2016-2017 Academic Catalog 
    
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2016-2017 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses

KEY TO COURSE NUMBERS

Courses numbered 001 - 099 represent remedial work and carry no credit toward a degree or credential.  Generally these courses are developmental, remedial, or pre-college in content.

Courses numbered 100 to 299 are designed for freshmen and sophomores but are available to other students.

Coursed numbered exactly 300EX designate experimental courses.  Such courses are not listed in the Catalog since they arise out of special needs and are offered a limited number of times.  The subject area will indicate the discipline to which this experimental course pertains.

Courses numbered exactly 400EX designate experimental courses. Such courses are not listed in the Catalog since they arise out of special needs and are offered a limited number of times. The subject area will indicate the discipline to which this experimental course pertains (ACCT, BMGT, MGMT, etc).

Courses numbered 301 to 499 are designed primarily for juniors and seniors but are available to qualified sophomores and freshmen if all prerequisites have been met.

Courses numbered exactly 600EX designate graduate experimental courses.  Such courses are not listed in the Catalog since they arise out of special needs and are offered a limited number of times.  The subject area will indicate the discipline to which this experimental course pertains (ACCT, BSAD, MIS, etc.).

Courses numbered 500 to 699 are designate graduate-level offerings. Such courses are open to undergraduates by special arrangements only.

The number following the course title indicates the semester hours of credit and in most cases the number of class meetings per week.
 
  

  • CSIS 493 - CSIS Internship I

    1 - 3 variable credit hours
    Prerequisites: Instructor Consent
    First faculty supervised, practical experience in the Computer Science & Information Systems discipline.  Curriculum set by agreement between the DBIT and the organization of employment with the final decision residing in the DBIT.  A minimum of 40 hours of work during the period of Internship is required for each credit hour. Learning will be evaluated by organization’s supervisor ratings, submitted record of work accomplished, and reflective essays graded by the instructor of record. A maximum of 3 Internship Hours can be applied towards a degree in the DBIT.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA, BLD
  

  • CSIS 494 - CSIS Internship II

    1 to 6 variable credit hours
    Prerequisites: Instructor Consent
    Second and subsequent supervised, practical experience in the Computer Science & Information Systems discipline.  Curriculum set by agreement between the DBIT and the organizations of employment with the final decision residing in the DBIT. A minimum of 40 hours of work during the period of internship is required for each credit hour.  Level of responsibility considered to be beyond CSIS 493.  Learning will be evaluated by organization’s supervisor ratings, submitted record of work accomplished, and reflective essays graded by the instructor of records. A maximum of 3 Internship Hours can be applied towards a degree in the DBIT. This course can be taken multiple times.

     
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA; BLD
  

  • CSIS 499 - Special Topics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
    Selected advanced topics in the field of information systems, networking or programming.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • CYBR 400 - Fundamentals of Cyber Security

    5 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CIS 312; BMGT 225; CIS 412; CIS 402
    This course provides students with an introduction to cyber threats and defense against them, networking concepts, IT system components, IA fundamentals, basic scripting, and basic data analysis; and an overview of cyber operations, digital forensics, and incident analysis and response.
    Course Delivery Method: WEB; BLD; ONL
    College: CGPS
  

  • CYBR 405 - Policy Development, Compliance, Cyber Law, and Cyber Investigations

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CYBR 400
    This course informs students of important policy, legal, and ethical matters, communicates IA compliance and IA standards; and develops applied skills in life-cycle security, supply chain security, and fraud prevention and management.
    Course Delivery Method: WEB; BLD; ONL
    College: CGPS
  

  • CYBR 410 - Network and Systems Security Administration

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CYBR 400
    This course provides students with effective working knowledge in vulnerability analysis and security risk analysis, cyber-security planning and management, security program management, and systems certification and accreditation; and delivers applied skills in systems administration, network technology, and protocols, introductory cryptography, and intrusion detection and prevention systems.
    Course Delivery Method: WEB; BLD; ONL
    College: CGPS
  

  • CYBR 415 - Network Security Engineering

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CYBR 400
    This course adds to students’ applied cyber-security skills a deeper level of expertise within network security engineering, including advanced network topology and protocols, network defense, network forensics, digital communications, and penetration testing.
    Course Delivery Method: WEB; BLD; ONL
    College: CGPS
  

