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ACCT 3100 - Intermediate Financial Accounting & Auditing 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: A grade of “B” or higher in ACCT 2100 and ACCT 2200.
Focuses on problems and issues related to the collection, analysis, and reporting of external and internal information. Includes theory and applications in financial accounting and auditing within the framework of accounting as an information system.
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ACCT 3200 - Concepts in Federal Taxation 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: A grade of “B” or higher in ACCT 2100 and ACCT 2200.
Focuses on the fundamental principles and concepts applicable to tax liability determination and tax planning, including an introduction to tax research methodology.
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ACCT 3300 - Accounting Information Systems 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or higher in ACCT 3100 or equivalent.
A continuation of accounting transaction processing concepts; internal controls and systems analysis and design.
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ACCT 4050 - Intermediate Financial Accounting II 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or higher in ACCT 3100 or equivalent.
A continuation of intermediate financial accounting theory and applications, with a focus on detailed technical topics and specialized problems.
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ACCT 4150 - Auditing and Assurance 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ACCT 3300 or equivalent.
A continuation of audit theory with a focus on specific applications to financial reporting. Also covers other types of attestation and assurance services with a focus on the concepts of risk, control, evidence, and ethics.
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ACCT 8000 - Accounting Insights for Managers 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the Coles MBA.
This course provides managers with an overview of key accounting issues, with an emphasis on concepts, tools, and international perspectives that will provide direct benefits in the workplace. Areas covered include reporting performance to stakeholders outside the entity, using accounting information inside the entity to make decisions and control behavior, and ensuring the reliability of accounting information.
Note This course may not be used in the MAcc program.
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ACCT 8100 - Theory of Business Reporting 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to MAcc program and ACCT 4050 or ACCT 8000 and ACCT 4050 or their equivalents.
A study of financial accounting theory, including current and future business reporting models.
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ACCT 8110 - Advanced Financial Reporting 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ACCT 8100.
A study of advanced accounting technical topics, regulation and behavioral issues in financial reporting environments.
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ACCT 8120 - Risk Analysis and Control: A Systems Perspective 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program.
This course reviews fundamental transaction processing in accounting systems considering the potential risks and the controls that can be implemented to mitigate the risks. Frameworks, such as COSO’s ERM Model, are used to identify the risks and controls. Various technologies will be used to provide students with hands on experience with control tools.
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ACCT 8190 - Accounting Strategies for Decision-Making in a Global Environment 2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ACCT 8100 and ACCT 8120.
This course examines the value of accounting strategies from the perspectives of various stakeholders in a global economic environment. A unique feature of the course is that it integrates traditional and contemporary financial accounting, audit, tax, and managerial strategies.
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ACCT 8215 - Leadership and Professional Skills 2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program.
This course will provide an overview of the behavioral and managerial competencies that are required for success in the 21st century accounting profession.
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ACCT 8220 - Issues in Managerial Accounting 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc and ACCT 3100 program, or ACCT 8000 and ACCT 3100 or its equivalent.
A study of current issues and approaches to solving comprehensive problems in the area of managerial accounting.
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ACCT 8270 - Accounting and Legal Issues in International Business 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program and ACCT 3300 or ACCT 8000 and ACCT 3300 or their equivalents.
An introduction to accounting, control and legal issues unique to the planning, execution, control and evaluation of international business activities.
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ACCT 8300 - Seminar in Valuation of Closely Held Businesses 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program and ACCT 3300 or ACCT 8000 and ACCT 3300 or their equivalents.
An examination of the principles of business valuation, with an emphasis on the valuation of non-publicly traded, closely-held entities, including both corporate and non-corporate businesses.
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ACCT 8310 - Travel Experience in Financial Reporting and Auditing 2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program, ACCT 8400.
This course incorporates both in-class learning and a travel experience to acquaint students with organizations that affect financial reporting and auditing practices.
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ACCT 8320 - Travel Experience in Taxation 2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Acceptance to the MAcc program.
This course provides both in- and out-of-classroom exposure to taxation resources, tax authorities, and professional firms specializing in tax matters.
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ACCT 8400 - Seminar in Auditing 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program and ACCT 8120.
A study of financial audits, assurance services, and internal audits. Emphasis is on current developments.
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ACCT 8410 - Seminar in Internal Auditing 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program.
This course is designed to provide advanced internal audit knowledge to students considering careers in the accounting and auditing functions with an emphasis on internal auditing. The purpose of the course is to extend students’ knowledge of auditing in today’s organizaitons; knowledge that extends beyond the traditional attestation of the financial statements. The course examines in detail internal audit theory, applies internal audit concepts to real corporate cases and involves critical analysis of internal audit practices. The course will also incorporate research papers to achieve its objectives.
