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COUN 504 - Individual Counseling Practicum
4 credits
Provides supervised training and experience in individual counseling. Designed to build upon the understanding of the counseling theories studied in COUN 571 and the counseling microskills learned in COUN 502 . MHC students engage in videotaped practice counseling with undergraduate student volunteers. Videotapes are utilized in weekly dyad/triad and group supervision sessions.Prerequisite(s): COUN 502 , COUN 571 , and enrollment in the MHC program
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COUN 506 - Group Counseling Practicum
4 credits
Provides supervised group counseling training and experience for MHC students. Co-leaders plan and facilitate an eight-week personal growth group for undergraduate student volunteers. Videotapes are utilized in weekly dyad/triad and group supervision sessions.Prerequisite(s): COUN 502 ,COUN 504 , COUN 571 , and enrollment in the MHC program.Corequisite(s): COUN 574
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COUN 510 - Internship
1 to 8 credits
Offers a supervised counseling experience at selected agencies and organizations. Students provide counseling services to agency clients and function as part of the agency counseling personnel. Sessions are reviewed in both individual and group supervision. Documentation, on-site supervision and evaluation, and weekly meetings with the SOU supervisor required. Graded P/NP. MHC students are required to take at least 18 credits of supervised internship during their program.Prerequisite(s): COUN 571 , COUN 574 , and enrollment in the MHC program
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COUN 521 - Assessment
4 credits
Surveys the common assessment methods and instruments used in counseling children, adolescents, adults, elders, couples, and families. Addresses assessment requirements of managed care and methods of assessing counseling effectiveness.Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the MHC program.
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COUN 525 - Substance Abuse and Co-Occurring Disorders
1 credit
Acquaints students with the concepts of chemical dependence and co-occurring disorders (dual diagnoses). Explores the developmental models of addiction and the theories and etiology of addictions, as well as strategies for prevention and intervention.Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the MHC program.
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COUN 531 - Community Counseling
4 credits
Examines the effects of social and environmental factors on behavior, with emphasis on the impact of societal systems (schools, neighborhoods, organizations, and other networks) on individuals and their mental health. Sample topics include community action, public policy, prevention programming, and social change processes.Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the MHC program.
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COUN 542 - Applied Research
4 credits
Emphasizes the design of applied research and outcome evaluation in counseling settings. Reviews relevant experimental, quasi-experimental, and correlational designs, with additional training in qualitative methods.Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate research methods and statistics course and enrollment in the MHC program.
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COUN 549 - Occupational Choice and the Psychology of Careers
4 credits
Introduces the psychology of career-life planning and occupational choices. Follows guidelines from CACREP for counselor preparation and is a core course in the MHC program. Examines career development theories and decision-making models; lifespan career development; career, educational, and labor market information systems and resources; program planning and evaluation; assessment; and career counseling approaches, techniques, and ethical considerations.Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the MHC program.
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COUN 570 - Advanced Human Growth and Development
4 credits
Examines theory and research related to human development from birth to death. Emphasizes the application of developmental theories to the counseling process. Addresses individual differences in physical and physiological development. Evaluates the influence of perception, cognition, learning, personality, and social factors on behavior throughout the human lifespan.Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate coursework in lifespan development or developmental psychology.
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COUN 571 - Counseling Theory
4 credits
Explores the roles and functions of the professional counselor relative to other mental health professionals. Develops the core ingredients of effective counseling practice, including interpersonal, conceptual, and helping skills that foster movement toward a client’s goals. Addresses the personal qualities of effective counselors, the creation of therapeutic alliances, counseling microskills, ethical practice, and techniques fundamental to contemporary theoretical orientations. Surveys the primary models of counseling and psychotherapy from theoretical, experiential, and personal growth perspectives.Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate coursework in abnormal psychology.
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COUN 572 - Mental Health Counselor: Identity and Practice
2 credits
Provides a foundation of the mental health counseling profession’s history, unique contributions to the human service provider field, identity themes, distinctive practice characteristics, and an interdisciplinary approach to interventions.Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the MHC program.
