This course explores the concepts of Gifted Education, Talent Development and Creativity (GETDC), and examines their factors, measurement, and application to education. Topics include characteristics of creative individuals, barriers to creative productivity, strategies to increase creative and critical thinking, and teaching creativity in special populations of gifted learners.

Ethics is the art of promoting constructive dialog on controversial issues. One popular platform for such dialog is news editorials. This course is intended to acquaint students with the practical relevance of ethics on this platform and in everyday life, and to aid them in cultivating the critical thinking skills inherent in ethical reasoning. Emphasis will be placed on the usefulness of major ethical theories, principles, and techniques in furthering interpersonal dialogue on contemporary moral issues, such as: war & terrorism, punishment & the death penalty, world poverty & hunger, abortion & cloning, animal rights, and environmentalism.

Ethics is the art of promoting constructive dialog on controversial issues. One popular platform for such dialog is news editorials. This course is intended to acquaint students with the practical relevance of ethics on this platform and in everyday life, and to aid them in cultivating the critical thinking skills inherent in ethical reasoning. Emphasis will be placed on the usefulness of major ethical theories, principles, and techniques in furthering interpersonal dialogue on contemporary moral issues, such as: war & terrorism, punishment & the death penalty, world poverty & hunger, abortion & cloning, animal rights, and environmentalism.

The purpose of this course is to provide an in-depth view of the proven and theoretical concepts of sport psychology and to apply the concepts to "real-world" situations. Students will explore personality variables that impact athletic and exercise performance as well as methods for managing anxiety and stress. Team leadership and communication styles will be examined relative to performance and growth. Gender differences in coaching and athletic development will be explored. The importance of youth sport s will be examined as well as the benefits of exercise and athletic pursuits throughout the lifespan. This course will focus on the full spectrum of participation from the exercise enthusiast, to the "week-end warrior," to the elite athlete.

The purpose of this course is to provide an in-depth view of the proven and theoretical concepts of sport psychology and to apply the concepts to "real-world" situations. Students will explore personality variables that impact athletic and exercise performance as well as methods for managing anxiety and stress. Team leadership and communication styles will be examined relative to performance and growth. Gender differences in coaching and athletic development will be explored. The importance of youth sport s will be examined as well as the benefits of exercise and athletic pursuits throughout the lifespan. This course will focus on the full spectrum of participation from the exercise enthusiast, to the "week-end warrior," to the elite athlete.

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.

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ADED 301U develops advanced reading, writing, and research techniques, using a variety of disciplinary approaches. It will require students to read a range of primary and scholarly texts related to the content of the course, synthesizing them in assignments of varying medium, length, and purpose. It will also require them to locate, evaluate, and incorporate a wide range of research sources. Explicit writing instruction will be central to the course.

This course will help students develop their critical thinking, reading, and evaluation skills by analyzing how information is created, disseminated, and consumed in the 21st century. Students will explore a range of topics within an ever-expanding world of information resources, focusing on ways to critically evaluate the information that surrounds us each day.

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ADED 301U develops advanced reading, writing, and research techniques, using a variety of disciplinary approaches. It will require students to read a range of primary and scholarly texts related to the content of the course, synthesizing them in assignments of varying medium, length, and purpose. It will also require them to locate, evaluate, and incorporate a wide range of research sources. Explicit writing instruction will be central to the course.

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.

This course focuses on curriculum adjustments, methods and techniques, as well as classroom organization necessary for teaching gifted and talented students. Emphasis is on curriculum in gifted programs within the context of school reform and restructuring. Topics include development of learner outcomes, selection of resources, and classroom management.

This course provides information on the history of exceptional students in relation to education, current law, and accepted methods for referral, assessment, and identification. It covers major program models and methods of differentiating instruction to meet the rate and level of learning of those students identified. The course gives the learner an understanding of ways to meet the affective needs of the gifted and talented student in the regular classroom and lists resources for teachers and parents who would like more information about the talented and gifted.

In-depth examination of the influence of adverse childhood experience and adverse community environments on psycho-social growth and brain development in young people. Emphasizes developing responsive practices to support children in overcoming adversity and thriving. Includes solution-finding practices that can be used as crisis intervention, behavior support, co-creation of positive outcomes, and clarification of young people's hope for the future. Project will be incorporated into the course with emphasis placed on reflection and practice.

Review of basic knowledge and skills required for reading, interpreting, and evaluating, followed by the examination of step-by-step procedures for planning, implementing, and evaluating classroom research.

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

Class provides an introduction to a broad range of works by African Americans from the Harlem Renaissance to the present. Analyzes African American literature and its important place in American culture. Most of the works considered are traditional literary texts, but because of the important role of the vernacular tradition to the development of African American literature, the course will account for a variety of non-literary works with an emphasis on music, particularly when the hip hop era is addressed.

Introduces a rhetorical approach to the techniques and types of communication in professional contexts, including correspondence and reports. Designed to strengthen skills of effective business and professional communication in oral and written modes across multiple media. Prepares students to write professionally for audiences within and outside a corporation or nonprofit enterprise.

Class provides an introduction to a broad range of works by African Americans from the Harlem Renaissance to the present. Analyzes African American literature and its important place in American culture. Most of the works considered are traditional literary texts, but because of the important role of the vernacular tradition to the development of African American literature, the course will account for a variety of non-literary works with an emphasis on music, particularly when the hip hop era is addressed.

Despite being subject to British rule, the American colonies were home to Germans from its earliest days. Through the period of transition to an independent nation, German-Americans helped shape the culture of the colonies. As a nation, that impact did not diminish. We will examine to what level German influence shaped this nation and continues to effect it, as well as the assimilation of this group into the greater American picture. Approximately 1/7 of Americans can claim some German ancestry today, and the experiences of these people will have varied greatly, based on their level of "Germanness."

Course represents the summary experience for graduating seniors. The course includes a collection of case studies that allows the student to apply the knowledge obtained in previous HRM courses contained within the undergraduate curriculum.

Complete a minimum of 18 hours in the HRM curriculum to include HRM 343U before enrolling.

Junior-level course on concepts of shared and switched media local area networking including Ethernet (802.3), and Wireless (802.11). Topics include LAN definition, use, topologies, media, standards, network interface cards, protocols, repeaters, hubs, bridges, switches, and routers. Discussions include network design, the OSI Model, design rules, component selection, administration, management and TCP/IP. Students may present research projects on various networking topics.

College writing and mathematics and foundation course work or experience in IT.

Structure and meaning of courts and their jurisdiction, procedure, and appeal; history and introduction to judicial process.