2006–2007 - Florida Institute of Technology

ECE 5961 INTERNSHIP IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER
ENGINEERING (1 credit). Provides an opportunity to gain practical experience
in industries related to electrical or computer engineering. Students are
placed in an industrial environment under the supervision of a practicing engineer.
(Requirement: Graduate standing.)
ECE 5999 THESIS IN ELECTRICAL OR COMPUTER ENGINEERING
(0–3 credits). Individual work under the direction of a member or members of
the graduate faculty on a selected topic.
ECE 6301 ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE THEORY (3
credits). Discusses several semiconductor physical phenomena related to electrical
device operation, including scattering and recombination theory, interactions of
photons and phonons, detailed band theory and quantum effects in semiconductor
devices. Prerequisites: ECE 5301.
ECE 6999 RESEARCH AND DISSERTATION IN ELECTRICAL OR
COMPUTER ENGINEERING (0–6 credits). Taken by appointment with
members of the electrical engineering graduate faculty. (Requirement: Department
head approval.)
Science and Mathematics Education
EDS 1005 INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION (3 credits). Deepens
understanding of education with a focus on schools, students, teachers, foundations
and the teaching profession. Includes current education issues related to the
philosophy, history and politics of education, particularly in the United States.
Introduces students to the 12 Florida Educator Accomplished Practices.
EDS 1031 SURVEY OF SCIENCE 1: PHYSICAL SCIENCE (3 credits).
Includes a survey of physics, chemistry and astronomy including motion, forces,
energy, electricity, waves, the metric system and the application of science and
technology to everyday living.
EDS 1032 SURVEY OF SCIENCE 2: LIFE SCIENCE (3 credits).
Facilitates student understanding of laws, phenomena and processes of cellular
and human biology, and to address selected current topics in ecology and environmental
science.
EDS 2032 EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY (3 credits). Prepares preservice
teachers for the classroom use of technology to manage, evaluate and
improve instruction of secondary students. (CL)
EDS 2042 LITERACY INSTRUCTION (3 credits). Instructs pre-service
mathematics, science and technology teachers in the methods of teaching reading
within their content. Includes strategies, assessment, literature and writing.
Prerequisites: EDS 1005.
EDS 3033 MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION (3 credits). Investigates
the foundation of educational measurement and evaluation, the techniques of
educational measurement and the presentation and interpretation of data in an
educational setting.
EDS 3034 ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION (3 credits). Helps students
develop both understanding and competence in alternative/authentic assessment
and grading, and various kinds of school-based evaluation. Definitions and
frameworks will guide readings and exercises. Selected competencies in these
areas are designed to prepare students to meet teacher requirements. Prerequisites:
EDS 3033.
EDS 3095 CLINICAL AND FIELD EXPERIENCE 1 (2 credits).
Students engage in clinical and field experiences that complement EDS 3033 and
EDS 4051. Experiences include assigned observations in secondary school classrooms,
tutoring, small group work and other practical experiences. Corequisites:
EDS 3033, EDS 4051.
EDS 3096 CLINICAL AND FIELD EXPERIENCE 2 (2 credits). Students
engage in clinical and field experiences that complement EDS 3034 and 4071,
4072 or 4073. Corequisites: EDS 3034, EDS 4071 or EDS 4072 or EDS 4073.
EDS 4051 METHODS AND MANAGEMENT OF MIDDLE AND
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHING (4 credits). Students demonstrate methods of
classroom management that constitute effective teaching practice as defined by the
Florida Educator Accomplished Practices. Prerequisites: EDS 1005.
EDS 4061 MULTILINGUAL/MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION (3 credits).
Provides future teachers with resources to promote cross-cultural awareness,
language development and academic progress. Special attention to approaches,
methodologies and techniques designed for limited English proficient children
that help all students achieve success in content areas. Prerequisites: EDS 4071 or
EDS 4072 or EDS 4073.
EDS 4071 METHODS AND STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING MIDDLE
AND HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE (4 credits). Investigates the principles,
skills and methods of teaching science at the middle and secondary school level.
Emphasizes the laboratory-centered inquiry approach. Prerequisites: EDS 4051.
