2003-2005 Catalog - University of Arkansas at Monticello

MLED Courses(Middle Level Education)MLED 2103 Programs and Practices for MiddleSchools3 credits: 3 hours lectureDesigned to introduce the history of middle school/junior high, the middle level concept, and currentpractices and trends of middle level schools to preserviceteachers. Offered in fall.MLED 2113 Physical Development of EarlyAdolescents3 credits: 3 hours lectureDesigned to provide the pre-service teacher withknowledge of the physical characteristics of the 11-14year-old by developing appropriate physical activitieswith a focus on health and wellness.MLED 3493 Middle Level Content-Based Methods3 credits: 3 hours lecturePrerequisite: Admission to the Teacher EducationProgramDesigned to train pre-service teachers in methods forteaching Language Arts, Social Studies, Science orMathematics in the middle level classroom.MLED 4513 Teaching and Learning in the MiddleGrades3 credits: 3 hours lecturePrerequisite: Admission to the Teacher EducationProgramDesigned to study advanced methods of instruction,review current research and case studies, and observeand practice components of the middle level concept.Offered in fall.MODL Courses(Modern Languages)MODL 3403 Conversational Language I - Study Abroad3 credits: 3 hours lectureThis course allows the student to utilize the targetlanguage in a native setting and through totalimmersion. The student is exposed to the languagewhile in class, with the host family, and during dailyactivities. This intensive oral practice is designed toimprove listening comprehension, oral proficiency, andvocabulary in a natural language environment.MODL 3413 Conversational Language II - Study Abroad3 credits: 3 hours lectureFor the student who has been abroad before, this courseis a continuation of conversational skills, again, all donein the target language. The student works to furtherdevelop listening comprehension, oral proficiency, andmore native vocabulary, like idiomatic and colloquialexpression. The student again advances his/herlanguage skills in a native environment and throughtotal immersion.MODL 3423 Syntax of the Language - Study Abroad3 credits: 3 hours lectureThis course allows the student the opportunity to studythe target language’s grammar and usage in a nativesetting through total immersion techniques. Each studentis placed into the appropriate classroom with regard tohis/her language ability, allowing further development ofgrammar and syntax skills in the target language. Thegrammar studies in class will complement theconversation skills obtained through the experience whileabroad.MODL 443V Seminar in Foreign Language Studies -Study AbroadVariable creditThis variable credit class allows students traveling abroadto earn credit for their experiences in a non-Englishspeakingcountry. Typically, the work done for this classwill involve either cultural studies or literary studies orpolitical studies or a combination of these. The studentwill do all work in the target language and produce andpresent a document on the topic being studied.MODL 4903 Seminar in Teaching Foreign Language3 credits: 3 hours lectureEvaluation and critique of micro classroom teaching,history of academic discipline, philosophy development,test design and evaluation, and materials for on-siteteaching.MUS Courses(Music)MUS 1012 Introduction to Theory2 credits: 2 hours lectureCorequisite: MUS 1072Study in the basic elements of music theory: pitch,notation, rhythm and counting, scales, tonality, key, modes,intervals, transposition, chords, chord inversions, Romannumeral analysis, popular music symbols, cadences,nonharmonic tones, melodic organization.MUS 1023 Theory I3 credits: 3 hours lecturePrerequisites: MUS 1012 with a “C” or above and MUS1072 with a “C” or aboveCorequisite: MUS 1061Study in the theory of Species Counterpoint, four-partchoral writing, analysis of harmonic progressions, dominantsevenths, leading tone seventh, non-dominant seventh,modulation, secondary dominants and leading tones.MUS 1033 Theory II3 credits: 3 hours lecturePrerequisite: MUS 1023 with a “C” or aboveCorequisite: MUS 1091Study in the theory of chromatic harmony includingborrowed chords, Neapolitan sixth chords, augmentedsixth chords, ninth/eleventh/thirteenth chords, altereddominants and chromatic mediants. Composition infourvoice choral style. Instrumental and vocalarranging via computer-based notation systems.194Course Descriptions