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Course Descriptions

 

Special Education
  

  • SPE 403 - Educational Evaluation of Exceptional Children

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SPE 400 , SPE 402 , SPE 430  and SPE 498 . Corequisite(s): SPE 301, SPE 401 , SPE 331, SHS 431 . Current and research-validated issues relating to the assessment process, technical aspects of assessments, test interpretation and relevance to instructional programming.
  

  • SPE 404 - Language and Literacy: Students with Disabilities

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Gold Card.  This course focuses on the relationship between language and the acquisition of literacy skills for students with disabilities.
  

  • SPE 405 - Early Intervention for Children with Special Needs

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore or higher standing. Overview of individualized programming for families and children (0-3) with special needs in their natural settings. Explores characteristics, assessments, and Early Intervention practices.
  

  • SPE 410 - Literacy for Students with Disabilities

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SPE 304 .  This course focuses on evidence-based teaching strategies and designing literacy lessons based on progress monitoring data.
  

  • SPE 411 - Mathematics for Students with Disabilities

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SPE 380 .  Implementation of evidence-based practices for teaching mathematics to students with disabilities within a data-driven framework.
  

  • SPE 420 - Introduction to Severe/Low-Incidence Disabilities

    3 hrs.
    This course is designed to teach underlying philosophical and foundational bases for services for individuals with severe/low-incidence disabilities in a variety of settings and across the life span. Characteristics of the population as well as professional roles and responsibilities are discussed.
  

  • SPE 421 - Program Development: Severe Disabilities

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SPE 420 . This course focuses on quality program development and planning for individuals with severe disabilities across all ages and life domains.
  

  • SPE 422 - Skill Development Strategies: Severe Disabilities

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SPE 420 , SPE 421 . This course is designed to teach strategies for skill development of individuals with severe disabilities across all life domains.
  

  • SPE 430 - Introduction to Mild/Moderate Disabilities

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore or higher standing. In-depth exploration of the social, emotional, physical, and learning characteristics of students with high-incidence disabilities.
  

  • SPE 431 - Teaching Academics to Students with Disabilities

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SPE 304 .   Development of skills and knowledge needed by beginning special education teachers to teach general curriculum content to students with high-incidence disabilities.
  

  • SPE 431L - Practicum: Teaching Academics

    1 hr.
    Prerequisite(s): Gold card, SPE 400 , SPE 402 , SPE 404 , SPE 430 . Corequisite(s): SPE 410 , SPE 431 . In-depth clinical experience to develop skills and knowledge for teaching general curriculum content to students with high-incidence disabilities.
  

  • SPE 440 - Introduction to Intellectual Disabilities

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore or higher standing. A study of social, emotional, physical, and intellectual characteristics of individuals with intellectual disabilities.
  

  • SPE 442 - Transition/Life Skills: Individuals with Disabilities

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SPE 380 . Strategies for positive transitions to adulthood focusing on communication, self-determination, employment, daily living, and post-secondary education.
  

  • SPE 451 - Classroom and School Management Systems/Strategies

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SPE 304 .  Major theories of classroom management techniques for structuring classroom and school environments to promote beneficial learning and social behaviors.
  

  • SPE 460 - Characteristics and Education of Gifted Students

    3 hrs.
    Study of gifted populations to include cognitive and affective characteristics, educational options and assessment procedures.
  

  • SPE 461 - Instruction of High-Ability and Gifted Students

    3 hrs.
    Instructional strategies for maximizing the potential of high-ability and gifted students in traditional classroom settings.
  

  • SPE 470 - Legal Aspects of Special Education

    3 hrs.
    This course focuses on the legal and advocacy knowledge needed by special education teachers in today’s public and private schools.
  

