2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

570 Course Descriptions/Teacher EducationTeacher Educationtlac.tamu.edu(TEED)602. Contemporary Perspectives on Education. (2-3). Credit 3. Current issues in American public educationconcerning sociological, curricular, political and legal perspectives. Prerequisite: Admission toPost-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification Program.649. Instructional Strategies in Academic Specialties in Middle and Senior High School: Principlesand Applications. (2-3). Credit 3. Relation of information processing models to theory and practiceof planning, delivering and evaluating instruction in public school settings. Subject matter and genericcompetencies required for teacher certification in Texas.682. Seminar. (3-0). Credit 3. Reports of research, discussions and analysis of problems and issues in teaching/learningwith first year of teaching in public schools. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites:TEED 602 and TEED 649.684. Professional Internship. Credit 3 to 9. Supervised experiences in performing professional functionsin classroom settings. Prerequisite: Approval of program coordinator.Texas A&M University, Baylor College of Medicine, andUniversity of Texas SystemStudy Abroad(TAMU)699. Courses at Baylor College of Medicine, Institutions within The University of Texas System andStudy Abroad. Credit 1 or more each semester or summer term. Designed to serve registrationneeds of graduate students who will engage in graduate work through interinstitutional cooperativeagreements with Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas System or other institutions withwhich Memoranda of Agreements have been executed. Specific arrangements for registration in thiscourse must be made through the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies at Texas A&M Universitywell in advance of the time that the student expects to enroll in the course. Prerequisites: Written permissionof the chair of the student’s Advisory Committee, the head of the student’s major department,the dean of graduate studies at Texas A&M University and the dean of the Graduate School of BaylorCollege of Medicine or the proper authority of the institution within The University of Texas System orStudy Abroad institutioInterdisciplinary Program in Toxicologytoxicology.tamu.eduChair: W. W. PorterToxicology research and training at Texas A&M has been recognized as a distinct discipline since1970 when the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved an MS and PhD program intoxicology. The academic component of the program is administered by the Intercollegiate Faculty ofToxicology, which is composed of faculty and graduate students from 16 departments, four collegesand two associated laboratories, namely, the Texas Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and the U.S.D.A.Food Animal Protection Research Laboratory as well as several units from the Texas A&M Health ScienceCenter. Admission to the toxicology program requires approval by both the Faculty of Toxicologyand a participating academic department. Graduate Research Assistantships and scholarships are availablefrom the Faculty of Toxicology and from individual departments on a competitive basis.Admission into the toxicology program requires the successful completion of courses in advancedbiology and/or chemistry or their equivalents. The completion of a thesis/dissertation is required forMS or PhD degrees in toxicology. It is strongly recommended that all students in the PhD programcomplete the following core courses or their equivalents: BICH 603. General Biochemistry I. Credit3; STAT 651. Statistics in Research I. Credit 3; VIBS 619. Food Toxicology II. Credit 3; VIBS 670.Basic Environmental Toxicology. Credit 3; VMID 686. Scientific Ethics. Credit 1; VTPP 673. Metabolicand Detoxication Mechanisms. Credit 3; VTPP 676. Genetic and Molecular Toxicology. Credit 3;VTPP 681. Toxicology Seminar. Credit 1 (each Fall and Spring Semester); VTPP 685. Directed Studies.Credit 1 to 4; Toxicology electives—selected from advanced courses—variable credit.