2003-2004 - The University of Scranton

242 Panuska College/Education
5. Passing scores on the Praxis Series I
examinations.
6. Completed recommendations from
faculty in the following courses:
EDUC 121 Foundations of Education
EDUC 180 Field Experience I
EDUC 280 Field Experience II
Freshman and sophomore students will
confer with their academic advisors in order
to plan the sequence of courses that will be
taken for each term. Entering freshmen will
be given the new program requirements prior
to orientation. All the courses mentioned
above will be a part of the new programs.
Federal regulations in the Higher Education
Act of 1998 require that departments of teacher
education report their students’ performance on
the Praxis Series examinations. An analysis of
the results from the most recent academic year is
available from the Chair of the Department of
Education.
Course Descriptions
The following courses are not available to students
matriculating during or after fall 2001:
EDUC 140, EDUC 242, EDUC 344, EDUC
345, EDUC 346, EDUC 347, EDUC 351,
EDUC 352, EDUC 451.
The Education Department ordinarily does
not permit students to take courses concurrently
with the student-teaching sequence. Students
seeking deviations from this policy must complete
a form requiring the approvals of the advisor,
the appropriate program director, the department
chairperson, and the dean. Student teaching
requires application, which must be submitted
to the appropriate advisor and approved by
the program director, prior to registration for the
student teaching semester. Completed ACT 34
and Child Abuse History Clearance forms are
required previous to receiving a field assignment.
EDUC 110 3 cr.
Values Development
A course designed to acquaint the student with
theories relating to value development: what values
are, and how they are formed. The affective
process, value systems, activities for value-development
suitable for use by parents, teachers and
others involved in human relations will be covered.
Open to all majors.
EDUC 113 3 cr.
Reading-Research
A course designed to increase a student’s proficiency
in reading and research. The following
skill areas will be covered: comprehension,
vocabulary, expression, critical analysis, library
and study skills. Students will be required to
develop minimum computer competencies. Lecture
and laboratory approaches are utilized with
the emphasis on individualized instruction.
EDUC 120 3 cr.
(Q,W) Applied Statistics
(Prerequisite: WRTG 107) This course is
designed to enable students to use statistics to
solve problems and to communicate clearly the
procedures employed and the results obtained.
Students will be required to perform statistical
computations and to write as a means of learning
the course material. Topics covered include
hypothesis testing, correlation, t-test and Chisquare
test.
EDUC 121 3 cr.
The Foundations of Education
This course is designed to examine the characteristics
of the public school system in the United
States, the role of education in contemporary
society, and current issues related to education.
EDUC 131 3 cr.
(D) Experiencing Cultural Diversity through
Children’s Literature
A course designed to introduce students to the
diversity of cultures represented in children’s literature
as a way to identify and differentiate the
variety of cultures that they may encounter as
teachers.
EDUC 180 1 cr.
Field Experience I
(Pre- or co-requisite: EDUC 121) This course
prepares for field-experience requirements in
EDUC 280 and 380. It focuses on the development
of observation and reflective skills through
case studies, vignettes and video situations.
Application required.
EDUC 222 3 cr.
Educational Psychology
(Prerequisite: Psych 110) This course examines
the psychological basis of teaching strategies,
classroom environment, learning, motivation,
reinforcement, and evaluation.