  • CYBR 420 - Systems Security Engineering

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CYBR 400
    This course adds to students’ applied cyber-security skills a deeper level of expertise within systems security engineering, including fundamental security design principles, IA architectures, operating systems concepts, operating systems hardening, low-level programming, and QA and functional testing.
    Course Delivery Method: WEB; BLD; ONL
    College: CGPS
  

  • CYBR 500 - Fundamentals of Cyber Security

    5 credit hours
    This course provides students with an introduction to cyber threats and defense against them, networking concepts, IT system components, IA fundamentals, basic scripting, and basic data analysis; and an overview of cyber operations, digital forensics, and incident analysis and response.
    Delivery Methods: WEB, ONL, BLD.
    College: CGPS
  

  • CYBR 505 - Policy Development, Compliance, Cyber Law, and Cyber Investigations

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CYBR 500
    This course informs students of important policy, legal, and ethical matters; communicates IA compliance and IA standards; and develops applied skills in life-cycle security, supply chain security, and fraud prevention and management.
    Delivery Methods: WEB, ONL, BLD
    College: CGPS
  

  • CYBR 510 - Network and Systems Security Administration

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CYBR 500
    This course provides students with effective working knowledge in vulnerability analysis and security risk analysis, cyber-security planning and management, security program management, and systems certification and accreditation; and delivers applied skills in systems administration, network technology and protocols, introductory cryptography, and intrusion detection and prevention systems.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB, ONL, BLD.
    College: CGPS
  

  • CYBR 515 - Network Security Engineering

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CYBR 500
    This course adds to students’ applied cyber-security skills a deeper level of expertise within network security engineering, including advanced network topology and protocols, network defense, network forensics, digital communications, and penetration testing.
    Delivery Methods: WEB, ONL, BLD.
    College: CGPS
  

  • CYBR 520 - Systems Security Engineering

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CYBR 500
    This course adds to students’ applied cyber-security skills a deeper level of expertise within systems security engineering, including fundamentals security design principles, IA architectures, operating systems concepts, operating systems hardening, low-level programming, and QA and functional testing.
    Delivery Methods: WEB, ONL, BLD.
    College: CGPS
  

  • CYBR 525 - Secure Mobile Technology and Telecommunications

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CYBR 500
    This course enables students to gain operational understanding and working skills in secure mobile technologies, including RF principles, systems programming, wireless sensor networks, hardware and firmware security, and analog telecommunications systems.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB, ONL, BLD.
    College: CGPS
  

  • CYBR 530 - Secure Cloud Computing and Software Development

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CYBR 500
    This course teaches students secure programming and development skills and practices, data structures, operating systems theory, virtualization technologies, and advanced cryptography within the context of secure cloud computing.
    Delivery Methods: WEB, ONL, BLD.
    College:CGPS
  

  • CYBR 535 - Digital Forensics, Data Security Analysis, and Data Management Systems Security

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CYBR 500
    This course enables students to attain competency in database security, data administration, forensic accounting, device forensics, host forensics, media forensics, and the principles of software reverse engineering.
    Delivery Methods: WEB, ONL, BLD.
  

  • CYBR 540 - Cyber Law

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CYBR 500
    This course provides students with a further understanding of the legal aspects of cyber security including applicable laws, policies, rules, guidelines, and responsibilities
    Delivery Methods:WEB, ONL, BLD.
    College: CGPS
  

  • CYBR 545 - Software Reverse Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CYBR 500
    This course further refines the abilities of students to perform reverse engineering of executable code to determine its function and effects, or to recover the source code implementation.
    Delivery Methods: WEB, ONL, BLD.
    College: CGPS
  

  • CYBR 550 - Human Factors in Cyber Security

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CYBR 500
    This course further develops students to be well-versed in human factors in cyber security through the exploration of case studies, hands-on exercise of social engineering techniques, and open-source data mining focused on patterns of life and our subconscious tendencies.
    Delivery Methods: WEB, ONL, BLD.
    College: CGPS
  

  • CYBR 590 - Cyber Security Capstone

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CYBR 500
    NOTE: This should be one of the final two courses student takes to complete the program.
    This course finishes equipping Master of Science in Cyber Security graduates for successful careers, producing effective leaders who are not only experts in the field of Cyber Security but also are well-prepared to connect and apply their knowledge in the real world. Essential legal topics are revisited and updated with the most current state of cyber law. Management, teamwork, and communication skills are demonstrated by integrating, synthesizing, and applying lessons from prior coursework through engagement in an organizational experience and the successful achievement of a professional project.
     
