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CSC 521 - Database Systems
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course is an overview of current database technologies with an emphasis on relational database technology. Students are introduced to database design, entity relationship diagraming, structured query language, and stored procedures.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Dean
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CSC 522 - Software Development Methodology
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course gives detailed coverage to significant software development methodologies including traditional plan driven methods, lean methodologies and a particular emphasis on agile methods. Comparison and discussion of traditional and newer lightweight methods will be made throughout the course. The course may include one or more projects to gain experience practicing software development methods.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CSC 523 - Mobile Applications Development
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
Investigation of mobile operating systems and associated software development environments. Consideration of unique constraints and techniques for creating software designed for mobile devices. Design and development of a mobile application.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CSC 524 - Web Application Development
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
The design and development of data driven web applications. The integration and exploitation of HTML, JavaScript, server-side programming languages and database technology.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CSC 525 - Advanced Database Systems
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
This course will engage the student in essential database topics. The course assumes a basic familiarity with relational databases and SQL. The course will advance the student’s knowledge and skills in areas like database systems, database design, concurrency control and transactions, advanced SQL techniques, and data warehouse design.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CSC 526 - Software Systems Design
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
An in-depth look at software design. Study of design patterns, frameworks, and architectures. Survey of current middleware architectures. Component based design. Measurement theory and appropriate use of metrics in design. Designing for qualities such as performance, safety, security, reusability, reliability, etc. Measuring internal qualities and complexity of software. Evaluation and evolution of designs. Basics of software evolution, reengineering, and reverse engineering.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): CSC 527
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CSC 527 - Software Construction
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
Coverage of software construction fundamentals including minimizing complexity, anticipating change, and constructing for verification. Discussion will include best practices like patterns, object oriented programming and agility. Management of the construction process and accounting for practical considerations will also be examined. Prerequisite: EGR 221 Data Structures (or equivalent knowledge of object-oriented languages and structures).
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CSC 528 - Software Project Management
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
Project planning, cost estimation and scheduling. Project management tools. Analysis of options and risks. Release and configuration management. Software process standards and process implementation. Approaches to maintenance and long-term software development.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CSC 565 - Special Topics in Software Engineering
Units: 1-4
When Offered: As offered
This course offers a concentration upon a specific topic within the field of Software Engineering. The topic varies by semester.
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit with change in topic
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CSC 599 - Independent Study in Software Engineering
Units: 1-3
When Offered: As offered
This course provides an opportunity for students who have demonstrated the ability to do independent work to pursue in-depth a software engineering topic of particular interest.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CJS 510 - Legal Research and Reasoning
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course provides an introduction to legal research methods, including state and federal reported cases, digests, annotated codes, state and federal administrative regulations, and computerized legal research, as well as an introduction to the writing of case briefs and memoranda. This course is also an advanced examination of aspects of evidence acquisition, evaluation, and preservation with special consideration of the legal context including its use in the trial process. This course is designed to provide additional insights concerning the proper use of evidence and its admissibility.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CJS 520 - Advanced Criminal Law
Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
Graduate level course on the nature of criminal law; philosophical and historical development; major definitions and concepts; classification of crime; elements of crimes and penalties using California and federal statutes as illustrations; defenses to criminal responsibility; criminal responsibility.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CJS 530 - Theories and Perspectives of Criminal Behavior
Units: 3
When Offered: Summer
A study in the traditional and theoretical schools of criminology. Theories relating to individual abnormality and theories relating to cultural influences are examined. Theories of the causes of delinquency and data on delinquent behavior including gangs, minor and major criminal actions and methods of correction are also covered.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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CJS 560 - Criminal Investigations
Units: 3
When Offered: Summer
This course will examine elements of criminal investigation, including crime scene preservation, evidence collection and interviewing. To bring these two topics (investigation and report writing) together, students will also be exposed to various concepts of criminal law, search and seizure and police procedures.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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Data Science and Knowledge |
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DSC 521 - Enterprise Architecture
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course equips students for strategic thinking with respect to IT-enabled transformation in modern organizations, through an end-to-end Strategic Management Process. This course provides a practical experience approach by positioning the students at the high-point of the Information Technology leadership activity, where goals and priorities are set and implemented. During the course students will lead a complete IT Strategic Management Process, think and behave strategically, exploit opportunities to employ leading-edge technologies, and deliver the right business value with IT.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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DSC 523 - Enterprise Data Communications
Units: 4
When Offered: Fall
This course explores state-of-the-art computer communication infrastructure from protocols and protocol architecture to organizational management issues. Special focus areas from TCP/IP Internet communication, protocol design, wireless data networking, to networked applications are studied. The emphasis is on business managers and implementers to design, realize and operate advanced networks that provide efficient and reliable services to users. Topics include data science, data communications, application software, networking, and organization management theory.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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DSC 530 - Experiment Design for Data Science
Units: 4
When Offered: Spring
