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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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This section of the Catalog includes course descriptions, listed alphabetically by discipline. The descriptions provide information on course numbers, titles, the level of instruction, credit, course sequence, content, and prerequisites as shown in the following example:
CHE 2100 Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry
Credits: 5
Prerequisite: CHE 1100
Description: A study of the elements of organic and biological chemistry. This course satisfies requirements for nursing programs and other fields requiring a survey of organic and biological chemistry.
The first two to four letters, called the course subject code, represent the area of study or discipline, e.g., CHE represents chemistry. The course number follows the course subject code, e.g., 2100. The first digit in a four-digit course number designates the level of instruction. Only courses numbered 1000 or above will be included in credits toward a degree. Courses with numbers up to and including 1999 are primarily for freshmen, 2000 through 2999 primarily for sophomores, 3000 through 3999 primarily for juniors, and 4000 through 4999 primarily for seniors. In general, students should not take courses above the level of their class (based upon semester hours earned), but they may do so at one level above if they have the specified prerequisites. In special cases, students may be permitted to take courses more than one level above that designated for their class if they obtain the permission of their advisor and of the faculty member teaching the course and if they meet the prerequisite requirements. Course descriptions provide a summary of the content of the course. If a prerequisite must be met before a student can register for a course, this information is listed above the course description. Attributes, such as Ethnic Studies & Social Justice, General Studies, or Guaranteed Transfer, are listed after the course description. A list of courses being offered in a given semester, instructors, class meeting times, and locations is described in the Class Schedule.
Types of Courses
- Regular courses appear in this section of the University Catalog and are offered on a regular basis.
- Independent study courses provide students the opportunity to pursue in-depth study of a topic of special interest. Independent study courses are specified as 498_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Independent study courses are published in the Class Schedule.
- Special topics or omnibus courses are temporary courses that are not listed in the Catalog. They may be used to pilot-test a course, present a special topic, or provide a unique, experiential-learning opportunity. Omnibus courses use a specified range of course numbers: 190_, 290_, 390_, 490_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Omnibus courses are published in the Class Schedule.
- Variable topics courses allow courses of varying titles under an overall theme or “umbrella” course. Variable topic courses include an alpha character in the course number and are published in the Class Schedule.
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CJC 3130 - Victimology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010 with a minimum grade of C
Description: This course explores the history, causes, nature, and type of criminal victimization; the impact of crime on victims; as well as the methods by which the justice system respond to victims. This course will also examine the Colorado Victims’ Rights Amendment.
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CJC 3200 - Criminal Justice Administrative Behavior
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010 with a minimum grade of C
Description: This course is a comprehensive analysis of criminal justice organizational behavior and management. Roles and values in management, administrative alternatives, and the role of managers as an agent of change are studied.
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CJC 3210 - White-Collar Crime
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010
Description: Students will examine white-collar crime and its lack of punishment as well as its impact on individuals, businesses and society. Various types of white-collar crimes such as governmental corruption, organization fraud, consumer and environmental offenses, anti-trust violations, tax evasion, embezzlement, pyramid schemes, and medical fraud will be explored. Legal issues, including corporate liability and the range of civil and criminal penalties will also be reviewed. Students will survey law enforcement responses to white-collar crime and examine theoretical explanations. The course focuses on how the law evolves as criminal behaviors evolve in a technical age where transnational and internet crime are growing trends in the modern era. There is an emphasis on how these criminal and legal changes influence governmental institutions and society in general.
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CJC 3270 - Community Corrections
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010, CJC 1450
Description: This course covers the history and implementation of community corrections policies. The course covers community corrections as a part of a prison sentence. The focus is on pre-release programs, work release programs, and the shift from determinant to indeterminant sentencing. This course also focuses on community corrections as an alternative to prison. The emphasis is on restitution, house arrest, ankle-bracelet monitoring, drug courts, day reporting centers, and other methods that allow offenders to maintain ties within their community. There is an emphasis on the economic and social benefits of community corrections, rather than incarceration.
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CJC 3290 - Probation and Parole
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010, CJC 1450
Description: Students will explore the history, philosophy, and operations of probation and parole in the United States. Students will examine the theoretical foundations and supervisory functions of probation and parole as this relates to sentencing practices, legal issues, and evidence-based practices. There is an emphasis on the reentry phase of state supervision. Key issues include, recidivism, the role of the victim, and the outcome of punitive policies in the United States. Students will examine the community response to inmates coming home and the problems parolees face when returning to their community.
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CJC 3350 - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: This course is a study of the nature and causes of delinquency and crime, criminal personality, and societal processes. This course analyzes the concepts of prevention, control and prediction in juvenile delinquency.
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CJC 3400 - Criminological Theories
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010
Description: The characteristics of criminal behavior, including biological, psychological, social, and cultural links to deviant and antisocial behavior are illustrated. This course examines criminal self-conceptions, criminal personality and serial criminals.