    Delivery Methods: WEB, ONL, BLD.
    College: CGPS
  

  • DANC 110 - Dance Composition 1

    3 credit hours
    Designed to discover and develop the main elements of dance composition: rhythm, space design and texture.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANC 207 - Repertoire

    1 credit hour
    Research and reconstruction of historical and current dance works. Researches the characters in the dance works, the style of the era, analysis of the steps, costuming and application in a formal or informal concert.
  

  • DANC 208 - Repertoire

    1 credit hour
    Research and reconstruction of historical and current dance works. Researches the characters in the dance works, the style of the era, analysis of the steps, costuming and application in a formal or informal concert.
  

  • DANC 230 - Choreography

    2 credit hours
    Advanced study of the choreographic principles in laboratory conditions.  Assembling of group dances, which will culminate in a public studio performance at the discretion of the instructor.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANC 307 - Repertoire

    1 credit hour
    Research and reconstruction of historical and current dance works. Researches the characters in the dance works, the style of the era, analysis of the steps, costuming and application in a formal or informal concert.
  

  • DANC 308 - Repertoire

    1 credit hour
    Research and reconstruction of historical and current dance works. Researches the characters in the dance works, the style of the era, analysis of the steps, costuming and application in a formal or informal concert.
  

  • DANC 320 - Dance History 1

    3 credit hours
    An examination of dance from the beginning of time into the 19th century, including analysis of the religious, cultural and social forces that prompted and changed dance.
  

  • DANC 321 - Dance History 2

    3 credit hours
    Nineteenth and twentieth century dance focusing on the history of American ballet and the development of Modern Dance. How modernization and the social, philosophical and religious changes have affected today’s dance.
  

  • DANC 407 - Repertoire

    1 credit hour
    Research and reconstruction of historical and current dance works. Researches the characters in the dance works, the style of the era, analysis of the steps, costuming and application in a formal or informal concert.
  

  • DANC 408 - Repertoire

    1 credit hour
    Research and reconstruction of historical and current dance works. Researches the characters in the dance works, the style of the era, analysis of the steps, costuming and application in a formal or informal concert.
  

  • DANC 410 - Senior Project

    3 credit hours
    A course designed for each individual student that would synthesize his or her dance education through a choreographic project, a teaching project or specific research in dance relating to their future.
  

  • DANP 101 - Ballet Technique

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Ballet Majors only.
    Intensive study of the rules of the art of ballet. Daily ballet technique classes, including pointe.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANP 102 - Ballet Technique

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Ballet Majors only.
    Intensive study of the rules of the art of ballet. Daily ballet technique classes, including pointe.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANP 103 - Related Dance Forms

    2 credit hours / year
    Dance technique course concentrating on the different techniques of various dance forms including jazz, character, tap and modern dance.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Fall only.
  

  • DANP 121 - Ballet 1

    2 credit hours
    Non-ballet majors only.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANP 122 - Ballet 2

    2 credit hours
    Non-ballet majors only.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANP 123 - Related Dance Forms

    2 credit hours
    Non-ballet majors only.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANP 125 - Introduction to Dance Techniques

    2 credit hours
    Non-ballet majors only.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANP 127 - Ballet 3

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: DANP 122 or consent of instructor
    Intensive study of the rules of the art of ballet.  Ballet technique for qualified students and students in the Dance Minor.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANP 201 - Ballet Technique

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Ballet Majors only.
    Intensive study of the rules of the art of ballet. Daily ballet technique classes, including pointe.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANP 202 - Ballet Technique

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Ballet Majors only.
    Intensive study of the rules of the art of ballet. Daily ballet technique classes, including pointe.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANP 203 - Related Dance Forms

    2 credit hours / year
    Dance technique course concentrating on the different techniques of various dance forms including jazz, character, tap and modern dance.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Fall only.
  

  • DANP 204 - Ballet Variations

    1 credit hour
    The study of dances from the major classical repertoire including Pas De Quatre, Sleeping Beauty, Les Sylphides and others.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Spring only.
  