  • SPE 480 - Student Teaching: Mild/Moderate Disabilities/Lower Grades

    6 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Gold Card, completion of all required courses. Corequisite(s): SPE 482 . Student teaching in special education with students with mild/moderate disabilities in grades K-6. Capstone, Writing-intensive
  

  • SPE 482 - Student Teaching Mild/Moderate Disabilities: Upper Grades

    6 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Gold Card, completion of all required courses. Corequisite(s): SPE 480 . Student teaching in special education with students with mild/moderate disabilities in grades 7-12. Capstone, Writing-intensive
  

  • SPE 492 - Special Problems in Special Education

    1-3 hrs.
    A consideration of special interest areas related to individuals with exceptionalities (students undertaking view of developmental delays/disabilities in infancy/early childhood including etiology, law/policy, ethics and early intervention). Senior Honors Project Students undertaking a Senior Honor project will enroll in SPE 492H.
  

  • SPE 497 - Professional Collaboration in Disability Services

    3 hrs.

    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore or higher standing. Study of the interdependent collaboration of relevant disciplines in training, service, and research for persons with disabilities.

     

     

  

  • SPE 498 - Families of Individuals with Disabilities

    3 hrs.
    Interdisciplinary study of families of individuals with disabilities including theories and procedures for collaboration which leads to positive outcomes and mutual empowerment.

Speech and Hearing Sciences
  

  • SHS 201 - Introduction to Phonetics

    3 hrs.
    Students are introduced to various bases of speech and orthographic symbol systems.
  

  • SHS 202 - Fundamentals of Speech and Hearing Sciences

    3 hrs.
    The basic principles concerning sound production and reception are presented. The relationship of these principles to the practice of speech pathology and audiology is established.
  

  • SHS 202L - Fundamentals of Speech and Hearing Sciences Laboratory

    1 hr.
    The basic principles concerning sound production and reception are supplemented in laboratory exercises.
  

  • SHS 211 - Introduction to Communication Disorders

    3 hrs.
    Students will learn basic foundational material regarding each aspect of Speech and Hearing Sciences.
  

  • SHS 221 - Introduction to Audiology

    3 hrs.
    This course samples the entire field of audiology.
  

  • SHS 301 - Language and Speech Development

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Minimum overall 2.75 GPA. Reviews in-depth the latest developments in the contemporary language acquisition literature. Issues of acquisition will be addressed across the core of language.
  

  • SHS 302 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Hearing Mechanism

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Minimum overall 2.75 GPA. Form and function of the outer, middle, and inner ear and central auditory pathways.
  

  • SHS 303 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Minimum overall 2.75 GPA. Form and function of the respiratory system, the larynx, and the articulators.
  

  • SHS 306 - Basic Neuroanatomy in Speech-Language Pathology

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SHS 302 , SHS 303  or permission of instructor. Minimum overall 2.75 GPA. This course examines the basic anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system.
  

  • SHS 308 - Instrumentation in Speech and Hearing Science

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SHS 202 , SHS 202L  or permission of instructor. Minimum overall 2.75 GPA. Students use basic clinical and research instruments in a controlled setting.
  

  • SHS 311 - Clinical Assisting—Speech

    1-3 hrs.
    Fee A special fee is charged for this course. (See Special Fees listing in Student Expenses section.) (All labs are subject to a usage fee.)
    Prerequisite(s): SHS 450  and minimum overall 2.75 GPA or permission of instructor. Clinical experience assisting speech-language pathology clinicians.
  

  • SHS 313 - Clinical Assisting—Audiology

    1-3 hrs.
    Fee A special fee is charged for this course. (See Special Fees listing in Student Expenses section.) (All labs are subject to a usage fee.)
    Prerequisite(s): SHS 450  and minimum overall 2.75 GPA. Clinical experience assisting in audiology clinic.
  

  • SHS 323 - Basic American Sign Language

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 101  and ENG 102 . Minimum overall 2.75 GPA. Introduction to conversational American Sign Language, its grammar and structure, including skills-building in fingerspelling and numbers.
  

  • SHS 329 - Intermediate American Sign Language

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Minimum overall 2.75 GPA. Continued learning of American Sign Language vocabulary and utilization of three-dimensional space in conversation.
  

