Graduate Catalog: 2012-2013 - Alabama A&M University

BED 527 Improvement of Instruction inInformation Processing - Three semester hours. Acourse designed for experienced and prospectiveteachers of information processing. The courseencompasses materials and methods basic toproficiency in information processing, availabilityof instructional materials, measurement of skills,standards, and achievement.BED 528 Improvement of Instruction in OfficeProcedures - Three semester hours. Materials,methods, and organization or instructional materialsused in the teaching of office procedures for today'soffice.BED 529 Improvement of Instruction inAccounting - Three semester hours. A criticalanalysis of the instructional materials and methods,standards, research, and evaluative instruments inaccounting. Emphasis is placed on computerizedaccounting.BED 595 Internship – Six semester hours. Thiscourse entails one semester of full-time teachingunder the immediate direction of supervisingteachers in off-campus public (or approved private)schools. Upon return to campus students share theirexperiences, discuss problems, and develop newtechniques in a professional seminar.BED 601 Curriculum Construction in BusinessEducation - Three semester hours. Advancedconcepts and criteria to be considered in curriculumconstruction, the method of conducting a curriculumstudy, and the ongoing process of evaluating thecurriculum in business education.BED 603 Coordination of Business Education -Three semester hours. Designed to provide a studyof problems, materials, methods, history, andcurrent theory and philosophy related to thecoordination of business education programs.BED 604 Advance Applications in InformationProcessing - Three semester hours. This course isdesigned to develop advanced techniques ininformation technology pertaining to creating anddesigning distance learning courses and interactiveweb activities.BED 606 Research Topics and Methods inBusiness/ Marketing Education – Three semesterhours. This course deals with review, analysis, andapplication of research procedures and data analysisin business education. In addition, this courseorients students to basic research procedures forresearch projects. Students will analyze researchproblems, synthesize research studies, and develop aproposal for a research study in their field ofexpertise in business education.CHEMISTRYCHE 508 Chemistry in the Secondary School -Three semester hours. Current methodology,research problems, and findings in chemistry asapplicable to the secondary school. The student willbecome familiar with supplementary materials suchas American Chemical Society publications (e.g.Chem. Comm., SPICE) as well as use of the Journalof Chemical Education for obtaining usefulinstructional materials.CHE 509 Laboratory Methods for ChemistryTeachers - Three semester hours. Emphasis isplaced on safety in the laboratory and the design andimplementation of chemical experiments for thesecondary school laboratory with limited facilities,as well as for the traditional high school chemistrylaboratory.CHE 510 Current Development in Chemistry -Three semester hours. New developments selectedfrom significant advances in chemistry arepresented. Course content will vary from year toyear with growth and development of the science.CHE 511 History of Chemical Theory - Threesemester hours. History of chemistry from itsancient beginnings up to contemporaryexperimenters and philosophies. Evidence forselected theories is critically presented. Topics suchas the periods of chemistry, the discovery of theelements, the role of chance in discoveries andhistorical aspects of fundamental laws are treated.CHE 512 Energy From Chemistry - Threesemester hours. Energy production from fossil fuelas well as nuclear energy and fuel cell technology.Other topics will include alternate energy sources,such as oil shale, battery research for electricvehicles, and other energy-producing facets ofchemistry.CHE 514 Analytical Chemistry For Teachers -Three semester hours. This course is designed forsecondary school teachers who have not had aformal course in analytical chemistry. Emphasis willbe placed on the basic fundamentals of analyticalchemistry to include wet and dry methods as well asmodern instrumental techniques.112