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CPSC 285 - Database Design and Programming 3 hours
The study of relational database systems. Topics include SQL, the relational model, security, normalization, functional dependency and entity relationship diagrams, database design, recovery, transaction processing, ethics, and client server systems. The course also covers DBMS packages, report generators, and the use of Visual Studio and .NET languages as a front-end to database systems.
Prerequisite(s): CIS 120 and CPSC 275
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CPSC 299 - Community-Based Learning 1 hour
Students will perform computer-related volunteer work for one semester under the supervision of an instructor. Students will work for at least 45 hours on their service learning project. This course can only be taken on a satisfactory/fail basis.
Prerequisite(s): CIS 120 and CPSC 280 .
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CPSC 320 - Information Security 3 hours
This course is an examination of information security, including discussion of network security and application security. The course covers the theory and practice of information security, including security principles, practices, methods, and tools. The course covers the spectrum of information security, from risk assessment to preventing, detecting, and responding to breaches of security.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 165 .
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CPSC 321 - Web Development II 3 hours
Students will design and develop server-side web applications using server-side technologies including ASP.NET, PHP, Ajax, and XML. Web applications that use database platforms will be a primary focus. The role and use of web servers is central to the course. Multi-tier applications will be developed and content management systems will be introduced.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 280 and CPSC 285 .
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CPSC 323 - Advanced Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis 3 hours
This course focuses on the design and analysis of efficient algorithms. Major topics include advanced data structures; tree- balancing algorithms; graph theory; dynamic programming; additional techniques for sorting and searching, including hash coding techniques; automata theory; NP-completeness, and program verification.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 165 and MATH 240 .
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CPSC 340 - Network Programming 3 hours
Students will study how networks operate and how network applications are written. The course will include an overview of networking topics such as transmission protocols and routing, and will focus on software running over these networks: building network programs using sockets and higher-level networking objects, and designing application protocols. The course also includes an introduction to cloud computing.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 275 .
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CPSC 361 - Computer Architecture 3 hours
This course presents an introduction to the functional elements and structures of digital computers. Topics include basic gates and circuits, CPU design and organization, registers, buses, I/O device interfaces, hardware interrupts, pipelining, memory structures and organizations.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 165 and MATH 240 .
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CPSC 415 - Advanced Database Development 3 hours
This course explores advanced topics in client server and database development. It covers the programming and administration of database systems and includes views, stored procedures, triggers, indexes, constraints, security, roles, logs, maintenance, transaction processing, XML, reporting, and other relevant topics. Students will be exposed to several database packages and will do considerable database programming.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 285
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CPSC 425 - Artificial Intelligence 3 hours
This course introduces the student to the basic concepts and techniques of artificial intelligence (AI), combining focus on both the theory and practice of AI. Topics may include intelligent agents, knowledge representation, knowledge engineering, natural language, vision systems, robotics, and machine learning. Students will also learn to write AI programs in AI languages.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 323 or concurrent enrollment.
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CPSC 430 - Systems Analysis and Design 3 hours
Study of the information systems development process, from scope definition through implementation, with focus on methods for capturing system requirements, modeling requirements, and performing systems design. Different methodologies for systems development are examined. Major topics include use case development, data modeling, process modeling, and object-oriented analysis and design. Purpose and usage of entity relationship diagrams, data flow diagrams, and several UML diagrams are covered.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 285 and senior standing.
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CPSC 434 - Principles of Unix 3 hours
This course will introduce students to UNIX and systems programming. Students will use UNIX commands, write shell scripts and programs in C. Students will work in a Linux environment to solidify their understanding of operating systems concepts.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 245 .
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CPSC 446 - Mobile Applications Development 3 hours
Students will design and code mobile applications using the latest wireless development technologies. Topics include wireless mobile platform operating systems and micro-browsers, the Android SDK, the iPhone SDK, and the Windows .NET mobile development environment.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 275 and CPSC 280 .
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CPSC 447 - Game Development 3 hours
This course introduces the student to game development. Students will learn how to use the XNA toolset to develop different types of games for multiple platforms- the personal computer, the Xbox, and the Windows phone.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 275 .
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CPSC 450 - Independent Study 1-4 hours
Independent reading and/or research on special topics in computer science.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of faculty supervisor.
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CPSC 455 - Internship 1-8 hours
Experience as a computer professional under the joint supervision of a faculty member and an assigned business manager.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing in computer science and the consent of the department.