This course covers the most essential features of experimental research design and the measures associated with it. Principles and procedures involved in collecting, organizing, analyzing, presenting, and interpreting data from quantitative experimental design inquiry are primary areas of examination. Both descriptive and inferential statistical approaches are presented, e.g., describing data, its frequency, measures, and presentation to discrete and continuous probability, analysis of variance (ANOVA), linear and multiple regression, time series and forecasting, quality management and decision theory. Lectures focus on developing tangible understanding of experimental design and corresponding analytic models, and interpreting research results. Laboratory exercises will focus on using programming statistical software for data analysis and presentation.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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DSC 550 - Data Mining
Units: 3
When Offered: Summer
This course examines at the entire knowledge discovery process. The focus on cutting edge, interesting data mining techniques that can be used in a wide variety of settings (business, science, web analytics, etc.). Topics include algorithmic details, implementation issues, advantages and disadvantages, and many examples of data mining. We will also include the newest topics, such as big data methods and deep learning. The course is a practical, hands-on course, covering knowledge discovery entails, the different groups of algorithms and their usefulness and shortcomings. The course culminates in a real-world project accomplished with open-source tools.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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Education |
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ART 515 - Aesthetics and the Classroom
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
An upper division and graduate level course for the classroom teacher and liberal studies major. Studies assumptions we make about art, investigates our difficulties in understanding art, builds skill in perceiving and communicating about art, and connects lessons learned to practical classroom application.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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ECH 510 - Characteristics of Infants to Preschoolers with IFSP/IEP
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
This course offers the candidate an opportunity to explore the etiology and developmental characteristics of young children with exceptional needs. All categories of exceptionality will be surveyed including anomalies such as social/ emotional imperceptiveness, communication delays, communicable diseases and attention deficit disorder. Candidates will study children with developmental delays or disabilities, children whose families are culturally and linguistically diverse, children from diverse socioeconomic groups, and other children with individual learning styles, strengths, and needs. This course fulfills one of four of the CTC ECSEAA courses.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Credential program acceptance
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ECH 515 - The Role of the Family ECSE
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
This course is intended to provide opportunities for the candidate to demonstrate knowledge of family systems (within the context of ethnicity, culture, life experiences, and language diversity) and the central role of families in facilitating healthy growth and development. In addition, the candidate will develop an understanding of the impact of the child’s disability on the family and will be trained in the skills to sensitively elicit family’s concerns, priorities, and resources in relation to their child. This course fulfills one of four of the CTC ECSEAA courses.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Credential program acceptance
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ECH 520 - Assessment and Intervention: Birth to Pre-K
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
This course is intended to provide the candidate with clear, accessible formal and informal assessment information plus practical skills and techniques for improving services for young children with special needs in home and classroom settings. This course fulfills one of four of the CTC ECSEAA courses.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Credential program acceptance
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ECH 525 - Instructional Strategies: Birth to Pre-K
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
This course provides information and skill-building opportunities on curricula, instructional strategies, service environments, and staffing roles for teachers of young children, birth - pre-kindergarten with disabilities. Candidates will learn the background knowledge and preliminary skills needed for successful inclusion of children with disabilities in early childhood education settings. This course fulfills one of four of the CTC ECSEAA courses.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Credential program acceptance
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ECH 530 - School, Family, and Community Partnerships
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
This course will examine family, community, societal, and cultural influences on children’s schooling and learning and explore ways to create partnerships to support families and children. Emphasis is on the development of strategies for integrating family members and community resources into the learning process and addressing and overcoming barriers to partnerships.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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ECH 535 - Leadership and Supervision In Early Childhood Settings
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
This course will explore the early childhood administrator’s role in staff development and human relations, including recruitment, hiring, retaining, training, supporting and evaluation of personnel. This course will examine the importance of developing a program philosophy as well as the multi-level functions of supervision with an emphasis on understanding teacher development and reflective practice.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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ECH 540 - Early Childhood Literacy and Language Development
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
This course will review significant research and theory regarding language acquisition and literacy skills in the early childhood period. Current instructional and assessment strategies for early literacy and language development in young children, including the bilingual child, will be explored. Techniques for involving and educating families will be investigated.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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ECH 545 - Advanced Studies in Early Childhood Development
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
This course reviews theory and critical research relating to prenatal development through age eight. Classic theory and current literature concerning development in physical, cognitive, language, social, and emotional domains will be examined. Students will analyze connections between critical theories, research, and best practices in early childhood programs.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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ECH 550 - Early Childhood Program Development and Evaluation
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
The course will examine the process of program development, evaluation, and improvement in the early childhood setting with a focus on industry standards and best practice. Students will be introduced to measurement tools such as the Environment Rating Scales (ECERS), NAEYC Accreditation criteria, and the Program Administrators Scale (PAS). Students will utilize common assessments to develop action plans, and integrate their knowledge and understanding of program development and evaluation by creating a proposal for an early childhood program.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDL 522L - Spiritual Integration for Curriculum Theory and Development
Units: 1
When Offered: As offered
The integration of Biblical teaching, concepts, and points of view into curriculum theory and development. Explicit spiritual formation and character development through the curriculum design.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Declared Educational Leadership for Faith-Based Institutions Specialization.
