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Experience is 14 weeks, daily supervised practice with weekly meetings
with university supervisor and cooperating teachers. Students
meet for once per week seminar with other current student teachers
from general education and ISE to discuss experiences, issues, and
meet with community professionals and faculty. Prerequisite: all
course work leading to ISE Early Childhood licensure. Taken concurrently
with ISE 442. Offered spring and fall semesters.
ISE 445 Student Teaching: 9 sem. hrs.
Intervention Specialist-Moderate/Intensive
Culminating field-based experience designed to provide pre-service
ISE teachers daily experiences in classrooms and/or community
based environments. Student teachers are placed in educational settings
for supervised, guided practice experiences to implement theory
with practice. Experiences include collaborations with professionals
and families, observation and participation in assessments, planning
meetings, and instruction for students with exceptionalities.
Experience is 14 weeks, daily supervised practice with weekly meetings
with university supervisor and cooperating teachers. Students
meet for once per week seminar with other current student teachers
from general education and ISE to discuss experiences, issues, and
meet with community professionals and faculty. Prerequisite: all
course work leading to ISE Moderate/Intensive licensure. Taken concurrently
with ISE 442. Offered spring and fall semesters.
JEWISH STUDIES (JS)
JS 103 A Jewish Reading of 3 sem. hrs.
the Bible
Study selected Hebrew Bible texts (in translation) from a Rabbinic
point of view. Also, selections from the Midrash (Religious
Literature) and the Talmud (Bible Commentary). Next offered F-07.
JS 211 Judaism: Abraham to 3 sem. hrs.
Maimonides
(See Theology 211) An understanding of the trends in Jewish life
with emphasis on beliefs, observances, practices, rituals, and texts.
Course points out Jewish roots of Christianity and includes descriptive
visit to a synagogue. Next offered SP-08.
JS 212 To and From the Gas Chambers3 sem. hrs.
A study of Jewish culture in Europe leading up to the “Shoah” or
Holocaust when over six million Jews were sent to death camps and
executed by the Nazis. The aftermath of the Holocaust and the establishment
of the state of Israel will also be studied.
JS 290 Hate Groups and Violence 3 sem. hrs.
An interdisciplinary study that explores the background, culture, and
beliefs of individuals and movements that advocate hate. Topics
include the psychological, philosophical, and religious origins of
hate, anti-Semitism, Pogroms, holocaust, KKK, racism, and neo-fascism.
This course includes a field trip to the U.S. Holocaust Museum
in Washington, D.C. Costs for the trip are underwritten by the Ed and
Ruth Wilkof Foundation. SP-07.
JS 301 Holocaust Studies 3 sem. hrs.
An interdisciplinary investigation of the Holocaust. Selected topics
include, but are not limited to, sociocultural, technological, psychological,
philosophical, and theological issues. Students will also
study the Holocaust's consequences and humanitarian efforts to seek
justice.
JS 313 Rise & Fall of Nazi Germany 3 sem. hrs.
(See History 313) A study of the origins, course, and collapse of the
Third Reich including the politics of genocide.
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LATIN (LAT)
LAT 101-102 Elementary Latin 6 sem. hrs.
Basic structure and vocabulary of the language enabling students to
comprehend elementary Latin prose. Attention to English vocabulary
building through Latin derivational study. These courses can be used
to satisfy the foreign language requirement of the core curriculum
only by students who have never studied Latin or who have had no
more than two years of the language at the high school level or three
semester hours at the college level.
LAT 201-202 Intermediate Latin 6 sem. hrs.
Review of basic structure and syntax; study of advanced grammatical
structures; readings in Latin stories and poetry; emphasis on Latin
vocabulary development with attention to English vocabulary building
through derivational study. These courses can be used to satisfy
the foreign language requirement of the core curriculum only by students
who have had three years or more of Latin at the high school
level. Prerequisite: LAT 102 or placement. Next offering TBA.
LAT 301-302 Advanced Latin 6 sem. hrs.
Readings from selected Roman prose writers and poets; study of
advanced syntax and Latin prose composition; continued emphasis
on vocabulary development. Next offering TBA.
LAT 491 Studies in Latin 3 sem. hrs.
Directed readings and discussions of specific literary or linguistic
texts or topics. Permission of the Division Chair and Vice President
for Academic Affairs is required. Next offering TBA.
MATHEMATICS (MATH)
MATH 100 Mathematics Review 3 sem. hrs.
Refresher course in basic mathematics with goal of providing a good
foundation for further study/use of mathematics. Topics include
operations on integers, fractions and decimals; exponents and order
of operation; ratios, proportions and percents; basic algebraic and
geometric formulas. Credit, although tabulated within the 130 hours
required for graduation, does not satisfy any part of the core curriculum
requirements. By placement only. Offered every semester.
MATH 103-104 Algebra I and II 3 sem. hrs. each
Real numbers, variable expressions, solving equations and applications
of equations, polynomials, factoring, algebraic fractions, graphs
and linear equations, systems of linear equations, inequalities, radical
expressions, quadratic equations. Prerequisite for 103: by placement
or successful completion of MATH 100; Prerequisite for 104:
By placement or successful completion of MATH 103. Offered every
semester.
MATH 107-108 Mathematics I 3 sem. hrs. ea.
and II for Educators .
Problem solving techniques, sets, development of and operations
with the real number system, including whole numbers, fractions and
decimals, number theory, algebra, probability, statistics, geometry,
measurement, applications to early childhood and intervention specialist
teaching, NCTM standards. Prerequisite for 107: one year of
high school algebra; Prerequisite for 108: MATH 107. Offered every
semester.
MATH 110 Mathematics in the World 3 sem. hrs.
Explores a broad spectrum of mathematical topics with an emphasis