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EDS 4072 METHODS AND STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING MIDDLE
AND HIGH SCHOOL MATH (4 credits). Investigates the principles, skills
and methods of teaching mathematics at the middle- and secondary-school
level. Emphasizes application and practice with a hands-on, discovery approach.
Prerequisites: EDS 4051.
EDS 4073 METHODS AND STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING COM-
PUTER SCIENCE K-12 (4 credits). Investigates the principles, skills and
methods of teaching computer science at the K-12 level. Emphasizes application
and practice using computers. Prerequisites: EDS 4051.
EDS 4095 STUDENT TEACHING 1 (6 credits). This pedagogical course
prepares pre-service teachers to provide effective instructional management and
to be responsive to the intellectual, physical, emotional and social needs of the
secondary learner. Students demonstrate the 12 Florida Educator Accomplished
Practices at the pre-professional benchmark within the 200-hour internship.
Prerequisites: EDS 4071 or EDS 4072 or EDS 4073.
EDS 4096 STUDENT TEACHING 2 (12 credits). Student teaching is the
culminating experience required for all students in teacher education for graduation
and recommendation for certification. It is an internship in an approved secondary
school under the supervision of an experienced, approved clinical educator.
(Requirement: Completion of all other EDS course requirements.)
EDS 4250 SCIENCE EDUCATION CASE STUDY (1–3 credits). In
conjunction with adviser, student selects a single specific issue of topic in science
education and performs an in-depth study of that area. (Requirement: Instructor
approval.)
EDS 4595 STUDENT TEACHING (6 credits). An internship in an approved
school under the supervision of an experienced approved supervising teacher.
Noncredit for undergraduate EDS majors. (Requirement: Department head
approval.) Prerequisites: EDS 4051, EDS 4071 or EDS 4072 or EDS 4073.
EDS 4900 INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE CAPSTONE SEMINAR
(1 credit). This seminar is part of the capstone experience for a B.S. degree in the
interdisciplinary science program. It is taken during the final semester of the program.
Students are required to write a paper and present it orally. (Requirement:
Instructor approval.)
EDS 5033 EFFECTIVE TEACHING AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL (3
credits). Designed for graduate students and/or faculty who currently teach or
will be teaching undergraduates. Includes methods of instruction, curriculum/
course planning and delivery, record keeping and evaluation. Opportunities for
self-assessment will also be provided.
EDS 5045 MULTILINGUAL/MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION (3 credits).
Provides future teachers with resources to promote cross-cultural awareness,
language development and academic progress. Special attention to approaches,
methodologies and techniques designed for limited English proficient children
that help all students achieve success in content areas. Prerequisites: EDS 4071 or
EDS 4072, PSY 2443.
EDS 5051 METHODS AND MANAGEMENT OF MIDDLE AND
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHING (3 credits). Students demonstrate
methods of classroom management that constitute effective teaching practice as
defined by the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices.
EDS 5055 FOUNDATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF CLASSROOM
INSTRUCTION (3 credits). Examines the contemporary field and foundations
of education and the teaching profession. Includes the dynamics of school life,
effective teaching practices, classroom management, ethical and legal issues facing
teachers, economic and political issues, the history of American education, and
educational reform.
EDS 5067 MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION (3 credits). Includes
the foundations of educational measurement and evaluation, the techniques of
educational measurement, the presentation and analysis of data collected through
measurement and the application of measurement and evaluation. (Requirement:
Undergraduate statistics course.)
EDS 5068 EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT (3 credits). Expands on topics
from statistics and undergraduate measurement and evaluation. Includes validity,
reliability, generalizability, item response theory, school testing, standardized tests
and alternative assessment. Emphasizes the purpose, methods and uses of student
and teacher data. (Requirement: Instructor approval.)
EDS 5070 EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS (3 credits). Includes sampling
procedures, frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, estimation of
variability, the normal distribution, differences between two groups, analysis of
variance and correlation. Also includes nonparametric techniques, multivariate
techniques and computer analysis of educational data.
EDS 5071 METHODS AND STRATEGIES OF TEACHING MIDDLE
AND HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE (3 credits). Investigates the principles,
skills and methods of teaching mathematics at the middle and secondary school
level. Emphasizes the laboratory-centered inquiry approach. Prerequisites:
EDS 5051.