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ELED 214 - Critical Connections: Human Development and Schooling Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring, Summer
One of the two courses that critically examines human development within the context of culture and schooling, designed for prospective teachers who need to take seriously the idea that cultural context is crucial to understanding development. Emphasis is placed on changing those aspects of the school and classroom environment to support and enhance the development of children. Students consider notions of development that are grounded in concerns for equity and social justice.
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ELED 215 - Methods for Study of and Research With Young Children Semester Hours: 3 Fall
Methods for study of and research with children (birth-grade 2) in the school setting, family, and community. Research and assessment methods with particular attention to early education. Critical study of child development theories; child study of social, emotional, cognitive, linguistic, physical, health, and aesthetic processes. Attention to sociocultural and personal contexts is integrated in assessing the learning of children with diverse experiences and abilities.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Admission to the M.S. in Education Early Childhood Education program or permission of instructor. Thirty clock hours of Pre-K placement or ELED 216 .
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ELED 216 - Early Childhood Curriculum Semester Hours: 3 Fall
This course considers the variety of early childhood settings, rationales, programs, and organizations. The historical bases of the field are reviewed in order to identify and assess these roots in the context of present trends and practices. Participants will study and critique methods and materials, with particular emphasis on physical knowledge activities and related mathematics materials within an integrated classroom organization. There is study of how to set up, organize, and maintain active learning in decentralized ways.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Prerequisite or corequisite: ELED 215 for Department of Teaching, Literacy, and Leadership majors or permission of the instructor. Pass/Fail grade only.
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ELED 217 - Developing and Evaluating Innovations in Early Childhood Curriculum Semester Hours: 3 Spring
This course focuses on the integrated processes and content of curriculum decision making and development. Particular attention will be given to the integration of the social studies, arts, literacy, and humanities in ways that are multicultural, and as part of a dynamic themes approach. Participants will use a variety of models of teaching in order to differentiate instruction and assessment of children of different abilities. There is study of how to set up, organize, and maintain active learning in decentralized ways.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: ELED 216 . Thirty clock hours of field placement in K-1 or ELED 275 . Pass/Fail grade only.
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ELED 219 - Supervised Teaching With Normal and Handicapped Children Semester Hours: 9 Fall, Spring
Full-time student teaching for matriculated students with no teaching certification seeking a master’s degree as well as certification in early childhood general education and special education at early childhood, childhood, middle childhood and adolescent developmental level. Students are placed in educational settings that correspond to their area of certification. University supervisors visit periodically in each setting. Mandatory weekly seminars focus on the analysis of teaching behavior using research-based best practice theory as well as the development of reflective practice skills. In addition, special state-mandated seminars address issues of child abuse and abduction, substance abuse, violence prevention, fire and arson prevention and safety education.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Must be taken concurrently with ELED 223 . Same as SPED 219A -219B . (Physically Handicapped, Neurologically Impaired/Learning Disabled, Emotionally Disturbed and/or Mentally Retarded.)
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ELED 221 - Student Teaching Semester Hours: 6 Fall, Spring
Full-time student teaching in cooperating schools with direction and supervision from University supervisors. Students have two placements during the semester: one on the primary level (1-3) and on the intermediate level (4-6). Weekly seminars are provided. Admission by interview and application to the Office of Field Placement by May 1 for the succeeding spring semester and February 15 for the succeeding fall semester.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Must be taken concurrently with ELED 223 . Completion of Phase 2 course work. Pass/Fail grade only.
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ELED 222A - Supervised Teaching Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring
Close clinical supervision of M.S. in Education students currently teaching in an elementary school on a full-time basis. Must be taken concurrently with ELED 223 (for elementary education majors) or ELED 262 (for early childhood majors). Weekly seminars are provided. In order to receive a passing grade, students must attend four New York state-mandated seminars: prevention of child abuse and abduction, prevention of substance abuse, safety education/fire and arson prevention, and school violence prevention. Admission by interview and application to the Office of Field Placement by May 1 for the succeeding spring semester and February 15 for the succeeding fall semester.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Corequisite: ELED 222B . Completion of Phase 2 course work. Pass/Fail grade only.
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ELED 222B - Summer Supervised Student Teaching Extension Semester Hours: 3 Summer
Provides close clinical supervision of M.S. in Education students teaching in an elementary school on a full-time basis during the fall or spring semester. Requires a minimum of 20 full days of student teaching during the summer with an age group that differs from the full semester of supervised teaching and conforms to the New York state teacher certification guidelines. Weekly seminars are provided. Admission by interview and application to the Office of Field Placement by February 15 for summer teaching.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Completion of Phase 2 course work. Corequisite: ELED 222A . Pass/Fail grade only.
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ELED 223 - Classroom Perspectives and Issues: Elementary Education Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring
Systems of classroom interaction are studied. Students engage in self-study of their own teaching behavior while engaging in analysis of macro- and micro-issues concerning classroom structures, equity, diversity, inclusion, assessment, and integration of curriculum. Includes development of classroom management techniques, provision for aesthetic education, development of cognitive abilities, home-school relationships, and integration of computer technology. Issues of health, nutrition, and safety are studied.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Must be taken concurrently with ELED 221 or ELED 222A .