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ACCT 8420 - Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program.
This course focuses on forensic accounting and fraud examination, which encompasses both litigation support as well as investigative accounting, and requires the integration of accounting, auditing, taxation, and investigative skills in the practitioner. In addition to providing a broad overview of forensic accounting and fraud examination, this course will also cover aspects of two sub-specializations: behavioral and digital forensics.
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ACCT 8430 - Fraudulent Financial Reporting and Corporate Governance 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program.
This course examines fraudulent financial reporting and corporate governance issues. Specific topics include the role of the board of directors, board committees and processes, oversight of financial reporting, and research on fraudulent financial reporting, including the relation between corporate governance and fraudulent financial reporting.
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ACCT 8440 - Current Topics in Financial Reporting 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program.
This course will focus on current topics related to financial reporting. The course will illustrate the application of alternative financial reporting standards such as GAAP and IFRS (e.g., challenges in and complexity of fair value accounting, auditing, and reporting).
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ACCT 8510 - Tax Research and Procedure 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program.
An introduction to the U.S. federal tax system, including research processes, tax practice, and procedural issues. This course is intended to strengthen students’ problem solving and communication skills in a tax research setting. Electronic tax research services are used in the search for applicable tax authority.
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ACCT 8520 - Corporate Tax and Shareholders 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program.
A study of the federal income taxation of corporations and shareholders. Topics covered include corporate contributions, distributions of shareholders, stock redemptions, and corporate liquidations.
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ACCT 8530 - Taxation of Flow-Through Entities 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program.
An advanced study of the federal income taxation of flow-through entities, including partnerships, S Corporations and Limited Liability Companies. Topics include contributions and distributions from a flow-through entity; reporting of profits, gains and losses; complete and partial liquidations; and the partnership special allocation rules.
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ACCT 8550 - Estate and Gift Taxation 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program and ACCT 3200 or ACCT 8000 and ACCT 3200 or their equivalents.
A study of federal estate and gift tax laws involved in intervivos and testamentary transfers of property. Tax-planning techniques designed to minimize transfer taxes and ensure the orderly transfer of assets to succeeding generations are explored, as are the use of outright and charitable gifts, trusts, and generation skipping transfers.
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ACCT 8560 - International Taxation 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program.
This course examines the income tax consequences of foreign income for U.S. taxpayers and of U.S. income foreign taxpayers. Topics covered include the foreign tax credit, Subpart F income, controlled foreign corporations, and sourcing rules.
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ACCT 8570 - Selected Topics in Taxation 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program and ACCT 3200 or ACCT 8000 and ACCT 3200 or their equivalents.
An intensive study of selected topics of current interest, which might include, among others, advanced corporate taxation, state and local taxation, deferred compensation, and accounting periods and methods.
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ACCT 8580 - Current Topics in Taxation 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program.
This course will provide an intensive study of selected topics of current interest in taxation. Selected topics may include, among others, federal estate and gift taxation, taxation of property transactions, state and local tax issues, and tax strategy.
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ACCT 8900 - Special Topics in Accounting 1-3 (Repeatable) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc program and ACCT 3100 or ACCT 8000 and ACCT 3100 or their equivalents and approval of instructor and MAcc Coordinator prior to registration.
Selected contemporary topics in accounting of interest to faculty and students.
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ACCT 8940 - Directed Studies in Accounting and Taxation 1-3 (Repeatable not to exceed 6 semester hours ) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to MAcc program and ACCT 3100 or ACCT 8000 and ACCT 3100 or their equivalents and approval of instructor and MAcc Coordinator prior to registration.
Special topics of an advanced or specialized nature not in the regular course offerings.
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ACCT 8950 - Special Projects in Accounting
Prerequisite: Admission to MAcc program and ACCT 3100 or ACCT 8000 and ACCT 3100 or their equivalents and approval of instructor and MAcc Coordinator prior to registration.
Special projects for students who wish to pursue advanced work on a particular subject in a specialized area of accounting.
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ACCT 9601 - Seminar in Behavioral Research 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission into Coles DBA Program and completion of DBA 9001 and DBA 9003.
This course reviews applied behavioral research from the fields of accounting, marketing and management. Research will be introduced that considers how scholars from different fields use topics such as individual differences, judgment, decision making, motivation, and incentives in their research on individual and group or committee behavior. A portion of the course is devoted to specific research phenomena within each student’s field of study. Each topic is introduced through a review of seminal theories and is reinforced with current research that applies or tests those theories.
