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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to emphasize the curriculum-related responsibilities of the library program. School, public, and academic librarians are immersed in educational initiatives. Emphasis is placed on information and digital literacy instruction, curriculum integration, and support services. The roles of the librarian as a teacher, collaborator, technology leader, and program administrator are studied. This online course requires one face-to-face meeting for the purpose of a class lesson presentation and delivery. Fieldwork: 8 hours
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course explores types of research, the selection of a research problem, development of research questions, the strategies necessary for library searches using the latest computerized data information retrieval services, the collection and analysis of data, the evaluation of research, and the technical skills needed for writing the research report.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The goal of this course is to prepare and present an electronic professional portfolio that demonstrates the students' accomplishments in the graduate program. This is a culminating course for the program. The role of portfolios, standards, and reflection in education will be examined, as well as the types and components of portfolios. Students will investigate technologies that enhance electronic portfolios.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to provide experience in the practical application of library routines and procedures in a school library media center. The primary activities will be conducted under the supervision of a cooperating school media librarian at an unassigned school media center. The student will be required to spend 90 hours in a school library media center working under the direction of a cooperating librarian. The required 90 hours of field work will build on the background and experience of the certified teacher to develop the specialized knowledge of the school media specialist.
  • 6.00 Credits

    The clinical field experience provides the school librarian teacher candidate with the opportunity to observe practice under the guidance of a certified school librarian. Candidates are typically assigned to two placements, one elementary and one secondary. The students also attend Practicum class which meets once a week which provides for an exchange of ideas, information, experiences, and assistance from their peers and supervisor. Each candidate is expected to demonstrate the ability to function effectively in the five roles of the school librarian: teacher, leader, instructional partner, information specialist, and program administrator.
  • 6.00 Credits

    The clinical field experience provides the school librarian teacher candidate with the opportunity to observe practice under the guidance of a certified school librarian. Candidates are typically assigned to two placements, one elementary and one secondary. The students also attend Practicum class which meets once a week which provides for an exchange of ideas, information, experiences, and assistance from their peers and supervisor. Each candidate is expected to demonstrate the ability to function effectively in the five roles of the school librarian: teacher, leader, instructional partner, information specialist, and program administrator.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is the first course in a two-course sequence that is required for all Elementary Education and Special Education majors. It is restricted to only Education majors or permission of the department. Topics include problem solving; logic; set theory; mathematical systems; systems of numeration; number theory; equations and inequalities; and properties of whole numbers, integers, rational numbers, and real numbers. A calculator is required for this course. This course cannot be used by mathematics majors to fulfill mathematics major program requirements.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is the second course in a two-course sequence that is required for all Elementary Education and Special Education majors. It is restricted to only Education majors or permission of the department. Topics include informal geometry; measurement; probability; statistics; and computer applications. A calculator is required. This course cannot be used by mathematics majors to fulfill mathematics major program requirements.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Topics include properties of the real numbers, problem-solving using equations and inequalities, algebraic functions, graphing, and systems of equations. A graphing calculator is required for this course. This course cannot be used by mathematics majors to fulfill mathematics major program requirements. This course is designed for students who have two years of high school algebra.
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