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ELED 224 - Multicultural Literature in the Curriculum Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring
This course examines the social contexts of language use and identity in relation to the use of children’s literature and literature based software in the integrated curriculum. Assignments and readings enable students to develop criteria for selecting and using culturally authentic literature from diverse perspectives in the language arts and content areas. Students are involved in the process of reading and writing about children’s books in content areas through journals, drama, and electronic bulletin board discussions. Curricular materials and activities that meet New York state and national standards and that utilize multiple genres of literature, including bilingual tests and texts in nonstandard dialect, are designed for urban elementary classrooms.
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ELED 225 - Teaching English as a Second Language Semester Hours: 3 Fall
An intensive study of the linguistic development of bilingual children. The problems of psychological, cognitive and psycholinguistic developmental stages as they affect the acquisition of a second language. Specific methods and materials are developed, including materials and techniques for teaching English to speakers of other languages through mathematics, science, and social studies. Classroom observations are required.
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ELED 227 - Elementary School Curriculum Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring, Summer
Principles, trends, techniques in curriculum construction and revision. A central purpose is to assist each student to integrate and synthesize understanding of elementary education through a comprehensive approach to curriculum study.
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ELED 228 - Curriculum and Instruction in Communication Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring
For experienced teachers offering advanced study of the curriculum and instruction
in language arts including reading, speaking, writing, literature, skills and
appreciation (PreK-6).
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ELED 230 - Curriculum and Instruction in Social Studies Semester Hours: 3 Fall
For experienced teachers offering advanced study and stressing evaluation of
research, school programs and curriculum trends.
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ELED 231 - Curriculum and Instruction in Science Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring
For experienced teachers that addresses the multiple methods of doing science with children. Teachers are encouraged to explore their own scientific selves, science in the media, and contemporary attitudes towards science and technology in society. The construction of science curriculum is embedded in a science technology-society framework where teachers examine locally relevant issues for curriculum construction.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: For B.A./M.A. STEM five-year program students only, co-requisite ELED 231L.
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ELED 231L - STEM Science Field Placement Semester Hours: 1 Fall, Spring
Students participate in the reflective study of their science teaching under close clinical supervision in grades 4-6 for a minimum of 45 clock hours. Students must provide transportation to and from assigned placements.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Corequisite: ELED 231 . Pass/Fail grade only.
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ELED 232 - Curriculum and Instruction in Mathematics Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring
For experienced teachers offering advanced study of mathematics curriculum. Stresses the design and implementation of instructional methodologies that actively engage the learner in elementary/middle grade mathematics. Mathematics curricula are examined with a view toward providing all students opportunities for becoming mathematically literate in a rapidly changing, culturally diverse, technological society.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: For B.A./M.A. STEM five-year program students only, co-requisite ELED 231L.
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ELED 232L - STEM Mathematics Field Placement Semester Hours: 1 Fall, Spring
Students participate in the reflective study of their Mathematics teaching under close clinical supervision in grades 4-6 for a minimum of 45 clock hours. Students must provide transportation to and from assigned placements.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Corequisite: ELED 232 . Pass/Fail grade only.
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ELED 233 - Curriculum and Instruction in Creative Arts Semester Hours: 3 Spring, Summer
For experienced teachers, this course presents methods of integrating the creative arts into the elementary school curriculum. Explores art forms that engage the student on many levels as well as clarifies and enhances required academic curriculum. Subjects covered include perceptual stages of development, creativity, multiple intelligence theory, adaptation for included children with handicapping conditions, interdisciplinary teaching, art history as a means to understand culture, aesthetics and the museum as educator. Practice painting, puppetry, drama, collage, sculpture and poetry. Museum trips and research required.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: There is a $10 materials fee.
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ELED 234 - Critical Perspectives on Curriculum and Teaching Semester Hours: 3 Fall
This course addresses the child in relation to the curriculum by examining the influences of family, community, and society on the world of the learner. Students engage in self-reflection while exploring diverse perspectives on teaching and learning. Critical literacy about curriculum and teaching is developed through the collaborative study of diverse teaching/learning environments.
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ELED 235 - Intersections of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Curriculum Design Semester Hours: 3 Spring
This course will examine the curriculum, goals, methods, and materials for teaching the STEM curriculum in the elementary school. It will focus on methods for making these integrated subjects meaningful to children by promoting an active learning process. Attention also is given to methods for teaching children with special need and for whom English is a second language.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: (Formerly Intersections of Mathematics, Science and Technology and Curriculum Design.)
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ELED 236 - Modern Trends Semester Hours: 3 Periodically
Advanced course for experienced teachers to investigate in-depth ideas and practices. Students and instructors cooperatively identify a number of specific areas of investigation, which become the focus of the course.