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ACCT 9608 - Concentration Doctoral Directed Study 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission into Coles DBA Program, completion of two of the four courses in the sequence of ACCT 9601, ACCT 9611, and/or ACCT 9650 and permission of the advisor.
Individualized and independent scholarly investigation and research of an important topic in business. The focus, content, and expectations for this study will be formally established by the doctoral student and supervising professor to provide the student in-depth knowledge of a research area within the student’s discipline. The culmination of the study will be a research project or literature review resulting in a publishable quality paper.
Note This course is repeatable for up to 9 total credit hours.
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ACCT 9611 - Seminar in Business Strategy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission into Coles DBA Program and completion of DBA 9001 and DBA 9003.
This course examines topics and research in business strategy focusing particularly on the major theories associated with global strategy formulation with the goal of firm short-term and long-term performance. Topics include theories of globalizing business, theories of national culture and business strategy, market structure and strategy, the resource-based view of the firm, transaction costs theory, institutional theories, strategic alliances, and theories of strategic leadership. Each topic is introduced through research paper treatments of seminal theories. The theories are then reinforced with current research that apply and/or test these theories.
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ACCT 9650 - Special Topics in Accounting 1-3 (Repeatable) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the DBA program and permission of the program director.
Selected contemporary topics in accounting of mutual interest to doctoral faculty and doctoral students.
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ACCT 9901 - Research Methods & Dissertation Design I 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission into Coles DBA Program and completion of two of the four courses in the sequence of ACCT 9601, ACCT 9611, and/or ACCT 9650 and permission of the advisor.
This course serves as an introduction to writing the dissertation. In this course we focus on a variety of issues including how to pick your topic, developing a research design (including how data is to be collected and what methods are to be employed in analyzing the data), developing a research plan, the structure and design of the Coles DBA dissertation (including how practitioner papers differ from academic papers), writing an introduction, writing a literature review, writing up the methods and findings sections, and writing up a conclusion and implications section. Each topic is introduced through selected papers and students come prepared to present and discuss their own dissertation ideas. The course is conducted in coordination with the course professor and student’s research advisor.
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ACCT 9902 - Research Methods & Dissertation Design II 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission into Coles DBA Program and completion of ACCT 9901.
In this course students defend their dissertation proposal. In addition, a variety of topics are offered to help them complete their dissertations. Students in consultation with their major professor choose appropriate topics. They include experimental, survey, qualitative and secondary data collection methods, methods of data analysis including regression based statistics (including hierarchical regression), ANOVA and structural equation modeling. They also include writing topics such as writing an introduction, writing a literature review, how to write up the methods and findings sections, writing up a conclusion and implications section, and writing a practitioner paper. In prior consultation with their major professor, students choose among the offered topics as well as schedule a time to defend their proposal.
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ACCT 9904 - Dissertation Research 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission into Coles DBA Program, completion of 12 hours of graduate level research courses, and permission of advisor.
Course work supports and guides doctoral candidates in the implementation of their research and the development and defense of the dissertation. This format and structure will provide individual time with the Doctoral Committee and collegial and academic support from their peers. Course may be repeated as necessary.
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Adolescent Education |
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EDAD 8100 - Curriculum Theory & Practice in Middle & Secondary Schools 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.S./Ed.D. Program.
This course is designed for students of curriculum theory, development, and design/planning. It provides an in-depth study of the foundations, principles, and issues of curriculum as they affect teachers, supervisors, and administrators who participate in curriculum making. The course consists of two major components: curriculum theory, which examines the philosophical, historical, psychological, social, and cultural foundations of curriculum; and curriculum development, which examines various models of curriculum as processes that have emerged and continue to shape education and schooling.
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EDAD 8200 - Supervision, Mentoring, and Advocacy in Middle and Secondary Schools 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.S. or Ed.D. Program.
This course focuses on specific instructional supervision research, models, and strategies that promote and advocate for collegial middle and secondary schools devoted to improving school wide learning through distributed leadership. Instructional supervision is placed within a developmental, contextual, constructive, humanist paradigm; and examined as a process of purposeful adult interactions and cognitions that promote autonomous, reflective, self-directed teacher practitioners committed to student learning and continual school improvement. This course will focus on the development and application of the knowledge base, interpersonal skills, technical skills, and tasks necessary for instructional supervision, mentoring and coaching. Emphasis will be also placed on school and system factors (sociocultural and political) that may affect teacher leadership in instructional supervision.