  • DANP 205 - Pas De Deux

    1 credit hour
    Study of the principles and techniques of partnering, including lifts, carries and supports.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Spring only.
  

  • DANP 301 - Ballet Technique

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Ballet Majors Only
    Intensive study of the rules of the art of ballet. Daily ballet technique classes, including pointe.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANP 302 - Ballet Technique

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Ballet Majors Only.
    Intensive study of the rules of the art of ballet. Daily ballet technique classes, including pointe.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANP 303 - Related Dance Forms

    2 credit hours / year
    Dance technique course concentrating on the different techniques of various dance forms including jazz, character, tap and modern dance.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Fall only.
  

  • DANP 304 - Ballet Variations

    1 credit hour
    The study of dances from the major classical repertoire including Pas De Quatre, Sleeping Beauty, Les Sylphides and others.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Spring only.
  

  • DANP 305 - Pas De Deux

    1 credit hour
    Study of the principles and techniques of partnering, including lifts, carries and supports.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Spring only.
  

  • DANP 350 - Dance for Musical Theatre 1

    3 credit hours
    Studio class in dance related to choreography for musical theatre.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANP 351 - Dance for Musical Theatre 2

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: DANP 350
    A studio dance course focused on musical theatre styles.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANP 352 - Dance for Musical Theatre 3

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: DANP 351
    A studio dance course focusing on musical theatre styles.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANP 401 - Ballet Technique

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Ballet Majors only
    Intensive study of the rules of the art of ballet. Daily ballet technique classes, including pointe.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANP 402 - Ballet Technique

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Ballet Majors only.
    Intensive study of the rules of the art of ballet. Daily ballet technique classes, including pointe.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • DANP 403 - Related Dance Forms

    2 credit hours / year
    Dance technique course concentrating on the different techniques of various dance forms including jazz, character, tap and modern dance.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Fall only.
  

  • DANP 404 - Ballet Variations

    1 credit hour
    The study of dances from the major classical repertoire including Pas De Quatre, Sleeping Beauty, Les Sylphides and others.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Spring only.
  

  • DANP 405 - Pas De Deux

    1 credit hour
    Study of the principles and techniques of partnering, including lifts, carries and supports.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Spring only.
  

  • DRMA 350 - Musical Theatre Survey

    3 credit hours
    (see Music)
    This course is cross listed with MUSC 350
  

  • DRMA 360 - Drama in Education

    3 credit hours
    An examination of the ways in which drama and theatre have contributed to childhood learning in school, recreation centers and other contexts. Subjects covered will be creative dramatics, theater for young people, drama in the school curriculum, puppetry, mime and drama in ministry for church workers.
  

  • DRMA 411 - Shakespeare

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: COMP 202 with a grade of ‘C’ or better.
    This course covers several major plays of Shakespeare by examining aspects of text and performance with attention given to historical and literary background.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    This course is cross-listed with ENGL 411
  

  • DRMA 425 - Musical Theatre Performance

    1 credit hour
    A course designed for students to synthesize skills they acquire throughout the music theatre program. The focus of work is on performing scenes in musical theatre incorporating acting, choreography and music.
  

  • ECON 201 - Macroeconomics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Co-requisite: MATH 101 or MATH 111
    This course is an introduction to the theories used to explain the market economy.  Topics will include demand for money, interest rates, unemployment, government policies, inflation, and economic growth.  The course facilitates a better understanding of how people and the economy as a whole behave.  Students will gain an appreciation for their roles as consumers, citizens, and business practitioners.

     
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • ECON 202 - Microeconomics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Co-requisite: MATH 101 or MATH 111
    This course is an introduction to the theories used to explain economic decision making at the firm and household levels.  Topics will include production and technology, costs and profits, externalities, land, labor, and capital inputs and their markets.  This course allows students to better understand the nuts and bolts of economic thinking.