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ELED 240 - Perspectives in Curriculum Semester Hours: 3 Periodically
An examination of the major curricular issues and movements in the American elementary
school from 1890 to the present. Recent innovations are studied in historical
perspective.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Teacher certification.
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ELED 241 - Educational Programs for Young Children Semester Hours: 3 Periodically
Contemporary practices, experimentation, innovations, proposals and issues (nursery
and early school). Appropriate attention is given to the research literature.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Teacher certification (PreK-6) or equivalent.
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ELED 242 - Instructional Theory Semester Hours: 3 Periodically
An analysis of the effects of varieties of teacher behavior on child behavior
and learning in the classroom setting. Attention will be given to the literature
on classroom transactions as well as case studies in classrooms.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Teacher certification (PreK-6) or equivalent.
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ELED 243 - Multicultural Perspectives on Early Childhood Development Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring
This course explores the physical health, nutrition, safety, social, emotional, aesthetic, linguistic, and cognitive characteristics of young children from diverse sociocultural backgrounds with an emphasis on implications for group care and education. Global perspectives on prenatal development through the primary school years frame discussion of both typical and atypical growth and learning.
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ELED 244 - Models of Teaching Semester Hours: 3 Periodically
Theory and practice of five models of teaching are presented: concept attainment,
concept formation, inquiry training, role playing and synthetics. These models,
which are useful new ways of teaching, can be integrated into one’s teaching repertory
at all levels and in all subject areas.
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ELED 245 - Special Topics: Community Resources Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
Identification of an acquaintance with community resources for instructional purposes in the metropolitan and Long Island areas.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Registration is limited to students who are able to take field trips. (Formerly Workshop: Community Resources.)
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ELED 246 - Methods and Materials for Bilingual Teaching of Reading in Bicultural Setting Semester Hours: 3 Once a Year
An in-depth study of readiness and beginning reading including the effects of
language and experience on reading instruction and the relationship of reading
to child development and self-concept. Consideration of teaching strategies and
organization in the classroom as well as the selecting and adapting of appropriate
materials for classroom use. Methods and materials specifically analyzed, developed
and designed to teach reading in Spanish, and in addition, a consideration of
the techniques to ease the transition to reading and writing in English.
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ELED 247 - Social Studies and Communication Arts for Bilingual and Bicultural Children Semester Hours: 3
Once a Year
An understanding of the regional, social and developmental variations in children’s
language. Develop curricular materials and activities utilizing learner’s cultural
background through the social studies curriculum in elementary school. Ways to
utilize an interdisciplinary bilingual approach to these two curricular areas
are explored.
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ELED 248 - Methods and Materials for Bilingual Teaching of Mathematics Semester Hours: 3 Once a Year
Consideration of formation of appropriate objectives with respect to concept
development together with suitable techniques and materials for bilingual settings.
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ELED 249 - Practicum for Teachers of Bilingual Children Semester Hours: 3 Once a Year
Extended teaching practice with close clinical supervision. Admission by interview and application to the Office of Field Placement by May 1 for the succeeding spring semester and February 15 for the succeeding fall semester. Seminars meet weekly with supervisory personnel from the Teaching, Literacy, and Leadership department and public school districts to work intensively with specific student problems. Demonstration classes and observations of innovative programs in bilingual settings in local school districts are arranged.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Pass/Fail grade only.
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ELED 250A - Techniques of Classroom Research Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring
This course explores elementary school classroom research through the development of assessment techniques that demonstrate students’ understanding of mathematics, science, and technology processes and concepts. The use of a wide range of assessment devices are explored, including performance based assessment, use of teaching and student journals, interviews and observation scales, portfolio design and construction, and criterion referenced standards.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: ELED 231 , 232 , 234 , 235 ; CT 200 , 239 .
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ELED 250B - Research Into Practice Semester Hours: 4 Fall, Spring
This thesis represents the completion, implementation and evaluation of a capstone MST action research project.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: ELED 231 , 232 , 234 , 235 ; 250A ; CT 200 , 239 . Must be taken concurrently with ELED 253 . (Formerly The Master’s Thesis.)
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ELED 250C - Teacher Action Research: Culminating Experience for the M.A. in Elementary Education Semester Hours: 4 Fall, Spring
This course requires that students develop and implement an action research project that emerges out of and is embedded in their course work and experiences in the M.A. in Elementary Education : Special Programs in Curriculum Studies. This project represents the implementation, completion, and evaluation of a capstone thesis.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: This course must be taken in the last semester of the program, concurrently with ELED 253C .
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ELED 251 - Special Readings Seminar Semester Hours: 1-3 Fall, Spring, Summer
Investigations and reports on advanced educational topics adapted to the program
of the student.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Permission of instructor.
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ELED 252 - Special Readings Seminar Semester Hours: 1-3 Fall, Spring, Summer
Investigations and reports on advanced educational topics adapted to the program
of the student.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Permission of instructor.