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CPSC 461 - Advanced Topics in Computer Science 1-3 hours
Topics of current interest. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.
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CPSC 471 - Senior Project 3 hours
A comprehensive, independent project in the senior year under the guidance of a computer science faculty member. It includes design, development, coding, testing, and documentation of a software application. Project proposal must be approved before the start of the semester in which this class is taken.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 321 CPSC 430 senior standing and consent of department.
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CPSC 475 - Senior Software Development Experience 3 hours
Students will work in teams to develop, test, and deliver substantial information systems begun during Systems Analysis and Design.
Prerequisite(s): CPSC 321 CPSC 430 and senior standing.
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CRIM 242 - Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice 3 hours
An examination of theories of delinquent behavior and an introduction to the field of juvenile justice practice. Explores the social construction of childhood, adolescence, deviance, and delinquency, and analyzes the social, historical, and legal contexts within which delinquency occurs.
This course will satisfy the social sciences core area requirement.
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CRIM 255 - Introduction to Criminology 3 hours
Study of criminal behavior, legal norms, and social attitudes toward crime and criminals. Criminology draws upon the sociology of law, analysis of conflict as theoretical explanations of the cause of crime, and the study of the social psychological determinants of crime. Methods of apprehension and punishment, individual and social reform, and the prevention of crime are emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 , CRIM 242 , CRIM 265 , or consent of instructor.
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CRIM 265 - Crime and Social Justice 3 hours
An inquiry into the relationship between state, crime, and social structure, with special emphasis on the linkages between social oppression, social inequality, and criminalization of social conduct as reflected in contemporary issues.
This course will satisfy the social sciences core area requirement.
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CRIM 290 - Selected Topics in Criminology 3 hours
A special offering on a particular area of interest in criminology, offered as available.
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CRIM 299 - Community-based Learning 1 hour
Taken in conjunction with a regularly listed criminology course, this one-credit-hour option involves community service and guided reflection.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.
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CRIM 320 - Gender and Violence 3 hours
An examination of the structural roots of gender-based violence, including domestic abuse, sexual assault, hate crimes, colonization and genocide, law enforcement abuse, international violence, and war. Strong focus on anti-violence organizing. Required service learning component.
Listed also as SOC 320 and SWG 320 .
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 , SOC 230 , SOC 240 , SOC 280 , or SOC 350 , or consent of instructor.
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CRIM 325 - Conflict Resolution 3 hours
An examination of conflict resolution theory and practice including negotiation and mediation with an analysis of how emotion, power, culture, and other components affect conflict escalation, de-escalation, and resolution. This course will emphasize facilitative mediation process and skills through interactive exercises and simulations.
Listed also as SOC 325 .
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CRIM 370 - Deviance and Social Control 3 hours
Analysis of norms related to the law, the origins and functions of deviance in society, the institutional production and categorization of deviance, the impact of deviance on personal identity, deviant careers, and deviance and social change.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 and CRIM 255 , or consent of the instructor.
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CRIM 372 - Law and Society 3 hours
Advanced analysis of the legal order from a critical, sociological perspective. The rise of modern law and its relationship to other social institutions is treated, with consideration given to social theories of legality and current controversies within the field. Examines conceptions of American citizenship through analysis of the African-American experience and issues of civic inclusion, including review of historically important trials, civil rights organizing, and contemporary racial issues in the criminal legal system.
Listed also as SOC 372 and BWS 372 .
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 , CRIM 255 , and junior standing or consent of the instructor.
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CRIM 406 - Theories of Crime Control 3 hours
An in-depth analysis of the U.S. prison industrial complex, including analysis of alternative sentencing structures in community-based corrections, theories of incapacitation and deterrence, consideration of surveillance and state disciplinary structures, and strategies for building healthy communities.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 , CRIM 255 , and senior standing or consent of instructor.
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CRIM 408 - International and Comparative Justice 3 hours
An exploration into constructions of justice in multiple cultural, national, and international contexts. This is a seminar course that focuses on the international war on drugs, comparative analysis of criminal legal systems, and alternative systems of justice, and requires a major research project.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
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CRIM 450 - Independent Study 1-8 hours
An opportunity to do independent research or study under faculty supervision.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the supervisory faculty member.
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CRIM 455 - Internship 1-8 hours
Internships in a variety of agencies and organizations involved with the delivery of social services, social justice advocacy and/or criminal justice are available under faculty supervision. Student participants enhance their research proficiency while gaining valuable work experience in an area of their interest.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and consent of the supervisory faculty member.
