The following course descriptions are available. Please check the Class Schedule or contact the program for course availability for each semester:
C&T 4052 Designing curriculum and instruction
Professors Lesko, Goodwin, Zumwalt and staff. Application of models for designing curriculum and instruction. Students design curriculum in collaborative groups. Section 2 will focus on students designing social studies curriculum in collaborative groups.
Instructor: Linda Hickson
C&T 4080 Risk and resilience in early development
Professor Recchia and Dr. Sall. A first course in child development, pre-birth through age 8, within a family context. Primary focus is on the impact of risk and disability on developmental outcomes, and those factors that promote resilience in young children, with and without disabilities, and their families.
Instructor: Lyn Corno
C&T 4081 Programs for young children with disabilities
Curriculum development and instructional strategies for exceptional young children birth to age 5, in home and center-based programs. Organization and planning of activities and intervention models; analysis and selection of materials; community resources. Cross-categorical and transdisciplinary.
Instructor: Susan Recchia
C&T 4082 Assessment of young children with exceptionalities
An introduction to formal and informal assessment strategies and their application to work with young children.
C&T 4083 Working with families of young children with disabilities
Professor Recchia or faculty. This course offers current and historical perspectives on the role of families in the lives of young children with special needs, with a focus on family structures, resources and concerns. Students will explore strategies for facilitating partnerships between families and professionals that support the developmental and educational needs of young children with disabilities.
C&T 4302 Supervised practicum in the educational assessment of young children with exceptionalities
Dr. Rikhye or faculty. Permission required. Prerequisite: C&T 4080. Participation in educational assessment of young children with exceptionalities. An introduction to formal and informal assessment strategies and their applications to work with young children. Analysis of observational and test data; formulation of educational interventions. Lab fee: $150.
C&T 4308 Field experiences in early childhood/early childhood special education
Professor Recchia or faculty. A practicum for students in the Early Childhood initial certification programs that serves as a prerequisite forstudent teaching. Field experiences will systematically include at least 100 hours of observation and practice across all EC age groups: 0-3, pre-k, K, 1-2. Field experiences will relate to work in other courses and be paired with an ongoing seminar designed to respond directly to issues as they arise in field placements.
Instructor: James Corter
C&T 4708 Student teaching-infancy and early childhood
Dr. Rikhye or faculty. Observation and student teaching. Permission required. Course requires 3 to 5 days a week for participation in community, school, and agency programs and a weekly seminar on campus.
Instructor: Susan Recchia
C&T 5000 Theory and inquiry in curriculum and teaching
Total of 9 points, 6 points fall and 3 points spring. Faculty. Required of and limited to first-year Ed.D. students in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching; must be taken in both the Fall and Spring semesters. Introduction to and exploration of important problems and issues in curriculum and teaching, methods of formulating questions, and modes of inquiry appropriate to doctoral-level research.
Instructor: Min Hong
C&T 5114 Development of multicultural curriculum for the early
Faculty. Exploration of dynamics of curriculum development for young children from 3 through 8 years of age. Participants will design a curriculum using principles of curriculum construction and a multicultural, inclusive philosophy. Prerequisite: C&T 4114 or equivalent.
Instructor: Min Hong
C&T 7500 Dissertation seminar in curriculum and teaching
Professors Genishi, Knight, Schoonmaker and Zumwalt. Two semesters required of all doctoral candidates in the department unless proposal is defended in the first semester. Development of doctoral dissertations and presentation of proposals for approval.
Instructor: James Borland
C&T 7501 Dissertation seminar in curriculum and teaching
Professors Genishi, Knight, Schoonmaker and Zumwalt. Two semesters required of all doctoral candidates in the department unless proposal is defended in the first semester. Development of doctoral dissertations and presentation of proposals for approval.
HBSE 4002 Instruction and curriculum for students with and without disabilities
Curriculum development and research-validated methods of instructing students with and without disabilities from early childhood through adolescence, including methods of teaching reading and mathematics and methods of enrichment and remediation. Materials fee: $10.
Instructor: James Corter
HUDM 4122 Probability and statistical inference
Prerequisite: HUDM 4120 or undergraduate statistics course. Elementary probability theory; random variables and probability distributions; sampling distributions; estimation theory and hypothesis testing using binomial, normal, t, chi square, and F distributions.
Instructor: Karen Zumwalt
HUDM 5122 Applied regression analysis
Prerequisite: HUDM 4122 or permission of instructor. Least squares estimation theory. Traditional simple and multiple regression models, polynomial regression models, with grouping variables including one-way ANOVA, two-way ANOVA, and analysis of covariance. Lab devoted to applications of SPSS regression program. Lab fee: $50.
Instructor: Celia Genishi