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EDL 530 - Introduction to Educational Leadership
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
This course equips students to lead from multiple theories and establish best practices in educational leadership and introduces students to the ethical, legal, fiscal and administrative knowledge and skills required for effective school leadership.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDL 531 - Philosophy of Education, Biblical Leadership, and Spiritual Integration for Faith-Based Schools
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
The course explores questions such as “What is a philosophy of Christian education? Why it is a valid question? How does one develop the scriptural case for a truly Christian education?” Scriptural models of Christian leadership and the spiritual integration of learning and faith are investigated.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Declared Educational Leadership for Faith-Based Institutions Specialization
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EDL 534 - Program Evaluation and Development
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
This course equips students with the knowledge and skills to lead comprehensive curricular program improvement. Students will develop strategies and techniques that use data to identify and assess areas for instructional improvement, design and implement plans to improve instruction for all students and develop systems for ongoing program improvement.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Declared Educational Leadership for Public Institutions Specialization or Educational Leadership Specialization
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EDL 556 - School Law and Finance
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
This course equips students with the necessary knowledge of the laws and finance affecting students and schools and skills for implementing the law and developing and managing the school budget. Attention is given to role of the school administrator as a leader and manager of legal, financial, physical and human resources and obligations.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Declared Educational Leadership for Public Institutions Specialization or Educational Leadership Specialization
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EDL 557 - Law, Finance, and Development for Faith Based Schools
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
Legal issues and their administrative impact in Christian education regarding school policies, financial operations and development practices. Financial management, budgetary processes, and development plans.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Declared Educational Leadership for Faith-Based Institutions Specialization
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EDL 558 - Governance, Policy, and Community Relations
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
This course equips candidates with the knowledge and skills that build productive relationships with various school constituents and mobilize necessary resources for all students to achieve. Candidates examine the relationships between national, state, and local political systems and the governance of public school systems and learn strategies for developing a school-community relations program.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Declared Educational Leadership for Public Institutions Specialization or Educational Leadership Specialization
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EDL 559 - Faith-Based Governance, Policy, Marketing, Community Relations, and Current Issues
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
Governance, policy, and marketing issues in Christian education and their interrelations with a faith-based philosophy of education and educational leadership. How school policies are initiated, researched, and created. Board, staff, volunteer, student, and parent, policy handbooks.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Declared Educational Leadership for Faith-Based Institutions Specialization
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EDL 560 - School Site Leadership and Organizational Development
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
This capstone course requires that candidates demonstrate mastery of the knowledge and skills required of ethical school site leaders. In addition, candidates integrate and synthesize knowledge and skills from previous courses in the administrative program into a coherent and comprehensive model to refine and guide their leadership practices.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Declared Educational Leadership for Public Institutions Specialization or Educational Leadership Specialization
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EDL 561 - Management and Organizational Behavior for Faith-Based Schools
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
Christian models of management and organizational behavior for board, administration, staff, faculty, parents, students, volunteers, and community. Institutional and teaching models, assessment, accreditation, extra-curricular activities, and automation from a Christian worldwide perspective.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Declared Educational Leadership for Faith-Based Institutions Specialization
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EDL 581 - Fieldwork in Faith-Based Schools
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
Field study designed to give students an opportunity to perform duties and responsibilities of an administrator in a private, faith-based school with special emphasis on explicit spiritual integration.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): Declared Educational Leadership for Faith-Based Institutions Specialization
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EDU 501 - Leadership, Worldviews, and Contemporary Issues
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
Students will evaluate a range of contemporary issues related to education from different leadership and worldview perspectives and develop a worldview and leadership philosophy. Students are equipped with a foundational understanding of worldviews and leadership so as to be informed catalysts for change in education environments.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 502 - Professional Interpersonal Communication
Units: 2-3
When Offered: As offered
The course provides students an opportunity to develop the requisite knowledge and skills to deal effectively with difficult interpersonal situations that emerge in the education profession. Students will develop resources to be proactive in establishing appropriate personal and professional boundaries, identifying problems and framing creative solutions, and managing conflict.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 504 - The History and Future of American Education
Units: 2-3
When Offered: As offered
The course evaluates the historical contexts and milestones that have left their imprint and continue to shape the American educational system. Students will evaluate trends in American education beginning from 1636 AD to the present in order to understand current educational practices and influence future educational policy.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 505 - Elementary Curriculum and Instruction: Math and Science