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DCIN 253 - Beginning Video Production 3 hours
Contemporary narrative concepts and digital cinema methods are introduced in this course within the contexts of video art and personal filmmaking. The Mac OS X platform, Final Cut and Adobe Premiere are used as the primary editing experiences. Cinema majors are expected to provide their own DSLR or camcorder for subsequent courses. Otherwise cameras are available for check-out for enrolled students. Offered every fall and spring. A lab fee will be charged.
This course will satisfy the fine arts core area requirement.
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DCIN 360 - Narrative Video Production 3 hours
Centered on the filmmaker as director scenario, this studio course addresses the production of originally scripted material. Projects target work with actors, lighting, and location. An online portfolio is expected of all students by the end of the semester.
Prerequisite(s): DCIN 253 , THEA 340 are strongly encouraged but not required.
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DCIN 380 - Experimental Production 3 hours
Advanced editing techniques, multi-channel works, sound, and installation are addressed in this non-narrative course. Active dialogue is maintained with still photography and sculpture, meant to create hybrid forms of installation-based video. 16mm filmmaking may also be addressed.
Prerequisite(s): DCIN 253
This course will satisfy the fine arts core area requirement.
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DCIN 390 - Special Topics in Cinema 3 hours
A rotating list of electives including: documentary, stop-motion animation, post-production image and sound, as well as Florentine sketches, images, and inventions.
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DCIN 495 - Investigative Portfolio 3 hours
This capstone study places emphasis on the lens-based experience as an opportunity to execute a portfolio-length research project in narrative, documentary or experimental modes. Students design the final outcome from a range of options, including screening, online media and published media. A public lecture is expected of all participants at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium every April.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing.
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ECED 200 - Foundations of Education 3 hours
This course introduces candidates to the world of professional education. Candidates come away with an initial understanding of the foundations of education: sociological, economic, legal, governance, and financial, and their influence on teaching today. This general survey course is designed to help them make an informed decision about whether to continue in teacher preparation. Fifteen field experience hours are required.
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ECED 300 - Child Growth and Development 3 hours
The purpose of the course is to serve as a comprehensive introduction to the principles and basic concepts of typical and atypical child growth and development. The course integrates the physical, cognitive, and social dimensions of a child’s life from prenatal development through pubescence. Special emphasis is given to the growth and development of young children aged birth through eight years. Candidates apply theory to practice through 25 field experience hours.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 200 and admission to the Teacher Education Program.
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ECED 301 - History and Philosophy of Early Childhood Education 3 hours
In this course, candidates focus on the historical and philosophical aspects of early childhood education and special education as related to contemporary society. Candidates study key individuals, movements, and curricula, and apply a multicultural and inclusive approach to the study of both formal and informal education of all young children. Candidates apply theory to practice through 10 clinical hours.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 200 and admission to the Teacher Education Program.
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ECED 303 - Child, Family, and Community Relations 3 hours
The purpose of this course is to assist candidates in developing the necessary skills to work cooperatively with families and community members. This starts with the understanding that all young children are fully functioning members of a diverse and multicultural school, family, and community. In this case, candidates gain insight into family perspectives and experiences by examining the social, economic, legislative, and technological impacts on children and families, including families with special needs children. They evaluate existing support services and service delivery models in the school and community with respect to diversity, exceptionality, and family health and well-being with a particular emphasis on strategies to promote and ensure effective communication, collaboration, and consultation between home, school, and community.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 200 and admission to the Teacher Education Program.
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ECED 381 - Methods of Teaching Reading for the Young Child 3 hours
In this course, candidates focus on the developmentally appropriate instructional methods and materials for promoting and teaching reading and literacy in diverse and inclusive early childhood settings. Recent research, philosophical and theoretical views and issues related to emergent literacy, and quality children’s literature are explored. Candidates examine procedures for planning, organizing, and interpreting various methodologies and environments for all young children in the pre-primary and primary early childhood classrooms. Additionally, the selection and implementation of curricular modifications for exceptional children are covered. Candidates apply theory to practice through 25 clinical hours.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 200 , ECED 300 or ECED 301 , and admission to the Teacher Education Program.