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COUN 573 - Mental Health Profession
4 credits
Refines counseling skills and continues development of professional portfolios. Students write a professional disclosure statement, conduct a seminar on their theoretical framework, determine the setting and clients best-suited for their theoretical approach, and address other issues germane to the professional counselor and human service professional.Prerequisite(s): COUN 571 and enrollment in the MHC program
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COUN 574 - Group Counseling
4 credits
Offers a theoretical and experiential introduction to group counseling. Emphasizes leadership styles and skills; stages of counseling groups; ethics; specific modalities; and major orientations to group counseling and their applications, evaluations, and effectiveness. Students plan and co-lead a counseling group with student volunteers as part of a laboratory experience and participate in supervision groups. Students also participate in an experiential group separate from the class.Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the MHC program.
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COUN 575 - Advanced Crisis Intervention Strategies
4 credits
Applies intervention strategies to specific crisis situations and critical incidents. Studies the driving forces behind the event, assessment procedures, and intervention strategies applied during and after the trauma incident. Crisis categories include suicide, battered women’s syndrome, sexual assault, post-traumatic stress disorder, personal loss, and substance abuse.Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the MHC program.
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COUN 576 - Family and Couples Counseling
4 credits
Explores the theoretical and practical applications of family-systems approaches to the treatment of dysfunctional families and couples. Presents family lifecycle issues, the role of the therapist, and alternatives to intervention.Prerequisite(s): COUN 571 and enrollment in the MHC program.
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COUN 577 - Counseling Children
4 credits
Surveys methods, other than behavior modification, of counseling children. Includes forms of play therapy, expressive therapy, role-playing, stress management for children, and experiential methods that aid in the assessment of children’s problems.
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COUN 581 - Ethics and Roles in the Counseling Profession
4 credits
Examines the ethical standards of the American Counseling Association, the American Mental Health Counseling Association, and other relevant professional organizations. Focuses on legal and ethical issues related to professional practice in counseling and human service fields. Emphasizes issues of public policy and sociocultural factors affecting counseling. Challenges participants to apply critical-thinking skills to ethical decision making in their respective professional roles.Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the MHC program.
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COUN 583 - Advanced Psychopathology
4 credits
Explores the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of mental illness as defined by the DSM-IV. Covers treatment planning, with special emphasis on psychopharmacology.Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate course in abnormal psychology and enrollment in the MHC program.
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COUN 584 - Psychopharmacology
2 credits
Provides a basic overview and understanding of how medications are used in the treatment of psychological and behavioral disorders. Various DSM diagnoses provide a framework for learning about treatment choices that include psychiatric medications. Focuses on the integration of psychotropic medications and counseling. Topics include drug interactions, medication side effects, consultation with medical personnel, and characteristics of psychiatric medications.
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COUN 585 - Treatment Planning and Consultation
1 credit
Focuses on general principles and practices of diagnosis, treatment planning, consultation and referral of mental and emotional disorders, and dysfunctional behavior, including addictive behaviors. Examines the etiology of mental and emotional disorders/dysfunctions and addictive behaviors.Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the MHC program.
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COUN 586 - Multicultural Mental Health
4 credits
Surveys the mental health status of racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Presents culture-specific models for providing assessment, diagnosis, and treatment services for individuals, including children, adolescents, adults, families, groups, and communities. Examines ethical issues and training for service providers.Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the MHC program.
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COUN 599 - Professional Guidance
1 to 4 credits
MHC students work closely with a faculty advisor in seminar and individual meetings to begin their professional portfolios and identify their strengths, challenges, and areas of interest. This process includes determining the setting and clients best-suited to the student, identifying appropriate theoretical orientations, and continuing the discussion of ethical concerns and professional identity.Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the MHC program.
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D 192 - Ballet I
2 credits
Introduces ballet movement vocabulary and creates a foundation for dance technique for many Western dance forms. Students learn and practice a basic barre of classical ballet exercises that build throughout the term; learn center floor work including port de bras, adagio, small jumps, large jumps, turns and short ballet combinations. Students learn a basic ballet movement vocabulary and can correctly identify twenty ballet steps they have practiced throughout the term. As a term project, students choreograph a one-minute ballet dance using material from the class OR write a 5-page paper on a dance-related topic they research during the term.(Cross-listed with TA 192 and PE 192 .)