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course prepares future teachers to meet the California State requirements for the Multiple Subject Credential in math and science and to equip diverse students with knowledge and methodologies necessary for the successful integration and teaching of these subjects. This course consists of the study of current best practice techniques and curriculum development used in teaching mathematics and science in the public schools. Emphasis is placed on effective instructional methods and evaluation procedures. Hours of observation and participation in math and science classrooms is required with the purpose of providing students with opportunities to apply methods learned in this course to public school settings.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 509 and Credential program acceptance
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EDU 507 - Introduction to Adult Education
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course focuses on the identification of principles and practices of adult learning, differences between adults and youth as learners, and a review of research on adult learning. The course investigates the physiological, psychological, and psychosocial changes in the adult life span and the implications these changes have for adult learning.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 509 - Educational Psychology
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course will equip candidates to appraise the relationship between the theories and practices of human development and teaching/learning methods. Specifically, candidates will examine the manner in which world view perspectives of developmental forces impact classroom policies and procedures. The role of assessment in determining student needs and designing appropriate pedagogical strategies will also be emphasized. This course will solidify understanding of the strengths-based approach to making the pedagogical decisions required in the TPA process. Four (4) hours of fieldwork is required.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Credential program acceptance
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EDU 510 - Elementary Methods
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring
This course examines various research-based instructional techniques, planning strategies, methods, and assessment practices for the elementary schools, both public and private. Structured observation hours are required, equally divided between primary and upper elementary grade classrooms.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Pre- or Co- Requisite(s): EDU 509
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EDU 511 - Theories and Methods of Teaching Diverse Students
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course will equip candidates with the theories and practices connected to working with diverse student populations. Candidates will examine the manner in which societal and cultural forces have impacted current perspectives of equity especially as they relate to special needs and English language learning students. The role of assessment in determining student needs and designing appropriate pedagogical strategies will also be emphasized. This course will solidify understanding of the strengths-based approach to making adaptations required in the TPA process. Ten (10) hours of fieldwork is required.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Credential program acceptance
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EDU 512 - Teaching Language Arts and Social Studies
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course prepares future teachers to meet the California state requirements for certification in language arts and social studies and to equip students with knowledge and skills necessary for the successful teaching of these subjects. It is a study of the scope, the organization, and the instructional procedures used to teach social studies and language arts. Students learn how to design and develop interdisciplinary units of study, how to write and assess instructional objectives, and how to organize and integrate social studies and language arts instruction for diverse learners in the public classroom. Twenty (20) hours of fieldwork is required.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Credential program acceptance, EDU 509 , and 511
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EDU 514 - Secondary Methods
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course examines various research-based instructional techniques, planning strategies, methods, and assessment practices for the secondary schools, both public and private. Structured observation is required, equally divided between the middle school and high school classroom. This course will introduce the California TPA process.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 509 and Credential program acceptance or declared major of English, MA - English Pedagogy concentration
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EDU 515 - Reading and Writing in the Content Areas
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
Focusing on the attainment of skills as a teacher of literacy, this course requires students to demonstrate content reading and writing competencies, such as determining levels of reading achievement, applying readability formulas, evaluating textbooks, and developing strategies for vocabulary, critical thinking, and comprehension. Focus is placed on the preparation of lessons which integrate language arts standards with other content standards and provide for differentiated instruction for diverse students including English learners. Fieldwork required.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 509 , 514 , and Credential program acceptance or declared major of English, MA - English Pedagogy concentration or Kinesiology, MS - Physical Education Pedagogy concentration
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EDU 516 - Pedagogical Approaches to Literacy Acquisition
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course consists of the study of current best theories and practices in the teaching and assessment of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in the classroom. Cultural and linguistic differences will be examined as they pertain to literacy instruction and communication. Twenty (20) hours of fieldwork required.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Credential Program Acceptance
Pre- or Co- Requisite(s): EDU 509 and 511
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EDU 516L - Pedagogical Approaches to Literacy Acquisition Lab
Units: 1
When Offered: Fall, Spring
This course is a one (1) credit lab course that will prepare our multiple subject and education specialist credential candidates for the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA), which is a state-required exam.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 516
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EDU 517 - Models and Methods of Adult Learning
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course evaluates a variety of models, methods, tools, and techniques employed in facilitating adult learning. The course equips students to structure learning activities for adult learners so as to maximize learning.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 507
