Elective
Principles of Health and Nutrition
In this introductory nutrition course, you will learn how to apply nutrition principles to your own food choices. This course will help you to understand how key nutrients (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water) affect health, disease, energy balance, and weight control.
Sports and Games
Study of the history, theories, philosophies, rules, and terminology of physical activities including games and competitive sports.
Math for Teachers I
Designed for early elementary and middle grade teacher education majors to provide a working knowledge of geometric and arithmetic sequences, operations with whole numbers, rational numbers, real numbers, the concept of equations, number theory, and problem solving. Offered every fall. (Prerequisite: 17 or above on the math sub-test of the ACT.)
Reading/Language Arts Methods I
An examination and evaluation of materials and methods for teaching basic reading and language arts skills in the elementary grades. Focuses on the literacy skills of word recognition, vocabulary development, and comprehension within the framework of a balanced reading approach. These skills are integrated with listening, speaking, and creative drama areas of the language arts. […]
Social Studies Methods
Presents the scope and sequence of the skills and concepts of the social studies program applicable to the elementary grades. The broad range of the social studies curriculum will be defined with emphasis on the need for student and teacher to relate to their world: past, present, and future. Offered every spring. (Prerequisite: admission to […]
Health and Physical Ed Methods
Health and Physical Education Methods is designed for those studying to become an Elementary or P-12 Health/Physical Education teacher. Emphasis will be placed on teaching methods and strategies, designing learning experiences and tasks, presenting instruction, developing and maintaining a learning environment, and using assessment in the health and physical education classroom.
Assessment in Special Education
This course includes technical prerequisites of understanding standardized assessment and the rationale for using curriculum-based measurement (CBM) within the broad context of special education programming. Students will develop competencies in utilizing norm-referenced, criterion-referenced, curriculum-based, and teacher-made assessment for instructional and placement decisions.
LBD Instructional Methods
This course is designed to train teachers in instructional planning, management, and delivery of instruction. It includes strategic program planning incorporating due process procedures as specified in federal legislation, as well as teaching methodology in systematic disorders, and mild disabilities, in public schools.
Math Methods
A study of the various techniques for teaching mathematical concepts to elementary children. An emphasis is placed on practical approaches based on research and learning theory. The development of concepts is built around handson activities that allow children to go beyond specific information, to discover relationships and generalities, and to solve problems. Offered every fall. […]