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CJC 3410 - Criminal Justice and the Social Structure
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010 with a minimum grade of C
Description: This course examines criminal justice systems in relation to social power, class structure, ecological patterns, subcultural developments, and processes of change in the community and in the criminal justice structure. Culture is examined in order to comprehend the interaction between subcultures in the larger society, as well as develop an understanding of cultural competence. The course evaluates the ambivalence in the social processes of law enforcement, courts and corrections, and the problems of professionalization.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CJC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3410
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CJC 3420 - Organized Crime
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010
Description: Students in this course will examine history of organized crime in America and its impact on politics, law enforcement and the community. Students will explore the evolution of organized crime throughout American history, as well as the relationship between organized crime and law enforcement. Students will examine theories, politics, and policies related to organized crime. Students will also closely examine the history and development of legal punishment in the United States and the social consequences of these punishments, focusing on developing laws surrounding cybercrime and how the law evolves as criminal behaviors evolve in a technological age where transnational and internet crime are growing trends in the modern era. There is an emphasis on how these criminal and legal changes influence governmental institutions and society in general.
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CJC 3430 - Drugs and the Criminal Justice System
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010 with a minimum grade of C
Description: This course examines the history of drug use and drug laws, the relationship between drug use and crime, drug offenses and the criminal justice system, as well as treatment and prevention issues.
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CJC 3440 - American Gangsters
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010
Description:
This course will examine the nature and causes of gangs with an interdisciplinary focus. It will provide a background on gang membership and structure, an overview of the theoretical background and purpose of gangs, and will discuss prevention and intervention from a cross cultural perspective.
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CJC 3460 - Crime Mapping and Analysis
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010 with a minimum grade of C
Description: In this course, students will define the concepts of crime mapping and develop skills to use Geographic Information System (GIS) in understanding crime problems. Students will explore applied research techniques for tactical (crime series), strategic (operations research & problem analysis), and administrative analysis (budget/crime trend forecasting). Students will also develop skills to use GIS (Crime Mapping) tools, and interpret temporal and spatial statistics that lead to informed, data driven, and evidence-based criminal justice policy.
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CJC 3470 - Punishment and Society
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010 with a minimum grade of C
Description: This course is a critical examination of the history and development of the United States’ system(s) of criminal punishment and rehabilitation. It covers the different ways in which the United States has sought to penalize, correct, and prevent criminal behavior.
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CJC 3480 - Sex Crimes and Offenders
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010
Description: Students will examine the nature and etiology of the major categories of sex offenses. Students will also explore the criminal justice system’s responses to sex crimes and offenders, including investigation and prosecution of sex crimes. Students will evaluate federal and local sex offender legislation, as well as community supervision and reentry issues that face offenders. Students will also survey theoretical approaches to sex crimes and offenders.
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CJC 3490 - Serial Killers
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010
Description: Students will study the phenomenon of serial murders and other serial violent crimes in America. Students will examine the typology of serial killers and other violent serial offenders. Different and unique characteristics of male, female, and team serial killers will be discussed. An overview of theoretical explanations and causes of serial offending and/violent crimes will be analyzed. The social and political implications of studying serial killings will be studied, as well as how law enforcement and the legal system investigate and prosecute serial murderers.
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CJC 3710 - Women and the Law
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 or CJC 1010 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course introduces students to basic concepts that define the relationship of women to the law. Students will learn about the historical conditions and legal perspectives that affect women’s rights in the U.S. This course deals specifically with women’s equal participation in citizenship, work, education, reproductive rights, and protection from violence.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CJC, PSC, SOC or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): GWS 3310, PSC 309J, SOC 365B
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CJC 3720 - Chicanos and the Law
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000 or CJC 1010 with a minimum grade of C
Description: The course offers the student a complex understanding of the laws and the legal system, and how they relate to individual Chicanos and Chicano community rights. The dynamics of difference, cultural conflict with respect to race, and issues concerning ethnicity will be examined.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CJC or CHS.
University Requirement(s): Ethnic Studies & Social Justice
Cross Listed Course(s): CHS 3200
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CJC 3800 - Federal Law Enforcement
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010 and CJC 2210 OR CJC/CYB 2500
Description: Students in this course will examine the United States federal law enforcement system by focusing on the various federal agencies and their relationships with the criminal justice system, including historic foundations and emerging issues. The relationships between federal and local/state/private law enforcement are presented within the context of administrative partnerships, collaborative efforts, and unified missions that pertain to domestic and international crime threats, homeland security collaborations, and delivery of services to include technological advances.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix.
Cross Listed Course(s): HSP 3800
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CJC 3810 - Hate Crime
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010
Description: Students examine the historical and contemporary concept of hate crimes. Specifically students will examine the causes, manifestations, and consequences of crimes committed against people of color, sexual orientation, minorities, women, religious sects, and other marginalized groups. How hate crime is addressed and controlled through social, legal, and political methods is also explored.
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CJC 3820 - Study Abroad: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010
Description: This is a variable topics course and involves study and visitation of distinct, selected international criminal justice systems. Students will have an opportunity to compare these systems to the Criminal Justice System in the United States through travel, site visits, and lectures about these comparative law enforcement, courts, prisons, gangs, and counterterrorism groups.