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D 193 - Jazz I
2 credits
Provides an introduction to solid dance technique, jazz dance vocabulary, proper dance alignment, and use of the core of the body to stabilize and control movement. Various styles of jazz will be used in combinations throughout the term with a foundation of LA style jazz inspired by the studios of Dupre, Joe Tremaine, Carleton Johnson and Jaime Rogers.(Cross-listed with TA 193 and PE 193 .)
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D 293 - Ballet II
1 credit
Builds on the basics learned in a first year of Ballet, with variations and a brisker tempo for both the barre and the center work. Students work at a faster pace with a wider vocabulary for an hour and a half, once a week.(Cross-listed with TA 293 and PE 293 .)
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D 295 - Jazz II
2 credits
Provides a continuation of the jazz dance vocabulary which begins in Jazz I. The foundation is still LA style jazz, as interpreted from the studios of Dupre, Joe Tremaine, Carleton Johnson and Jaime Rogers.(Cross-listed with TA 295 and PE 295 .)
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EC 199 - Special Studies
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EC 201 - Principles of Microeconomics
4 credits
Introduces consumer and firm behavior and the market process. Explores the economic analysis of different market structures of perfect competition, imperfect competition, and monopoly, along with the principles of income distribution and resource allocation under a market system. Some sections approach the principles of microeconomics by focusing on a particular topic or issue. Approved for University Studies (Explorations).
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EC 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics
4 credits
Deals with human behavior and choices as they relate to the entire economy. Covers aggregate demand and aggregate supply of goods and services; the effect of taxes and spending on the economy’s output and employment; and the Federal Reserve’s manipulation of the money supply, inflation, and economic growth. Some sections approach the principles of macroeconomics by focusing on a particular topic or issue. Approved for University Studies (Explorations).
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EC 232 - Exploratory Data Analysis
4 credits
Explores data and applications to real-world problems. Covers time-series and cross-sectional data, analysis of skewness and outliers, methods of averaging for variables as flows or stocks, and applies nae forecasting techniques to real-world settings. Approved for University Studies (Quantitative Reasoning).Prerequisite(s): MTH 95 , Level II
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EC 310 - The Environment and the Local Economy
4 credits
Explores topics concerning how humans and communities impact nature, how we think of (and “construct”) nature and the environment, how communities and economics affect local policy, and how population growth affects levels of quality of life and sustainability. In addition, examines from the economic way of thinking how a modest level of economic knowledge can be useful for understanding issues of biodiversity and sustainability, quality of life, and economic development. Helps students understand how an economic perspective can provide important insights into the causes and solutions of various local community problems that governments confront.
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EC 315 - Environmental Economics
4 credits
Applies economic analysis directly to environmental problems. Explores market failure, Pareto optimality, externalities, consumer surplus, and market solutions. Introduces benefit-cost analysis and addresses local problems.Prerequisite(s): EC 201 .
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EC 318 - Money, Banking, and Financial Institutions
4 credits
Uses money, credit, and bond market models to explain the determination of interest rates. Develops a forecasting model. Integrates models of Federal Reserve system behavior and analysis of Federal Reserve policies into the forecasting models.Prerequisite(s): EC 201 and EC 202
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EC 319 - Public Finance
4 credits
Examines the economic role of the government. Develops models to analyze the effects of different tax policies and the impact of government expenditures. Emphasizes the application of economic principles and improves understanding of current economic events.Prerequisite(s): EC 201 and EC 202
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EC 320 - Introduction to the International Economy
4 credits
Explores global economic relations in the historical and political context of current issues. Focuses on the economic interdependence of nations.Prerequisite(s): EC 201 and EC 202
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EC 321 - International Trade and Finance
4 credits
Examines the basis for and gains from trade, tariffs, and other barriers to trade; preferential trading agreements; exchange rate determination; and balance of payments.Prerequisite(s): EC 320 or IS 320 .
