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

and procedures of evaluation in elementaryclassroom settings. Both formal and informalmethods of evaluation will be emphasized, includingdesigning and constructing criterion-referencedtests, analyzing and interpreting results of normreferencedtests, as well as developing portfolios,rubrics, checklists, and other performanceassessments. National standards and the evaluationof personnel, programs, and curricula will beincluded in this course.ELE 511 Workshop in Elementary Schools –Three semester hours. This course is designed toallow graduate candidates the opportunity to studyor work on topics or projects of collective concern.Topics vary.ELE 519 Elementary School Curriculum – Threesemester hours. The course is designed to helpstudents develop or extend their knowledge baseregarding curricular and instructional concepts,designs, problems, and variables. Students willstudy the historical, psychological, philosophicaland social foundations of the elementary schoolcurriculum. The course will focus on characteristicsof children/learners, curriculum designs, strategiesfor learning, and content areas in the elementaryschool.ELE 595 Internship in Elementary Education –Six semester hours. This course is an intensive 14-week, full-time supervised internship in a publicschool. Weekly on-campus seminars are a requiredpart of the course.ELE 614 Teaching Strategies for the AffectiveDimension of Reading – Three semester hours.The content of the course is centered aroundteaching strategies that motivate children to seekself-actualization through pleasure and knowledgeacquired from reading. Techniques of bibliographyand children’s literature related to the affectivedomain are included.ELE 698 Thesis I – Three semester hours.Candidates will complete the proposed thesis.ELE 699 Thesis II – Three semester hours.Candidates will complete the thesis.ENGLISHENG 500 Writing for Graduate Students - Threesemester hours. This course meets during the regularsessions and during the summer session to helpstudents gain competency in writing. The coursecannot be used as credit toward a graduate degree.ENG 501 History of the English Language -Three semester hours. Growth of the EnglishLanguage from the Old English period to our time.Special attention is given to Old English and MiddleEnglish and those aspects most responsible for thepresent state of the English language.ENG 502 Linguistics and Literature - Threesemester hours. The close relationship betweenlinguistics and literature. Further, it shows how andunderstanding of one enhances the study of theother.ENG 503 Biography - Three semester hours. Astudy of either the history of biography or specifictrends, such as mythical patterns. Emphasis isplaced on critical analyses of examples.ENG 504 Criticism - Three semester hours. Astudy of literary criticism which may vary from asurvey of the history of literary criticism to criticismof a particular genre or period. Practical applicationof theory is stressed.ENG 505 The Novel - Three semester hours. Astudy of selected novels designed to stress historicaldevelopment of the genre, elements of the novel, ortrends of a particular period.ENG 506 The Essay - Three semester hours. Astudy of selected essays. The emphasis may varyfrom a historical study to a study of the categories,argumentation, description, exposition, andnarration.ENG 507 Drama - Three semester hours. A surveyof the historical development of drama orconcentration on the drama of a particular period.Includes critical analyses and reading plays asliterature and/or theatre.ENG 508 Shakespeare - Three semester hours. Astudy of at least eight plays with occasionalattention to the poems.ENG 509 Chaucer - Three semester hours. A studyof The Canterbury Tales and other major works.ENG 510 Milton - Three semester hours. A studyof Paradise Lost and other major works.ENG 511 Tennyson - Three semester hours. Astudy of In Memoriam and other major works.124