6/4/12 - 7/5/12

7/2/12 - 8/8/12

This course is designed to give students experience with spreadsheet and database management system applications for the purpose of performing business tasks and for providing training for expected upper-division coursework needs. The course is in a lab environment with direct instruction concerning the use of current software, Internet applications, and electronic communication. Out-of-class assignments require the use of a computer with Internet access. A significant part of the course will require online projects.

Prerequisites: ENG 1302 (with a grade of C or better)
Designed to help students develop competence in written and oral communications by applying the basic principles of word usage, grammar, and style as well as psychological principles of communication.

An introduction to macroeconomic analysis. The study of the economy as it functions as a whole, including all aggregate data affecting the income, employment, and price level of our economy.

Prerequisite: 2.5 GPA
An introduction to teaching, to the Texas Wesleyan University teacher education program and Texas certification standards. Designed to enhance the student’s educational understanding and critical thinking. Students will explore links among historical foundations and best practice, learning theorist, and contemporary concerns in education. Ten fieldwork hours are required. This course is a prerequisite for the professional development core and methodology courses.

Prerequisite: EDU 2300 and admission to Teacher Education
An introductory study of the various exceptionalities. EDU 3308 requires 10 hours of field experience in addition to class time.

EDU 2300 and admission to Teacher Education
This introductory course in Early Childhood Education covers: historical foundations of early childhood education, current programs, best practices, emergent literature, legal and ethical issues, understanding the development of typical and atypical young children and how it influences objectives, activities, materials, and teaching strategies and techniques in an early childhood classroom. EDU 3318 requires 10 hours of field experience in addition to class time.

Prerequisite: EDU 2300 and admission to Teacher Education
Students gain an understanding of the various theories regarding the process of first and second language acquisition and development. Students will become familiar with teaching and learning strategies that will enhance the acquisition of a second language.

Prerequisite: EDU 2300, admission to Teacher Education
The course focuses on the use of technology as an educational tool. Topics include spreadsheets, desktop publishing, website design, presentation programs, and advanced internet technologies as they pertain to the TEKS and curriculum and instructional design of lesson plans.

Prerequisite: EDU 2300 and admission to Teacher Education
This course is intended to provide an overview of instructional methods and strategies for elementary school teaching. Emphasis will be placed on designing and teaching lessons. In addition, classroom management techniques and assessment methods will also be addressed. This course requires 5 observation hours.

Prerequisite: EDU 2300 and 3431, and admission to Teacher Education, and senior status
A review of content related to the ExCET and areas of certification in Texas. Student must achieve mastery of material to satisfactorily complete the course.

Prerequisite: EDU 2300, 3431, 3308 and admission to Teacher Education
This course will provide students with research-based resources, strategies, and technology for working with students of all abilities in the regular classroom. Students will examine the role of the classroom teacher in differentiating instruction for special education, average-ability, and gifted students in the content areas.

Prerequisite: EDU 2300, 3431, and admission to Teacher Education
This course is designed to develop the knowledge, skills, and understanding needed to teach Social Students in the elementary grades. This course uses content form the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) to plan lessons and units. This curse is designed to develop the knowledge, skills and understanding for grades EC-6. Five (5) observation hours in an elementary Social Studies setting arranged by he student is a requirement of this course. Transportation to and from the schools are the responsibility of the student.

Prerequisite: ENG 1301, 1302, and 3 hours of sophomore literature survey
This course will examine the logic of modern English, emphasizing the traditional system of grammatical description, phrase-structure diagramming, structural patterns in English syntax, and various approaches to teaching grammar at the elementary/middle school level. Research and writing assignments will allow students to explore issues of language relevant to their future professions. This course is for majors in elementary education and will not fulfill a requirement for English majors.