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EC 325 - Labor Economics
4 credits
Analyzes labor markets, employment discrimination, unemployment, trade unions, education, and distribution of income. Examines the relation of public policies to the labor market. Approved for University Studies (Integration).Prerequisite(s): EC 201 and EC 202
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EC 332 - Quantitative Methods and Application
4 credits
Involves quantitative analysis of actual economic phenomena. Emphasizes the essential statistical tools for analyzing and solving practical business and economic problems. Topics include regression analysis of time-series and cross-sectional data, hypothesis testing, demand analysis, and forecasting.Prerequisite(s): EC 201 and EC 202
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EC 340 - Gender Issues in Economics
4 credits
Explores how gender influences economic participation and outcomes. Examines the differences between the impact of economic realities on women and men. Integrates theory, data, history, and policy. Topics include the household as an economic unit, women and poverty, labor market discrimination, the economics of divorce, and welfare reform. Approved for University Studies (Synthesis/Integration).Prerequisite(s): Completion of all lower division University Studies requirements
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EC 345 - Healthcare Economics
4 credits
Uses economic tools to understand and evaluate how healthcare is financed and delivered. Explores the determinants of demand for healthcare services, including the important role of health insurance, as well as the determinants of supply. Examines the role of government in, and policy options for, financing and provision of healthcare, including a review of healthcare systems in other countries.Prerequisite(s): EC 201 .
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EC 351 - Oregon’s Future
4 credits
Presents an interdisciplinary approach to contemporary issues in Oregon, including politics and history; population demographics; educational problems and reforms; budgetary outlook, tax restructuring, and spending issues; the status of prisons and crimes; and environmental issues.
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EC 358 - Intermediate Microeconomics
4 credits
Offers an advanced analysis of supply and demand, including consumer behavior, theory of the firm, market structure, factor markets, and general equilibrium.Prerequisite(s): .
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EC 364 - Benefit-Cost Analysis in Project Assessment
4 credits
Evaluates both private and public investment projects. Analyzes the different investment criteria used to evaluate commercial and social investment projects, with emphasis on benefit-cost criteria. Includes practical application to local problems.Prerequisite(s): EC 201 .
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EC 373 - History of Economic Thought
4 credits
Covers the evolution of economic thought from preclassical views to the mainstream classical school, Keynesian, post-Keynesian, and neoclassical thought. Reviews the major alternative schools, including Marxist and institutionalist.Prerequisite(s): EC 201 and EC 202
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EC 376 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
4 credits
Develops concepts and models to explain the determinants of aggregate output, interest rates, unemployment, inflation, and other measures of macroeconomic performance. Examines both long-run and short-run considerations and the influences of external forces and policy decisions on macroeconomic outcomes.Prerequisite(s): EC 202 .
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EC 379 - Economic Development
4 credits
Applies theories of economic growth and development to less-developed countries. Specific consideration is given to the process of development as it applies to agriculture, industrial policy, trade, structural adjustment, and women.Prerequisite(s): EC 201 and EC 202
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EC 387 - American Economic History
4 credits
Covers the economic development of the U.S. and the evolution of American economic institutions from colonial times to the present.
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EC 389 - America in the Global Economy
4 credits
Examines the transformation of the American economy since World War II and its growing interdependence with and integration into the world economy. Emphasizes current problems such as budget and trade deficits, international debt, world competitiveness, protectionism, and economic cooperation with other countries.
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EC 399 - Special Studies
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EC 401 - Research
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EC 403 - Thesis
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EC 405 - Reading and Conference
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EC 407 - Seminar
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EC 408 - Workshop
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EC 409 - Practicum
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EC 478 - Business Cycles and Macroeconomic Forecasting
4 credits
Applies knowledge of macroeconomic theory, analysis of current economic conditions, and judgments of likely external and policy influences to construct and present a forecast for the United States economy.Prerequisite(s): EC 376 .
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EC 482 - Labor Relations
4 credits
Examines the laws governing employer/employee relationships, including common law, federal and state labor acts, administrative agencies, and union contracts. This legal relationship is studied within the broader context of historical trends, political policies, social expectations, and economic influences. Considers legal problems such as discrimination in employment, public employment, industrial health and safety, and minimum wages. BA 374 or EC 325 recommended.(Cross-listed with BA 482 .)