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EDU 518 - Classroom Management and Ethics
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course explores the context and best practices of teacher ethics and classroom management. The course equips students to navigate the implicit and explicit ethical dilemmas inherent in the routine decisions teachers make every school day in a manner consistent with the profession’s code of ethics. The course also equips students with a variety of classroom management and ethics strategies and techniques to optimize the learning environment for all students. Ten (10) hours of fieldwork required.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Credential program acceptance
Pre- or Co- Requisite(s): EDU 509
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EDU 519 - Subject Area Specializations
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Students learn research-based methodologies that are specific to the content area related to the single subject credential they are earning. Students engage with relevant information from textbooks, experts, and professional journals associated with the content area. In addition, students participate in fieldwork hours that take them into both middle and high schools.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 409/509 , 411/511 , 497/514 , 407/515 , and permission of the Program Advisor or major in English, MA - English Pedagogy concentration
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EDU 519E - Subject Area Specialization: English
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Students learn research-based methodologies that are specific to English content area instruction. Students engage with relevant information from textbooks, experts, and professional journals associated with English and secondary instruction. In addition, students participate in fieldwork hours that take them into both middle and high schools.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 409/509 , 411/511 , 497/514 , 407/515 , and permission of the Program Director
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EDU 519H - Subject Area Specialization: History or Social Science
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Students learn research-based methodologies that are specific to History or Social Science content area instruction. Students engage with relevant information from textbooks, experts, and professional journals associated with History or Social Science and secondary instruction. In addition, students participate in fieldwork hours that take them into both middle and high schools.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 409/509 , 411/511 , 497/514 , 407/515 , and permission of the Program Director
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EDU 519L - Subject Area Specialization: Health
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Students learn research-based methodologies that are specific to Health content area instruction. Students engage with relevant information from textbooks, experts, and professional journals associated with Health and secondary instruction. In addition, students participate in fieldwork hours that take them into both middle and high schools.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 409/509 , 411/511 , 497/514 , 407/515 , and permission of the Program Director
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EDU 519M - Subject Area Specialization: Math
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Students learn research-based methodologies that are specific to Math content area instruction. Students engage with relevant information from textbooks, experts, and professional journals associated with Math and secondary instruction. In addition, students participate in fieldwork hours that take them into both middle and high schools.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 409/509 , 411/511 , 497/514 , 407/515 , and permission of the Program Director
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EDU 519P - Subject Area Specialization: Physical Education
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Students learn research-based methodologies that are specific to Physical Education content area instruction. Students engage with relevant information from textbooks, experts, and professional journals associated with Physical Education and secondary instruction. In addition, students participate in fieldwork hours that take them into both middle and high schools.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 409/509 , 411/511 , 497/514 , 407/515 , and permission of the Program Director
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EDU 519S - Subject Area Specialization: Science
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Students learn research-based methodologies that are specific to Science content area instruction. Students engage with relevant information from textbooks, experts, and professional journals associated with Science and secondary instruction. In addition, students participate in fieldwork hours that take them into both middle and high schools.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 409/509 , 411/511 , 497/514 , 407/515 , and permission of the Program Director
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EDU 519U - Subject Area Specialization: Music
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Students learn research-based methodologies that are specific to Music content area instruction. Students engage with relevant information from textbooks, experts, and professional journals associated with Music and secondary instruction. In addition, students participate in fieldwork hours that take them into both middle and high schools.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 409/509 , 411/511 , 497/514 , 407/515 , and permission of the Program Director
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EDU 519V - Subject Area Specialization: Visual Art
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Students learn research-based methodologies that are specific to Visual Art content area instruction. Students engage with relevant information from textbooks, experts, and professional journals associated with Visual Art and secondary instruction. In addition, students participate in fieldwork hours that take them into both middle and high schools.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 409/509 , 411/511 , 497/514 , 407/515 , and permission of the Program Director
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EDU 519W - Subject Area Specialization: World Languages
Units: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Students learn research-based methodologies that are specific to World Languages content area instruction. Students engage with relevant information from textbooks, experts, and professional journals associated with World Languages and secondary instruction. In addition, students participate in fieldwork hours that take them into both middle and high schools.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 409/509 , 411/511 , 497/514 , 407/515 , and permission of the Program Director
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EDU 520 - Current Issues Seminar