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ECED 382 - Instructional Methods of Curriculum and Organization in the Early Childhood Classroom 3 hours
In this course, candidates focus on the developmentally appropriate instructional methods and materials for teaching the creative and expressive arts in diverse and inclusive early childhood settings. Areas such as music, movement, storytelling, creative writing, poetry, and art are considered. Candidates examine procedures for planning, organizing, and interpreting various methodologies and environments for all young children in the pre-primary and primary early childhood classrooms. Additionally, the selection and implementation of curricular modifications for exceptional children are covered.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 200 , ECED 300 or ECED 301 , and admission to the Teacher Education Program.
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ECED 384 - Techniques and Methodologies in the Early Childhood Education Classroom 3 hours
In this course, candidates focus on the developmentally appropriate instructional methods and materials for teaching mathematics, science, and social studies in diverse and inclusive early childhood settings. Candidates examine procedures for planning, organizing, and interpreting various methodologies and environments for all young children in the pre-primary and primary early childhood classrooms. Additionally, the selection and implementation of curricular modifications for exceptional children are covered. Candidates apply theory to practice through 10 clinical hours.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 200 , ECED 300 or ECED 301 , and admission to the Teacher Education Program.
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ECED 386 - Early Childhood Speech and Language 3 hours
In this course, candidates study various theories and stages of typical and atypical speech and language development at the early childhood level. As a result of demonstrations and observations, candidates familiarize themselves with speech and language screening and diagnostic processes for young children. They also explore a variety of direct and indirect language stimulation techniques and learn how to create an environment that supports language acquisition for all young children.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 200 and admission to the Teacher Education Program.
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ECED 430 - Early Childhood Education Assessment 3 hours
In this course, candidates address specific assessment techniques for use with all young children from birth through third grade, including young children with disabilities. The course emphasizes formal and informal techniques and strategies needed for making decisions regarding individual and group development, diagnosis and placement, learning, curricula, and instructional approaches and modifications appropriate for all young children and their families. Candidates examine specific formal, diagnostic instruments and interpret data from case studies, as well as explore considerations unique to the assessment of young children.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 200 , ECED 300 or ECED 301 , and admission to the Teacher Education Program.
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ECED 494 - Clinical Practice in Early Childhood Education 10 hours
The purpose of this clinical experience is to assist the candidates in applying their theoretical and methodological knowledge and skills to the diverse and multicultural early childhood classroom. During clinical practice candidates engage in a full-time guided teaching experience in an early childhood classroom, with the cooperation and supervision of a mentor teacher and a university field supervisor. Clinical practice consists of the candidate observing the students, the environment, and the cooperating teacher, as well as being responsible for the developmentally appropriate instruction of students individually, in small groups, and as a whole class. Candidates in this course are concurrently enrolled in the early childhood clinical practice seminar.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to clinical practice.
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ECED 495 - Clinical Practice Seminar in Early Childhood Education 2 hours
The purpose of this weekly seminar is to encourage candidates to collegially discuss the demands, challenges, and rewards of clinical experience in early childhood education. Candidates discuss experiences and explore ways to continue meeting student needs. This seminar also serves as a platform for bridging the candidate’s university experience to the early childhood profession. Candidates explore job search and employment, continued professional development, promoting positive change in educational contexts, professional organizations, and professional advocacy. To demonstrate this bridging, candidates complete their professional portfolios, which align with Illinois State Standards. Candidates in this course are concurrently enrolled in the early childhood clinical practice.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to clinical practice.
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ECON 190 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 hours
An introduction to economic theory and economic analysis of the American economy with emphasis on microeconomics—the price system, product and input market analysis.
This course will satisfy the social sciences core area requirement.
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ECON 191 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 hours
An introduction to economic theory and economic analysis of the American economy with emphasis on macroeconomics—national income analysis, fiscal and monetary policy.
This course will satisfy the social sciences core area requirement.
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ECON 260 - Statistics for Business and Economics 3 hours
An introduction to basic concepts and procedures including measure of central tendency and variability, probability, sampling distributions, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression, and nonparametric methods.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of the math foundation requirement. CIS 120 or concurrent enrollment.
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ECON 299 - Community-Based Learning 1 hour
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ECON 365 - Applied Statistical Analysis With Spreadsheets 3 hours
Listed also as BAD 365 .
Prerequisite(s): ECON 260 and CIS 120 .
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ECON 366 - American Economic History 3 hours
The market and non-market forces and personalities shaping the development of the American economy from the colonial period through the early 1950s.
Listed also as AMST 366 .
Prerequisite(s): ECON 190 and ECON 191 .
This course will satisfy the social sciences core area requirement.