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EC 494 - Capstone Experience
4 credits
A culminating learning experience that applies the principles, theories, and skills of the economics major in a small class environment to challenging and sophisticated economic issues and topics. Allows students to develop critical thinking skills and to perform extensive writing.
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EC 496 - Economics for Teachers
4 credits
Applies the principles of micro- and macroeconomics to the social sciences. Examines the importance of fundamental economic principles in individual, business, and bureaucratic decision making. Addresses strategies and methods for integrating economics into the K–12 social studies curriculum. Designed for secondary and elementary teachers. Also suitable for undergraduates interested in entering the elementary or secondary social studies program at SOU. Not recommended for economics majors unless they are contemplating a teaching career.
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EC 501 - Research
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EC 503 - Thesis
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EC 505 - Reading and Conference
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EC 507 - Seminar
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EC 508 - Workshop
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EC 509 - Practicum
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EC 578 - Business Cycles and Macroeconomic Forecasting
4 credits
Applies knowledge of macroeconomic theory, analysis of current economic conditions, and judgments of likely external and policy influences to construct and present a forecast for the United States economy.Prerequisite(s): EC 376 .
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EC 582 - Labor Relations
4 credits
Examines the laws governing employer/employee relationships, including common law, federal and state labor acts, administrative agencies, and union contracts. This legal relationship is studied within the broader context of historical trends, political policies, social expectations, and economic influences. Considers legal problems such as discrimination in employment, public employment, industrial health and safety, and minimum wages. BA 374 or EC 325 recommended.(Cross-listed with BA 582 .)
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EC 596 - Economics for Teachers
4 credits
Applies the principles of micro- and macroeconomics to the social sciences. Examines the importance of fundamental economic principles in individual, business, and bureaucratic decision making. Addresses strategies and methods for integrating economics into the K–12 social studies curriculum. Designed for secondary and elementary teachers. Also suitable for undergraduates interested in entering the elementary or secondary social studies program at SOU. Not recommended for economics majors unless they are contemplating a teaching career.
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ED 205 - Reading and Conference
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ED 207 - Seminar
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ED 209 - Practicum
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ED 251 - Introduction to Teaching
3 credits
Introduces the historical, philosophical, and contemporary foundations of the American educational system. Fosters an understanding of teaching and learning processes, as well as the legal, financial, and ethical issues involved in today’s schools. Analyzes current trends and issues in education and provides students with a framework to make decisions about entering the teaching profession. Provides opportunities to engage in field-based activities. This course includes a practicum component. Approved for University Studies (Explorations).
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ED 252 - Introduction to Social Foundations in Education
3 credits
Examines how schools function in today’s American democratic society. Exposes the potential discrepancies between the goals and the actual accomplishments of education. Explores the relationship between schools and the larger multicultural society, with emphasis on gender, social class, age, race, and ethnicity issues. Approved for University Studies (Explorations).
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ED 253 - Southern Oregon University Lead and Serve (SOULS)
1 to 3 credits
Students explore their fields of interest and gain experience in a variety of community service placements. For each credit, participants spend thirty hours working in a setting of their choice. For placement in public schools, students must contact the School of Education. Course credit varies in proportion to the amount of time spent and the level of involvement.
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ED 309 - Advanced Practicum and Seminar
1 to 3 credits (6 credits maximum)
Supervised teaching of children in a lab school or community setting applying what has been learned through coursework and previous lab experiences. Students take on the role of a lead teacher for a portion of the experience and work closely with parents and staff. In collaboration with the cooperating teacher, students plan, implement, and evaluate developmentally appropriate activity lesson plans, which are used for portfolio development. Serves as an open forum to self-assess, discuss, and reflect on what has been learned from student-teaching experiences.
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ED 346 - Special Studies: Child, Family, and Community
3 credits
Develops skills for establishing effective and mutually respectful relationships between the early childhood professional and families of children with whom the professional works. Students apply information to early childhood settings by completing projects that relate to formal and informal communication with parents, parent education, and parent involvement strategies. Requires students to plan a special event for parents in an early childhood setting.