Units: 2
When Offered: As offered
Investigation of current problems and topics relative to research in curriculum and instruction as well as an introduction to the graduate programs in education. Recommended as the first course in the program.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 521 - Theories of Learning and Teaching
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
Examination of principles of teaching that can be derived from psychological theories and research, including behavioral, cognitive, and social theories.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 522 - Curriculum Theory and Development
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
This course is an overview of curriculum from the societal level to the classroom level and the experiences of the learner. Provides opportunity to explore development of the school curricula, K-12; to examine philosophical bases for curriculum development; and to investigate procedures for organizing the curriculum for effective learning.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 523 - Applied Educational Statistics
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
A foundational descriptive and inferential statistics course focusing on the interpretation and analysis of data. The course provides conceptual and procedural understandings of research in the field of education. The course will introduce a variety of statistical concepts and methods, and will evaluate, using statistical data, current issues and problems in education. Emphasis will be placed on using statistics as an effective tool for data-driven decision making, research, evaluation, and reports.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 525 - Survey of Educational Research
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
An introduction to research methods in education. Provides opportunity to develop skill in interpreting research literature; to become acquainted with sources of research literature; to develop an understanding of the methodology of educational research; and to become a critical reader of research reports. An emphasis on the teacher as researcher will provide a basis for assignments.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 526 - Applied Educational Research
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
This course introduces the variety of the most common research design methods that are effective and appropriate for use in the educational setting to assess program effectiveness, student learning, intervention efficacy and the analysis of data. Candidates will develop skill in interpreting research literature; becoming acquainted with sources of research literature; developing an understanding of the methodology of educational research; becoming a critical reader of research reports; and gaining a basic knowledge of statistics. An emphasis on the teacher as a researcher will provide a basis for assignments.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Declared Educational Leadership for Public Institutions Specialization or Teaching and Learning Specialization
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EDU 527 - The History and Future of Higher Education in America
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course evaluates a variety of historical stands and milestones that have left their imprint on the American educational systems, with an emphasis on community colleges. Students will evaluate current educational practices in light of the past and respective implications for future educational policy and practices. Students will develop a holistic understanding on the role of education in contemporary society so as to implement lasting and systemic change that benefits students and society.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 530 - Cultural Anthropology for Educators
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
A study of the cultural factors that affect human behavior. Topics include language, art, religion, subsistence and cultural change. Approved by the California Commission of Teacher Credentialing to satisfy requirements for CLAD certification.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 531 - Comparative Worldviews and Education
Units: 2
When Offered: As offered
This course evaluates different worldviews and their corresponding implications for education. Students will evaluate different belief systems in relation to their own, explore the nature of truth and reality, and compare educational systems associated with different beliefs. Students will refine their own worldview and identify best practices for education based upon international comparisons.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 532 - Introduction to Leadership and Change
Units: 2
When Offered: As offered
This course equips students to lead from multiple theories and established best practices in leadership and introduces students to the political and ethical knowledge and skills to facilitate positive change.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 533 - Intercultural Competence
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course provides opportunities to investigate theories and models of intercultural competence in communication, relationship building and adaptation /transition across cultures for the purpose of equipping students for service in multi-national school communities. This course provides the opportunity for students to read, think, talk and write broadly and deeply about intercultural issues. Through exposure to a range of ideas and issues related to intercultural competencies you are prepared to navigate the barriers of successful intercultural interaction.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 534 - International and Comparative Education
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
This course examines K-12 educational systems in the global society. Students will compare schooling in various societies and examine the history of their respective educational systems and how the systems were organized to meet the political, social and economic agenda of the 21st century. By examining different approaches to common problems, students will have a broad foundation upon which they can analyze and evaluate different strategies for problem solving educational issues. Students will develop their personal worldview of international education based on a Judeo-Christian worldview.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 534G - International and Comparative Education
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
This course examines K-12 educational systems in the global society. Students will compare schooling in various societies and examine the history of their respective educational systems and how the systems were organized to meet the political, social and economic agenda of the 21st century. By examining different approaches to common problems, students will have a broad foundation upon which they can analyze and evaluate different strategies for problem solving educational issues. Students will develop their personal worldview of international education based on a Judeo-Christian worldview. Students registered in this section will participate in a global practicum experience during which the skills learned throughout the semester will be applied in an international setting. Students may only earn credit for EDU 534 or 534G.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional course fee