Prerequisites: ENG 1301,1302, and 3 hours of sophomore literature, and 45 credit hours
Designed to build upon the sequence of outcomes emphasized in English 1301 and 1302, ENG 33XX is distinguished from first-year writing by the difficulty and length of writing projects ranging from resume and cover letter to extended research reports. English 33XX also offers more attention to style, grammar, and ethical documentation as writing strategies expected of upper-level students. Students will be encouraged to customize their assignments based on career goals and/or disciplinary conventions. They must also complete at least one formal oral presentation using presentation technologies and develop an online writing portfolio that could be used for internship, career, or graduate school applications.

This course is a continuation of the study of the rise and decline of the world’s major civilizations since 1500 with special emphasis on the colonization, industrialization, and ideological conflicts.

This course will enable students to develop and demonstrate an adequate survey knowledge and understanding of American geography, politics, society, culture, economics, ideas, and beliefs from 1876 to the present.

Prerequisite: 45 credit hours. This course is offered in the fall and summer semesters. It may not be substituted for HUM 3340.
An interdisciplinary synthesis of selected events, ideas, and expressions of the oral, visual, and literary arts, from the emergence of civilization through the mid-seventeenth century, emphasizing analysis of values and concerns inherited from the past and encountered by students in their personal experiences.

Designed to introduce the student to the fundamental principles of the management process and the basic theoretical concepts of management.

Introduction to the concepts of systems analysis and design. Focus is on the nature of information retrieval systems and the cost of information, emphasizing the design of systems to meet the information processing needs of the end user.

Prerequisite: Students enrolling in this course must qualify for TWU English 1301 and Math 0301 or their equivalents at another institution.
This user’s guide to genetics and the human genome will be taught entirely online at Genome Island, an educational simulation at Second Life. Students will conduct virtual experiments to collect and analyze data that illuminate the principles of genetics and its application to humans. Topics studied will include the structure and replication of DNA, genetic coding and genetic variation, Mendelian inheritance patterns, human chromosomal organization, and features of the human genome, including specific human genes.

An examination of the traditions of moral thought, including an analysis of how traditional problems and processes are reflected in contemporary moral debates, with writing assignments designed to enhance students’ appreciation of ethical and moral values.

An introduction to the basic principles of logic.

A survey of the fundamental principles of American government with special emphasis on the Texas government and Constitution. This course satisfies the legislative requirements for teacher certification in Texas.

An overview of the study of infant and child development involving an examination of the transition from infancy to childhood. Cognitive, physical, social, and emotional changes as well as relationships within the family and with peers will be the focus of this course.

This course includes a history and survey of children’s literature appropriate for EC through 6th grade. Emphasis is placed on selection, use, and appreciation of material. This course is for majors in elementary education and will not fulfill the sophomore English requirement for graduation.

Prerequisite: EDU 2300, 3431, 3324, and admission to Teacher Education
This course is an introduction to the student of the second language acquisition and of teaching strategies facilitation the process of learning a new language and literacy. The course will emphasize language acquisition theories, learning processes, social and affective factors in learning a second language, best teaching practices in dual language and ESL classrooms, and literacy development, emergent literacy for English-speaking students, and LPAC duties and responsibilities.

Prerequisite: EDU 2300, 3431, and admission to Teacher Education
This course focuses on the overall literacy development in young children; pre birth though age 6. Phonological awareness and phonics skills are taught. Development processes in reading and writing are emphasized. Appropriate teaching strategies and techniques are practiced with primary grade children in a school setting. Field experience required.

Survey of New Testament tradition, emphasizing its historical development and cultural setting, with writing assignments designed to enhance students’ appreciation of religious values.

A survey of selected world religions, emphasizing the diversity of religious experience in human life, with writing assignments designed to enhance students’ appreciation of religious values.

An examination of the historical development, doctrine, ritual and key texts of the Muslim community. The course will consider Islam from its classical origins to its modern incarnation as a global religion.

Prerequisite: SOC 2301 or consent of instructor
An examination of what deviant behavior is (including specific examples of behavior which is so labeled) and social explanations for its existence.