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EDAD 8300 - Critical Analysis & Educational Policy for Teacher Leaders 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.S. or Ed.D. Program.
This course provides an analysis of K-12 education policy at the national, state, and local levels. It includes the history of American education, the institutions and processes of public policymaking, the values and assumptions that underlie different types of policies, the political factors that shape their formulation and implementation, and the links between policy and educational practice. The goal of the course is to help teacher leaders think critically about education policy and its effects on diverse schools and classrooms and the influence policy has on distributed leadership.
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EDAD 8400 - Internship in Teacher Development or Teacher Education 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Permission of professor and admission to Ed.S. or Ed.D. Program.
This internship is for advanced doctoral students interested in teacher education and scholarly work (e.g. research, editing). Teaching internships focus on teaching and learning, curriculum, and assessment. Teaching interns will work closely with their professor to determine the scope of the work during the semester (the seminar may extend beyond one semester) and plan, deliver, and evaluate their instruction. Research internships focus on the identification, planning, and implementation of advanced research projects. Research interns will work closely with their professor to design, implement, and analyze research (the seminar may extend beyond one semester). The scope of other internships in scholarly work will be developed collaboratively between the intern and professor. The scope of other internships in scholarly work (e.g. editing journals, coordinating conferences, or revising and developing state standards) will be developed collaboratively between the intern and professor.
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EDAD 9300 - Critical Issues for Student Learning: (Topic) 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 (Repeatable) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.S. or Ed.D. program and permission of the advisor.
A doctoral seminar focused on analysis and problem solving of a current topic of vital concern relevant to teaching, leading and student learning in P-12 schools with a particular emphasis on the contexts of middle and secondary students, classrooms and schools.
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EDAD 9350 - Doctoral Directed Study 1-9 (Repeatable) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program and permission of the advisor.
Individualized and independent scholarly investigation and research of an important topic involving teaching, leading and student learning in middle and secondary schools. The focus, content and expectations for this study will be formally established by the doctoral student and supervising professor.
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EDAD 9900 - Dissertation 3-9 (Repeatable) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.S. or Ed.D. program and 12 hours of graduate level research courses.
Course work supports and guides doctoral candidates in the implementation of their research and the development and defense of the dissertation. This format and structure will provide individual time with the Doctoral Committee and collegial and academic support from their peers.
Note Course may be repeated as necessary.
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American Studies |
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AMST 7000 - American Studies Scholarship 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in American Studies or permission of the program director.
This course explores a variety of themes, theoretical influences, and methodological approaches currently alive in American Studies and its related disciplinary fields. Particular emphasis is placed on the current controversies and scholarship focused on race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality. The course is organized around broad thematic concepts, with attention to global perspectives. The course introduces some basic conceptual building blocks in the field, as well as explores some of the historical development of American Studies.
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AMST 7100 - American Studies Methods 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in American Studies or permission of the program director.
Introduces students to current methods in American Studies research and public practice. The course focuses on core concepts, objects of analysis, and evolving research practices used for working in American Studies. While critiquing notable examples from the field, students consider various dynamic professional contexts for “doing” American Studies, such as professional organizations and journals, classrooms, the workplace, public settings, and other diverse communities outside the university.
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AMST 7200 - American Cultural Movements 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in American Studies or permission of the program director.
This course examines the history of and relationship between selected cultural movements through an interdisciplinary lens. The course analyzes the evolution and conduct of movements, as well as the evolution of academic inquiry and understanding of these movements. The course emphasizes the connections between American cultural movements and those in other parts of the world. Topics discussed may include, but are not limited to, the abolitionist, labor, civil rights, American Indian, environmentalist, women’s, anti-war, reproductive rights, gay and lesbian, and anti-globalization movements among others. Course may be repeated for credit provided the content differs entirely from the previous offering.
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AMST 7210 - Historical Period 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in American Studies or permission of the program director.
Studies in a particular era in American culture by interpreting social events and practices, material culture, visual culture and print publications in a variety of forms. The course will invite students to examine individuals’ impact on their historical moment as well as the influence important movements and social groups have exerted during specific periods, such as the Progressive Era, the 1960s, or the era of “discovery” of the New World. Course may be repeated for credit provided the content differs entirely from the previous offering.
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AMST 7220 - Passages to America 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in American Studies or permission of the program director.
Students enrolled in Passages to America examine forced and voluntary migration and immigration in the historical development of American culture. The varied experiences of these individuals and their families are discussed in the context of such topics as racial and ethnic group relations, nativism, and social class formation. We examine power relations between dominant and subordinate groups, along with debates over citizenship, Americanization policies, and legal/illegal immigration. Finally, students analyze the cultural concepts of assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism that frame these debates. Course may be repeated for credit provided the content differs entirely from the previous offering.
