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  • 3.00 Credits

    Purchasing and supply management are essential to a company to operate effectively and efficiently in today's global business environment. A company will not only select the suppliers and purchase materials from them; but also acquire the needed materials in the right amount, at the right time with the right quality levels. Meanwhile, the strategic close relationship will be required to ensure the uninterrupted flow of goods and services and to diminish the wastes throughout the supply chain in term of time and money. The objective of this course is to make students aware of the demands placed upon purchasing professionals-, and to understand the impact of purchasing on the competitive success and profitability of the firm. They must also have an understanding of legal and ethical considerations which affect purchasing decision-making.
  • 1.00 Credits

    College of Education: Secondary Education First Year Seminar introduces Secondary Education freshmen, organized by cohorts according to declared major, to the critical strategies, resources, and responsibilities of a university student and future teacher. The seminar will build the students' foundation knowledge and understanding of what it means to be professional educators. Toward this end, the students enrolled in this course will participate in a number of relevant experiences that facilitate and strengthen their personal appreciation and intellectual understanding of their role as a teacher candidate and Kutztown University and the support available to ensure their success. The course will be required of all entering freshmen. The course will be offered as Pass/Fail.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The content and organization of high school curriculum, and of the nature and content of major fields of instruction. Requirements and standards that affect the high school program.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Theoretical and practical approaches relevant to current problems in secondary education with attention on the broad spectrum as well as immediate day-to-day situations will be explored. A focused effort has been made to develop a responsive course to prepare the teacher candidates to be effective classroom managers for learners in today's inclusive and diverse classrooms.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is a clinically based course that examines how aspects of learner language, culture, prior knowledge and experience influence the learning process in the school setting. This course will provide a bridge between theories of learning and current practice by placing teaching candidates in a weekly, supervised experience. This course will be taken after the student has achieved teacher candidacy. Teaching candidates will meet for 6 hours each week, in two three-hour blocks. During the first block, candidates will meet at the university with the professor. This will be the theory-based component of the course and coordinates with Categories I and IV of the Principles of Teaching and Learning criteria established by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The second block will take place in the school setting (SEED 313 Principles of Learning Clinical Lab). This course must be taken with SEED 313 Principles of Learning Clinical Lab. This course is a prerequisite for SEED 342 Principles of Teaching.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is the clinical part (second block) of the SEED 312 Principles of Learning course. The entire class will be assigned to a school where pairs of teaching candidates will be assigned to a classroom. Schools will be recruited based on their opportunities for diverse experiences and size. The Kutztown faculty member will accompany teaching candidates to the placement and will supervise while the candidates are in the building. This course must be taken with SEED 312 Principles of Learning. It is a prerequisite for SEED 342 Principles of Teaching.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course emphasizes the value, use and interpretation of standardized group tests for various purposes in the public schools. Training is given in the administration and evaluation of group intelligence, achievement, and aptitude tests and personality and interest inventories. The organization and operation of school testing programs will be analyzed. Teacher constructed evaluative criteria will be required.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Methods, techniques and evaluative instruments applicable to the teaching of secondary school subjects. The course is basically the responsibility of a coordinator and a "team'' of teachers, each of whom is a specialist in the subject matter fields of Communication, Social Studies, Foreign Languages, Science, and Mathematics. Laboratory experiences include classroom observation, micro-teaching, films, lectures by resource persons, construction of a teaching unit, etc. Summer course not available to undergraduates.
  • 1.00 Credits

    SEED 331 provides a practicum, concurrent with the methods class. This practicum provides an opportunity for the application of theory presented in the methods class to be applied to middle and high school classroom. (1 s.h., 2 c.h.)
  • 1.00 Credits

    SEED 332 provides a practicum, concurrent with the methods class. This practicum provides an opportunity for the application of theory presented in the methods class to be applied to middle and high school classroom. (1 s.h., 2 c.h.)
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