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COURSES OF INSTRUCTION FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP

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Courses numbered below 100 are developmental, courses in the 100 series are designed for freshmen, 200 courses are for sophomores, and 300 and 400 courses are for juniors and seniors.


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Admission to courses numbered 300 or above requires sophomore standing and completion of six semester hours of non‑developmental English and three semester hours of non‑developmental mathematics.


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Numbers preceded by an asterisk (*)indicate courses carrying undergraduate credit or graduate credit. Such courses are structured to ensure appropriate attention to both groups.


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Courses numbered 500 to 599 are designed for graduate students. Seniors, however, may be admitted under certain conditions (see Admissions of Seniors to Part‑Time Graduate Study).


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A freshman or sophomore cannot register for a course listed and offered for graduate or undergraduate credit, if a graduate student is enrolled in the course.


Courses numbered below 100 are developmental and are not acceptable for credit toward graduation. Some other courses numbered above 100 may not carry credit toward graduation; see course description.

The numerical listing after the course titles gives the following information:

first number :  

semester credit hours


second number :  

lecture hours per week


third number :  

laboratory or other contact hours per week.


ACCT 205 :  

Introduction to Financial Accounting. 03‑3‑0. (3 semester credit hours. 3 hours lecture per week. No laboratory.) (52.0301)


BIOL 204 :  

General Microbiology Laboratory. 1-0-3. (1 semester credit hour. No lecture. 3 hours laboratory per week.) (26.0503)


CHEM 451 :  

Research Problems. 2‑1‑3.(2 semester credit hours. 1 hour lecture per week. 3 hours laboratory per week.) (40.0599)


Courses offered only in specific semesters are identified by the following designations:

Su only  

Fa-odd years only

Sp only  

Fa-even years only

Fa only  

Sp-odd years only

  

Sp- even years only


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If courses have no designation(s), they are generally offered each semester, but student‘s should contact individual departments for variations.

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Summer Session course offerings vary greatly. Students must consult with their Dean's office for summer course offerings.


The University reserves the right to withdraw, modify, or add to the courses offered.

The four capital letters in parentheses represent the computerized abbreviation for that subject field; the abbreviation is often used on documents and course schedules. The numbers in parentheses represent the Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System (IPEDS).


Educational Technology Leadership (EDTL 13.04)


EDTL 501. Design and Development of Multimedia Instructional Units. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: Completion of foundations core or permission of department head. Students will research, plan, design, implement, and evaluate multi-sensory instructional units. Hands-on class activities will be developed that result in an integrated instructional approach to teaching and learning. (13.0401)

EDTL 503. Educational Telecommunications, Networks, and the Internet. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: Completion of foundations core or permission of department head. Students will exhibit extensive familiarity with the World Wide Web. Students will develop skills in the use of planning, development, implementation and management of distance learning, networking, and Internet use for teaching and learning. They will be engaged in hands-on activities that demonstrate the required skills. (13.0401)

EDTL 505. Technology Leadership in Schools. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: Completion of foundations core or permission of department head. Students will demonstrate understanding of foundation skills for managing technology for teaching and learning at the school site. These skills will include school wide planning that incorporates instructional design, curriculum integration with the standards, and logistics of technology implementation within the local site, training, and evaluation. Students will implement projects for local site improvement. (13.0401)

EDTL 506. Professional Development of K-12 Technology Integration. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: Completion of foundations core or permission of department head. Students will exhibit skill in the following: Instructional program development, curriculum design; state and national standards; and planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of technology staff development activities. (13.0401)

EDTL 507. Technology Planning and Administration. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: Completion of foundations core or permission of department head. The management and development of skills in the following: Technology planning, management of facilities, resource management, technology staff and personnel management, funding and budgetary issues, technology policies, procedures and purchasing practices. (13.0401)

EDTL 509. Educational Technology Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: Completion of foundations core or permission of department head. Students will exhibit skill in the following: Identification and application of educational and technology-related research, the psychology of learning, and instructional design principles guiding the use of computers and related technologies in education. (13.0401)

EDTL 511. Advanced Telecommunications and Distance Learning. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: EDTL 503 and completion of foundations core or permission of department head. Students will develop Internet/Web-based learning materials and resources; overview distance learning technologies for learning; research national curriculum standards; demonstrate advanced Internet applications; research applications of telecommunication and other distance technologies in education; describe emerging telecommunications and distance learning technologies; and apply methodologies for distance/on-line instruction and student support.


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