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ELED 253 - STEM Field Consultation Semester Hours: 1 Spring
Students implement an integrated STEM unit in the elementary school. They work with the course professor in the field to integrate design activities into the teaching of science and/or mathematics or another approved subject.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Must be taken concurrently with ELED 250B . Pass/Fail grade only. (Formerly MST Field Consultation.)
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ELED 253C - Field Consultation Semester Hours: 1 Fall, Spring
Students carry out research in a school/community setting. They work with the course professor to design a project that reflects the needs of the particular community and cultural settings of the classroom and school.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Must be taken concurrently with ELED 250C . Pass/Fail grade only.
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ELED 254 - History and Geography in the Early Childhood and Elementary Curriculum Semester Hours: 3 Summer
This course studies history and geography in the context of early childhood and childhood education classrooms. It combines in-depth content knowledge with pedagogic practice and allows practitioners to gain experiences in disciplinary studies while designing curriculum appropriate to the needs of their students in particular classroom settings.
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ELED 256 - The Newspaper as a Teaching Tool Semester Hours: 3 Summer
This course introduces students to the newspaper as an educational tool of children of all grade levels, K-12, and in every subject area. The newspapers on Long Island and the metropolitan area contribute editors, Newspaper in Education coordinators, and NIE managers as speakers in the workshop. Students tour Newsday and see the newspaper in production. The history and background of Newspapers in Education are presented. Students receive a comprehensive overview of NIE and the practical means to implement it in their classrooms. Curriculum materials and teaching strategies relating to the newspaper are employed.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Same as CT 256 /SED 256 .
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ELED 258 - Introduction to Information Technology in Education Semester Hours: 1 Fall, Spring, Summer
The classroom teacher is called upon to use new technologies to facilitate the teaching and learning process. This course focuses on the integration of information technologies across the early childhood/elementary curriculum. A variety of information technologies including computers, scanners, digital cameras, and video capture devices. The Internet and communication tools are explored with a view toward enhancing classroom instruction. Students initiate the development of their professional electronic portfolios which continue to evolve throughout the M.S. in Education program.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Students who took ELED 104A on the undergraduate level will not get additional credit for this course, and should consult their adviser for a substitute course.
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ELED 260 - Space Science for the Teacher Semester Hours: 3 Periodically
Depth in the background subject matter as well as the necessary mathematics and
physical sciences inherent in a successful comprehension of the subject. Demonstration
and discussion of techniques for teaching in the area.
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ELED 261 - Student Teaching: Early Childhood Semester Hours: 6 Fall, Spring
Full-time student teaching in cooperating schools with direct supervision from University supervisors. Students have two placements during the semester: one in kindergarten and one in grades 1-2. Weekly seminars are provided. In order to receive a passing grade, students must attend four New York state-mandated seminars: prevention of child abuse and abduction, prevention of substance abuse, safety education/fire and arson prevention, and school violence prevention. Admission by interview and application to the Office of Field Placement by May 1 for the succeeding spring semester and February 15 for the succeeding fall semester.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Completion of Phase 2 course work. Must be taken concurrently with ELED 262 . Pass/Fail grade only.
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ELED 261A - Student Teaching: Early Childhood and Childhood Education Semester Hours: 8 Full-time student teaching in cooperating schools with direct supervision from University supervisors.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Completion of Phase 1 and Phase 2 course work of the M.S.Ed. Dual Certification Program with no Incompletes or grades lower than C-, with a departmental grade point average of 3.0. Students must earn a grade C- or higher in each graduate course. Admission by interview and application to the Office of Field Placement. Pass/Fail grade only. Students have three placements during the 19 week period: 7 weeks in Kindergarten; 7 weeks in grades 1-2; 5 weeks in grades 4-6. Weekly seminars are provided. Admission by interview and application to the Office of Field Placement by May 1 for the succeeding January semester and February 15 for the succeeding Fall-January semester. Must be taken concurrently with ELED 262A. Pass/Fail grade only. Note: January-Spring student teaching begins in December, the day after fall semester student teaching ends.
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ELED 262 - Classroom Perspectives and Issues: Early Childhood Semester Hours: 3 Spring
Systems of early childhood curriculum development, classroom interaction and environmental design are studied. Students engage in reflective self-study of their own teaching behavior. This course integrates early education curriculum inquiry and development, environmental design, and assessment. Issues of classroom structures, equity, diversity, and the inclusion of children with disabilities are also considered. This course includes development of classroom governance, provision for aesthetic education, play as a condition for learning, health nutrition, safety, development of student cognitive abilities, home-school relationships, and the integration of computer technology. Educational research findings and field experiences are studied and evaluated in order to develop insights that can inform classroom teaching.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Must be taken concurrently with ELED 222A or ELED 261 .