Note: This course may be repeated 3 times for a maximum of 9 credit hours. 6 of these credit hours may be used to fulfill CJC coursework.
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CJC 3980 - Internship in Criminal Justice and Criminology
Credits: 1-6
Prerequisite(s): Major in Criminal Justice and Criminology or Cybersecurity; junior or senior status; permission of instructor
Description: Supervised by a faculty member within the major department, internships provide practical, hands-on experience in a professional field related to the major. Internship placements must be established prior to enrollment in this course in consultation with the Classroom to Career (C2) Hub.
Internship requirements vary by department. For information and instructions on finding and enrolling in an internship, contact the Classroom to Career (C2) Hub at c2hub@msudenver.edu.
Note: Variable Credit and students may repeat the course for a total of 6 credit hours.
Credit will be granted for only one prefix.
Cross Listed Course(s): CYB 3980
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CJC 4050 - Criminal Justice Professional Seminar: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010
Description: A variable titled course focusing on the synthesis of concepts and skills present in the criminal justice system. Designed to provide the criminal justice professional with theories and their application to criminal justice policy implementation.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different titles.
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CJC 4160 - Human Trafficking
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001, or AAS 1010, or CJC 1010, or HSP 1010, or SWK 1010; upper-division standing; or permission of instructor
Description: This course explores human trafficking on international and local levels. A review of multidisciplinary perspectives on labor and sex trafficking provides comprehensive understanding of this human rights issue. Students examine the tactics used by traffickers to recruit and control victims and the effects of abuse on victims. This course provides an overview of U.S. federal and local laws to curb trafficking, including federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Finally, students evaluate global and local efforts of the current anti-trafficking movement, including ways to be involved.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix.
Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 4160, GWS 4160, HON 4160, HSP 4160, SWK 4160
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CJC 4220 - Criminal Justice and the Elderly
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010 with a minimum grade of C
Description: This course focuses on criminal justice issues related to the elderly as victims, elder abuse, neglect, elder crime prevention programs, old age and crime, elder crime patterns, aging prisoners, and rehabilitative programs. State agencies and other groups involved with crime and the elderly are examined. It is designed to provide a theoretical approach to criminal justice professionals in the application of criminal justice policy implementation.
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CJC 4230 - The Female Offender
Credits: 3
Description: This course examines the nature and causes of female criminality and the responses to female offending by all areas of the criminal justice system e.g. policing, courts and prisons. It blends an in-depth analysis of historical methods of addressing female criminality with an intersectional approach to finding solutions to modern-day problems that can influence criminality among girls and women such as intimate partner violence, poverty, mental illness, and the feminization of work. Topics will include gender norms, girl fights, women who kill, prostitution, human trafficking, women’s prisons and women on death row. The course will also address methods for correcting and preventing female criminality from an intersectional approach.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CJC or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): GWS 4230
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CJC 4240 - Gender and Violence
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 or GWS 1200 or GWS 1550 or CJC 1010 or PSC 1020 or SOC 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: Students analyze key patterns and structures of gender and sexual violence, with a special focus on the diverse experiences of women, queers and gender-variant people. Students draw from disciplines such as queer/trans theory and transnational feminism to illuminate iterations of and resistance to gender-based violence, including how ‘safety’ and ‘precarity’ are distributed unevenly across groups due to various social formations. Topics in this course include sexual violence, interpersonal violence, family violence, trafficking, state violence (including carceral, medical and military violence), among others.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CJC, GWS, PSC, or SOC.
Cross Listed Course(s): GWS 4240, PSC 4240, SOC 4240
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CJC 4250 - Community Policing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010 with a minimum grade of C
Description: This course examines the historical evolution and implementation of Problem and Community Oriented Policing. The roles of the police and community are analyzed. A case study approach is utilized in which students solve current community issues from a community and problem oriented policing perspective/approach.
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CJC 4260 - Crime and Criminal Justice in the Media
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010 with a minimum grade of C
Description: The course will examine the relationship between the mass media, crime and criminal justice with special emphasis placed on the social construction of crime and criminal justice. Other topics of inquiry will include the portrayal of crime and criminal justice in the entertainment and news media, the influence of the media on attitudes toward crime and justice, and the use of news media in the courts. Criminological theories and their relationship to how crime and criminal justice are reported in the media will also be discussed.
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CJC 4430 - Comparative Criminal Justice
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010
Description: Students engage in a survey of worldwide criminal justice philosophies, systems and practices. They also examine contemporary criminal justice organizations and legal systems in major and emerging nations.
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CJC 4650 - Ethics for the Criminal Justice Professional
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010
Description: This course offers an in-depth analysis of ethical issues which confront the criminal justice professional. It includes an examination of the issues of covert surveillance, regulation of morals, equity and fairness, “blowing the whistle,” and public interest versus private freedom.
