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Graduate School Course Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
APPENDIX
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Courses Approved for 2017-2018 University Graduate School Course Catalog
(New Courses and Course Modifications)
| CON 5340 - Counseling Children with Special Needs |
| Credit Hours: 3 |
| Course Description: This course provides an overview of the role of the school counselor in the education of children with special needs. The course provides an in-depth review of the knowledge and skills required in working as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive wrap-around services for individuals with special needs. For the purpose of this course, special needs will encompass the following domains: special educational, alternative and at-risk, and gifted and talented. |
| CON 5350 - Clinical Interventions in Events of Crisis, Grief, and Trauma |
| Credit Hours: 4 |
| Course Description: This course is designed to present contemporary best practice interventions in events of crisis, grief, and trauma. This course synthesizes research and practice models for working with pre-school to elder life stage individuals, intervening with cultural competence, and practicing with individuals, groups, families, and communities impacted by these events. This course educates helping professionals in crisis response leadership, psychological first aid, and trauma-informed care principles in schools, clinics, and communities. |
| EDAM 5333 - The Principalship |
| Credit Hours: 3 |
| Course Description: This course will introduce students to effective practices for leading schools. This course will examine the role and responsibilities of K12 principals and evaluate leadership problems of practice. Students will explore trust building, teacher leadership, racial bias, supervision and student discipline. Students will utilize case studies, reflections and class discussions in a participatory learning environment. |
| EDAM 5340 - School Finance, Budgeting and Resource Management |
| Credit Hours: 3 |
| Course Description: This course will provide students with knowledge about current practices in school finance and budgeting in North Carolina. Students will explore adequacy and equitability of funding. In addition, students will examine the sources of school funding in North Carolina including Title I and Title III federal funding. Students will explore spending deadlines, the financing of teacher supplies and materials, the management of club accounts, the monitoring of balance/deposit sheets for fraud and irregularities, and oversight of payroll, and school credit cards. Students will also develop induction and recruitment plans and become familiar with state statutes that govern human resource management. |
| EDCI 56XX - Middle Grades Language Arts |
| Credit Hours: 3 |
| Course Description: This course is designed to develop research-based, effective pedagogical practices in the area of Language Arts, while enhancing content knowledge of the candidate. Candidates will use current planning processes (e.g., Universal Design for Learning and Understanding by Design) to ensure a cohesive plan, clearly aligned implementation, and well-designed assessment. Field experiences provide an opportunity to work with a master teacher to plan a Curriculum Inquiry Project that will be implemented during the internship. Additionally, like professional educators, candidates will systematically engage in focused reflection–linking the course knowledge and pedagogy with current classroom practices during field experiences. The course will also enable the candidate to effect positive change with Language Arts in a Middle School. Field Observation hours are also required. |
| EDCI 56XX - Middle Grades Internship |
| Credit Hours: 3 |
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Course Description: This is the student teaching internship component of the Master of Arts in Teaching in Middle Grades Program. The internship provides an opportunity for the intern to gradually assume the responsibilities of a classroom teacher, while working closely with a cooperating teacher.
Methods of Teaching: The internship is implemented at the assigned middle school for each student. Program coordinators, university supervisors, and clinical instructors/classroom teacher/cooperating teacher will be required to phase into full teaching responsibility. Students are also required to complete a Service Learning Project (EE6: Leadership and Collaboration) exhibiting their leadership skills in initiating, designing, and implementing the project on the basis of faculty and/or students’ needs at the school site.
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| EDCI 56XX - Middle Grades Mathematics |
| Credit Hours: 3 |
| Course Description: This course is designed to develop skills that will enable the candidate to effect positive change within Mathematics in a Middle School. Candidates will analyze effective teaching practices in mathematics, use effective communication skills and serve as a resource in curriculum decisions (including development of materials) and classroom management strategies. Throughout the course the candidate will reflect upon his/her own philosophies, skills, and practices in learning, teaching, and mentoring. In addition, through field experiences at a middle school, candidates will complete a curriculum inquiry plan. Field Observation hours are also required. |
| EDCI 56XX - Middle Grades Science |
| Credit Hours: 3 |
| Course Description: This course is designed to develop skills that will enable the candidate to effect positive change within Science in a Middle School. Candidates will analyze effective teaching practices in science, use effective communication skills and serve as a resource in curriculum decisions (including development of materials) and classroom management strategies. Throughout the course the candidate will reflect upon his/her own philosophies, skills, and practices in learning, teaching, and mentoring. In addition, through field experiences at a middle school, candidates will complete a curriculum inquiry project. Field Observation hours are also required. |
| EDCI 56XX - Middle Grades Social Studies |
| Credit Hours: 3 |
| Course Description: This course is designed to develop research-based, effective pedagogical practices in the area of Social Studies, while enhancing content knowledge of the candidate. Candidates will use current planning processes (e.g., Universal Design for Learning and Understanding by Design) to ensure a cohesive plan, clearly aligned implementation, and well-designed assessment. Field experiences provide an opportunity to work with a master teacher to plan a Curriculum Inquiry Project that will be implemented during the internship. Additionally, like professional educators, candidates will systematically engage in focused reflection–linking the course knowledge and pedagogy with current classroom practices during field experiences. The course will enable the candidate to effect positive change with Social Studies in a Middle School. Field Observation hours are also required. |
| FCSG 5720 - Current Trends in Nutrition |
| Course Modification: Course Title Updated |
| New Title: Advances in Nutrition Education |
| PADG 5031 - Public Transportation Service Management |
| Credit Hours: 3 |
| Course Description: This course provides critical managerial skills for students who desire to manage public transportation systems in the U.S. Students are introduced to the emergence of public transit systems in the U.S., and review present and future trends with emphasis on how the public mass transportation industry is currently funded and managed. Most public transit systems in the U.S. are funded largely by the federal government and to a lesser degree by states and local governments. A number of federal, state and local government rules, policies and guidelines exist that must be understood and followed by transit managers to guarantee continued funding assistance. This course will cover a number of these rules and regulations and equip students with the knowledge and expertise needed for them to become successful transit managers. Students will also gain practical experience through internship and apprenticeship programs currently offered by the City of Durham and the North Carolina Department of Transportation. |
Programs Approved for 2017-2018 University Graduate School Course Catalog
| Public Administration |
| Program Modification: Specialization Added |
| Specialization: Specialization in Urban and Community Development |
| Psychology |
| Program Modification: Admission Criteria Changed |
| Admission Criteria: 1. A bachelor’s degree in psychology or related major with a minimum of 30 semester hours and a major grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 (“B”) on a 4-point scale; 2. An overall undergraduate GPA of at least 2.8. |
| SLIS: MIS Degree |
| Program Modification: Drop or deactivate the language requirement for graduation. |
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| SLIS: MLS Degree |
| Program Modification: Drop or deactivate the language requirement for graduation. |
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| Teaching |
| Program Modification: Concentrations Added |
| Concentration: Middle Grades (Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts) |
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