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ECON 367 - Financial Markets and Institutions 3 hours
This course examines money and capital markets, the instruments traded in these markets, and the major financial institutions and regulation of these markets. The first part of the course explores market forces, determining the level and structure of interest rates. In the second part, the money, stock, and bond markets as well as the foreign exchange markets and financial derivatives markets are analyzed. The last part of the course examines the changing structure, management, and regulation of depository institutions and investment companies. Throughout the course, the emphasis will be on the application of the concepts being learned.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 191 . ECON 190 is recommended.
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ECON 370 - Intermediate Price Theory: Microeconomics 3 hours
The mechanism of a free market economy. The theory of price and output as determined under conditions of perfect competition, monopoly, and monopolistic competition.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 190 .
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ECON 371 - Intermediate Income Theory: Macroeconomics 3 hours
Theoretical study of questions concerning the economy as a whole: national income, consumption, investment, the role of government, monetary flows, and national economic growth.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 190 and ECON 191 .
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ECON 376 - International Economics 3 hours
The course examines why nations trade, what determines the basis and direction of trade, who gains or loses from trade and the dynamic nature of comparative advantage. It analyzes how countries try to change their comparative advantage in trade through subsidies, industrial and regulatory policies, and tariff and non-tariff barriers. Multilateral and bilateral trade arrangements and the impact of these arrangements are examined. Study of the strengths and weaknesses of fixed and floating rate systems and the factors that affect exchange rates are explored.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 190 and ECON 191 .
This course will satisfy the social sciences core area requirement.
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ECON 450 - Independent Study 1-3 hours
Prerequisite(s): Open to juniors and seniors majoring in economics.
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ECON 455 - Internship 1-8 hours
Training in a business organization for a designated number of hours a week under the supervision of a faculty member and the manager of the business. Exposure to various aspects of business, finance, or accounting.
Prerequisite(s): Open to juniors and seniors majoring in economics.
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ECON 462 - History of Contemporary Economic Thought 3 hours
This course offers an examination of the development of economic theory in the 20th century. New classical economics, rational expectations, and the natural rate of unemployment are covered. Assessment is made of real business cycle theory, Keynesian, New Keynesian, and post- Keynesian macroeconomic theories, as well as imperfect competition and game theory, the economics of information, and human capital theory.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 190 and ECON 191 .
This course will satisfy the social sciences core area requirement.
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ECON 495 - Independent Undergraduate Research or Creative Investigation 1-3 hours
Students collaborate with faculty mentors on an ongoing faculty research project or conduct an independent project under the guidance of a faculty member. This directed undergraduate research or creative investigation will culminate in a conference presentation, journal article or other creative/scholarly project.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
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ECON 498 - Special Topics in Economics 3 hours
This course will cover special topics in the area of economics. Topics covered will be based on the research interests of the course instructor.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 190 and ECON 191 .
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EDUC 100 - Excellence in Coaching 2 hours
Offered in conjunction with the School of Professional and Continuing Studies Excellence in Coaching certificate.
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EDUC 200 - Foundations of Education 3 hours
This course introduces candidates to the world of professional education. Students come away with an initial understanding of the foundations of education: sociological, economic, legal, governance, and financial, and their influence on teaching today. This general survey course is designed to help them make an informed decision about whether to continue in teacher preparation. Fifteen field experience hours are required.
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EDUC 310 - History and Philosophy of American Education 3 hours
In this course, candidates study the historical and philosophical aspects of American education as a basis for understanding the contemporary importance of schools in the national and community life of a diverse society.
Listed also as AMST 311 .
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 200 .
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EDUC 315 - Classroom Assessment 3 hours
This course focuses on assessment as a means of supporting the continuous development of all students in 6-12 classrooms. Assessment strategies will be examined as they relate to the instructional process.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 200 , EDUC 310 , and EDUC 320 and acceptance into the Teacher Education Program.
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EDUC 320 - Educational Psychology 3 hours
In this course candidates explore the theoretical basis for teaching and learning in kindergarten through 12th grade classrooms. While the course is theoretical in nature, candidates also explore the application of theory to classroom practice. Topics addressed include theories of learning; cognitive, social, emotional, and moral development; motivation; classroom management; and individual differences and diversity in learning. A particular focus is placed on the developmental characteristics and the nature and needs of elementary, middle/early adolescent, and secondary learners.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 200 , EDUC 310 , and acceptance into the Teacher Education Program.