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EDU 536 - Learning and Teaching a Second Language
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course evaluates theories and methods for teaching and learning a second language, with an emphasis in cross cultural arenas. This course also prepares candidates to teach non-native speakers a second language and navigate the challenges of promoting learning in national or international language settings.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 537 - Course and Program Development and Evaluation
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course examines the issues and models associated with developing courses and academic programs that promote student engagement and learning. Student will develop necessary strategies and skills to design and implement course and program improvement plans and effectively manage resources to accomplish course and institutional objectives.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 541 - The Exceptional Child
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
The nature, determinants, adjustments, and problems of persons who have cognitive gifts and talents, cognitive delays, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, and who have emotional or behavior disorders will be studied in conjunction with appropriate educational interventions in the mainstream classroom and other settings. The course will acquaint students with (a) characteristics and needs of children with disabilities that affect learning, (b) methods of assessing disabilities, (c) components of the Individual Education Program (IEP), (d) instructional strategies and materials including those appropriate for English language learners, (e) positive behavior support, (f) special needs of families of learners with disabilities, (g) agencies and professional supporting learners with disabilities, and (h) legislation, including Public Law 94-142, IDEA (Part B and Part H), the American Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Section 504”), as well as subsequent amendments relevant to special education. Ten hours of fieldwork is required. A certificate of clearance is required prior to engaging in fieldwork. Approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing to meet requirements for the credential.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 542 - Models of Teaching and Learning
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
Students explore varied strategies of instruction from four families of teaching models: behavioral, social, personal, and information processing. Students will identify and study sixteen unique models of teaching, which provide the student with a wide repertoire of teaching models for classroom practice. Students examine relationships among theories of learning and instruction as well as various instructional alternatives.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 300, 302, and teaching experience or permission of the professor
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EDU 543 - Integrating Visual/Performing Arts and Physical Education into the Elementary Classroom
Units: 2
When Offered: As offered
This course is an introductory methods course for students seeking a career in education. This course is a study of the Visual and Performing Arts and the Physical Education California Frameworks. Integrating Visual/Performing Arts and Physical Education into the Elementary Classroom will focus on understanding California’s goals for teaching elementary age students non-core curriculum content. This course will focus on appropriate instructional and assessment goals. This course will also include strategies for teaching non-core content in settings heavily impacted by state assessments and pacing guides. Six hours of observation and four hours of teacher aiding are required.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 300 and 302
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EDU 544 - Personnel Leadership and Development
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
This course equips candidates with the knowledge and skills for attracting, selecting, developing, evaluating and retaining quality and competent faculty and staff. Students also develop competencies in managing employee problems and due process. Prerequisite EDL 530 and either Declared Educational Leadership for Public Institutions Specialization or Educational Leadership Specialization.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 546 - Analysis of Teaching Behavior
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course is a systematic study of the teaching process, in which candidates examine research methodology used to analyze teaching, the current knowledge of the association between teaching processes and student learning, and the implications of the research for the classroom.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Declared Educational Leadership for Faith-Based Institutions Specialization
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EDU 546L - Spiritual Integration for Analysis of Teaching Behavior
Units: 1
When Offered: As offered
The integration of Biblical teaching concepts, and points of view into the analysis of teaching behavior. Teacher as spiritual model, mentor, and evangel and the explicit spiritual formation and character development.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Declared Educational Leadership for Faith-Based Institutions Specialization
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EDU 548 - Multiethnic Education
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
A course to help in-service educators clarify the philosophical and definitional issues related to pluralistic education, derive a clarified philosophical position, design and implement effective teaching strategies that reflect ethnic and cultural diversity, and prepare sound guidelines for multicultural programs and practices.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 550 - Bilingual Issues and Methods
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This course provides an in-depth study of the legal, ethical, social and cultural issues surrounding the field of bilingual education. Students will study and develop methods of delivering academic content in English in order to provide bilingual students with equal access to the curriculum.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 554 - Teaching the Gifted and Talented: Nature and Needs of Gifted Children
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
A study of the nature and needs of gifted and talented children in the school setting will be examined. Models of human intelligence, including Multiple Intelligences Theory, and ways to identify and serve talented students in diverse populations, including American Indian children, will be addressed.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): Credential program acceptance
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EDU 557 - Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