     
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • ECON 210 - Macroeconomics

    3 credit hours
    This course is an introduction to the theories used to explain the market economy.  Topics will include demand for money, interest rates, unemployment, government policies, inflation, and economic growth.  The course facilitates a better understanding of how people and the economy as a whole behave economically.  Students will gain an appreciation for their role as consumers, citizens, and business practitioners.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB; ONL
  

  • ECON 211 - Microeconomics

    3 credit hours
    This course is an introduction to the market mechanism and economic thinking.  The course also includes topics such as resource markets, trade, profit maximization, industry types, taxation, and types of costs and benefits to the firm and society.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB; ONL
  

  • ECON 214 - Special Topics in Economic

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ECON 210 or ECON 211
    This topics course will cover aspects of economic history, economic philosophy, or political economy, such as Regional Economic Planning, History of Economic Philosophy and Thought, Economic Integration & Globalization, Readings in Institutional Economics, etc.  Students will read and discuss works that focus upon one or more of these areas.  This course offers broader depth of knowledge on economic foundation and the fundamentals of capitalism.  This knowledge improves stills and decision making abilities.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB, ONL
  

  • ECON 330 - Economic Development

    3 credit hours
    This course examines the factors contributing to sustainable growth of an economy and to improving standards of living.  The focus is on international comparisons with respect to resource endowment, productivity, health indicators, globalization trends, trade, foreign direct investment, multilateral aid, microfinance institutions, and other related topics.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA; BLD
  

  • ECON 340 - Money and Banking

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ECON 201 or consent of instructor
    This course examines the American monetary and banking system. The focus will be upon development of the Federal Reserve system, interest rates, inflation, and unemployment monetary policies.  Introduction of financial intermediation and banking terminology.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA; BLD
  

  • ECON 350 - Money and Banking

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ECON 210 and ECON 211
    This course will cover a brief history of the American monetary and banking system.  Focus will include a study of the Federal Reserve System, its nationwide and local services.  Concepts and terms introduced in the course include banking interactions and banking terminology.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB, TRA, BLD, ONL
  

  • ECON 360 - Labor Economics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ECON 201
    An examination of the history of the labor movement, labor unions, labor demand and supply, regulation of industrial relations, and working conditions and human capital. In addition, contemporary labor issues are discussed.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • ECON 410 - Advanced Macroeconomics Topics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Econ 210
    In this class students will explore Macroeconomic topics beyond the level of Principles of Macroeconomics and with a focus on “real world” economics.  Issued such as income inequality; regional integration of markets; globalization; regional economics, etc. may be the focus of this course.  The course takes a systems approach at looking at the economy and how government, individuals, and firms are interrelated.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB, ONL
  

  • ECON 411 - Advanced Microeconomic Topics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ECON 211
    In this class students will explore Microeconomics topics beyond the lever of Principles of Microeconomics and with a focus on “real world” economics.  Topics may include labor and capital market changes within the USA; innovations in technology and production; impact of regulation and taxes on market outcomes; measuring and interpreting elasticities; entrepreneurship and innovation; Game Theoretical Models; capturing cost of pollution or the benefits of education within economic analysis.
    Course Delivery Methods: WEB, ONL
  

  • ECON 491 - Special Problem in Economics

    3 credit hours
    Designed to serve students with special interest in an area of Economics.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA, BLD.
  

  • EDUC 110 - Introduction to Teaching

    3 credit hours
    A field-based course covering all the aspects of education pertaining to a decision to enter the profession, licensure requirements to teach, historical development of education, equal opportunity, child abuse/neglect and multicultural aspects of education today. A field experience is required.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    (CP following the course number denotes that the course was taken from the College of Adult and Professional Studies)
  

  • EDUC 251 - Psychology Applied to Teaching

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: EDUC 110
    This course outlines factors that affect the classroom behavior of both teachers and students.  Included will be theories of psychosocial and cognitive development, age-level characteristics of school-age children and adolescents, understanding student differences, and various learning theories.  The relationship between student development and the learning process is a major theme of the course.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA; WEB
    (CP following the course number denotes that the course was taken from the College of Adult and Professional Studies)
  

  • EDUC 299 - Cornerstone Course for Teacher Education

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisites: EDUC 110 & 251 and/or Field experience or concurrent enrollment
    Orientation course for all potential education majors. Emphasis is on understanding and meeting requirements for admission to Teacher Education, understanding the conceptual framework, reinforcing Kansas State Department of Education standards, and implementation of the portfolio process.  A minimum of 20 hours of field experiences are required in this course.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    (CP following the course number denotes that the course was taken from the College of Adult and Professional Studies)
  