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AMST 7230 - Public History and Culture 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in American Studies or permission of the program director.
Public History and Culture examines the popular uses and presentations of the American past. Exploring historical memory’s role in American culture, the course draws on a range of methods (e.g., site visits, research in popular publications, study of historical documentaries) to critique ways that the past is recorded and transmitted. Course content may include a rationale and debate about defining the parameters of the historical division, as well as an emphasis upon the significance of artifacts, lore, written and oral commentary of the period, and the language that both constructs and vivifies the meanings of past. Course may be repeated for credit provided the content differs entirely from the previous offering.
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AMST 7300 - American Cities, Suburbs, and Countryside 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in American Studies or permission of the program director.
Offers a thematic study of cultural, social, and economic patterns of the American metropolis using texts and methods from a variety of disciplines, such as history, literature, anthropology, and sociology. Students interrogate texts ranging from landmarks to literature, personal histories to government documents, advertising to architecture, to explore the shifting relationships between and ideas about American cities, suburbs, and countryside. Course may be repeated for credit provided the content differs entirely from the previous offering.
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AMST 7310 - Regional Studies 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in American Studies or permission of the program director.
Regional Studies offers a thematic study of cultural, social, and economic patterns of a representative region sing texts and methods from a variety of disciplines, such as history, literature, and sociology. Students interrogate texts ranging from literary prize-winning novels to primary historical documents located in the earliest settlement and in contemporary literature and historical analysis. Course may be repeated for credit provided the content differs entirely from the previous offering.
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AMST 7320 - America in Transnational Context 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in American Studies or permission of the program director.
Examines interactions between Americans and other international groups. The course may address several time periods and locations or focus on a single case study (e.g., the impact of cross-cultural contact in a specific region or era). Besides secondary research from diverse disciplines, students use primary texts from popular culture to interpret the influence of American culture in other parts of the world (e.g., American television as viewed in other lands) and the ways that immigration of new groups has shaped the social landscape in the U.S. Course may be repeated for credit provided the content differs entirely from the previous offering.
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AMST 7400 - The Film Industry in American Culture 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in American Studies or permission of the program director.
Examines the history and cultural influences of the film industry from its beginnings in America through the present. Emphasis is on how the aesthetic, economic, and technological aspects of the film industry and film have affected American Society. Course content deals with the history of film; key eras for film and their impact, such as the 1970s; and the role of particular filmmakers, directors, and producers in shaping popular culture. Students read from the texts to gain historical perspective, see documentary films dealing with aspects of film and the film industry, view and analyze selected individual films and consult reviews of films to ascertain their critical reception and impact on the community at the time of their release. Course may be repeated for credit provided the content differs entirely from the previous offering.
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AMST 7410 - Literature and Performance in American Culture 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in American Studies or permission of the program director.
Examines the history and cultural work of literary production and of performance as social practices that can be studied in regional, national, and international American contexts. This course draws its readings from both ”literary” and “popular” culture publications. Students may explore both benchmark moments in American literary production (e.g., the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin) and performance history. They may also examine important longer-term movements in the field of American literature and dramatic performance (e.g., the formation of “American Literature” as a school discipline, developments in publishing, key moments in theater history); and/or approaches for linking history-making and cultural memory to performance texts. Course may be repeated for credit provided the content differs entirely from the previous offering.
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AMST 7420 - American Popular Culture 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in American Studies or permission of the program director.
This course examines the role of popular and mass culture in the Americas by beginning with the premise that popular culture is an important site of expression, social instruction, and cultural conflict, and thus deserves critical attention. Students may examine theoretical texts as well as primary sources, and the course may include a focus on global consumerism in America as well as Americanized sites. The course may survey a range of popular texts, such as mass culture events (e.g., sports), advertising, popular music, and theme parks, and place these expressions of mass culture in political, economic, and social contexts. Alternatively, an offering may focus on a particular popular culture product (e.g., bestsellers; popular music) in depth. Course may be repeated for credit provided the content differs entirely from the previous offering.
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AMST 7430 - Identities and Social Groups 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in American Studies or permission of the program director.
Examines the social construction of individual identities and social groups in American culture. Students survey and critique a range of texts expressing and representing the formation of identity constructions around such categories as race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, class, and sexuality. Students consider the various social forces that shape (and sometimes resist) various views of American identity both within and outside the U.S. and the Americas. Course may be repeated for credit provided the content differs entirely from the previous offering.