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EDUC 353 - Integrating Technology Into the Curriculum 3 hours
This course uses a hands-on approach to integrating technology into educational settings. Candidates create instructional tools for meeting the needs of diverse learners and administrative tools for communications and managing classroom responsibilities. Candidates also explore techniques for enabling K-12 students to use technology for academic purposes. This course also includes evaluation of instructional software and web-based resources, and the effective integration of technology into instructional units. Students develop websites and WebQuests.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 200 , EDUC 310 , CIS 120 , and acceptance into the Teacher Education Program.
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EDUC 360 - Reading and Other Language Arts 3 hours
This course includes a study of K-8 instructional strategies and techniques in literacy development that includes word recognition and vocabulary, reading comprehension, writing, and fluency for K-8 students. It draws upon a research base with an emphasis on application in the classroom. Standards-based lessons, children’s literature, use of media and technology, classroom organization for reading, and consideration of diverse student populations are included. Twenty field experience hours are required.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 200 , EDUC 310 , and acceptance into the Teacher Education Program.
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EDUC 362 - Content Area Reading 1 hour
This course focuses on how to facilitate and improve reading, writing, vocabulary, and study skills in the content areas. Candidates investigate research and classroom practice and their applicability to expository text. They examine assessment practices, instructional methods and materials, and media and technology in the content areas.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 200 , EDUC 310 , and acceptance into the Teacher Education Program.
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EDUC 369 - Mathematics and Science for the Elementary and Middle School Teacher 3 hours
This course provides candidates with a vision and understanding of elementary and middle school mathematics and science curricula through requirements including writing lesson plans, designing level-appropriate math/science units, strategies and techniques for meeting the needs of diverse learners in a multicultural society, and differentiated instructional approaches in classrooms to accommodate the needs of students with exceptionalities. The curricula reflect the standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Science Teachers Association, and the Illinois Learning Standards. Fifteen field experience hours are required.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 200 , EDUC 310 , EDUC 320 , and acceptance into the Teacher Education Program.
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EDUC 386 - Education in a Diverse Society 3 hours
This course asks candidates to examine the challenges and opportunities of teaching in a diverse society. The central aspects of diversity are examined as they affect students in grades K-12. Candidates create instructional teaching units adapted to diverse learners. Twenty-five field experience hours are required.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 200 , EDUC 310 , EDUC 320 , and acceptance into the Teacher Education Program.
This course will satisfy the multicultural core requirement.
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EDUC 400 - Instructional Strategies for Teaching Science in Middle and Secondary Schools 3 hours
This course introduces candidates to teaching methodologies, safety issues, assessment techniques, and curricular issues as they pertain to the teaching of science for candidates preparing for initial licensure. Thirty-five field experience hours are required.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing; semester prior to clinical practice.
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EDUC 401 - Instructional Strategies for Teaching English in Middle and Secondary Schools 3 hours
This course introduces curriculum content, teaching methodologies, and assessment techniques as they pertain to the teaching of English and language arts for candidates preparing for initial licensure. Thirty-five field experience hours are required.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 315 and EDUC 386 .
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EDUC 402 - Instructional Strategies for Teaching Art in the K-12 Classroom 3 hours
This course introduces curriculum content, teaching methodologies and assessment techniques as they pertain to the teaching of art for candidates preparing for initial licensure. Thirty-five field experience hours are required.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 315 and EDUC 386 .
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EDUC 403 - Instructional Strategies for Teaching Mathematics in Middle and Secondary Schools 3 hours
This course introduces curriculum content, teaching methodologies, and assessment techniques as they pertain to the teaching of mathematics for students preparing for initial licensure. Thirty-five field experience hours are required.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 315 and EDUC 386 .
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EDUC 404 - Instructional Strategies for Teaching Modern Foreign Language in the K-12 Classroom 3 hours
This course introduces curriculum content, teaching methodologies, and assessment techniques as they pertain to the teaching of modern foreign language for candidates preparing for initial licensure. Thirty-five field experience hours are required.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing; semester prior to clinical practice.
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EDUC 406 - Instructional Strategies for Teaching Social Studies in Middle and Secondary Schools 3 hours
This course introduces curriculum content, teaching methodologies, and assessment techniques as they pertain to the teaching of social science for candidates preparing for initial licensure. Thirty-five field experience hours are required.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing; semester prior to clinical practice.