  • EDUC 310 - The Exceptional Child

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisites: EDUC 110, and 251, and 299 all with “C” or better, and concurrent enrollment in EDUC 311 required.
    This course will enable the candidate to distinguish needs of diverse learners, including students with disabilities and other exceptionalities. The candidate will be able to work together effectively with other professionals and families to develop an appropriate individual education plan for each special needs learner. The candidate will also be able to apply the public laws and mandates that pertain to special education, assuring appropriate education for special needs learners.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    (CP following the course number denotes that the course was taken from the College of Adult and Professional Studies)
  

  • EDUC 311 - Practicum for Special Populations

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisites: EDUC 110, and 251, and 299 all with “C” or better, and concurrent enrollment in EDUC 310 required.
    This practicum requires a minimum of 20 hours of participatory field experience in connection with the required EDUC 310 The Exceptional Child. Candidates observe and assist classroom activities, such as tutoring/small group instruction/intervention in age appropriate school settings under the supervision of experienced teachers in order to further develop and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for working with students with special needs.
    Course Delivery Method: TRA
    (CP following the course number denotes that the course was taken from the College of Adult and Professional Studies)
  

  • EDUC 320 - Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Current valid KS teaching license; concurrent enrollment in EDUC 321 required.
    This course will enable candidates to demonstrate an understanding of the importance of using language in socially and culturally appropriate ways. Candidates will explore a broad range of methodologies to provide academic learning experiences for English language learners and the foundations of second-language instruction.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    (CP following the course number denotes that the course was taken from the College of Adult and Professional Studies)
  

  • EDUC 321 - Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages: TESOL Practicum

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisites: Current valid KS teaching license; concurrent enrollment in EDUC 320 required.
    Candidates complete a minimum of 20 hours in an appropriate grade level and teaching field working directly with ESOL students. Candidates may work one-on-one, in small groups, or in whole class settings in order to further develop and demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for working with limited English proficient students.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    (CP following the course number denotes that the course was taken from the College of Adult and Professional Studies)
  

  • EDUC 322 - Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages: Techniques for Assessment and Communication

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: EDUC 320 and EDUC 321 or current valid KS teaching license.
    This course addresses formal and informal first- and second-language assessment techniques to evaluate the progress of English language learners. Also included are effective communications with students, parents, and members of various cultural groups in the community and literacy methodologies for English language learners.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • EDUC 323 - Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages: Applied Linguistics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: EDUC 320 and EDUC 321 or current valid KS teaching license.
    This course addresses general and applied linguistics for second-language education; fundamentals, similarities, and differences of first- and second-language acquisition; the diverse, historical cultures that make up the United States and the role language plays in the development of cultural identities.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
  

  • EDUC 325 - Reading in the Secondary School

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisites: EDUC 110, and 251, and 299 all with “C” or better.
    This course is designed to acquaint students with the literacy skills essential to secondary students and to learning content area subjects. There is an emphasis on literacy across the curriculum as well as creating lessons and units that guide students to learn processes and content. This course prepares students to teach secondary students how to read and study subject matter textbooks, expository material, trade books, newspapers and other related items. Competency tests that many states have adopted as requirements for high school graduation have focused national attention on the abilities to read, write and learn from text. Teachers are usually required to complete a literacy course as part of licensure requirements. 
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Spring semester only
  

  • EDUC 335 - Technology in the Classroom

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: EDUC 110, and 251, and 299 all with “C” or better.
    Primary objectives of the course include developing basic skills in using computer technology, helping teacher candidates to understand technology as an aid in the management of responsibilities and using technology to assist in the instructional process.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Meets general education requirement of CSIS 120 for all education majors.
    (CP following the course number denotes that the course was taken from the College of Adult and Professional Studies)
  

  • EDUC 336 - Classroom Assessment

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education
    This course will explore ways to measure and evaluate student learning.  The role of assessment in teaching, designing assessment instruments, interpreting standardized test results, and evaluating students will be major components, along with assessment practices that should be avoided.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA; HYB
    (CP following the course number denotes that the course was taken from the College of Adult and Professional Studies)
    Spring semester only
  

