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PUAD 412 MANAGING STATE AND LOCAL GOVER 3 CREDITS
This course is an examination of the interrelations among state, municipal, county governments, and school districts. The emphasis will be on how
they are organized, structured, staffed and their service delivery formats. Students will also examine the importance of inter-local and inter-
governmental relationships in the public how devolution has changed the way in which public programs are funded. Other areas of emphasis will
include departmental functions, tax policy, and citizen participation as it relates to state and local governmental activities.

READ: READING COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
READ 100 LITERAL READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS (FALL, SPRING) 3 CREDITS
Required of all students who have been placed in the course by the University-approved Reading Placement Test. This interactive, web-
enhanced course emphasizes study skills, test-taking strategies, vocabulary development, literal comprehension skills such as main idea and
supporting details, and reading rate improvement.

READ 101 COLLEGE READING SKILLS I (SPRING) 3 CREDITS
This interactive, web-enhanced course emphasizes essential college reading skills, with focus on application of reading strategies such as critical
analysis, interpretation, and evaluation to a variety of reading material, as well as accelerated reading rate improvement.

SCED: SECONDARY EDUCATION COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

SCED 305 PRACTICUM III 1 CREDIT
Prerequisite(s): PRAXIS I. This course enables observation of model lessons in an elementary classroom, examination of curriculum materials,
and teaching of selected lessons under the supervision of a master teacher. The practicum is completed on a designated day each week and
continues for the full day. This practicum must be taken with methods courses. PK is required to apply for Student Teaching. Application is
made to Student Teaching.
SCED 401 DIR TCHNG & SEMINAR SCED 12 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): Method courses and PRAXIS I required to apply. This is a semester-long course in which the student participates in all of the
activities of the teacher in the classroom, in the school, and in the community. Beginning with a period of observation and orientation, the
student receives assignments of increasing difficulty from the cooperating teacher until he/she is capable of assuming full responsibility for
teaching. The semester is divided into an assignment in the middle and an assignment in the senior grades. The practical experience is
accompanied by a regularly scheduled seminar. The student teacher follows the entire schedule of the school at which the student is placed.
SCED 450 METH TCHG READING SECOND 3 CREDITS
This course is designed to give secondary teachers an understanding of various approaches to teaching reading in subject matter fields. Exploration
of recent research in the area, how-to lessons, and an examination of reading philosophy and literature as applicable to the secondary student.
(This is Part One of Methods of Reading)

SCED 451 METH TCHG READING SECOND 3 CREDITS
This course is designed to give secondary teachers an understanding of various approaches to teaching reading in subject matter fields. Exploration
of recent research in the area, how-to lessons, and an examination of reading philosophy and literature as applicable to the secondary student,
(This is Part Two of Methods of Teaching Reading) (Prereq, SCED 450)

SOCI: SOCIOLOGY COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
SOCI 101 INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY (FALL, SPRING) 3 CREDITS
Note: This course is a Prerequisite(s) for all sociology/criminal justice majors. This course is a survey of basic concepts and formulations in
sociology, such as functional, conflict, and interaction perspectives, as they are applied to the study of structure and process in society, from
the group to the institutional level.
SOCI 198 COOP-SOCI 12 CREDITS
Students must meet applicable program eligibility requirements and must submit program application materials to the Program Coordinator prior
to receiving permission from the instructor to register for this course. Program requirements can be found on the Career Development Center
website.
SOCI 201 WRITING FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCE 3 CREDITS
The course allows students to refine their skills in scholarship and writing in the social sciences. Students address the issues of evidence,
interpretation, methodology, and critique in social science research as part of a longer project.
SOCI 203 DEVIANT BEHAVIOR (SPRING Only) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101. This course examines various forms of deviant behavior, including homosexuality, alcoholism, mental illness, drug
addiction, rape, child molestation, etc.

SOCI 211 CYBERSPACE, THE INDIV & SOC 3 CREDITS
Cyberspace is the name given to the space' where humans and modern information/communications technology interact. This course explores the
personal cultural and societal implications of cyberspace computer mediated communications (CMC) and the Internet. It examines
contemporary technological advances comparing and contrasting them with the effects of previous technologies such as the printing press
telephone radio and television. It presents current work in sociology psychology communications political science popular culture and information
and computer science in order to help students gain an understanding of the impact that advanced information/communication technologies

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