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EDUC 455 - Internship Reading Intervention 1 hour
This internship aims to provide undergraduate students with experience in personalized instruction, cooperative groups, and theme-related experiences as they tutor children in the Hephzibah Reading Academy at Dominican University. Course work prepares undergraduate students to conduct individual assessments of the children at the beginning and end of the program. Under the guidance of Dominican faculty, veteran teachers, and academy administrators, they plan for individual tutoring. Finally, they prepare an evaluation on a child whom they work with for the Hephzibah Children’s Association.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.
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EDUC 461 - Content Area Reading, Social Studies, and Assessment 3 hours
This course includes a study of instructional strategies and techniques for reading, writing, and research in the content areas. Candidates apply these techniques to social studies materials and develop lessons for teaching both content and literacy strategies. Content area trade books, and assessment tools and techniques for diagnosis, instructional planning, and evaluation of achievement are investigated.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 320 , EDUC 360 , and acceptance into the Teacher Education Program.
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EDUC 490 - Clinical Practice Seminar: Elementary and Middle 2 hours
This seminar meets in conjunction with clinical practice during the semester in which clinical practice is completed. The purpose of the seminar is to provide candidates with an opportunity to examine and discuss the experiences of their clinical practice and to connect those experiences to the framework of their academic preparation. Issues relevant to the professional educator are topics of seminar meetings. Course work includes the completion of the professional portfolio.
Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into clinical practice.
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EDUC 491 - Clinical Practice Seminar: Middle and Secondary 2 hours
This seminar meets in conjunction with clinical practice during the semester in which clinical practice is completed. The purpose of the seminar is to provide candidates with an opportunity to examine and discuss the experiences of their clinical practice and to connect those experiences to the framework of their academic preparation. Issues relevant to the professional educator are topics of seminar meetings. Course work includes the completion of the professional portfolio.
Prerequisite(s): Admission into clinical practice.
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EDUC 492 - Clinical Practice: K-12 Modern Foreign Language 10 hours
This full-time guided experience takes place in assigned elementary, middle, and/or secondary schools for one full semester. The candidate is placed in two different schools in order to gain experience teaching a modern foreign language to students in grades K-12. Under the supervision of mentor teachers, the candidate engages in all aspects of teaching. This course is taken on a satisfactory/fail basis.
Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into clinical practice.
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EDUC 495 - Clinical Practice: Elementary and Middle 10 hours
This full-time guided experience takes place in an assigned elementary or middle school for one full semester. Under the supervision of a mentor teacher, the candidate engages in all aspects of teaching. This course is taken on a satisfactory/fail basis.
Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into clinical practice.
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EDUC 496 - Clinical Practice: Middle and Secondary 10 hours
This full-time guided experience takes place in an assigned middle or secondary school in the candidate’s major field for one full semester. Under the supervision of a mentor teacher, the candidate engages in all aspects of teaching. This course is taken on a satisfactory/fail basis.
Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into clinical practice.
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EDUC 497 - Clinical Practice: K-12 Art 10 hours
This full-time guided experience takes place in assigned elementary, middle, and/or secondary schools for one full semester. The candidate is placed in two different schools in order to gain experience teaching art to students in grades K-12. Under the supervision of mentor teachers, the candidate engages in all aspects of teaching. This course is taken on a satisfactory/fail basis.
Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into clinical practice.
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ENGL 090 - Basic Skills in Reading and Composition 3 hours
Development of fundamental skills in reading comprehension and writing, with emphasis on vocabulary development, sentence structure, and paragraph comprehension and composition. Open only to students with English as a second language. This course is offered on a satisfactory/fail basis.
This course is a developmental course and will not count toward the semester hours required for graduation.
Prerequisite(s): Placement through examination only.
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ENGL 100 - College Writing 3 hours
Development of skill in reading academic texts and writing clear and correct sentences, coherent paragraphs, and short essays that draw on ideas from personal experience and assigned readings to develop a thesis.
Prerequisite(s): Placement through examination.
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ENGL 101 - Composition I: Writing as Discovery and Action 3 hours
Writing is a way of discovering and shaping our world, as well as a way of acting in the world. Through a variety of interrelated reading and writing assignments, with an emphasis on essays and other short forms, students in this course will explore how to use writing to learn, to create, and to act, particularly in the university but also in the world outside the university.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 100 or placement through examination. Students who have earned a grade of D in ENGL 100 will be required to take ENGL 103 concurrently with English 101.