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CJC 4700 - Capstone Seminar in Criminal Justice and Criminology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010, Senior Standing
Description: This course is designed to provide criminal justice majors and minors with a capstone experience emphasizing integration of knowledge acquired in previous courses on the institutions, policies, and practices of criminal justice and criminology. The course seeks to synthesize learning with exercises that promote critical thinking, the application of theory, and the critique of current practices in criminal justice and criminology. Students will also be asked to verify their expertise through the completion of a senior project.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education |
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CLD 2890 - Second Language Acquisition: K-12 Educational Implications
Credits: 3
Description: This course examines the intricate web of variables that interact in the process of acquiring a second language and the instructional implications for K-12 students. These variables include linguistic, cognitive, social, cultural, and political factors. The course will examine each of these factors and consider the educational implications of how they work together to foster or inhibit successful second language learning and academic success for second language learners in K-12 public schools.
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CLD 3290 - Literacy Development for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students K-12
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CLD 3510 or CLDM 5510
Description: This course in literacy development and instructional techniques is designed to extend elementary and secondary educators’ knowledge of literacy instruction to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse students Through this course students will gain a knowledge base which will enable them to develop the language and literacy of the culturally and linguistically diverse learners in their classrooms. Students will create and implement lesson and unit plans encompassing the knowledge obtained in the course, and will reflect upon the effectiveness of their teaching. This course contributes to the essential knowledge and dispositions required of teachers who work with elementary and secondary English language learners, and serves as a foundation for further study in the field of English language acquisition theory and teaching techniques.
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CLD 3310 - Integrated Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CLD 3510 or CLDM 5510
Description: This course will focus on content area methodologies to develop the linguistic, academic, social, and cognitive skills of K-12 English Language Learners (ELL). This course will also emphasize the process of selecting the most appropriate methods and materials, as well as planning for the most effective use of resources. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the basic premises of language program development and instructional strategies for supporting content area learning.
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CLD 3510 - Perspectives in Education for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners
Credits: 3
Description: This is an introductory course in language acquisition and teaching theory with emphasis on the culturally and linguistically diverse learner. The course includes historical perspectives, philosophical frameworks, legal implications, subject matter methodologies, assessment, classroom instruction, parent involvement, and current issues that affect culturally and linguistically diverse students and the school programs serving them.
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CLD 3910 - Assessment of English Language Learners
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CLD 3510 or CLDM 5510
Description: This course is designed to familiarize teacher candidates with various assessment issues and strategies specific to English language learners. Through this course teacher candidates will gain a current knowledge base which will enable them to effectively assess English language learners and report assessment results to students, parents, other educators, the school district, and other appropriate entities. Teacher candidates will learn various formal and informal assessment techniques and will be able to use the results of assessments to create appropriate and effective instruction.
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CLD 3930 - Spanish Bilingual Education Theory and Research
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CLD 3510 or CLDM 5510
Description: Students will examine current theory and research in the field of bilingual education and create a research proposal. Students will be introduced to the major research traditions, design components, and methodologies of qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods research. They will apply this knowledge of research in the creation of a bilingual education research proposal. This course will be taught in English.
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CLD 3940 - Spanish Bilingual Language and Literacy Development
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CLD 3510 or CLDM 5510; this course is taught in Spanish and requires instructor approval for registration
Description: This course in Spanish literacy development and instructional techniques is designed to extend elementary and secondary educators’ knowledge of Spanish literacy instruction for emerging bilingual students. Students will create and implement literacy lessons and a literacy unit plan encompassing the knowledge obtained in the course. This course will be taught in Spanish.
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CLD 3950 - Spanish Bilingual Methods and Materials
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CLD 3510 and this course is taught in Spanish and requires instructor approval for registration
Corequisite(s): CLD 3951
Description: This course prepares students to teach Spanish speaking students, specifically in the content areas (Social Studies, Science & Math). Strategies, methods, materials, and resources are shared to plan content instruction in two languages for emerging bilingual students. This course will be taught in Spanish. Further, translanguaging pedagogy will be utilized to support the planning and implementation of bilingual lessons. For elementary students, a 1 credit field experience (CLD 3951 ) must be taken concurrently with this course. Modern Language Spanish majors will take this course concurrently with LANG 4961 . An observation of a lesson taught in Spanish will be scheduled during the classroom field experience.
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CLD 3951 - Spanish Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Bilingual Education Specialist K-12 Added Endorsement Field Experience
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): CLD 3510 or CLDM 5510
Corequisite(s): CLD 3950
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): Oral Proficiency Interview
Description: This one-credit course is the required 30-hour field experience for students seeking the Spanish Culturally & Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Bilingual Education Specialist K-12 Added Endorsement. This field experience is for Elementary Education, Special Education and Early Childhood Education majors or licensed teachers.