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ELED 262A - Dual Certification Program Classroom Perspectives and Issues: Early Childhood and Childhood Education Semester Hours: 4 Fall, January, Spring
Systems of early childhood and childhood education curriculum development, classroom interaction and environmental design are studied. Students engage in reflective self-study of their own teaching behavior. This course integrates curriculum inquiry and development, environmental design, and assessment. Issues of classroom structures, equity, diversity, and the inclusion of children with disabilities are also considered. This course includes development of classroom governance, provision for aesthetic education, play as a condition for learning, health nutrition, safety, development of student cognitive abilities, home-school relationships, and the integration of computer technology. Educational research findings and field experiences are studied and evaluated in order to develop insights that can inform classroom teaching.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Corequisite: ELED 261A. Completion of Phases 1 and 2 of the M.S.Ed. Dual Certification Program with no Incompletes or grades lower than C-, with a departmental grade point average of 3.0. Students must earn a grade C- or higher in each graduate course. Admission by interview and application to the Office of Field Placement.Note: January-Spring student teaching begins in December, the day after fall semester student teaching ends.
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ELED 264 - Dual Certification Program Student Teaching: Grades 4-6 Semester Hours: 2 January
Candidates for the Dual Certification Program student teach for a minimum of 20 days in January in grades 4-6 with direct supervision by University supervisor. Weekly seminar required.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Must be taken concurrently with ELED 266 . Completion of Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the M.S.Ed. Dual Certification Program with no Incompletes or grades lower than C-, with a departmental grade point average of 3.0. Students must earn a grade C- or higher in each graduate course. Admission by interview and application to the Office of Field Placement. Pass/Fail grade only. Note: Winter student teaching begins in December, the day after fall semester student teaching ends.
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ELED 265 - Children’s Literature for Early Childhood Educators Semester Hours: 3 Once a Year
This course considers children’s literature for young children and its role in both early literacy development and the early childhood classroom, including classrooms with diverse, English language learners, and special- needs children. The focus is on the development of reflective practitioners who can respond critically to research and political trends in literacy education that may engender good teaching. The relationships between literature and children’s development as readers, writers, and thinkers within a cultural context, including issues of social justice. Classroom contexts, the use of technology, the role of play, and social interaction around children’s literature are studied.
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ELED 266 - Dual Certification Program Classroom Perspectives and Issues (Grades 4-6) Semester Hours: 1 January
Systems of intermediate grade (4-6) classroom interaction are studied. Includes integration of curriculum, assessment, classroom management techniques, provision for aesthetic education, development of cognitive abilities and home-school relationships.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Must be taken concurrently with ELED 264 . Completion of Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the M.S.Ed. Dual Certification Program with no Incompletes or grades lower than C-, with a departmental grade point average of 3.0. Students must earn a grade C- or higher in each graduate course. Admission by interview and application to the Office of Field Placement. Pass/Fail grade only. Note: Winter student teaching begins in December, the day after fall semester student teaching ends.
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ELED 267 - Promoting Algebraic Ideas in K-8 Classrooms Semester Hours: 3 Spring, Summer
This course is designed to explore how algebraic thinking does fit into the elementary school mathematics curriculum. Both content and pedagogy will be explored simultaneously. Algebra in this context is treated as way of thinking about number and mathematical relationships and as a powerful tool for deepening students’ understanding of mathematics lessons and investigate a variety of problems that can be used with students to foster their algebraic reasoning. Participants will read and discuss relevant research on the importance of promoting algebraic thinking and organize algebraic activities using the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics and the New York State Mathematics Learning Standards as guides.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Same as CT 267 .
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ELED 270 - Methods for Study of and Research With Young Children Semester Hours: 3 Fall
Methods for the particular study of early education. Child development theory and child study and assessment/evaluation methods are explored and used in various settings.
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ELED 271 - Early Childhood Curriculum Semester Hours: 3 Fall
Development of early childhood programs. Explore, contrast, analyze, and develop models and designs for integrated programs.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Admission to program in Early Childhood Education or permission of instructor. Pass/Fail grade only.
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ELED 272 - Curriculum Innovations in Early Childhood Programs Semester Hours: 3 Spring
Content-based program and material innovations for young children in school organizations. Research design and evaluation are part of each contract.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: ELED 271 . Corequisite with ELED 272L for majors in the Teacher Education Programs Courses Department; Pass/Fail grade only.
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ELED 272L - Early Childhood Field Consultation Semester Hours: 1 Spring
Professional self-study and assessment of curriculum and environmental design. Implementation with young children in a group setting for a minimum of 50 clock hours. Candidates provide their own transportation. Hofstra faculty will provide field-based consultation.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Corequisite: ELED 272 . Open only to majors in the Teacher Education Programs Courses Department or permission of the instructor.
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ELED 273 - Early Childhood Professional Portfolio Semester Hours: 3 Spring
Professional self-study and in-service consultation in curricular innovations. Action research with young children in school settings. Hofstra faculty individually supervise study site with attendant conferring.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Prerequisite or corequisite: ELED 272 , 272L . Pass/Fail grade only.