The course examines the role and uses of technology and learning for adults. Candidates will play (experiment) with a variety of interactive technology and develop exemplars on how the respective technology can be used to enhance student learning and engagement. Students will complete several teaching projects using technology that they will share with their peers.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 565 - Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
An understanding of Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences and how to put it to use in the classroom is the focus of this course. Class presentations will include an exploration of the theory and its relationship to the human brain, ways in which MI theory can assist teachers in developing curricula, choice of teaching strategies, and improvement of the classroom environment.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 566 - Effective Intervention and Collaboration
Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
Students will (a) become familiar with statutory provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), subsequent changes in the act, and any new, relevant statutory requirements; (b) discuss the statutory and/or local provisions relating to the education of students who are gifted and talented; (c) demonstrate the ability to create a positive, inclusive climate for individualized, specialized instruction and the assessment of students with special needs and/or abilities; and (e) demonstrate the use of instructional strategies to provide students with disabilities appropriate learning opportunities to master grade level state-adopted academic content standards for students at high performance levels.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
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EDU 580 - Student Teaching and Seminar
Units: 14
When Offered: Fall, Spring
Teaching experience in the public school under guidance of University supervisor with cooperation of a credentialed master teacher in the public school. Open to Multiple Subject and Single Subject credential candidates who have been accepted by the Teacher Education Committee and who have been cleared for student teaching. Weekly seminar accompanies student teaching. Non-Degree Applicable.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): Credential program acceptance and permission of the Program Director
Concurrent Requisite(s): EDU 583
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EDU 580A - Student Teaching and Seminar
Units: 7
When Offered: As offered
Teaching experience in elementary or secondary education under guidance of University supervisor with cooperation of a credentialed master teacher in the assigned school. Open to Multiple and Single Subject credential candidates who have been accepted by the Teacher Education Committee and who have been cleared for student teaching. Weekly seminar accompanies student teaching. Approval is required for split-semester placements. Non-Degree Applicable.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): Credential program acceptance and permission of the Program Advisor
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EDU 580B - Student Teaching and Seminar
Units: 8
When Offered: As offered
Teaching experience in elementary or secondary education under guidance of University supervisor with cooperation of a credentialed master teacher in the assigned school. Open to Multiple and Single Subject credential candidates who have been accepted by the Teacher Education Committee and who have been cleared for student teaching. Weekly seminar accompanies student teaching. Approval is required for split-semester placements. Non-Degree Applicable.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): Credential program acceptance and permission of the Program Advisor
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EDU 581 - Internship and Seminar
Units: 15
When Offered: As offered
Within the intern’s classroom, the intern will work with a University supervisor. This is open to all Multiple or Single Subject candidates who are under contract with an approved school and have been accepted by the Teacher Education Committee. Weekly seminar accompanies the internship. Non-Degree Applicable.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): Credential program acceptance and permission of the Program Advisor
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EDU 581A - Internship and Seminar
Units: 7
When Offered: As offered
Within the intern’s classroom, the intern will work with a University supervisor. This is open to all Multiple or Single Subject candidates who are under contract with an approved school and have been accepted by the Teacher Education Committee. Weekly seminar accompanies the internship. Approval is required for split-semester placements. Non-Degree Applicable.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): Credential program acceptance and permission of the Program Advisor
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EDU 581B - Internship and Seminar
Units: 7
When Offered: As offered
Within the intern’s classroom, the intern will work with a University supervisor. This is open to all Multiple or Single Subject candidates who are under contract with an approved school and have been accepted by the Teacher Education Committee. Weekly seminar accompanies the internship. Approval is required for split-semester placements. Non-Degree Applicable.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): Credential program acceptance and permission of the Program Advisor
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EDU 582 - Internship Practicum
Units: 1-2
When Offered: As offered
Provides weekly supervision for Interns who are completing coursework for the Preliminary Teaching Credential in elementary or secondary education. Weekly meetings with a University Supervisor and satisfactory performance is on a pass-fail basis. A grade of F is reason for dismissal from the Intern program. Credit earned in the Internship Practicum is non-degree applicable. Enrollment in this course is required each semester until the final semester of student teaching.
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Fee: Additional practicum fee
Prerequisite(s): Credential program acceptance and permission of the Program Advisor
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EDU 583 - Student Teaching Portfolio
Units: 1
When Offered: Fall, Spring
Teaching candidates complete the TPA portfolio as a comprehensive assessment of the Teacher Performance Expectations. Students are required to take this course concurrently with EDU 580 - Student Teaching and Seminar .
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Fee: Additional fee
Prerequisite(s): Credential program acceptance and permission of the Program Director
Pre- or Co- Requisite(s): EDU 580
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EDU 585 - International Education Practicum
Units: 1-3
When Offered: As offered
Experience in International Education: Candidates will collaborate with the Professor to develop an International Education Applied Research project to take place in an international setting. The Practicum concludes the program and will require approximately 40 hours of exposure per credit hour, and candidates are required to take a minimum of 3 units. With the approval of the instructor more units may be offered depending on the complexity of the research topic.
Grade Type: Pass/Fail
Prerequisite(s): EDU 531 , 532 , 533 , and 534
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