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CLD 4115 - CLD Residency I
Credits: 3-7
Prerequisite(s): EDU 4011, EDU 4015, EDU 3666, EDU 3665, EDU 3550
Corequisite(s): RDG 4444
Description: This clinical residency in a classroom with culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) learners requires at least three full, sequential instructional days per week in an assigned accredited public or private elementary classroom with English Language Learners. The CLD residency and accompanying seminar includes opportunities to synthesize content from all previous coursework, including concentration coursework for serving CLD students: methods for teaching CLD learners; professionalism; designing, implementing, and assessing instruction for diverse learners; student motivation and engagement; and collaboration with colleagues and families, particularly diverse families. The teacher candidate is an active participant in the elementary school community through close observation of the mentor teacher, collaborative practice with the mentor teacher, and/or supervised independent practice. Concepts and skills learned in RDG 4444 are a particular focus in this residency; however, residents are engaged in all content areas.
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CLD 4225 - CLD Residency II
Credits: 3-9
Prerequisite(s): RDG 4444; EDU 4115 and/or CLD 4115 or a combination of EDU 4115 and CLD 4115
Corequisite(s): EDU 4222; EDU 4225
Description: This culminating, full-time clinical residency will place the teacher candidate in an assigned, accredited public or private elementary school. Close collaboration between the candidate and mentor teacher will occur in a variety of ways, including the candidate taking the role of lead teacher. The candidate will assume responsibility for all functions of the classroom, including overall design and implementation of instruction and assessment in all curricular areas, maintenance of a productive classroom environment tailored to the needs of diverse learners, communication with colleagues and families, and integration of technology to improve student learning. Knowledge and skills gained in the corequisite EDU 4222 course concerning assessment, data, and use of specific instructional strategies for identified needs are practiced, and the teacher candidates evaluate these practices in light of class and individual academic achievement. Candidates participate in all content area instruction. CLD Residency II includes a seminar.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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CLD 4520 - Field Experience in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): Successful completion of all course work for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Endorsement; or permission of instructor.
Description: This course provides candidates for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Endorsement the opportunity to develop and practice effective instructional strategies for English language learners in a K-12 classroom setting. Students are required to spend fifty-five hours of field experience in a culturally and linguistically diverse classroom and attend seminars to consider and reflect on practice.
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CLD 4590 - Culturally and Linguistically Diverse: ESL Student Teaching and Seminar
Credits: 6
Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of all requirements of the major, minor, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Endorsement courses, teacher licensure program, and general studies. Satisfaction of all student teaching application requirements by the required deadline. Passage of the Initial Licensure Area PLACE exam.
Corequisite(s): EDU 4190 or EDS 4290 or ECE 4390 with a cooperating teacher in the student’s initial licensure
area.
Description: This course is a supervised, full-time, eight-week, student-teaching experience in an accredited public or private school. The experience provides increasing responsibility for the teaching, supervision, and direction of an identified group of English language learners, K -12. Teacher candidates must attend seminars conducted by college supervisors of student teaching. Teacher candidates are required to demonstrate proficiency in Performance Based Standards for Colorado Teachers, as well as Colorado Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Endorsement Standards.
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CYB 2001 - Cyber Laws and Regulations
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010
Description: Students in this course will define current cyber laws and regulations as they relate to cybersecurity and cybercrime. Students will examine the legal aspects of forensic computer science, privacy issues, constitutional protections, and will review related state, federal and international laws and regulations. Students will also examine the challenges in the investigation and prosecution of cybercriminals as well as the constitutional issues applicable to the presentation of cybercrime evidence. Students will examine the legal and ethical implications created in cyberspace.
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CYB 2500 - Criminal Investigation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010
Description: Students in this course will define and explain the relationship between law enforcement and the investigative process. These investigative processes will be further analyzed in the context of defining and categorizing criminal behavior alongside the increased need for technological advances. Law enforcement agencies and their evolving techniques will also be examined from the perspective of the challenges these agencies regularly face.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CYB or CJC
Cross Listed Course(s): CJC 2500
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CYB 3980 - Internship in Criminal Justice and Criminology
Credits: 1-6
Prerequisite(s): Major in Criminal Justice and Criminology or Cybersecurity; junior or senior status; permission of instructor
Description: Supervised by a faculty member within the major department, internships provide practical, hands-on experience in a professional field related to the major. Internship placements must be established prior to enrollment in this course in consultation with the Classroom to Career (C2) Hub.
Internship requirements vary by department. For information and instructions on finding and enrolling in an internship, contact the Classroom to Career (C2) Hub at c2hub@msudenver.edu.
Note: Variable Credit and students may repeat the course for a total of 6 credit hours.
Credit will be granted for only one prefix
Cross Listed Course(s): CJC 3980
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CYB 4990 - Capstone Seminar in Cybersecurity
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 3210, CJC 3420, and CJC 3800; CIS 4550; CSS 3752; Senior Standing 90 hours posted; per instructor’s permission
Description: Students in this course will integrate their knowledge acquired in previous courses on the institutions, policies, and practices of computer information systems, computer sciences and criminal justice. The students will synthesize interdisciplinary learning with exercises that promote critical thinking, including the development of a system plan with a focus on addressing encryption issues and best practices data protection. Students will critique current practices in criminal justice and cybersecurity. Students will evaluate the computer science of detecting infiltrated computer system networks and portable devices, with an extension towards a security conscious system and software development practices and testing activities, which includes discussion of ethical hacking.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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DANC 1020 - Ballet Folklórico
Credits: 2
Description: This course will serve as an introduction to Ballet Folklórico through an exploration of the technique, music, culture, and philosophy associated with this dance tradition.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 1020
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DANC 1101 - Hip Hop I
Credits: 2
Description: This course will incorporate hip hop dance techniques, popular hip hop moves, terminology, history and various styles of hip hop will be learned. The class will consist of warm up, center floor work, across the floor, and dance combinations.
