Courses
Foundations of Education (F)
- EDUC-F 110 Windows on Education (1-3 cr.) First-year seminar to support incoming freshmen interested in teaching as a career. The course will facilitate students’ efforts to navigate university life while making an informed decision regarding career choices.
- EDUC-F 200 Examining Self as a Teacher (3 cr.) Designed to help a student make a career decision, better conceptualize the kind of teacher the student wishes to become, and reconcile any preliminary concerns that may be hampering a personal examination of self as teacher. Students will design a major portion of their work.
- EDUC-F 201 Exploring the Personal Demands of Teaching Field Experience (2 cr.) First course in a two semester sequence examining the personal demands of teaching in an Interpersonal Process Laboratory. Particular emphasis is put on interpersonal communication skills (self-disclosure, active listening, questioning, observation). Graded S/F.
- EDUC-F 202 Exploring the Personal Demands of Teaching Field Experience (1 cr.) Expands the skills gained in F 201 into a field experience (school classroom). Designed to assist students in career decision-making through a self-examination and discussions of the pre-service teacher's interactions, understanding, and communication with students in the classroom. Graded S/F.
- EDUC-F 203 Topical Exploration in Education (1-3 cr.) A one-semester course on a particular topic, established at the request of a faculty member and by the approval of the Academic Affairs Committee. Applies only as elective credit. May be repeated.
- EDUC-F 204 Seminar INSPIRE LLC (1 cr.) The course is designed as a discussion-based seminar where students are guided to explore big, probing questions with education in mind, such as: What does it mean to be a learner and leader at this historical moment in the 21st century? What does it mean to be a part of a learning community? And, how can what I do as a university student help prepare me for a rewarding personal, professional, and public life? In addition to seminar discussions and special guest lectures and presentations from School of Education faculty, students will investigate these questions through a service-learning experience, small group self-directed inquiry projects, and field trips/excursions. Graded S/F. May be repeated.
- EDUC-F 205 Study of Education and the Practice of Teaching (1-3 cr.) A review of the literature on various approaches to education as a discipline and a field of inquiry, and an exploration of several approaches to teacher education. Integrates scholarship and inquiry with the development of educational possibilities. Students will begin the process of constructing a set of personal and social commitments that will guide their future teaching activities.
- EDUC-F 350 Departmental Honors (1-3 cr.) Offered by a given department for its honor students. Course may be designated by a department to substitute for another of its courses. May be repeated.
- EDUC-F 400 Honors Seminar (1-3 cr.) Content varies, but always involves the investigation in depth of significant topics in education. An interdisciplinary approach is taken. Graded S/F. May be repeated.
- EDUC-F 401 Topical Exploration in Education (0-3 cr.) Explores various topics of relevance to education, both in the United States and abroad. May be repeated.
