EDUCATIONAL STUDIES (EDS)
Course Descriptions
EDS 402/502 Cr. 2
This course is the first field experience in a school
environment. Candidates will be introduced to professionalism,
classroom management, and conflict resolution. Candidates will
plan and teach lessons within the designated developmental
range. Prerequisite: Admission to a DES graduate program; EDS
710, 508, 511 to be taken concurrently with EDS 412/512 and 413/
513. Offered Fall, Spring.
EDS 405/505 Cr. 2
This course covers the first field experience in a school
environment. Candidates will be introduced to professionalism,
classroom management, and conflict resolution. Candidates will
develop and teach lessons within the designated developmental
range. Prerequisite: Admission to a DES graduate program; EDS
710; to be taken concurrently with EDS 406/506. Offered Fall,
Spring.
EDS 406/506 Cr. 4
A general methods course which introduces the EA-A and EC-A
candidates to a range of knowledge, skills, and dispositions
regarding the context of classroom practice. A central focus of
the course is preparing students to work with children from
diverse language, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.
Candidates will investigate current research on exemplary
educational practice in the middle and high school setting, with
particular attention to issues related to promoting learning for
all students. Prerequisite: Admission to a DES Graduate Program;
EDS 710; to be taken concurrently with EDS 405/505. Offered
Fall, Spring.
EDS 508 Cr.
3
Foundations of Literacy for Early Childhood-Middle Childhood and
Middle Childhood- Early Adolescence
Foundations of Literacy for Early Childhood-Middle Childhood and Middle Childhood-
This course focuses on the theoretical background of
literacy. Candidates will become familiar with effective
approaches to literacy instruction. Candidates will also gain an
understanding of evaluation processes used to determine quality
literature. Emphasis will be given to critical literacy
perspectives including effective practices from multicultural
and multilingual literacy perspectives. Prerequisite: Admission
to a DES graduate program; passing PPST scores. Offered Fall,
Spring.
EDS 511 Cr.
3
Curriculum and Pedagogy for
Early Childhood-Middle Childhood or Middle Childhood- Early Adolescence
Curriculum and Pedagogy for
The course is designed to consider the nature of a teaching
profession, the use of standards in a profession, and
responsibilities of PK-12 educators. The role of schools in
society will be examined along with the history and politics of
school curriculum. Possible levels of curriculum use in schools
from knowledge reproduction to curriculum integration will be
discussed. Culturally responsive teaching and conflict
resolution will be emphasized. Prerequisite: Admission to a DES
Graduate Program; passing PPST scores. Offered Fall, Spring.
EDS 412/512 Cr.
5
Teaching Language and Literacy-Early Childhood-Middle Childhood
or Middle Childhood-Early Adolescence
This course focuses on applications of best practices from
research and from multicultural, multilingual, and critical
literacy perspectives. It includes a field experience in an
elementary classroom, in which students will observe and teach
literacy lessons. Prerequisites: Admission to a DES Graduate
Program; EDS 710, 508 and 311/511; to be taken concurrently with
EDS 402/502, 413/513. Offered Fall, Spring.
EDS 413/513 Cr. 3
This course is designed to provide teacher candidates with
basic understanding of curriculum content, instructional methods
and materials, and assessment strategies in social studies for
children in kindergarten through middle school. Prerequisite:
Admission to a DES graduate program; EDS 710, 308/508, 311/511;
to be taken concurrently with EDS 402/502, 412/512. Offered
Fall, Spring.
EDS 420/520 Cr. 1
This course covers the integration of traditional, emerging
and interactive technologies across the curriculum. The course
is designed to develop an understanding of technology
application in the academic disciplines. Students will learn
about strategies for incorporating computer technology into
teaching and learning. Students will develop skills in software
design and application. Prerequisite: Undergraduate:
Junior standing; Admission to Teacher Education Program; EDS
319. Graduate: Admission to DES Graduate Program; EDS 319.
Offered Fall, Spring.
EDS 421/521 Cr. 3
This course is designed to introduce teacher candidates to
current methods and practices for teaching general science
education, including issues of environmental topics. Candidates
will explore the need for elementary sciences within their
teaching areas. Methods facilitate investigations regarding the
nature of science as a discipline, strategies for instruction,
and assessment for student learning. Diversity and gender issues
in science education are studies emphasized. Prerequisite:
Admission to a DES Graduate Program; EDS 402/502; must receive a
grade of “C” or better in MTH 125; to be take concurrently with
EDS 422/522 and 445/545. Offered Fall, Spring.