Note: This course may be taken twice for a total of 4 credits.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 1101
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DANC 1110 - Belly Dance I
Credits: 2
Description: Belly dancing, an ancient cultural dance, is a creative and joyous art of self-expression and a way to fitness and wellbeing.
Note: This course may be taken twice for a total of 4 credits.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 1110
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DANC 1120 - African Dance and Drumming
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): Department Approval
Description: This course will serve as an introduction to African Dance and Drumming through an exploration of movement, music, culture, and philosophy associated with that tradition.
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DANC 1130 - Ballet Level I
Credits: 2
Description: Intended for adults with minimal or no experience, this course presents basic steps, positions, and movements of classical ballet, stressing correct body placement.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 1130
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DANC 1150 - Ballroom Dance
Credits: 2
Description: This course provides instruction and practice in ballroom dance with a focus on traditional dances. Dance mixers and ice breakers will also be included in this class.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 1150
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DANC 1160 - Jazz Level I
Credits: 2
Description: This course is designed to teach fundamental techniques of jazz dance for fitness, endurance, strength, alignment and to help the student discover different movement patterns.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 1160
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DANC 1180 - Modern Dance I
Credits: 2
Description: This course is designed for students with minimal or no dance experience. A basic modern dance foundation stressing alignment, strength and coordination will be covered.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 1180
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DANC 1210 - Improvisation and Choreography
Credits: 3
Description: This course explores introductory dance improvisation and composition through creative problem solving and choreographic exercises. It is organized into sequences, expressing a variety of themes.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 1210
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DANC 1240 - Tap Dance I
Credits: 2
Description: This course is designed to provide an introduction to tap dance, as well as the physical, social and emotional benefits derived from regular participation in this activity.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 1240
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DANC 2201 - Hip Hop II
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): ESSA 1101 or Instructor Approval
Description: Students will gain a physical and intellectual understanding of intermediate hip-hop as they are exposed to hip-hop terminology, history, and a variety of hip-hop styles.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 2201
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DANC 2210 - Belly Dance II
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): ESSA 1110 or permission of instructor
Description: Belly dancing, an ancient cultural dance, is a creative and joyous art of self-expression and a way to fitness and wellbeing. Belly Dancing Level II will delve deeper into the emotional, physical and spiritual components of Belly Dancing. Students will learn to dance with increased fluidity and depth, explore floor work and create an original dance.
Note: This course may be taken twice for a total of 4 credits.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 2210
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DANC 2230 - Ballet II
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): ESSA 1130 or Instructor Approval
Description: This course is designed for students with beginning ballet skills. It will cover low intermediate level classical ballet exercises, stressing performance quality and proper alignment.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 2230
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DANC 2240 - Tap Dance II
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): ESSA 1240
Description: This course is designed for low-intermediate level tap dance students. It introduces intermediate techniques of tap for fitness, health, rhythmic and performance skills.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 2240
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DANC 2260 - Jazz II
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): ESSA 1160
Description: This course is for students with beginning level jazz dance experience. This course covers low intermediate Jazz Dance techniques focusing on alignment and performance presence.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 2260
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DANC 2280 - Modern Dance II
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): ESSA 1180
Description: This course is designed for students with beginning modern dance experience. A low intermediate movement foundation stressing alignment, syncopation and performance presence will be covered.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 2280
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DANC 3040 - MSU Denver Dance Ensemble
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 credits of dance technique or instructor approval
Description: As an ensemble, students create, learn, and perform dances in various community settings. Off-campus travel is required.
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DANC 3301 - Hip Hop III
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): DANC 1101, AND DANC 2201 OR Instructor Approval
Description: This course is for students with intermediate hip-hop dance experience. Students develop strength, control, endurance, coordination, weight shift, performance presence, rhythm, and syncopation as they work towards an advanced intermediate movement foundation in Hip Hop. This course incorporates the culture of Hip Hop into a movement experience based within the techniques, terminology and history of various styles.
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DANC 3330 - Ballet III
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): ESSA 2230 and Instructor Approval
Description: This course is designed for students with low intermediate ballet skills. Intermediate level ballet exercises, stressing quality, artistry, alignment and efficiency of movement are covered.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 3330
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DANC 3360 - Jazz III
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): ESSA 2260 and department approval
Description: This class is for students with low intermediate level jazz dance experience. This course covers intermediate Jazz Dance focusing on, alignment, and performance presence.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 3360
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DANC 3380 - Modern Dance III
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): ESSA 2280 and Department Approval
Description: This course is for students with low intermediate modern dance experience. Students will build an intermediate movement foundation stressing alignment, syncopation, weight and performance presence.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 3380
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DANC 3391 - Cleo Parker Robinson International Summer Dance Institute I
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): 4 credits of Modern, Jazz or Ballet and instructor approval
Description: This course is for students with low intermediate dance experience. An intermediate movement foundation stressing alignment, strength, weight and performance presence will be covered.
