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In this course, students will identify and research the life of an ancestor who lived between the years of 1800 and 1929. Standard genealogy research practices will be taught and followed. Students will then connect this information with the economic events of the time and present their findings.

ENGL 202U with a grade of 'C' or better.

A survey course that introduces students to the general economic principles that guide the nation's economy and influences HRM. Topics will include such things as inflation, exchange rates, consumer price index, and supply and demand. Focus will placed on how economic variables influence such things as supply of labor, compensation, recruitment, and retention.

Introduction to the American educational system. Explores the philosophical, sociological, historical, and political roots of schools today. Attention also given to the legal status of teachers and students, including federal and state laws and regulations, school as an organization/culture, and contemporary issues in education. Explores professionalism, ethics, performance standards, and integrity for teachers.

Introduces students to the wide range of diversity that exists in schools today. Explores diverse learning styles and students' needs, and connections to cultures, communities, and family values as well as student support through trauma informed care. Provides theoretical underpinnings and contemporary perspective on critical issues, professional practices, and state and federal laws influencing the teaching of students with diverse learning needs, including specific learning disabilities (SLD) such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and auditory processing disorders.

Effective classroom and behavior management skills to build individual responsibility and self-discipline, promote self-regulation, and maintain a positive learning environment. Research-based classroom and behavior management techniques, classroom community building, positive behavior supports, and individual interventions.

Prepares students enrolled in the teacher preparation program for the required 15-week teaching internship. Guides students through the creation of the final portfolio. Helps students navigate the process of applying for an internship placement and completing background check applications necessary to practice in a K-12 classroom. Employs expert guest speakers to provide a review of critical aspects of K-12 general education. Allows students to practice and reflect upon their own delivery of instruction in mock-classroom situations.

Introduction to the American educational system. Explores the philosophical, sociological, historical, and political roots of schools today. Attention also given to the legal status of teachers and students, including federal and state laws and regulations, school as an organization/culture, and contemporary issues in education. Explores professionalism, ethics, performance standards, and integrity for teachers.

Introduces students to the wide range of diversity that exists in schools today. Explores diverse learning styles and students' needs, and connections to cultures, communities, and family values as well as student support through trauma informed care. Provides theoretical underpinnings and contemporary perspective on critical issues, professional practices, and state and federal laws influencing the teaching of students with diverse learning needs, including specific learning disabilities (SLD) such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and auditory processing disorders. Note: Field experience required.

Effective classroom and behavior management skills to build individual responsibility and self-discipline, promote self-regulation, and maintain a positive learning environment. Research-based classroom and behavior management techniques, classroom community building, positive behavior supports, and individual interventions. Note: Field experience required.

EDUC 507U or EDUC 542U

This is an introductory course that provides an overview of the nature and educational implications of serving students with disabilities and emphasizes the legal aspects of special education at national, state, and local levels. Relevant legislation associated with the identification, education and evaluation of students with disabilities will be included in this foundations course.

Study for all educators at all levels of an overview of recent research on mindfulness practices and provide guidance on how to integrate these practices into the classroom. Participants in this course will learn what mindfulness is, why it can be a useful practice, and how to creatively apply research-based mindfulness techniques to meet the diverse needs of student learners. Attention will also be given to ways educators can use mindfulness to enhance their own professional and personal experience as teachers.

Prepares students enrolled in the teacher preparation program for the required 15-week teaching internship. Guides students through the creation of the final portfolio. Helps students navigate the process of applying for an internship placement and completing background check applications necessary to practice in a K-12 classroom. Employs expert guest speakers to provide a review of critical aspects of K-12 general education. Allows students to practice and reflect upon their own delivery of instruction in mock-classroom situations.

This weekly seminar for student teachers provides a forum for discussion and examination of critical issues related to students' teaching responsibilities and competence. Also provides guidance in the preparation of the Teacher Work Sample.

Completion of all professional studies coursework.

Advanced study of the basic principles of cognitive psychology and its position in education, to include cognitive processes, knowledge acquisition and transfer, beliefs and motivation, and the application of these ideas to classroom instruction.

Examination and reflection on the critical issues in policy, ethics, and law that teachers need in order to make informed decisions regarding a variety of issues facing schools today.

Design and implement an educational research project focusing on improving student learning, school culture, educational leadership, or other topics relevant in educational settings as well as recommendations for improvement based on research findings. Students will provide formal dissemination of research results.

EDUC 680U

This course focuses on academic writing, critical reading, and research. Throughout the semester, it will require students to write on a range of topics for a variety of purposes and audiences, emphasizing writing as a process. It will also introduce a broad array of texts that are intended to improve students' critical reading skills. Finally, it will include training in research and proper methods of documentation.

Satisfactory ACCUPLACER score or completion of ENGL 101U with a grade of 'C' or better.

