2001-2003 Catalog - University of Arkansas at Monticello

Arkansas-Monticello
SPED 5153 Application of Assessment Data for
Exceptional Children
3 credits: 3 hours laboratory
Study of current tests used to assess exceptional children.
SPED 5123 Behavior Management
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Provides competencies required to manage learning and
classroom behaviors of exceptional children. Students
will be exposed to accepted theoretical and functional
principles of behavior management used and observed in
the classroom.
SPED 5073 Problems and Issues in Individualized
Educational Planning
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Methods in informal diagnosis and prescriptive
programming that provide the teacher with skills to
determine the child’s learning style and to successfully
plan instructional sequences appropriate to the child’s
changing skill needs.
Graduate Programs
SPED 5053 Language Development of Exceptional
Learners
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
The study of classification, etiology, abnormalities in
growth and development, relationship of speech to
handicapping conditions, diagnosis of speech of
handicapped children and therapeutic measures used in
the development of speech and language.
SPED 5033 Contemporary Issues in Special Education
The study of current trends, problems, and issues that
are prevalent today concerning serving students with
exceptionalities are presented and discussed. A study of
the legislation that shapes the field.
SPED 5313 Methods and Materials for the P-8 Level
Instructional methods, materials and activities for
teaching children with mildly handicapping conditions.
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Graduate Programs in the School of
Forest Resources
Graduate Faculty
Professors Kluender (Dean), Sundell,
Thompson, and Zeide; Research Professor
Patterson; Associate Professors Tappe, Weih,
and Williams; Assistant Professors Doruska,
Heitzman, Liechty, Medley, and White.
Mission
The mission of the School of Forest
Resources is to educate professional natural
resource managers, to enlarge the body of
knowledge in renewable forest resources and to
disseminate new ideas and technology.
Successful accomplishment of this mission will
promote and enhance management, conservation
and appreciation of public and private
forests, thereby providing for continuous
production and optimum attainment of a
variety of forest resources for the people of
Arkansas, the southern U.S. and the Nation.
These resource benefits include the production
of wood and fiber, wildlife, and clean water; as
well as provision for recreation, aesthetic and
other important values.
Educational Goals and Objectives
of the Graduate Program
The School of Forest Resources is
committed to providing postbaccalaureate
students with the opportunity to enhance their
educational goals through a program of study,
teaching, and research in an environment that
promotes freedom of expression, intellectual
inquiry, and professional integrity. The goal of
the School of Forest Resources is to enhance
students’ understanding of forest resources and
their management, and to prepare students for
lifelong learning and pursuing their career goals
through advanced study. A student who
graduates with a M.S. Degree in Forest
Resources should:
(1) Have an advanced understanding of
biological principles relating to forest resources
and ecosystems.
(2) Have an advanced understanding of
natural resource issues and topics pertinent to
an individual’s program of study and career
goals, and be able to apply this knowledge in
the decision making process.