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AMST 7440 - Enterprise & Labor in American Culture 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in American Studies or permission of the program director.
This course will examine the history of enterprise and labor within their social and cultural contexts from an interdisciplinary perspective. The course will include an overview of the history of work and enterprise in the United States. Students will investigate business enterprise, work, production, and consumption as cultural phenomena. Topics may include: the emergence of the corporation; the labor movement and its cultural representations; enterprise and labor in film, television, literature, and popular culture; the work ethic as a cultural production; the history of corporate social responsibility; immigration and labor/enterprise; ethnic, racial, and gender diversity issues in American business and labor; exploration of labor and business concepts/issues through biography; the social/cultural impact of globalization; regional themes in labor and enterprise; American enterprise in the world. Course may be repeated for credit provided the content differs entirely from the previous offering.
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AMST 7500 - Practicum (Internship or Applied Research Project) 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: AMST 7000 or AMST 7100.
This course requires students to apply American Studies knowledge, concepts, and theory to practical issues, non-academic environments, or to new research questions. The Practicum fosters the ability to (1) read and think critically while using diverse methods to study American cultural products and practices, (2) communicate effective analysis of American culture both orally and in writing, and (3) analyze and critique relationships between cultural products and social values. The practicum may be offered as an internship; applied research project; teaching practicum; or other applied experience as approved by the program director.
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AMST 7900 - Capstone Experience 1-6 (6 hours required for program completion) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Permission of the program coordinator.
A major research project or a project using interdisciplinary methods from American Studies to investigate questions consistent with the program’s mission and the student’s professional goals. Students work with faculty advisors to develop a proposal, carry out research related to their topic or project aims, and complete a product drawing on the content of program courses and integrating it with new, individualized study.
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Anthropology |
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ANTH 7900 - Special Topics 1-9 (Repeatable, Regular Grades) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study in education and permission of advisor, instructor, department chair, and director, graduate study in education.
Special topics of interest to faculty and students.
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ANTH 7950 - Directed Study 1-9 (Repeatable, Regular Grades) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study in education and permission of advisor, instructor, department chair, and director, graduate study in education.
Special topics of interest to faculty and students.
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Applied Exercise and Health Science |
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EHS 6600 - Leadership and Administration in Worksite and Community Health Promotion 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
This course is designed to develop understandings and skills in the areas of leadership/advanced administration in the context of the delivery of worksite and community health promotion programs. Effective leadership competencies/styles, fiscal management approaches, policy formulation and modification, several decision-making models/changes processes (strategic planning) in worksite and community health promotion will be emphasized.
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EHS 6610 - Trends and Issues in Applied Exercise and Health Science 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
This course critically examines current topics in exercise science and health promotion that impact the profession and society. Topics include, but are not limited to, fitness and exercise trends, health care and public health policies and practices, expansion of the exercise and fitness industry and related career, educational, social, and health status implications.
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EHS 6620 - Theoretical Foundation of Assessment and Intervention Planning 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
This course addresses intervention planning for physical activity and health behaviors. Topics covered include behavior theory, exercise and health behavior determinants and influences, and intervention planning strategies. There is an emphasis on behavior change and intervention from a multi-level focus: individual, community and population.
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EHS 6630 - Research Techniques in Applied Exercise and Health Science 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Graduate status and undergraduate statistics or permission of instructor.
This course is designed to discuss concepts and methodologies employed in research design typically applied in studies dealing with Exercise and Health Sciences. The intent is to provide the student with an intuitive or conceptual understanding of theory, tools, and processes involved in designing research studies relevant to these disciplines.
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EHS 6650 - Theories of Health Behavior and Health Psychology 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
In this course, the most commonly used health behavior theories are discussed and applied to both individual and community-level health behaviors. By combining theory with practical application, this course prepares Applied Exercise and Health Science students to function as health behavior change professionals.
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EHS 6655 - Epidemiology 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
This course focuses on the basic epidemiological principles with an emphasis on the examination of human and environmental factors that enhance or diminish human health. Topics include the study of human disease determinants and distribution, strategies for health enhancement, and the application of epidemiological principles in developing health promotion interventions.
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EHS 6665 - Health Promotion Programming and Evaluation 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Graduate status and EHS 6620.
This course focuses on the components, factors, and processes that are critical to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of health promotion programs specific to a variety of settings. The content and competencies of this course is aligned with the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing Competency-Based Framework for Graduate-Level Health Educators.
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EHS 6675 - Advanced Exercise Physiology 2 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Graduate status and undergraduate exercise physiology or equivalent or permission of instructor.
