COURSE INDEX - LaGuardia Community College
COURSE INDEX - LaGuardia Community College
COURSE INDEX - LaGuardia Community College
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Counseling Department<br />
Counseling Department<br />
Room B100 (718) 482-5250<br />
The Counseling Department offers programs designed to assist<br />
students with personal, academic, and career concerns. In<br />
addition, the department offers two courses described below.<br />
Department Faculty<br />
Lynne Alston-Jackson, Pierrina Andritsi, Jean Buckley-Lockhart,<br />
Louise A. Butironi, Emily Carrasquillo, Robert J. Durfey, Joan<br />
Edmonds-Ashman, Ana M. Mora, Lynne Teplin, Kyoko M. Toyama,<br />
LaVergne Trawick<br />
Department Faculty<br />
Jack Gantzer, Chairperson, Paul Arcario, Rashida Aziz, Ogrenir<br />
Burcin, Daisy Bustio, Ruhma Choudhury, Florence Diallo, Monika<br />
Ekiert, Nancy Erber, Wenjuan Fan, Linda Forrester, Jie Gao,<br />
Judy Gex, Laurie Gluck, Lilik Gondopriono, Mabel Gonzalez-<br />
Quiroz, Rick Henry, Ana Maria Hernandez, Rosa Herrera<br />
Rodriquez, Maria Jerskey, Rebakah Johnson, Hyun Joo Kim, Carole<br />
Lazorisak, Natalie Linton, Tomonori Nagano, Agnieszka Rakowicz,<br />
Max Rodriguez, Mariajose Romero, Jane Selden, Carolyn<br />
Sterling-Deer, Kenneth Yin<br />
Bilingual Education<br />
FSM001 New Student Seminar<br />
0 credit; 1 hour<br />
New Student Seminar is designed to provide an orientation for<br />
students to <strong>LaGuardia</strong> and to provide students with the knowledge<br />
and skills they need to be successful in college. Students will<br />
learn college policies and academic requirements, effective study<br />
skills, and test-taking strategies. In addition, students will engage<br />
in self and career exploration as well as academic planning and<br />
advisement.<br />
FSC100 Career Development Seminar<br />
1 credit; 1 hour<br />
This seminar introduces the theory and process of career development.<br />
Students will examine personal and societal forces that<br />
influence career choice. In addition, an assessment of the students’<br />
career interests, values and skills will help students understand the<br />
theory of career decision-making and apply this knowledge to<br />
their own career exploration. Through the use of career information<br />
resources, students will learn the relationship between selfassessment<br />
and career choice.<br />
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101, MAT095<br />
Education and Language<br />
Acquisition Department<br />
Room B234 (718) 482-5640<br />
The Education and Language Acquisition (ELA) Department<br />
offers courses in education, modern languages and literatures, general<br />
language study, and English as a second language. The department<br />
offers two urban study courses and houses three education<br />
programs: bilingual education, childhood education and secondary<br />
education.<br />
ELB102 Educational Psychology: The Bilingual Child in an<br />
Urban Environment<br />
3 credits; 5 hours<br />
This course deals with an examination of the psychological theories<br />
of learning and motivation as they apply to bilingual children.<br />
Students will be introduced to the general concepts of educational<br />
psychology specifically as they apply to bilingual education. Theories<br />
of learning and motivation, cognition, learning disabilities<br />
and cultural pluralism will be examined in the context of preadolescent<br />
development in an urban setting. In addition to class sessions,<br />
a two-hour-per-week field lab and a case study log are<br />
required.<br />
Prerequisite: ELN101<br />
ELB103 Principles and Practices of Bilingual Education<br />
and ESL<br />
3 credits; 6 hours<br />
This course deals with a) learning theories and their implications<br />
for the bilingual child in his/her total school environment, b) a<br />
review of instructional approaches and teaching strategies which<br />
could be effectively used to educate bilingual children, c) the<br />
nature of first and second language acquisition as well as the<br />
materials for the teaching of language to transitional bilingual<br />
children.<br />
Prerequisite: ELB102<br />
ELB200 Teaching Reading and Language Arts in the<br />
Bilingual Classroom<br />
3 credits; 6 hours<br />
This course surveys theories, practices, and materials in the teaching<br />
of language arts in bilingual programs. It includes examination<br />
of the interrelations of listening, speaking, reading and<br />
writing, as well as the influence of culture on language development.<br />
Coursework involves developing and presenting minilessons<br />
and designing a four-week language arts unit. In addition,<br />
students will evaluate materials and present written and oral<br />
reports. A three-hour weekly field experience is required.<br />
Prerequisite: ENC/ENG101, ELB103<br />
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