Courses in Education (EDSS)

EDSS 001 - Schooling, Learning & Society

Introduction to issues and problems in American education: schools and learning, professional careers, individuals in systems, characteristics of learners. Required readings and papers.

Credits: 3

EDSS 010 - ACCESS Education

Create a safe community to discuss disability related issues. Introduce students to organizational systems, goal setting, learning styles, self-advocacy, disabilities, and study skills.

Credits: 1

EDSS 011 - Race and Culture

Introduction to issues of diversity, multiculturalism and cultural pluralism in our different communities and in our country as a whole.

Credits: 1

EDSS 012 - Race&Culture Contemp Issues

Gives an expanded introduction to US social justice issues. Forms of discrimination that shape US culture explored and skills in self-reflection and critical analysis developed.

Credits: 1

EDSS 055 - Special Topics

Credits: 1 to 6

EDSS 195 - Intermediate Special Topics

Topics vary. See Schedule of Courses for specific titles.

Credits: 1 to 6

EDSS 196 - Intermediate Special Topics

Topics vary. See Schedule of Courses for specific titles.

Credits: 1 to 6

EDSS 197 - Readings & Research

Credits: 1 to 4

EDSS 200 - Contemporary Issues

Designed so that its content and structure may accommodate special issues not especially appropriate within the boundaries of an existing course. Prerequisites: Twelve hours in education and related areas.

Credits: 0 to 6

EDSS 208 - The Mass Media as Educator

Analysis and assessment of the mass media's teachings about reality and worth and how to live our lives individually and collectively. Appropriate for non-education students. Pre/co-requisites: Junior standing for undergraduates; also can be taken for graduate credit.

Credits: 3

EDSS 239 - S.L.I.P. Seminar

Professional education course designed to facilitate student's integration of academic, social, personal, and career objectives through seminar or project syllabus method of support for internship experience in the community. Prerequisite: Instructor's permission, junior standing.

Credits: 1 to 12

EDSS 248 - Educational Media

Modern instructional aids, theory and practice, educational media related to psychology of teaching and learning. Prerequisite: Twelve hours in education and related areas.

Credits: 3

EDSS 295 - Laboratory Exp in Education

Supervised field work designed to give students experience in specialized areas for their professional development. Prerequisite: Permission of the Coordinator of Professional Laboratory Experiences.

Credits: 1 to 12

EDSS 309 - Interdisciplinary Seminar

Introduction to interdisciplinary study; the field of policy analysis and social change. Core academic experience for Interdisciplinary Majors. Prerequisites: Interdisciplinary majors; others by permission.

Credits: 3

EDSS 313 - Stat Meth Ed & Social Services

Basic concepts of descriptive and inferential statistics. Topics: frequency distributions; measures of central tendency, dispersion; correlation, hypothesis testing. Application of concepts to educational situations.

Credits: 3

EDSS 319 - Internship

Students will undertake an approved internship in an institution which reflects the particular area of interest and needs of the student. Prerequisite: Permission.

Credits: 1 to 6

EDSS 321 - School Improvement:Thry & Prac

Analysis of research and practices pertinent to improvement of American schools. Student assignments include synthesis papers and site-specific research projects derived from course studies. Prerequisite: Twelve hours of graduate study in education.

Credits: 4 to 6

EDSS 336 - Professional Writing

Problems in writing faced by professionals in educational and human service settings. Students write reports, critiques, reviews; analyze examples of published work; receive detailed critiques of their work.

Credits: 3

EDSS 343 - The Study of Teaching

Study of the art and science with emphasis on students' own teaching. Current research on teaching and self-study are major foci. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of education, teaching experience.

Credits: 3

EDSS 349 - Quasi-Experiment in Ed & SS

Quasi-experimental designs are analyzed, compared, and contrasted with "true experiments." Strategies for addressing threats to the validity of quasi-experiments are studied. Design exemplars are evaluated. Prerequisite: EDSS 313, or Psychology 340, or Statistics 211, or equivalent.

Credits: 3

EDSS 380 - Professional Problems in Ed

Designed to cover selected educational problems in depth. The major emphasis will be on intensive and critical analysis of the literature and practice in a given area.

Credits: 3

EDSS 382 - Teaching Internship

Supervised teaching experiences on a full-time basis, with related seminars in teaching subject. Prerequisite: Permission of coordinator of Professional Laboratory Experiences.

Credits: 3 to 12

EDSS 387 - Collaborative Consultation

(See EDSP 387.)

Credits: 3

EDSS 391 - Master's Thesis Research

Thesis topic must be approved by a faculty committee.

Credits: 1 to 6

EDSS 397 - Problems in Education

Individual work on a research problem selected by the student in consultation with a staff member. Prerequisite: Twelve hours in education and related areas; endorsement by a sponsoring faculty member.

Credits: 1 to 6