An advanced study through readings, discussion and laboratory experiences of select and recent topics in exercise physiology. Topics include metabolic responses to exercise; neuromuscular and molecular physiology related to exercise; temperature regulation during exercise; acute and chronic physiological responses to altitude; exercise during pregnancy; and body composition and weight control.
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EHS 6680 - Exercise Psychology 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
This course addresses physical activity and exercise as they relate to psychological health issues. Factors related to physical activity and exercise adoption and adherence and intervention planning are also addressed. The course is taught with an emphasis on application of concepts and discussion and evaluation of the scientific research.
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EHS 6900 - Administrative Field Experience 1 Class Hours 12 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EHS 6600 and permission of the Graduate Program Coordinator.
Supervised administrative field experience in an approved exercise science and/or health promotion setting. This individually designed experience is designed to enhance administrative and supervisory skills of the graduate student relevant to the desired area of exploration or identified need area. The field experience purpose, project, duration, and site must be approved by the student’s major professor and graduate committee.
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EHS 6950 - Advanced Laboratory Techniques in Exercise Physiology 2 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EHS 6630, EHS 6675, and admission to the graduate program.
Techniques and research applications for measuring, assessing, and evaluating physiological parameters.
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EHS 7700 - The U.S. Health Care System and Policy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Graduate status or permission of the instructor.
An introduction to the foundation of health care delivery, financing, basic structures and operations of the U.S. health system, health policy, and future health service delivery.
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EHS 7710 - Bioenergetic and Neuromuscular Aspects of Exercise 2 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EHS 6675 and admission to the graduate program.
Examination of acute and chronic bioenergetic and muscular adaptations to the performance of work.
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EHS 7720 - Cardiovascular and Clinical Physiology 2 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EHS 6675 and admission to the graduate program.
Examination of the mechanisms of cardiovascular dynamics and metabolic function at rest and during exercise in healthy and associated diseased populations.
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EHS 7730 - Applied Kinesiology and Biomechanics 2 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Graduate status and undergraduate kinesiology/biomechanics, or permission of instructor.
An advanced study through lecture, readings, discussion and laboratory experiences of select and recent topics in kinesiology and biomechanics. Topics include qualitative and quantitative motion analysis; force, force application, and material properties; linear and angular kinetics and kinematics; biomechanical aspects of movement through fluids; biomechanics of skeletal muscle; and kinesiology of the extremities.
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EHS 7740 - Theory of Health Communication 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Graduate status or permission of the instructor.
This course examines health communication through a review of theoretical frameworks, communication techniques, and technologies that promote the health of individuals, communities, and populations. This course is designed to acquaint students with the role of communication in health and behavior change. It includes theoretical and practical content in: persuasive approaches to group and individual change; audience, message, and channel factors in campaign development; and measurement of campaign impacts. Communication approaches such as mass media, social marketing, risk communication and entertainment education are discussed, and the ethical dimensions of contemporary issues such as direct-to-consumer marketing are explored.
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EHS 7750 - Special Topics in Applied Exercise and Health Science 1-3 (Variable) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
Exploration of a specific applied exercise and health science topic.
Note Course can be repeated.
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EHS 7760 - Directed Study in Applied Exercise and Health Science 1-3 (Variable) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Graduate status and permission of the Graduate Program Coordinator.
This course is to provide students an opportunity to explore a topic of interest at a more in depth level than covered in class or to explore a topic not specifically addressed in a regular course offering.
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EHS 7850 - Master’s Project in Applied Exercise and Health Science 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Core program completed and permission of the Graduate Program Coordinator.
A project to be comprised of a capstone experience that leads to an actual product such as a publishable journal and/or literature review article, position paper, teaching aid, instructional videotape, program or facility development, web site, on-line course materials, lab manual, curriculum development, or a similar project.
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EHS 7900 - Master’s Thesis 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Permission of the Graduate Program Coordinator.
Development and writing of a thesis under the supervision of a graduate faculty member.
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MUAP 6631 - Performance 1 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours (Regular Grades) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study in education.
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MUAP 6632 - Performance 1 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours (Regular Grades) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study in education.
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MUAP 6633 - Performance 1 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours (Regular Grades) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study in education.
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MUAP 6634 - Performance 1 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours (Regular Grades) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study in education.
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MUAP 7731 - Performance 1 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours (Regular Grades) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study in education.
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MUAP 7732 - Performance 1 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours (Regular Grades) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study in education.
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MUAP 7733 - Performance 1 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours (Regular Grades) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study in education.