EDS 422/522 Cr. 2
This course is designed to provide teachers candidates with
basic understanding of curriculum content, instructional methods
and materials, and assessment strategies in mathematics for
children in preschool through middle school. Candidates will
examine the scope and sequence of PK-8 mathematics standards
documents as well as explore models for short and long term
instructional planning. Candidates will use assessment data to
differentiate instruction to meet the needs of individual
students that may include response to Intervention planning and
Professional Learning communities. Prerequisite: Admission
to a DES graduate program; EDS 402/502; must receive a grade of
“C” or better in MTH 125; to be taken concurrently with EDS
421/521, 445/545. Offered Fall, Spring.
EDS 445/545 Cr. 2
This course is the second field experience in a school
environment. Candidates will further develop their
professionalism, classroom management techniques, and conflict
resolution skills. Candidates will develop and teach lessons
including units of instruction as well as building and
maintaining the classroom environment within the designated
developmental range. Prerequisite: Admission to a DES graduate
Program; EDS 402/502; to be taken concurrently with EDS 421/521
and 422/522. Offered Fall, Spring.
EDS 450/550 Cr. 2
This course is the second field experience in a school
environment. Candidates will further develop their
professionalism, classroom management techniques, and conflict
resolution skills. Candidates will develop and teach lessons
including units of instruction as well as building and
maintaining the classroom environment within the designed
developmental range. Prerequisite: Undergraduate: Admission to
a DES Graduate Education Program; EDS 405/505; to be taken
concurrently with EDS 451/551. Offered Fall, Spring.
EDS 451/551 Cr. 3
This class prepares students to experience literacy
foundations from traditional and electronic text formats in a
global information society. The search for meaning is shaped by
language competencies applied in local, national, and
international settings. The purpose of this class is to engage
learners in the acquisition of skills and processes to
facilitate literacy growth in traditional content areas at the
middle and high school students. Prerequisite: Admission to a
DES Graduate Education Program; EDS 405/505; to be taken
concurrently with EDS 450/550. Offered Fall, Spring.
EDS 452/552 Cr. 2
This course is designed to provide pre-service teachers with
basic understanding of curriculum content, instructional methods
and materials, and assessment strategies in mathematics, science
and environmental education for children in preschool through
middle school. Candidates will examine the scope and sequence of
PK-8 science and mathematics standards documents and explore
models for long term instructional planning. Candidates will use
assessment data to differentiate instruction to meet individual
student needs, including Response to intervention planning. This
is the second of two concurrent courses on teaching math and
science in a PK-8 context. Prerequisite: admission to the
Teacher Education Program; to be taken concurrently with EDS 421
and 445.
EDS 460/560 Cr. 3
This course is designed to provide an overview of educational
services that are appropriate for students in middle level
grades. The historical and philosophical bases for transescent
education are surveyed. Major components of this course include
the organization and administration of middle schools,
curricular areas often found in middle level education,
transescent students (ages 10-14), management, teacher/advisory
programs, and family and community relations. Additional
attention will be given to current issues in transescent
education. Prerequisites: Admission to a DES Graduate
Program; EDS 402/502 or 405/505. Offered Fall, Spring.
EDS 710 Cr. 3
This course introduces students to foundational issues in
public education from a global perspective. After exploring the
philosophical, historical, socioeconomic and political
dimensions of public education in the United States, the course
will include study of educational traditions, educational policy
and school reform in select countries around the world on a
comparative basis. The concept of the educated person provides
an essential orientation for cross-cultural analysis.
Prerequisite: Admission to a DES Graduate Program. Offered
annually.
EDS 780 Cr. 1-3
This course engages students in the examination of a current
issue impacting public education and the teaching profession
through the integration of focused research, debate, and
writing. The issue under study may change each term depending on
the importance and currency of the problem. Prerequisite:
Admission to a DES Graduate Program; EDS 402/502 or 405/505;
repeatable for credit — maximum 3. Offered Fall, Spring.
EDS 792 Cr. 1
This seminar course is designed to deepen students’ critical
thinking regarding issues of educating children,
professionalism, conflict resolution, and classroom management.
This course is taken during the student teaching semester.
Prerequisite: Admission to a DES Graduate Program; to be taken
concurrently with EDS 493, 494, or 495. Registration occurs
through the Office of Field Experience only. Offered Fall,
Spring.