2007-2008 Undergraduate Academic Catalog - Plymouth State ...

ating teacher and members of the Universityfaculty. Required seminars complement theexperience. Falls and Springs. Prerequisite(s):minimum 2.50 cumulative GPA for MusicEducation; minimum 2.70 cumulative GPA;completion of all other program requirementsfor certification by the beginning ofthe student teaching semester; permissionof the Coordinator of Teacher Certificationand Clinical Experiences. Corequisite(s): ED4460.ED 4500 Childhood Studies TeachingSeminar1 creditTaken concurrently with Student Teaching andintended to act as a capstone experience in theTeacher Certification program. Students participatein both on campus seminars and webbaseddiscussions, such as governance, schoollaw and working with parents. Preparation andpresentation of a professional (electronic) portfoliois the culminating experience. Portfolioswill be on display at an informal reception forUniversity faculty and public school teachersand administrators at the end of the semester.Falls and Springs, beginning Fall 2008.Prerequisite(s): minimum 2.70 cumulativeGPA; completion of Cluster II; completion ofall other program requirements for certificationby the beginning of the student teachingsemester; permission of the Coordinator ofTeacher Certification and Clinical Experiences.Corequisite(s): ED 4400.ED 4670 Interpersonal and GroupDynamics3 creditsIntensive experiential study of the dynamics ofsmall groups through the use of the class itselfas a laboratory study group. Students examinetheir own behavior and its effects on others.Develops conceptual ability and behavioralskills. Review of readings in group dynamicsand interpersonal relations. Winterim.ED 4800 Practicum in IntegratedArts3 creditsA supervised practicum experience in one ofseveral cooperating schools and organizationscommitted to offering the highest quality artsexperiences for children. Students have theopportunity to apply their knowledge of artsintegration to a pre-approved arts project involvingchildren in grades K–8. Commitmentincludes bi-monthly conferencing with theinstructor, as well as a total of 120 hours spentworking directly on the project. Supervisionis done by the pre-approved schools or organizationsinvolved and the University faculty.With permission. Prerequisite(s): CD 2540 orED 2540.ED 4910 Independent Study 1–4 creditsEnrichment of the background of studentsin education through the pursuit of a specialtopic pertinent to their interests and abilities.Chance for an in-depth study of a problem inthe field of education. Consent required ofinstructor who will supervise the independentstudy and the Department Chair. Withpermission.EN – EnglishEN 1200 Composition 3 creditsReading, discussion and writing of expositoryprose. Designed to develop proficiency inwritten expression. Devoted to the writing andrevision of themes of exposition and libraryresearch. Falls and Springs.ENDI 1300 Murder, Mayhem, andMadness: Reflections of the Selfand Society in Literature 3 creditsIntroduces students to fiction, poetry anddrama that offer opportunities to examinethe relationship of self to society. What doesit mean to be sane or insane, normal or abnormal?What behaviors affect others in destructiveways and how does society deal with thosewho seem to be different from the norm?Springs. (LITY)(SSDI)ENDI 1330 Arthurian LegendsRepresentationsof Leadership, Romance, NationalIdentity, and Spiritual Quest3 creditsA study of the numerous stories generatedabout King Arthur, Queen Guinevere andtheir legendary court, examining why retellingsof these works are still relevant today.Examines how and why various versions ofthese stories originated in different culturesat different times. Earlier cultural contextsof Europe and the Middle East, in terms ofreligion, national identity and construction ofgender are addressed as are modern contextsthat provide multiple interpretations of thesematerials. Falls. (LITY)(PPDI)ENDI 1350 Twice-Told Tales 3 creditsClose reading and analysis of the way storiesor themes are repeated and changed as societiesevolve. Students explore chronologies ofselected themes - such as views of death, loveand hate, and rebellion - examining early andmodern versions and placing them in a varietyof cultural, historical and technological contexts.Course content may vary depending oninstructor. Falls and Springs. (LITY)(PPDI)ENDI 1401 Writing and the CreativeProcess3 creditsWhat does it mean to be creative? Where doesinspiration come from? How do writers andartists think? Students seek out sources ofinspiration, write creatively and often, sharetheir work and develop habits and practiceswhich can make imaginative writing and othercreative enterprises a lasting and meaningfulpart of their lives. Falls and Springs. (CTDI)ENDI 1450 The Outsider 3 creditsHumans are both social and individual. Forcenturies, literature has highlighted, debatedand critiqued the relationship between theindividual and society, the impact the individualhas on society and that which societyhas on the development of individual identity,behavior and the formation of beliefs. Culturesdiffer in the relative value they give to the individualand to the group; literature allows usto look at that value in terms of our roles asindividuals and as (non)conformers to socialexpectations. Through examples taken fromwriting and film, analyzes the self and societythrough a selection of topics which includegender, sexuality, race, class, wealth, behaviorand socialization. Falls. (LITY)(SSDI)ENDI 1500 The Contemporary AmericanMale: His Issues, His Desires3 creditsExamines what it means to be “an Americanmale” and how masculinity has been and isconstructed by our culture. Analyzes, throughexamples taken from a range of written andvisual texts, the contemporary American maleas he seeks to understand and to place himselfwithin a dynamically evolving society, one, itseems, that is inducing, at increasing rates,suicide, homicide, substance abuse, sportsinjuries, work-related stress, heart attacks andfailure at relationships. Explores diverse expressionsof masculinity across the lifespan of theindividual and in terms of race, class, wealthand sexual orientation. Springs. (SSDI)ENDI 1510 Living with theHumanities 3 creditsHow does the individual achieve happiness,and what kinds of experiences through thehumanities do previous and present societiesprovide the individual to validate his/her life?Explores such issues as happiness, morality,freedom and spirituality through the variousperspectives of myth, history, philosophy,visual art, literature, theater, music and dance,architecture, sculpture and film. Examinesthe ways artists of many types both expresstheir own individual perspectives, while atthe same time working in the contexts of thesocieties in which they live. This interdisciplinaryapproach enables students to explorethe inter-relatedness of the humanities, andalso the various ways issues addressed by thehumanities can be discussed and resolved onboth an individual and a social basis. Falls.(LITY)(SSDI)CoursesPlymouth State University Academic Catalog 2007–2008 259