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MUAP 7734 - Performance 1 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours (Regular Grades) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study in education.
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ARED 6200 - Curriculum, Assessment, Classroom Management in Art Education 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to MAT program.
Candidates will explore techniques of the Discipline Based Art Education model including art production, art history, art criticism and aesthetics. This online and classroom course is designed to prepare art teachers to plan and organize effective art programs and curricula, to explore innovative and exemplary art programs, and to develop a rationale and strategy for articulating and promoting a quality art program. Candidates will explore how effective use of a variety of assessment techniques to evaluate teaching and learning promotes visual literacy.
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ARED 6200L - Art Education Practicum II 0 Class Hours 9 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EDUC 6100L, ARED 6200.
This field experience is designed to provide the candidate with the opportunity to apply and reflect on concepts addressed in the prerequisite course ARED 6200, Teaching Comprehensive Art Education. Candidates are placed in appropriate school settings where they carry out directed activities. Candidates spend approximately nine hours per week in the field. Candidates must have a satisfactory practicum to continue in the MAT Art Education program without remediation.
Note Verification of Liability Insurance is required.
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ARED 6250 - Materials, Methods, & Management for Art Education Classrooms P-5 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARED 6200L and ARED 7705.
Specific strategies focus on differentiating developmental, behavioral, and managerial aspects relevant to best practices in the field of art education. Focus is on advanced concepts and applications of method and materials for P-5 art classrooms. On-line and in class work involves development and analysis of art lessons including the development of related art projects for P-5 classrooms. Candidates are expected to display advanced skills in planning, organizing, and sequencing art lessons that are developmentally appropriate.
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ARED 6251 - Materials, Methods, & Management for Art Education Classrooms 6-12 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARED 6200L & ARED 7705
Specific strategies focus on differentiating developmental, behavioral, and managerial aspects relevant to best practices in the field of art education. Focus will be on advanced concepts and applications of method and materials for 6-12 art classrooms. Online and in-class work involves development and analysis of art lessons including the development of related art projects for 6-12 classrooms. Candidates are expected to display advanced skills in planning, organizing, and sequencing art lessons that are developmentally appropriate.
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ARED 6300L - Art Education Practicum III 0 Class Hours 18 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Permission of the MAT committee.
This course is the capstone experience for the Master of Arts of Teaching Art. Candidates will analyze how visual art teachers become creative choice-makers, reflective practitioners, and researchers forming curricular and instructional methods and strategies based on effective and efficient use of contemporary, intellectual and pedagogical resources. A teaching portfolio is initiated on-line, focusing on strategies appropriate to educational connoisseurship. Emphasis is placed on an extended internship in the art classroom. An exit portfolio will highlight the candidates success as an educator of all art disciplines, thus illustrating the important career choice actualized by the intern. This course serves as a capstone experience toward initial certification in art education. Candidates should plan to spend 18 hours per week in the classroom.
Note Verification of Liability of Insurance is required.
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ARED 7701 - Special Topics in Art Education 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARED 6200L and ARED 7702
Emerging issues in the field of art education will be explored on a semester-by-semester basis. Through the examination of historical and contemporary art forms, candidates understand how aesthetic theories allow greater understanding of the quality, nature and value of diverse works of art, cultural art forms and visual culture. Candidates comprehend how all works of art have meaning including those from literature, theatre, dance, music and other subject areas thus revealing lessons about life, its paradoxes, contradictions, harmonies, unattractiveness, and beauty.
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ARED 7702 - Inclusion in Art Education 2 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EDUC 6100L & ARED 6200
Course includes in-depth coverage of diagnostic categories, historical aspects, legal issues and art applications for students with exceptionalities. In addition to online course work, candidates develop and implement differentiated lessons for an inclusive art classroom. Primary expectations focus on the candidate’s ability to utilize Individualized Education Plans as a means to promote the inclusion and success of all students through relevant adaptations of content, materials, and workspace. Candidates should plan to spend three hours per week in the field. Verification of Liability Insurance is required.
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ARED 7703 - Technology & Computer Applications 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARED 6200L and ARED 7400.
Candidates focus on the identification and exploration of the use of current technologies including presentation applications, Internet research, online courseware, electronic portfolio, computer applications relating to the production of art including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and other programs.
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ARED 7704 - Intercultural Art Education 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARED 6200L and ARED 7702.
Candidates examine art education literature focusing on cultural diversity issues in historical and contemporary contexts. Candidates also focus on the nature of art making and art evaluation within a variety of cultural systems.
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