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ELED 273L - Early Childhood Field Consultation Semester Hours: 1 Fall, Spring
Curriculum design and implementation in an early childhood group setting. Professional self-study and assessment of children’s learning. Minimum 20 days teaching in an early childhood group setting is required. Candidates provide their own transportation. Hofstra faculty will provide field-based consultation.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: ELED 270 , 271 , 272 , 272L . Corequisite: ELED 273 . Pass/Fail grade only.
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ELED 274 - Curriculum Supervision of Early Childhood Centers Semester Hours: 3 Every Other Year
Studying, simulating, and testing curriculum policy-making with faculty, community,
and family involvement. Issues that relate to public policy and advocacy of early
childhood education are also studied. Participants engage in advocacy project
development and study.
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ELED 275 - Literacy in Early Childhood Education Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring
Deals with early literacy development and instructional practices based upon theory and research. Emphasis on the use of relevant instructional approaches and materials. Participants consider sound awareness. creative language development, early reading and writing, special language learning needs, and thinking-reading-and-writing connections. Participants engage in the study of integrated teaching practices.
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ELED 276 - Early Childhood Education: Mainstreaming the Young Child with Special Learning Needs Semester Hours: 3 Every Other Year
The study of issues of organization that facilitate the socialization and integration
of young children who have a range of learning needs. Materials and methods are
reviewed, developed and refined.
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ELED 277 - Classroom Strategies in Teaching Writing Semester Hours: 3 Periodically
Course helps teachers develop instructional strategies and classroom procedures
based on current research on the composing process. Emphasis placed on the stages
of the writing process, methods of response, the role of the teacher, and includes
experiences in writing and in using peer groups.
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ELED 278 - Writing and Children’s Literature Semester Hours: 3 Periodically
Provides an in-depth investigation of literature for children as a literary experience
which promotes language and writing development. Emphasis on developing strategies
to use experience with various genres and styles to help children become critical
readers and writers.
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ELED 280-289 A-Z - Special Topics Semester Hours: 1-3
Fall, Spring, Summer
Specific courses designed to explore emerging topics in education. As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) and added to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. Any course may be taken a number of times so long as there is a different letter designation each time it is taken.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: (Formerly Advanced Workshops.)
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ELED 300 - Departmental Seminar Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring
Serves as an integrative and culminating function with respect to the student’s
studies and experiences in the School of Education. The student is required to
prepare and present a paper or project of “publishable” quality. The paper or
project should demonstrate a synthesis of the student’s comprehensive knowledge
in the fields of child development, curriculum theory and at least one specific
curriculum area.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Matriculation in the department and completion of all required course work in
professional education. Successful completion of ELED 300 may be offered in place
of the departmental comprehensive examination. This course may not be used to
satisfy any part of the basic semester hour requirements for a master’s degree
in elementary education. Pass/Fail grade only.
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ELED 301 - Master’s Thesis Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring
Supervision and instruction leading to the completion of master’s thesis.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Admission by permission of adviser. Competence in statistics (through analysis
of variance).
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ELED 302 - Master’s Thesis Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring
Supervision and instruction leading to the completion of master’s thesis.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: ELED 301 . Binding fee payable upon registration in 302. Admission by permission of adviser. Competence in statistics (through analysis of variance).
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ELED 303-309 A-Z - Special Topics Semester Hours: 1-3
Periodically
Advanced courses for experienced teachers, designed to explore emerging topics in education. As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) and added to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. Any course may be taken a number of times so long as there is a different letter designation each time it is taken. Not applicable to the master of science in education or master of arts degrees.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: (Formerly Advanced Workshops.)
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ELED 310 - Issues in Infant, Toddler, Preschool, Parent and Family Involvement Programs Semester Hours: 3 Once a Year
A study of educational needs, methods, and materials for use with infants, toddlers and preschoolers in group settings including related parent and family involvement programs and alternatives. Particular attention is devoted to sociocultural and linguistic issues.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Same as SPED 310 .
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ELED 330 - Techniques of Mentor Teaching Semester Hours: 3 Once a Year
Prepares experienced teachers to serve as mentor teachers to new teachers, student
teachers, teachers, and others needing assistance in developing new skills and
content. Study emphasizes coaching and demonstration techniques as well as knowledge
concerning adult learning within professional work settings.
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Engineering (ENGG) |
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ENGG 201 - Quantitative Methods for Decision Making Semester Hours: 3 Fall
Introduction to various operations research tools and techniques used in decision
making. Linear Programming methods, including the simplex method and duality as
well as the transportation and assignment problem, will be studied in order to
provide students with an understanding of mathematical optimization methods. Additional
topics, including forecasting and inventory control methods, will be covered so
as to familiarize students with problem solving methods for decision making. Software
tools will be utilized, and examples will be based on typical engineering management
decisions.
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ENGG 202 - Probability and Statistics for Engineering Managers Semester Hours: 3 Fall
Introduction to the statistical methods used for quantitative analysis by managers.
Probability theory will be used to demonstrate the theories of randomness and
variability. Statistical analysis methods, including: confidence interval calculation,
hypothesis testing, and regression analysis, will then be covered in order to
provide students with the analytical tools useful for and necessary of managers.