This course focuses on academic writing, critical reading, and research, building on the skills developed in ENGL 201U. Throughout the semester, it will require students to write essays of varying length and purpose, culminating in a research-driven persuasive essay. It will also introduce a broad array of cultural texts that are intended to improve students' critical reading and analytical skills. Finally, it will include additional training in research and documentation.

Completion of ENGL 201U with a grade of 'C' or better.

Examines the great international expositions, also known as world's fairs, that began in the 19th century with the Great Exposition of 1851 in London. Following the 1851 introduction to World's Fairs, the course will look briefly at the history of fairs starting back in Antiquity, and then focus on those held in the United States, with emphasis on the Centennial Exposition in 1876 in Philadelphia and the Columbian World's Fair in 1893 in Chicago. Thereafter, a sampling of the more important national fairs held in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries will be examined. All our national fairs will be considered as to how they reflected and influenced our American culture.

This course in human resources uses an HR development point of view in which employees are considered assets to be developed rather than costs to be minimized. Topics include recruiting, hiring, training, retaining, rewarding, and promoting employees; employment planning, performance management systems, and succession planning; and managing outsourced relationships. Special attention is given to quality of working life issues; the balance between work and non-work; traditional and nontraditional incentives; and generational, cultural, and ethnic differences in employees' needs and values.

This course includes an overview of business strategy and emphasizes the role of human resource management and development for effective strategy implementation. Models of organizational diagnosis and change, transformational leadership, reengineering, divesting, merging, acquiring, and downsizing are examined from a strategic and operational human resource perspective. Students will learn project management skills and integrate their course work by undertaking a major company-based project.

Introduction to the theoretical and practical ideas about diversity in organizations. Explores strategies to address diversity as a manager and employee. Examines diversity issues in organizations related to human resources (recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management and safety and health), marketing, and customer relations. Explores strategies to address diversity issues in various organizations and study legislation and trends in diversity management.

This course examines the historical relationship between management and labor unions as well as current and future issues facing the labor movement in the U.S. Specific emphasis will be placed on collective bargaining, grievance process, arbitration and negotiation. Differences and similarities between public and private sector labor relations will also be examined as well as comparisons of labor relations in other countries.

HRM 531U.

Examination of ethical choices, omissions, dilemmas and crises faced by individuals and organizations in the nonprofit, government, corporate, media, technology, environmental, and sports sectors. Use of ethics theories and the law as a framework to analyze case studies. This course will foster skills in ethical reasoning by encouraging students to analyze critically the consequences of individual and collective actions.

ENGL 201U

Provides a foundational understanding of the uses and value of data analytics. Data analysis and statistical methods that enable an organization to realize value and competitive advantage from the data available to it are introduced, demonstrated and practiced. Fundamental probability concepts that underpin informed use of the results of the presented data and statistical analysis methods are integrated into course materials and activities. Course activities emphasize practical aspects of data and analysis. Required mathematics competencies are presented and discussed in the context of the course.

Provides analysts and managers with the competencies necessary to conduct and manage offensive IT security, through actual use of techniques and tactics used to simulate hacker and threat agent activity. Use of these methodologies to ethically test the efficacy of enterprise security systems and controls is discussed. Penetration testing, adversarial threat simulation, social engineering and IT security assessment topics are explored in detail. Includes practical exercises culled from real world security assessments.

ISYS 302U

Description TBA.

This course introduces students to statistical ideas and concepts with an emphasis on the methods and tools used most frequently in a business environment. In this course, we will take a practical approach to collecting, organizing, summarizing, displaying and analyzing data.

Exploration of digital security from a holistic, enterprise view. Threat and vulnerability assessment and analysis, planning and administration are discussed in detail. Techniques and strategies for risk mitigation are discussed in organizational terms. Processes for completion of comprehensive enterprise security plans using risk management techniques and methodologies are investigated.

ENGL 201U or equivalent

Rooted in the blood feud, tort law remains one of the most active areas in the law. Provides an overview of tort law, the tort case, and the three broad areas of intentional torts, negligence, and strict liability (with a focus on the elements of negligence). Also explores products liability, defamation, misrepresentation, malpractice and nuisance.

Fundamentals of statistical methods supporting data analysis for decision-making in social sciences, life sciences, and business. Descriptive statistics measuring central tendency and dispersion, basic probability, random variables, sampling distributions and statistical inference, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, regression and correlation.

MATH 103U or higher recommended.

Explores challenges that organizations face in times of crisis. Focuses on how pandemics, natural disasters, acts of terrorism, workplace violence, and political and social unrest have significant impacts on the wellbeing of employees and their organizations. Through research and case study, identify best practices and lessons learned to understand how management can effectively help organizations navigate through similar challenges and identify opportunities to effect positive organizational change.