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DANC 3392 - Cleo Parker Robinson International Summer Dance Institute II
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): 4 credits of Modern, Jazz or Ballet and instructor approval
Description: This course is for students with low intermediate dance experience. An intermediate movement foundation stressing alignment, strength, weight and performance presence will be covered.
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DANC 3410 - Skills and Methods of Teaching Dance Technique
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 4 credits in modern, jazz, ballet, tap, hip hop, or world dance forms, Junior standing or instructor approval
Description: This course will prepare students to teach dance technique classes to a range of ages, populations, and skill levels.
Note: Some sections of this course may be taught as Service Learning.
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DANC 3420 - Skills and Methods of Teaching Improvisation and Choreography
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): DANC 1210
Description: This course is designed to prepare the student to teach improvisation, choreography, and creative dance in schools, studios, and other settings.
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DANC 3440 - Dance Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ESSA 1210 and Sophomore standing
Description: This course is designed to teach dance students how to produce a performance. Students gain practical experience through the production of a dance-based performance.
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DANC 3750 - Study Abroad: Human Performance and Sport
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing, 2.5 GPA
Description: This is a variable topics course and involves study and visitation to historical and culturally rich selected international human performance and sport programs and locations. Students will compare international approaches to human performance and sport through a combination of the following: travel, site visits, tours, interactive educational activities, research in libraries of local institutions and lectures. Lectures may highlight current scientific and cultural themes, governance, management, marketing, sport operations & development, health & fitness initiatives, protocols, and collective sport activities.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESS 3750
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DANC 3810 - Embodying Pop Culture: Dance and Identity in U.S. Popular Culture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 OR ENG 1021
Description: Students in this lecture course explore and contextualize dance in popular culture through a sociocultural and historical lens. Surveying two broad topics, social dance and dance on screens, students investigate how hegemonic cultural ideologies are propagated and/or subverted through dancing bodies. Students explore how positionality affects the perceived value and influence of various dance practices and how movement shifts as it migrates to different locations and spaces. Critical analysis reveals the ability of dance to impact and be impacted by culture, as students explore the context of dance they encounter in everyday life. Through viewing, reading, and discussion, students interrogate the ways in which dance teaches consumers about the world around them, even as it entertains.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
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DANC 3835 - African Drum and Dance Ensemble
Credits: 1
Description: This ensemble introduces the varied and rich musical traditions of Africa and the African diasporas through participation and performance. The course focuses on the development of a variety of drumming and dance techniques, while cultivating a program of pieces for performance at the end of the semester. No previous musical experience is required, and it is a non-auditioned ensemble and open to all students regardless of their major.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESS 3835, MUS 3835
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DANC 3905 - Dance Repertory
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 4 credits in either Modern, Jazz, or Ballet or instructor approval
Description: Students learn and perform dances choreographed by faculty members, community members, their peers, and/or the repertory of historic contemporary choreographers.
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DANC 3910 - Dancing Histories in a Global Context
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 OR both ENG 1008 and ENG 1009, AND ENG 1020 (or the Honors Program course, ENG 1021)
Description: Considering dance as a reflection of culture, students examine the history of various dance practices from around the globe, informed by religious, sociopolitical, economic, and cultural contexts.
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DANC 3920 - Dance Entrepreneurship
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or instructor approval
Description: Through an overview of dance career management tools, students will learn entrepreneurship skills and strategies to create opportunities in dance-related businesses.
Note: Some sections of this course may be taught as Service Learning.
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DANC 3930 - Choreography II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ESSA 1210
Description: This course develops students’ choreographic skills as they explore non-traditional and multidisciplinary compositional forms, creating original choreography for a dance concert performed outside of class.
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DANC 3940 - Experiential Movement, Somatics and Injury Risk Reduction for Dance Artists
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 4 credits in Modern, Jazz or Ballet, OR instructor approval
Description: In this course, students use experimental/sensory activities and dance movement explorations to facilitate the kinesthetic experience of anatomy, planes of motion, alignment and biomechanics.
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DANC 3990 - Dance Field Experience
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor
Description: This course enables students to apply a range of concepts from the field of dance in a practical, hands-on learning experience. Students may earn from 1 to 3 credit hours through this field experience by working with a specific dance organization or project.
Note: This course may be repeated for up to 12 credits.
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DANC 4010 - Advanced/Professional Company Class
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): 4 credits of upper division Modern, Jazz or Ballet and instructor approval
Description: Intended for advanced intermediate dance students, this course provides advanced movement foundations stressing varying concepts each semester, including alignment, strength, weight, dynamics, and performance presence.