  • SHS 340 - Advanced American Sign Language

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Minimum overall 2.75 GPA. Introduction to the sign language continuum and the use of signed English; lesson plans and/or presentations in American Sign Language and signed English, including fingerspelling, numbers and use of three-dimensional features.
  

  • SHS 400 - Current Issues in Communication Disorders

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and a minimum overall 2.75 GPA. Provides opportunities for students to research current topics in communication disorders and present their findings in written and oral formats.
  

  • SHS 410 - Intervention Language Disorders

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SHS 301  and minimum overall 2.75 GPA. Provides background information concerning current treatment procedures for the language problems of children with additional diagnoses.
  

  • SHS 411 - Speech Sound Disorders

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SHS 201 , SHS 301  or permission of instructor; Minimum overall 2.75 GPA. The basic concepts and theoretical knowledge that form the core for clinical decisions in remediation and assessment.
  

  • SHS 412 - Assessment Procedures in Speech Pathology

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SHS 301  or permission of instructor; Minimum overall 2.75 GPA. Philosophical views and theoretical issues of assessment. Evaluation procedures and the diagnostic session.
  

  • SHS 421 - Aural Rehabilitation

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SHS 221 ; Minimum overall 2.75 GPA. This course is an overview of the field of aural rehabilitation.
  

  • SHS 430 - Speech Pathology and the Hearing Impaired Child

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Minimum overall 2.75 GPA. Students will acquire knowledge necessary to identify varying types of hearing loss and to make decisions regarding their implications.
  

  • SHS 431 - Language Disorders I: Assessment of Children with Language Disorders

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SHS 301 ; Minimum overall 2.75 GPA. Language disorders are considered within the perspectives of establishing appropriate clinical rationales.
  

  • SHS 432 - Language Disorders II: Habilitation of Oral and Written Language Disorders

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SHS 301 ; Minimum overall 2.75 GPA. The types and characteristics of a variety of disorders that result in impaired language and the instruments used to assess these disorders.
  

  • SHS 450 - Clinical Observation

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SHS 201 , SHS 211 , SHS 211 , SHS 301 , and SHS 431  or SHS 432 , or permission of instructor. Minimum overall 2.75 GPA. Students observe speech-language pathology, audiology, and deaf education testing, and habilitation techniques with a variety of clients. Report writing, analysis of client behaviors, and session-planning are stressed. (Section 01 is audiology; section 02 is speech-language pathology.)
  

  • SHS 492 - Special Problems

    1-3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Minimum overall 2.75 GPA. Students, under the direction of an SHS faculty member, will pursue an independent study via exploration of a special topic relevant to the student’s degree plan.
  

  • SHS 499 - British Studies: Comparative Problems in Speech and Hearing Sciences

    3-6 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Minimum overall 2.75 GPA. Studies offered in London, England, under the auspices of the Institute of Anglo-American Studies.

Sport Management
  

  • SM 203 - Introduction to Sport Management

    3 hrs.
    An overview of the history, foundation, and career opportunities in the sport industry.
  

  • SM 307 - Organization and Administration of International Sport Programs

    3 hrs.
    SCE or SM majors or minors. The organization and administrative of international sports programs.
  

  • SM 330 - Issues in Sport Administration

    3 hrs.
    HPR majors or minors only. The course will focus on sport as a medium for integrating gender, ethnic, religious, political and disability issues in society.
  

  • SM 332 - Sport Information Management

    3 hrs.
    SM majors or minors only or approval of instructor. This course is designed to provide an overview of the aspects of publicity, communication and media relations in the sport industry.
  

  • SM 342 - Sport, Management and Leadership

    3 hrs.
    Sport management majors or minors only. Course will cover the basic principles of management and leadership as they apply to the sport industry.
  

  • SM 392 - Practicum in Sport Management

    3-9 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SM major or minor of junior or senior standing or permission of instructor. This course will give the student the opportunity to gain practical experience with current professionals in the field of sport administration. Three hours minimum required.
  