  • EDUC 350 - Methods for Teaching Physical Education PreK-6

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education.
    This course is designed to provide the opportunity for teacher education candidates to plan, develop, and execute a learning environment that addresses the physical, cognitive, social and emotional learning domains that are safe and developmentally appropriate for elementary physical education students.  Additionally, the students will study the use of effective verbal, nonverbal and media communication techniques along with how motivation and learning styles affect learning.  Other topics include formal and informal assessment strategies and growing professionally.  A minimum of 30 hours of field experience is required.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Fall semester only
  

  • EDUC 355 - Methods for Teaching Spanish: PreK - Grade 6

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.
    This course is designed to prepare teacher education candidates to teach Spanish in Pre-Kindergarten through grade 6. The methodology includes a variety of theories, pragmatic techniques and contemporary teaching methods. A position paper concerning the various immersion program models, content-based instruction, language proficiency, cultural and global awareness, and holistic assessment is required. Students will observe Spanish classes at the elementary school, middle school and high school levels and write three critiques.  A minimum of 30 hours of field experience is required.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Fall semester only
  

  • EDUC 385 - Methods for Teaching Art: PreK-6

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.
    Materials and methods suitable for the teaching of the arts and crafts with a wide variety of two and three dimensional materials and processes. Study of the relationship of art expression to personality development at the elementary level of growth, with emphasis on the characteristics and interests of the child.  A minimum of 30 hours of field experience is required.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Fall semester only
  

  • EDUC 410 - Methods for Secondary Teachers

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.
    Required for all secondary education students (except music, P.E. and Spanish). Includes both a common cluster of objectives appropriate to secondary teaching, i.e., writing goals and objectives, skills of presentation and interaction, and general instructional planning.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA; WEB
    Fall semester only
  

  • EDUC 411 - Special Methods for Secondary Teachers: Art

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.
    Study of approaches and methods for teaching a subject-matter field with instruction emphasis specific to that field. A field experience is required.
    Spring semester only
  

  • EDUC 412 - Special Methods for Secondary Teachers: Business

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.
    Study of approaches and methods for teaching a subject-matter field with instruction emphasis specific to that field. A field experience is required.
    Spring semester only
  

  • EDUC 413 - Special Methods for Secondary Teachers: Computer Science

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.
    Study of approaches and methods for teaching a subject-matter field with instruction emphasis specific to that field. A field experience is required.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Spring semester only
  

  • EDUC 414 - Special Methods for Secondary Teachers: English/Language Arts

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.
    Study of approaches and methods for teaching a subject-matter field with instruction emphasis specific to that field. A field experience is required.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Spring semester only
  

  • EDUC 415 - Special Methods for Secondary Teachers: History and Government

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.
    Study of approaches and methods for teaching a subject-matter field with instruction emphasis specific to that field. A field experience is required.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Spring semester only
  

  • EDUC 416 - Special Methods for Secondary Teachers: Mathematics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.
    Study of approaches and methods for teaching a subject-matter field with instruction emphasis specific to that field. A field experience is required.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Spring semester only
  

  • EDUC 417 - Special Methods for Secondary Teachers: Physical Education

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.
    Study of approaches and methods for teaching a subject-matter field with instruction emphasis specific to that field. A field experience is required.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Spring semester only
  

  • EDUC 418 - Special Methods for Secondary Teachers: Spanish

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.
    Study of approaches and methods for teaching a subject-matter field with instruction emphasis specific to that field. A field experience is required.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Spring semester only
  

  • EDUC 419 - Special Methods for Secondary Teachers: Speech/Theatre

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.
    Study of approaches and methods for teaching a subject-matter field with instruction emphasis specific to that field. A field experience is required.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Spring semester only
  

  • EDUC 420 - Special Methods for Secondary Teachers: Biology

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.
    Study of approaches and methods for teaching a subject-matter field with instruction emphasis specific to that field. A field experience is required.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA
    Spring semester only
  

  • EDUC 490 - Senior Practicum

    1 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to professional semester
    This course is a field placement and is associated with the student teaching experience.  Candidates are in the field for a minimum of 30 hours starting with the first day the public school teachers are to report.  Candidates will be expected to attend all in-service meetings, department meetings, and assist the mentor teacher during any on duty work days.
    Course Delivery Methods: TRA; WEB
    (CP following the course number denotes that the course was taken from the College of Adult and Professional Studies)
    Fall semester only
 

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