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DANC 4430 - Ballet IV
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): ESSA 3330 and Department Approval
Description: This course is designed for students with intermediate ballet skills. This course will cover advanced intermediate level ballet, stressing quality, artistry, efficiency and alignment.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 4430
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DANC 4460 - Jazz IV
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): ESSA 3360 and Department Approval
Description: This class is for students with intermediate level jazz dance experience. This course covers advanced intermediate Jazz Dance, focusing on alignment and performance presence.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 4460
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DANC 4480 - Modern Dance IV
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): ESSA 3380 and Department Approval
Description: This course is for students with intermediate modern dance experience. An advanced intermediate movement foundation stressing alignment, strength, weight and performance presence will be covered.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESSA 4480
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DANC 4500 - Motor Learning and Development
Credits: 3
Description: The focus of this course will be an examination of motor learning principles and their role in the developmental stages of individuals. Emphasis is placed on the various aspects of perceptual motor control and environmental factors affecting skill acquisition.
Cross Listed Course(s): ESS 4500
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DANC 4910 - Dance and Interdisciplinary Performance in the 20th Century and Beyond
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ESSA 1210 and DANC 3930
Description: This course investigates dance and interdisciplinary performance since 1960. Projects explore multidisciplinary collaboration and culminate in a public showing of creative works outside of class.
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DANC 4920 - Community-Based Dance and Social Change
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): DANC 2420, 4 credits in modern, jazz, ballet, tap, hip hop, or world dance forms, and Junior standing or instructor approval
Description: Students will experiment in creatively engaging communities and explore the facilitation and manifestation of community-based dance projects aimed at social transformation.
Note: Some sections of this course may be taught as Service Learning.
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DANC 4990 - Dance Senior Experience
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, completion of General Studies requirements, completion of a minimum 36 credits within major, 2.8 GPA in major
Description: This course provides Dance students the opportunity to synthesize knowledge gained from their undergraduate studies through an independent project or internship and weekly seminar.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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ECE 2100 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education
Credits: 3
Description: This survey course provides an overview of early childhood care and education, including historical and cultural perspectives, organization structure, programming, and developmentally effective culturally appropriate practices. The course includes an overview of the eight key areas of professional knowledge: Child Growth and Development; Developmentally Appropriate Practices; Guidance; Family and Community Relationships; Diversity; Health, Nutrition and Safety; Professionalism; Administration and Supervision.
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ECE 2310 - Families and Communities: Advocacy and the Law
Credits: 3
Description: The family, the community and the school as partners in the education of children is the focus of the course and includes planning and activities that encourage family and community involvement. The course includes the history of parent education, the family unit, culture and community, communication skills, parent-teacher conferences, mandated reporting of child abuse, and parental rights and responsibilities.
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ECE 2330 - Creativity and Expressive Arts for the Young Child
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ECE 2950
Description: Students will learn how creativity is defined, its importance, and how creative thinking in children (birth - age 8) can be promoted in a developmentally effective early childhood environment. Theories of artistic development in the visual arts, creative movement and dance, dramatic arts, and music will be studied. Students will learn pedagogy related to fostering cross-cultural understanding and respect, and integration of the expressive arts across the early childhood curriculum.
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ECE 2345 - Administration of Early Childhood Programs
Credits: 4
Description: This course provides an overall view of program administration and specific concepts applicable in a variety of early childhood settings: preschools, child care, infant/toddler care, and after-school programs. It also examines personnel management, program development, fiscal administration, marketing, and fund-raising.
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ECE 2360 - Infants and Toddlers I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ECE 2100
Description: This course focuses on infant/toddler curriculum and expanding quality in infant/toddler care. The importance of relationships, cultural diversity, nurturing environments, health and safety, and children with special needs is presented. The course provides a review of theories and emphasizes their applications and issues pertinent to infant and toddler development in group and/or family settings. It includes state requirements for licensing, health, safety and nutrition issues.
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ECE 2370 - Curriculum for the Young Learner
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PSY 1800
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ECE 2100
Description: Students will analyze the underlying theories and perspectives used in the design of effective early childhood preschool curriculum models. Using National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) guidelines, students will identify components of developmentally effective, research-based, culturally responsive curriculum. Students will participate in 15 hours of unsupervised field experience.
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ECE 2400 - Development and Characteristics of Early Learners
Credits: 3
Description: In this course, students examine the field of child development (prenatal - age 8) and developmental changes across domains. Students are exposed to the major theories of child development and their perspectives on the physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development of young children. An emphasis is placed on understanding the implications of child development research and theory on classroom practice and the creation of supportive learning environments.
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ECE 2500 - Health, Safety and Nutrition
Credits: 3
Description: This course focuses on health, safety, and nutrition as key factors for optimal growth and development of young children. The course is required for director qualification of a large childcare center and includes information about health practices, requirements and record keeping; safety requirements and developmentally appropriate activities to facilitate safety consciousness in young children; nutrition guidelines, menu planning and food preparation for childcare settings; effective communication with families concerning health, safety, and nutrition recommendations sensitive to socio-cultural differences; and policies and practices for developing and managing a safe early childhood environment.
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