  • SM 395 - Sport Sales Methods and Techniques

    3 hrs.
    SM majors or minors of junior or senior standing only. Examines the sales process in the sport industry including theories, research and development of sport sales.
  

  • SM 400 - Security and Risk Management of Sport

    3 hrs.
    An overview of security issues and effective risk management strategies for sport organizations and event organizers. Legal concepts related to facility and employee management, event safety and security planning, risk assessment, and emergency preparedness.
  

  • SM 410 - Introduction to Sport Marketing

    3 hrs.
    SM majors or minors of junior or senior standing only. An analysis of sport promotion processes, finance, consumer behavior, marketing, and principles of athletic fundraising.
  

  • SM 412 - Sport Economics

    3 hrs.
    SM majors or minors of junior or senior standing only. An introduction to the methodologies, theories, and analyses of economics and finance as they relate to the amateur and professional sport entities.
     
  

  • SM 414 - Personal and Organizational Ethics in Sport

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SM major or minor of junior or senior standing or permission of instructor. The study of values and standards of ethical behavior as it relates to decision-making in the sport industry.
  

  • SM 441 - Practicum in Sport Management

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SM major or minor of junior or senior standing or permission of instructor. This course will give the student the opportunity to gain practical experience with current professionals in the field of sport administration. Three hours minimum required.
  

  • SM 465 - Internship in Sport Mangement

    9-12 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Sport management major with senior standing. The sport management internship is designed for students to gain practical work experience in the sport industry; students will have an opportunity to apply theories in real-world situations.
  

  • SM 466 - Sport Facility and Event Management

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): SM major or minor only. Course will provide introduction to the concepts and processes in the management of sport facilities and events.
  

  • SM 492 - Special Problems in Sport Management

    1-6 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of program director.  A directed individual study planned and approved by the professor of record. 
  

  • SM 493 - Senior Seminar in Sport Administration

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 333 , University WI and oral communication requirements. SM majors of senior standing only. Course serves as the capstone course for students in sport administration.
  

  • SM 498CA - International Sport Management Seminar Abroad

    3 hrs.
    A study of the global sport business, with the focus on the sport industry in the United Kingdom. Variable topics, lectures and supervised research on sport events, organizations and venues in England.
  

  • SM 499CA - International Sport Management Research Abroad

    3 hrs.
    A study of the global sport business, with the focus on the sport industry in the United Kingdom. Variable topics, lectures and supervised research on sport events, organizations and venues in England.

Technical Occupational Education
  

  • TOE 441 - Foundations of Career and Technical Education

    3 hrs.
    A foundations course for teaching trade, technical and other vocational subjects.
  

  • TOE 442 - Management of the Career and Technical Learning Environment

    3 hrs.
    Organization and management of students, equipment and physical facilities.
  

  • TOE 443 - Design of the Career and Technical-Based Instructional Program

    3 hrs.
    Occupational analysis-based design and sequencing of instructional components and the development of appropriate support materials.
  

  • TOE 444 - Development of Career and Technical Instructional Materials

    3 hrs.
    Selection, development and use of instructional technologies, with an emphasis on media production.
  

  • TOE 445 - Delivery of the Career and Technical Instructional Program

    3 hrs.
    Learning theory-based techniques of instructional delivery in the vocational classroom and laboratory.
  

  • TOE 446 - Evaluation of Career and Technical Education and Learner Performance

    3 hrs.
    Development and utilization of various measuring devices and techniques, statistical treatment of data and generation of evaluative reports.
  

  • TOE 449 - Student Leadership Development in Career and Technical Education

    3 hrs.
    A course designed to impart detailed information regarding activities and responsibilities of the vocational student organization adviser.
  

  • TOE 452 - History and Philosophy of Career & Technical Education

    3 hrs.
     Objectives, principles, aims, and organization of programs in schools and colleges.
  

  • TOE 453 - Techniques of Coordination

    3 hrs.
    A study of the techniques, procedures, problems, etc., in the operation of cooperative education programs.
     