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ENGL 102 - Composition II: Writing as a Way of Knowing 3 hours
Students and teachers in the university use a complex set of reading and writing practices to create and share knowledge and to pose and solve both theoretical and practical problems. In this course, students will learn how to use these practices to pose questions, do appropriate reading and research to answer those questions, and present their answers in papers that observe the conventions of academic writing. This course includes the Information Access Workshop required of undergraduates. A student must receive a grade of C- or higher to fulfill the core curriculum foundation requirement.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or placement through examination. Students who have earned a grade of D in ENGL 101 will be required to take ENGL 103 concurrently with English 102.
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ENGL 103 - Writing Tutorial 1 hour
Individualized writing instruction through the university writing center. Placement examination results may require some students to take this course in conjunction with ENGL 100 and ENGL 101 as a prerequisite for ENGL 102 . This course may also be required by instructors for students taking ENGL 102 . This course is graded on a satisfactory/fail basis and may be taken for credit more than one time.
Prerequisite(s): Placement or consent of instructor.
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ENGL 190 - Intermediate Composition 3 hours
For students who have completed ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 or the equivalents, this course offers further instruction and practice in writing essays and other kinds of academic papers. This course includes the Information Access Workshop required of undergraduates.
Prerequisite(s): Placement (transfer students only), ENGL 102 , or equivalent.
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ENGL 210 - Autobiography 3 hours
Study of the literary genre of autobiography with emphasis on both autobiography and memoir. Literary analysis of autobiographical writings by authors such as Frederick Douglass, Virginia Woolf, Richard Wright, Eudora Welty, Joan Didion, and Tobias Wolff.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 or equivalent.
This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
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ENGL 211 - Introduction to Creative Writing 3 hours
Study of the fundamentals of good writing in a variety of literary genres - poetry, fiction, drama. Analysis of the work of professionals and students. Short critical and creative pieces in the three genres are required.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 or equivalent.
This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
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ENGL 220 - On the Origin of Stories 3 hours
Could storytelling be one of our most ancient behaviors, which helped us survive and evolve as a species, or is it a more recent, cultural development? Would knowing the answer to this question make a difference in how we understand stories? Drawing on insights from both science and literature, this course will explore these and related questions, which are the focus of lively, ongoing debates among evolutionary scientists, anthropologists, psychologists, philosophers, literary critics, and story tellers.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101
This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
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ENGL 221 - Literature of the African Diaspora 3 hours
This course will examine works by contemporary writers from Africa and the African diaspora. The term “African diaspora” refers to the various nations Africans were dispersed to during the African slave trade, including: North America, the Caribbean, South America, and Europe. This course will look into how the enslavement and dispersal of Africans during the slave trade influences the themes and traditions represented by writers of African descent throughout the world today. In looking at these themes as emblematic of a shared cultural history partially inherited from African tradition, students will analyze how these themes also represent the traditions and values of those nations to which African slaves were dispersed. This course is open to both majors and non-majors.
Listed also as BWS 221
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101
This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
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ENGL 222 - Black Women Writers 3 hours
An introduction to and exploration of writing by black women across America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Study of short stories, novels, and poetry of the African diaspora.
Listed also as BWS 222 and SWG 222
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101
This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement
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ENGL 223 - African-American Popular Culture 3 hours
This course will focus on the production of “pop” culture in the United States, with special emphasis on the linkages between mainstream pop culture and pop culture originating in the African- American experience. The course will provide sociological, historical, and theoretical perspectives for understanding topics related to black film, R&B, literature, disco, art, and rap/hip-hop. Through the use of music, film, dance, and literary and visual arts, students will gain insight into ways that pop culture often serves to solidify the American populaces understanding of its national, racial, and cultural identities; especially as they relate to the unique contributions made by African- Americans to popular culture.
Listed also as BWS 223
This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement.
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ENGL 224 - Native American Literature 3 hours
Study of Native American literature with an emphasis on the relationship between text and context. The course considers the diversity and regional variation of tribal identities and the interplay between oral and written traditions in Native American literary history.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101
This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement.
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ENGL 225 - Critical Race Theory 3 hours
This course offers an introduction to Critical Race Theory (CRT). In addition to surveying CRT’s origins as a movement among legal scholars in the early 1980s, this course will examine its current influence in the fields of American studies, history, literature, ethnic studies, whiteness studies, gender and sexual studies, and African-American studies. In engaging this discourse, students will gain the knowledge to skillfully articulate and consider perspectives on one of the modern world’s most pressing social issues.
Listed also as BWS 225
This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement.
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