COURSES IN TEACHER EDUCATION (EDU)
EDU 201 Orientation to the Teaching Profession
(1 Credit Hour)
Designed specifically for students seeking admission into the Teacher Education Program, this introductory course offers an overview of the teacher certification process, roles and responsibilities of Texas educators, and the structure of state educational systems. Students will assess their own academic preparation via multiple diagnostic instruments, demonstrate oral and written proficiency, and begin to build their electronic Professional Portfolio. 12 hours required internship allows students to explore different educational levels in two diverse school settings.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly
EDU 223 Technology Applications in Education
(3 Credit Hours)
Open to majors and non-majors, students will explore the integration of technology and creativity across the curriculum for writing, research, collaboration, and personal productivity. Particular emphasis is placed on the identification, use, and evaluation of applications that support appropriate instructional strategies to positively impact the learning process. Students will build a digital or electronic portfolio to document mastery of entry-level technology skills. This projects-based course employs the use of Office applications, audio/video/ image editing software, and dual computing platforms
Limit: 10 students
Prerequisite: CSC 103 (or placement eligibility)
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly
EDU 233 Educational Psychology and Human Development
(3 Credit Hours)
Open to majors and non-majors, the study of human development - physical, social-emotional, moral, and intellectual - from birth to young adulthood via major historical and contemporary theories in educational psychology. Includes the application of scientific knowledge about individual differences and the process of learning to the problems of teaching and learning. Students will examine measurement and evaluation of student achievement using standardized and informal assessment procedures. Incorporates distance learning and requires internet access to complete. Substantial writing component.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly
EDU 303 Creative Arts, Music, and Movement
(3 Credit Hours)
Provides active and hands-on experiences in fine arts and movement education. Practical applications in the integration of art, music and movement activities for the elementary classroom will be explored and practiced.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall Yearly
EDU 312 Social Studies for Teachers, Grades K-8
Designed specifically for teachers of young and middle school children, this field-based course will give the student the knowledge and skills needed for planning, organizing, and effectively delivering instruction based upon the Social Studies Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Social studies content areas emphasized will be history, geography, economics, government, citizenship, and culture. Students will discuss understandings of the social and environmental consequences of scientific discovery and technological innovations.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Spring Yearly
EDU 313 Teacher and the Student in a Multicultural Society (Level One)
(3 Credit Hours)
This course optimizes opportunities for teacher candidates to use word processing, databases, telecommunications, and a variety of media-technology as teaching tools. Prospective teachers will discuss controversial issues in education, develop lessons to honor multicultural perspectives, prepare a parent involvement plan, and acquire knowledge of principles of classroom discipline and management through effective delivery systems. Required 45 hours of internship in public schools. Substantial writing component.
Prerequisite: Provisional Admission to Teacher Education Program.
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly
EDU 323 Video Foundations
(3 Credit Hours)
Students will investigate techniques in camera operation, lighting, digital editing, digital audio, and producing video for the WWW in this projects based course. Also covered is story development and project organization concepts common to single camera field productions. The course prepares students to make basic television programs and short videos with style, creativity, flair, and professionalism. Web-based delivery. Enrollment limited to 15 students.
Prerequisite: CSC 113 (or placement eligibility)
Offered: Spring Yearly
EDU 373 Teaching Learners of Diverse Cultures
(3 Credit Hours)
A course open to majors and non-majors and designed to help prepare parents and teachers for the immense challenges that arise in honoring children from diverse or underrepresented cultures. Each participant will first focus upon his own cultural heritage and then focus on significant aspects of other heritages. Activities involve community interviews, guest speakers, field trips, electronic journaling and research, role playing, extensive readings, and observations in public school classrooms. Emphasis is placed on understanding the needs of second language learners and bilingual students as well as the ethics and execution of state and national laws. Involves substantial writing component and internet research.
