Online Courses

The classes listed below are offered entirely online without scheduled remote class meetings. They are asynchronous classes, meaning you’ll be able to complete coursework without attended required class meetings.

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  • EDUC 543U Assessment and Evaluation in Education
    Course Offerings

    Summer Term: 5-week I (V1)

    Laura Kuti

    CRN: 30402 (section: 1)
    Semester hours: 3
    Fee: $2,250

    Online. No scheduled class sessions.

    Summer Term: 5-week I (V1)

    Laura Kuti

    CRN: 30402 (section: pd1)
    Semester hours: 3
    Fee: $800

    Online. No scheduled class sessions. Teachers seeking professional development only.

    Description

    Introduction to testing, measurement, and evaluation related to instruction, the construction and use of teacher-made tests, a survey of standardized tests, test interpretation, and basic statistical procedures.

    Prerequisites

    EDUC 542U

  • EDUC 563U Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted Student
    Course Offerings

    Summer Term: 5-week I (V1)

    Matthew Edinger

    CRN: 30406 (section: 1)
    Semester hours: 3
    Fee: $2,250

    Online. No scheduled class sessions.

    Summer Term: 5-week I (V1)

    Matthew Edinger

    CRN: 30406 (section: pd1)
    Semester hours: 3
    Fee: $800

    Online. No scheduled class sessions. Teachers seeking professional development only.

    Description

    This course examines the social, emotional, and psychological aspects of gifted children, adolescents, and adults. The course reviews current literature on affective growth and potential adjustment issues such as self-concept, self-acceptance and understanding, peer relations, and perfectionism. Family relations and potential sources of problems such as underachievement and career and college planning are also included. Classroom adjustments to facilitate development will also be reviewed.

  • EDUC 619U Strategies for Teaching Writing
    Course Offerings

    Summer Term: 5-week II (V2)

    Tammy Milby

    CRN: 30410 (section: 1)
    Semester hours: 3
    Fee: $2,250

    Online. One remote session scheduled 6/23 at 4:30pm for course orientation.

    Summer Term: 5-week II (V2)

    Tammy Milby

    CRN: 30410 (section: pd1)
    Semester hours: 3
    Fee: $800

    Online. One remote session scheduled 6/23 at 4:30pm for course orientation. Teachers seeking professional development only.

    Description

    Reflect on the best practices and research related to teaching writing effectively. The course includes an in-depth look at writing workshops and considers teaching strategies focusing on the steps of the writing process and different forms of writing (narrative, descriptive, expository, persuasive, and informational). Class sessions focus on discovering inspiring teaching strategies for classroom practice. Participants will also explore the connection between reading and writing instruction and learn how to include writing across the content areas.

  • ENGL 354U The Global Short Story
    Course Offerings

    Summer Term: 6-Week I (VI1)

    Erik Nielson

    CRN: 30427 (section: 1)
    Semester hours: 3
    Fee: $1,794

    Online. No scheduled class sessions. Prerequisite: ADED 301U.

    Description

    Covers the short story in a global context, examining the ways authors from a variety of eras and cultures have approached short fiction. From the dark romanticism of Hawthorne to the magical realism of Marquez - and many stops in between - the course features works with a broad range of themes, styles, and techniques, all to demonstrate the ways that short fiction has been a unique laboratory for literary experimentation and innovation. The course places an emphasis on class discussion.

    Prerequisites

    ADED 301U

  • ENGL 554U The Global Short Story
    Course Offerings

    Summer Term: 6-Week I (VI1)

    Erik Nielson

    CRN: 30428 (section: 1)
    Semester hours: 3
    Fee: $2,250

    Online. No scheduled class sessions.

    Description

    Covers the short story in a global context, examining the ways authors from a variety of eras and cultures have approached short fiction. From the dark romanticism of Hawthorne to the magical realism of Marquez - and many stops in between - the course features works with a broad range of themes, styles, and techniques, all to demonstrate the ways that short fiction has been a unique laboratory for literary experimentation and innovation. The course places an emphasis on class discussion.

  • PHIL 398U Selected Topics: Ethics through Editorials
    Course Offerings

    Summer Term: 6-Week II (VI2)
    Online

    Daniel Zelinski

    CRN: 30497 (section: 1)
    Semester hours: 3
    Fee: $1,794

    Online. No scheduled class sessions.

    Description

    Ethics is the art of promoting constructive dialogue on controversial issues. News Editorials, or Opinion Columns, offer a popular forum for this sort of dialogue. This course will utilize this forum to acquaint students with the practical relevance of ethics in everyday life and to assist them in cultivating the critical and creative reasoning skills inherent in ethics. Emphasis will be placed on the usefulness of major ethical theories, principles, and techniques in furthering interpersonal dialogue on controversial moral topics, such as abortion, immigration, poverty, animal welfare, war, terrorism, and the environment.

  • PHIL 598U Selected Topics: Ethics through Editorials
    Course Offerings

    Summer Term: 6-Week II (VI2)
    Online

    Daniel Zelinski

    CRN: 30498 (section: 1)
    Semester hours: 3
    Fee: $2,250

    Online. No scheduled class sessions.

    Description

    Ethics is the art of promoting constructive dialogue on controversial issues. News Editorials, or Opinion Columns, offer a popular forum for this sort of dialogue. This course will utilize this forum to acquaint students with the practical relevance of ethics in everyday life and to assist them in cultivating the critical and creative reasoning skills inherent in ethics. Emphasis will be placed on the usefulness of major ethical theories, principles, and techniques in furthering interpersonal dialogue on controversial moral topics, such as abortion, immigration, poverty, animal welfare, war, terrorism, and the environment.