Examples from engineering will be used to demonstrate the concepts and statistical
methods.
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ENGG 203 - Project Management Semester Hours: 3 Fall
An introduction to the concept of the project management as a unique management approach. Since projects are the focus of many engineering ventures, it is especially important that engineering managers are capable of addressing the variety of challenges a project presents. Concepts such as project organizational design, the strategic context of projects, project leadership and control, project evaluation, and stakeholder management will be discussed. Specific tools for the management of projects, including, but not limited to, software packages will be demonstrated and used. The various aspects of projects, such as directing, planning, and controlling, will be studied through the use of case studies.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: ENGG 202 .
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ENGG 204 - Accounting and Finance for Engineering Managers Semester Hours: 3 Spring
A comprehensive overview of the concepts of financial and managerial accounting,
focusing on accounting systems, statements, and reports along with the analysis
of these reports. Analysis of balance sheets, income and retained earnings sheets,
and statements of cash flows will be covered. The ethical dimensions of utilizing
financial data for decision making will be discussed. Case studies and the analysis
of publicly held companies will be employed in order to demonstrate and reinforce
the concepts of financial decision making.
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ENGG 205 - Total Quality Management Semester Hours: 3
Spring
An examination of the concept of quality in the context of the business world. A multitude of tools with an emphasis on quantitative methods, designed to insure and maintain quality will be studied in depth including: analysis of variance, statistical quality control, benchmarking, and ISO certification. Also, the theories of Deming, Juran, and others that have added significantly to the study of quality will be covered as well in order to provide a historical and contemporary look at quality in industry. Emphasis will be placed on the engineering aspects of the measurement and maintenance of quality.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: ENGG 202 .
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ENGG 209 - Wave Propagation and Distributed Systems Semester Hours: 3 Once a Year
General features common to wave motion, wave propagation, reflection and generation
are developed and applied to acoustics, electromagnetics and optics, elastic and
hydrodynamic waves. Dispersion, diffraction and coherence are also studied. Applications
to systems for energy and information transfer.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: PHYS 12A, MATH 144 or equivalent.
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ENGG 210 - Engineering Management Capstone Project Semester Hours: 3 Spring
The capstone design project requires students to take a teambased multi-disciplinary approach and address an industry-based engineering management problem. The design project will require the integration of the many tools utilized by engineering managers as taught in the course work of the engineering management program. Course deliverables will include a written report and oral presentation demonstrating that appropriate research and analysis support the recommendations put forth by the students. This course is designed to be the culmination of students’ studies in engineering management.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: ENGG 201 , 202 ,203 . (Normally taken for 3 credits. Must be taken for 6 credits, if necessary, to meet AACSB guidelines governing the ratio of engineering credits to business credits in this program. See Program Requirements.)
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ENGG 212 - Information Systems Analysis Semester Hours: 3 Once a Year
Transform methods applied to the analysis of linear and nonlinear systems that process information signals. Study of optimum linear systems to minimize noise. Two-dimensional systems for image transmission and processing. Multidimensional transforms for frequency analysis of optical filtering and imaging systems.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: ENGG 177 or equivalent; ENGG 209 or 111; ENGG 171 or 185 or MATH 137 or MATH 241 .
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ENGG 300 - Graduate Internship Semester Hours: 1-3 Periodically
A work-study program open to graduate students who are specializing in
engineering management. Students work for selected business
organizations. A written evaluation of a complex managerial decision is
submitted by the student at the end of the course.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: May not be taken on a Pass/Fail basis. Permission of program director. May be
repeated for credit when topics vary.
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English (ENGL) |
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ENGL 200 - The Analysis of Prose Semester Hours: 3 Every Other Year
Investigation of the way in which written prose conveys meaning, generally, and
of the relation between style and meaning, specifically. Consideration of stylistic
features, such as diction, syntax, figures of speech and sound patterns; of rhetorical
issues, such as speaker, audience, topic and tone; and of various conventions
of reading. Emphasis on nonfiction, with consideration of texts from various fields
of discourse and from various periods.
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ENGL 201 - Rhetoric Semester Hours: 3 Every Other Year
The main issues and developments in the formal study of rhetoric from antiquity to the present, with emphasis on the applicability of formal rhetoric to the theory and practice of writing in various circumstances.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Same as WSC 201 . Credit given for this course or WSC 201, not both.
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ENGL 203 - Approaches to English Grammar Semester Hours: 3 Periodically
A thorough investigation of grammatical principles with a comparison of traditional, structural and transformational approaches. Consideration of the purposes of language study and practical applications of grammatical knowledge in teaching students to write.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Same as WSC 203 .
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ENGL 210 - 20th-Century American Fiction Semester Hours: 3 Every Other Fall
Major novelists such as Dreiser, Wharton, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner and Bellow will be studied, with major criticism of the American novel.