  

  • TOE 492 - Special Problems in Career and Technical Education

    1-3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and chair’s permission.
  

  • TOE 495 - Internship in Career and Technical Education

    1-9 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): TOE 441 . A nine-semester hour supervised experience for practicing teachers of vocational or technical subjects.

Theatre
  

  • THE 100 - Theatre Appreciation

    3 hrs.
    An introduction to theatre as an art form reflecting the aesthetic aspects and social conditions of a culture. Recommended for nonmajors.
  

  • THE 103 - Introduction to Theatre

    3 hrs.
    (3 hrs. lecture). An introduction to the principles of theater, with involvement in the rehearsal, production and performance process as they apply to major departmental productions. (CC-SPT 1213)
  

  • THE 107 - Introduction to Design for Theatre

    3 hrs.
    Fundamentals of designing for live theatre. Basic skills associated with communicating visual ideas: color theory, research, collaboration, drafting and model building.
  

  • THE 107L - Introduction to Design Lab

    1 hr.
    Corequisite(s): To be taken with THE 107 . Active hands on learning on design process.
  

  • THE 110 - Non-major’s Beginning Acting

    3 hrs.
    An introductory acting technique course specifically designed for interested non-theatre students.
  

  • THE 115 - Voice for the Actor

    3 hrs.
    Vocal methods and techniques for use in the theatre.
  

  • THE 120 - Fundamentals of Acting

    3 hrs.
    An introductory acting technique course using scene study and improvisations. (CC- SPT-1233)
  

  • THE 200 - Stagecraft

    3 hrs.
    Introduction to scenographic theory and techniques with practical application.
  

  • THE 200L - Stagecraft Laboratory

    1 hr.
    Laboratory for THE 200 . Must be taken concurrently.
  

  • THE 201 - Introduction to Costume

    3 hrs.
    Introduction to theatrical costume theory with its practical application.
  

  • THE 201L - Costume Laboratory

    1 hr.
    Laboratory for THE 201 . Must be taken concurrently.
  

  • THE 202 - Costumes for the Dance

    2 hrs.
    Study of costumes in the dance and their effect on performance; basic patterns and construction techniques will be mastered.
  

  • THE 212 - Intro to Technical Lighting and Sound

    3 hrs.
    Introduction to the technical aspects of lighting and sound engineering; including laboratory sessions.
  

  • THE 212L - Lighting and Sound Laboratory

    1 hr.
    Laboratory for THE 212 . Must be taken concurrently.
  

  • THE 215 - Stage Dialects

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): THE 115  or consent of instructor. Introduction to stage dialects.
  

  • THE 304 - Stage Makeup

    3 hrs.
    Fee A special fee is charged for this course. (See Special Fees listing in Student Expenses section.) (All labs are subject to a usage fee.)
    Painted character makeup.
  

  • THE 306 - Intermediate Stagecraft

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): THE 200 . Theory and practice in the utilization of stage scenery, equipment and techniques.
  

  • THE 310 - Intermediate Acting I

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): THE 120 . A continuation of fundamentals of acting on a more intense level, to include character development and technique.
  

  • THE 315 - Introduction to the Musical Theatre Performer

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): THE 115 , THE 310 . Vocal and physical techniques for the singing actor.
  

  • THE 320 - Directing

    3 hrs.
    Prerequisite(s): THE 100  or THE 103  and THE 120 , and junior standing or consent of instructor. Fundamental skills in analysis and communication for the stage director.
  

  • THE 324 - Stage Management

    3 hrs.
    A foundation course in stage management for the stage.
  

  • THE 336L - Scene Painting Studio

    3 hrs.
    Introduces students to organization of paint studio, tools, techniques and materials for scene painting. Studio work involves execution of typical common surface treatments.
  

  • THE 361 - Beginning Movement

    3 hrs.
    Performance course designed to cover basic stage movement, physical alignment, body awareness, economy of movement and physical expression of character.
 

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