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ED 348 - Special Studies: Children with Disabilities and Their Families
3 credits
Explores how teachers engage children with disabilities in the classroom. Includes adapting indoor and outdoor environments and activities and covers working with parents to enhance the development of children with a variety of special needs. Applies understanding of disabilities and research-based best practices into the classroom setting in collaboration with parents and other professionals to provide meaningful experiences for children with special needs.
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ED 365 - Special Studies: Children at Risk
3 credits
Explores stressful issues that impact the development of the whole child, including divorce, child abuse, moving, death of family members, changes in the family system, poverty, and cultural differences. Students research and apply knowledge to specific early childhood settings by planning curriculum and modifying classroom environments. Requires a case study of a child dealing with at least one stressful issue.
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ED 385 - Special Studies: The Early Childhood Professional
3 credits
Explores issues related to professional conduct and the development of professional philosophy. Topics include professionalism, historical and current factors, early childhood education programs, parent interaction, job opportunities, ethical and legal issues, and community resources. Students research and apply information to a particular early childhood issue. Requires students to complete a project enabling them to directly participate in professional activities in the early childhood community.
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ED 398 - Teaching Global Perspectives Through Children’s Literature
4 credits
Immerses prospective elementary and middle school teachers in integrated content and instruction by examining both the literary elements and social science information present in international children’s literature. Approved for University Studies (Synthesis/Integration).Prerequisite(s): Completion of all lower division University Studies requirements.(Cross-listed with ENG 398 .)
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ED 399 - Special Studies
1 to 3 credits
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ED 407 - Seminar
3 credits
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ED 409 - Practicum
6-9 credits
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ED 411 - September Experience
1 to 3 credits
Allows students to observe and participate in the preparation of a new public school year and to experience the classroom during the first weeks of school. Provides opportunities to observe and reflect on how public school teachers establish expectations and norms that affect the entire school year. Additionally, teacher education students assist teachers in preparing classrooms.
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ED 416 - Field Experience: Gradual Participation in Delivering Instruction
1 to 3 credits
Offers a supervised field-experience practicum in a public school as preparation for half-day student teaching. Teacher education students engage in systematic observation and gradually participate in delivery of instruction.
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ED 417 - Student Teaching: Second Authorization Level
4 to 10 credits
Provides a supervised half-day student teaching experience in a public school as preparation for full-day student teaching. Teacher education students engage in systematic observation and gradually assume teaching responsibilities.
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ED 418 - Student Teaching: First Authorization Level
10 to 13 credits
Final supervised student teaching experience in a public school. Teacher education students assume the full-day classroom teacher’s role and responsibilities. Provides an opportunity to refine teaching style and management strategies and to be part of the total school environment.
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ED 426 - Bullies and Victims in the Schools: Intervention/Prevention
3 credits
Designed to provide understanding of the bully/victim syndrome, policy guidelines, and strategies and methods to intervene and curb bullying in the schools. Provides teachers with a system of preventing and dealing with bullying abuse in the schools. Examines the identified types of bullying and their manifestations, as well as applicable state and federal laws.
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ED 427 - Child Abuse and Neglect
3 credits
Designed to give participants a foundation in the subjects of child abuse and neglect. Includes materials to create an awareness of child abuse and neglect and how to recognize the signs of abuse and neglect in students, as well as ways to respond, including awareness and requirements of the law. Examines society’s role in abuse and neglect, the types of abuse and neglect children encounter, preventive measures a teacher can utilize, incidence in diverse populations, the role of the school, mandated reporting, working with parents and social service agencies, and the role of court-appointed special advocates.
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ED 430 - The Art of Storytelling
3 credits
Explores folk tales, literary tales, and family and personal stories. Focuses on observing different storytellers, experimenting with a variety of storytelling techniques, and developing a personal storytelling style. Students learn to select and adapt stories for telling and deliver them with their own unique flair. Covers audience-participation storytelling, story games, story-theater, and developing family stories. K—12 teachers learn to use storytelling in the classroom throughout the curriculum.(Cross-listed with TA 430 .)