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ENGL 250 A-Z - Independent Study Semester Hours: 1-3 Periodically
Designed to permit students to pursue an individualized plan of study in subject areas of interest under the guidance of a member of the English faculty. Students prepare a list of assignments in consultation with their tutor with whom they confer periodically about the progress of their work.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Limited to students who have been accepted for a reading course by a member of the department and approved by the department chairperson before registration. May not be taken on a Pass/Fail basis. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. (Formerly ENGL 250, Readings in English)
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ENGL 251 A-Z - Independent Study Semester Hours: 1-3 Periodically
Designed to permit students to pursue an individualized plan of study in subject areas of interest under the guidance of a member of the English faculty. Students prepare a list of assignments in consultation with their tutor with whom they confer periodically about the progress of their work.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Limited to students who have been accepted for a reading course by a member of the department and approved by the department chairperson before registration. May not be taken on a Pass/Fail basis. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. (Formerly ENGL 250, Readings in English)
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ENGL 252 A-Z - Independent Study Semester Hours: 1-3 Periodically
Designed to permit students to pursue an individualized plan of study in subject areas of interest under the guidance of a member of the English faculty. Students prepare a list of assignments in consultation with their tutor with whom they confer periodically about the progress of their work.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Limited to students who have been accepted for a reading course by a member of the department and approved by the department chairperson before registration. May not be taken on a Pass/Fail basis. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. (Formerly ENGL 250, Readings in English.)
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ENGL 261 - The American Renaissance, 1820-1860 Semester Hours: 3 Every Other Spring
Studies of such writers as Cooper, Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman.
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ENGL 271A - Sources of the English Literary Tradition I: Studies in Chaucer, Spenser and Their Contemporaries. Semester Hours: 3 Every Other Spring
Pre-seventeenth-century English literature with emphasis on the traditions and conventions it makes use of, the parent forms of genres and modes, the history of philosophical and literary problems. Chaucer and his contemporaries.
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ENGL 271B - Sources of the English Literary Tradition II: Studies in Chaucer, Spenser and Their Contemporaries Semester Hours: 3 Every other Spring
Pre-seventeenth-century English literature with emphasis on the traditions and conventions it makes use of, the parent forms of genres and modes, the history of philosophical and literary problems. Spenser and his contemporaries.
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ENGL 272 - Sources of the English Literary Tradition III: 17th- and 18th- Century English Literature Semester Hours: 3 Every Other Fall
Major works of major authors including Donne, Marvell, Defoe, Swift, Pope, Johnson and Wordsworth with emphasis on changing historical concepts of wit, nature and literary form. Some attention to precedents for American as well as later English literature.
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ENGL 274 - Sources of the American Literary Tradition Semester Hours: 3 Every Other Year
Investigation of the assimilation of various sources, extending back to earlier centuries, by a particular group or groups of 19th century American writers.
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ENGL 291 A-Z - Special Studies Semester Hours: 3 Periodically
Studies in periods, major figures, literary genres or modes. Subjects to be announced yearly.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule.
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ENGL 291U - Shakespeare Semester Hours: 3 Periodically
An examination of Shakespeare’s achievements in a range of genres, such as lyric, narrative poetry, comedy, tragedy, history, and romance. Consideration of social, political, religious, and aesthetic developments reflected or addressed in Shakespeare’s poetry and drama. Attention is given to conditions of textual and theatrical production.
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ENGL 291V - Milton Semester Hours: 3 Periodically
An examination of Milton’s career as poet, revolutionary, and statesman. Attention given to Milton’s considerable literary achievement in a range of poetic forms—among them the sonnet, ode, elegy, masque, epic, and tragedy—and to his formulations, in both poetry and prose, about social, political, and religious matters that are central to his period.
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ENGL 292 A-Z - Special Studies Semester Hours: 3 Periodically
Studies in periods, major figures, literary genres or modes. Subjects to be announced yearly.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule.
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ENGL 293 A-Z - Special Studies Semester Hours: 3 Periodically
Studies in periods, major figures, literary genres or modes. Subjects to be announced yearly.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule.
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ENGL 294 A-Z - Special Studies Semester Hours: 3 Periodically
Studies in periods, major figures, literary genres or modes. Subjects to be announced yearly.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule.
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ENGL 294U - Critical Theory Semester Hours: 3 Once a Year
A study of the main concerns and practices in classical, modern, and contemporary
critical theory. Readings include key works by classical, formalist, Marxist,
feminist, psychoanalytical, structuralist, post-structuralist and gender theorists,
including attention to foundational works by Plato, Aristotle, Marx, Nietzsche,
Freud, de Saussure, etc.
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ENGL 299 - Literary Research and Methods Semester Hours: 3 Every Other Fall
Introduction to a range of methods and issues relevant to the production of literary criticism and scholarship.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Open only to students enrolled in the M.A. program except by permission of the chairperson of the department. (Formerly Research Methods.)
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ENGL 301 - Master’s Essay Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring
Tutorial instruction leading to the completion of the essay.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: ENGL 299 .
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