FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION
FED 500 Professional Seminar – Three semester hours. This course will introduce candidates to a variety of
fundamental questions about education, immerse candidates in seminal works in the educational literature, and give
candidates ways of framing and analyzing educational issues which candidates may draw on during their
professional career. This courses’ literature focuses on teaching and learning in elementary and secondary
classrooms and the connection between these classrooms and the larger social context. Candidates will learn how to
think, analyze, argue, and write – about teaching and learning, schools and society, teachers, students, and the public
– using graduate level discourse, research, theory, imagination and discipline.
FED 501 Foundations of Education – Three semester hours. This course provides a thorough understanding of
the teaching profession and balanced discussion of controversial issues with emphasis on : professional
development; school-based management; the history of education in China, globalization, legal protection regarding
teachers and students; problems with and prospects for No Child Left Behind legislation, the role of technology in
schools and classrooms, school choice and charter schools, curriculum and testing standards, promising instructional
innovations and intervention and many other topics that affects schools, and education in general.
FED 503 Introduction to Educational Research – Three semester hours. This course provides a survey of typical
research methods used in conducting research in a teaching and learning environment. Relevant concepts and issues
involved in conducting educational research are also explored. Additionally, a brief review of common statistical
operations is presented.
FED 504 Evaluation of Teaching-Learning – Three semester hours. A complete exploration into the pertinent
theories, research, procedures, and problems in learning and teaching evaluation. Various readings and experiments
will be explored. Students will be required to do a terminal research.
FED 521 Multicultural Education – Three semester hours. Prepares the educator for perceiving, believing,
evaluating, and behaving in different cultural settings. It should help the educator become more responsive to the
human condition, individual cultural integrity, and cultural pluralism in today’s society.
FED 529 Computer-Based Instructional Technologies – Three semester hours. This course provides knowledge
and hands-on training of the current and emerging instructional technologies for the graduate pre-service teacher
candidates and the inservice teachers. Students will learn the technology skills, the theoretical foundation of the
technology-assisted learning, and various techniques for designing and delivering instruction by integrating
technology. This class provides mostly a hands-on learning experience, plus the theories and issues of the current
emerging technology in education. The hands-on work includes the commonly-used programs like Microsoft Word,
PowerPoint, Excel, database, and instructional web page development; multimedia production includes sound
editing, basic graphics design and image editing; the software evaluation includes the educational software
evaluation, learning resources evaluation, searching and integrating adequate informational resources for the K-12
school settings. For this course, the cooperative learning and student-centered constructivist learning are highly
valued within and out of the class. Blackboard will be the networked learning place for the students and the teacher
to communicate and collaborate on the issues of the technology-assisted learning and the hands-on projects. The
theories of educational technology include learning theories and technology integration issues in education. After
this course, the students will be developed professionally in terms of knowledge, skills, and disposition relating to
the integration of current and emerging technology in education.
FED 531 Current and Emerging Instructional Technologies – Three semester hours. The course is designed to
help educators develop skills in using desktop publishing, computer graphics, hypermedia environments,
telecommunications, and optical technology. (Prerequisite: ELE 530 or an equivalent graduate level course)
FED 532 Curriculum Integration of Technology – Three semester hours. The content will focus on the following
major areas: principles of instructional design, techniques for integrating computers and related technologies into the
school’s curriculum, designing and evaluating software and coursework, hypermedia for instructional uses, and
repurposing interactive video material. (Prerequisites: ELE 530 and FED 531)
FED 601 Advanced Philosophy of Education – Three semester hours. The course examines selected educational
theories and philosophies of education, their relationships and implication for teaching and educational leadership.
It is designed to provide advanced graduate students an opportunity to critically reflect on their own teaching and
leadership, clarify their understanding of the teaching and educational profession, and examine solutions to
educational problems through critical and reflective thought. Additionally, this course is intended to provide
graduate students with the knowledge base necessary for serious inquiry into educational problems.
FED 603 Advanced Educational Research. Three semester hours. This course provides a survey of typical
research methods used in conducting research in a teaching and learning environment. Relevant concepts and issues
involved in conducting educational research are also explored. Additionally, a brief review of common statistical
operations is presented.
FED 604 Advanced Evaluation of Teaching and Learning – Three semester hours. An in-depth study of the
theories, processes and procedures relating to the evaluation of teaching and student learning.
FED 696 Action Research I. Three semester hours. This course will teach roles and skills necessary to be an
effective Action Researcher. This class will also give candidates the skills needed to work on problems specific to
schools, and school leadership. Additionally, the course is also designed to identify the theoretical foundations of
Action Research, develop practical applications, investigate the applicability of Action Research in a current work
setting, and develop an Action plan
FED 697 Action Research II. Three semester hours. The course is designed to guide candidates through the
development of a problem, data collection, analyses and feedback. Candidates will also design a course of action to
address the issues, make implementation of the research and assess the results.
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SED 515 Reading in the Content Area – Three semester hours. This course stresses the relationship between
achievement in reading and success in the content area. The course focuses upon the content teacher’s responsibility
for the development of reading skills in each content area.
SED 521 English Language Arts in the Secondary School – Three semester hours. This course will consider
objectives of English in the secondary school, content and organization of the English curriculum, and direction of
learning in the English program.
SED 522 Mathematics in the Secondary School– Three semester hours. Literature, research, and content in
mathematics, current trends, experimental programs, graduation of subject matter, criteria for program evaluation,
and basic issues.
SED 523 Social Science in the Secondary School Curriculum – Three semester hours. The course content, along
with related material, will consist of the examination of the basic purposes and objectives of the social studies
program in the junior and senior high school and recent trends and developments in the field, selecting and
organizing content materials, planning various kinds of learning experiences, and exploring effective ways of
teaching and learning democratic citizenship.
SED 524 Science in the Secondary School Program – Three semester hours. For teachers and supervisors of
science in the junior and senior high school. Units of subject matter presented through assigned reading, lectures,
demonstrations, and discussions will be studied. Students will participate in demonstrations, selected laboratory
work, and field trips. There will be a comprehensive examination covering of the content of general science.
SED 527 Guiding Learning in the Secondary School – Three semester hours. Basic principles and techniques of
learning as related to the various fields and levels of Secondary Education.
SED 530 The Secondary School Curriculum – Three semester hours. Principles of curriculum construction as
they apply to the secondary school and the various subject areas; will be a critical study of recent efforts to combine
fields of subject matters.
SED 595 Internship – Six semester hours. This course entails one semester of full-time teaching under the
immediate direction of supervising teachers in off-campus public (or approved private) schools. Upon return to
campus students share their experiences, discuss problems, and develop new techniques in a professional seminar.
SED 699 Thesis – One, three, or six semester hours.