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ED 434 - Educational Technology
1 to 3 credits
Provides an overview of the effective use of instructional technology in elementary education classes. Students use a variety of media to prepare teaching materials and deliver instruction. Emphasizes applying computers to the elementary school curriculum.
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ED 437 - Science and the Young Child
3 credits
Utilizes science investigations common in an elementary classroom to deepen scientific understanding for the adult learner while also exploring the developing mind of the young child. Addresses current societal problems and the role of scientific and technological advances in finding solutions through project-based inquiry. Approved for University Studies (Integration). Prerequisite: Completion of lower division University Studies requirements. Class restriction: Junior standing or above.
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ED 438 - Children Around the World
3 credits
Focuses on the unique characteristics, conditions, and inherent human wisdom of early education practices around the world with the goal of preparing early childhood professionals to understand, respect, and honor these differences. Emphasizes philosophical and epistemological perspectives to better understand the significance of cultural, historical, social, political, and economical contexts on beliefs about child development (age ranges from pre-birth to eight). Students will build an understanding of differing practices in different times and places and apply their knowledge to promote nurturing curricula and relationships with young children in their particular settings. Students will reflect upon and apply the awareness gained from this course to an educational philosophy that seeks to support all children in their care to reach their holistic developmental potential. Approved for University Studies (Integration).Prerequisite(s): completion of lower division University Studies requirements. Class restriction: Junior standing or above.
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ED 450 - Mediation and Conflict
4 credits
Introduces students to the fundamental concepts and theories of dispute resolution and assists them in developing the basic skills and knowledge for productively managing their own and intervening in others’ disputes. Class time consists primarily of practice and roleplay, as well as lecture, lecture-discussion, and coaching by professional mediators. Certificate of completion provided with successful completion of the course. Additional fees/tuition may apply.(Cross-listed in other departments.)
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ED 451 - Advanced Teacher Assistantship
1 to 2 credits
Provides opportunities to learn about the roles, responsibilities, and skills needed to supervise educational activities. Laboratory includes working in a public school classroom under the direction of a cooperating teacher. Students work with children both one-on-one and in small groups as they learn basic data-taking skills. Course may be applied toward a minor in education.
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ED 452 - Outdoor Education Experiences
2 credits
Students participate as assistants to the administrative staff in a public school outdoor education experience for children in grades 5 and 6. Includes involvement as children learn how natural settings become the perfect classroom for an integrated curriculum.
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ED 453 - Southern Oregon University Lead and Serve (SOULS)
1 to 3 credits
Explores fields of interest and allows students to gain experience in community service placements. For each credit, participants spend thirty hours working in a setting of their choice. For placement in public schools, students must contact the School of Education. Course credit varies in proportion to the amount of time spent and the level of involvement.
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ED 454 - Leadership and Advocacy in Early Childhood Education
3 credits
Examines literature and research related to leadership, advocacy, and current topics influencing the early care and education of young children. Explores and critiques the rationale for multiple perspectives on controversial topics. Students develop and defend their own philosophy of working with young children related to their specific career goals and context. Integrates reflection and small group processes to promote personal strength and model effective leadership in a collaborative environment.
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ED 457A - Introduction to Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
3 credits
Taught during the junior year of the Elementary Education program. Explores strategies for instruction, planning, and assessment of diverse elementary classrooms. Emphasizes the core beliefs that teaching requires intentionality and is a complex and human endeavor. Students will cultivate skills in standards-based curriculum unit design, lesson planning and assessment and an understanding of the Oregon State Standards. Integrates reflective practice and transparent teaching.
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ED 457B - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
3 credits
Taught during the senior year of the Elementary Education program. A continuation of the complex design of standards-based curriculum and assessment to meet the diversity of needs in an elementary classroom. Emphasizes classroom teaching processes to help the beginning teacher develop a repertoire of strategies for instruction, planning, and assessment, while gaining an understanding of the Oregon State Standards. Emphasizes effective strategies for standards-based education and the implementation of the Oregon Education Act for the Twenty-First Century.Prerequisite(s): Completion of ED 457A with a B or better.
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