEC-3800 4 hours Teaching Reading and Language Arts: Early Childhood –Fa, Sp An introduction to the objectives, skills, instructional strategies, teaching aids, resource materials, and assessment techniques for teaching reading and the language arts to the early childhood student. An associated clinical experience provides theory-driven application. Prerequisite: admission to the Teacher Education Program. Corequisite: other courses in the Early Childhood Methods I block. EDEC-3900 1 hour Field Experience in Early Childhood Education –Fa, Sp An observation and participation experience in which teacher candidates spend 12–15 full consecutive days focusing on classroom routines and instruction in a kindergarten or other preschool classroom. Designed to give a practical field-based aspect to all of the courses in the Early Childhood Methods I block. Prerequisite: admission to the Teacher Education Program. Corequisite: other courses in the Early Childhood Methods I block. (Fee: $45) EDEC-3950 Early Childhood Clinical I –Fa, Sp 3 hours Teacher candidates spend 14–17 full consecutive days in an early childhood classroom including 12–15 days of teaching. The implementation of reading and language arts objectives, skills, strategies of instruction, teaching aids, and resource materials is practiced in a University-supervised setting. Prerequisite: admission to the Teacher Education Program. Corequisite: other courses in the Early Childhood Methods I block. (Fee: $135) EDEC-3990 1–3 hours Independent Study in Early Childhood Education –Fa, Sp, Su An investigation of contemporary topics in early childhood education through reading, writing, or creative projects. Course Descriptions | ECON-3350 – EDEC-3990