Prerequisite: Sophomore Standing (30 credit hours)
Offered: Spring Yearly
EDU 374 TEKS Curriculum for K-12 (Level Two)
(4 Credit Hours)
A laboratory course designed to acquaint prospective teachers with the scope and sequence of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) curriculum in their respective specialization subject areas. Students will correlate TEKS to TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) and to competencies in the state subject certification tests. Students will compare, contrast, and apply educational theories to practical teaching situations. Students will plan lessons, prepare materials, demonstrate methods, determine assessment techniques, and strategize modifications that support and enrich state mandated curriculum. Requires time-intensive projects as well as 45 hours of internship in public schools.
Prerequisite: Provisional Admission to Teacher Education Program
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly
EDU 411A Teacher Certification Examination Preparation -
Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities
(1 Credit Hours)
A systematic investigation of content, philosophy, and test-taking strategies fundamental to passing the state’s Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities licensure examination. Required for all education majors prior to graduation. Course should be repeated until candidate successfully passes state test.
Prerequisite: Provisional Admission to Teacher Education Program
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly
EDU 411B Teacher Certification Examination Preparation -
EC-4 Generalist
(1 Credit Hour)
As the teacher candidate engages in concentrated preparation for the EC-4 Generalist licensure examination, focus is placed on determining the person’s strengths and weaknesses in the six content subject areas. If the participant does not achieve 85% mastery on the qualification test, or successfully pass the state examination, the participant may repeat the coursework, or continue via an individualized contract and online study.
Prerequisite: Provisional Admission to Teacher Education Program
Offered: Spring Yearly
EDU 414 Assessments, Instructional Strategies, and
Management
(4 Credit Hours)
This team-taught course investigates laws and legalities in Texas schools, cooperative learning activities, inquiry and problem-solving strategies, formal and informal assessments, holistic grading and rubric formats, and the P.D.A.S. (Professional Development Appraisal System). Each teacher candidate will design a classroom discipline/management system, a weekly plan, a yearly plan, and an interactive learning center. An understanding of learning theories will be demonstrated through development of lessons taught in multi-media settings. Requires time-intensive projects as well as 45 hours of internship in public schools.
Prerequisite: Provisional Admission to Teacher Education Program
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly
EDU 426 Professional Collaborations: Student Teaching
(Level Four)
(6 Credit Hours)
In this capstone course the teacher candidate will practice instructional competency under the supervision of a classroom teacher five days per week, all day, for 12 weeks in a public school setting. As a professional practitioner, the candidate will demonstrate effective assessment, planning, implementation, and critical reflection. In addition, the candidate will participate in a weekly one-hour seminar and be asked to complete a senior research media project and/or develop a workshop to share professional expertise.
Prerequisite: Final Admission into Teacher Education Program
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly
RDG 323 Fundamentals of Literacy Instruction, EC-4
(3 Credit Hours)
This course provides primary teachers with foundation knowledge and strategies for understanding and promoting literacy development in young children in pre-kindergarten through grade 4. Emphasis is on beginning reading instruction, diagnosis and assessment, the Reading Standards for primary level, and the Language Arts TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills). Teacher candidates will acquire appropriate methods to assess and teach phonological awareness, the alphabetic principle, decoding, word analysis, fluency, and reading comprehension. Materials will be created to reinforce literacy development. If not taken as a co-requisite course with EDU 313 or EDU 374, the student must complete an additional 15 hours of field experience for this course.
Concurrent Enrollment: EDU 313 or EDU 374
Offered: Fall Yearly
RDG 383 Reading in the Content Areas, Grades 4-12
(3 Credit Hours)
A course designed to prepare teachers of students in grades 4-12 in understanding the reading process. Emphasis is on instructional strategies to assess and teach the Reading Language Arts TEKS including vocabulary, structural analysis, fluency, reading comprehension, and written communication skills across curriculum areas. By examining the social characteristics of pre-teen and adolescent learners, teacher candidates will also focus on the promotion of speaking and listening skills, inquiry skills, and the integration of technology for the advancement of student achievement. If not taken as a co-requisite course with EDU 313 or EDU 374, the student must complete an additional 15 hours of field experience for this course.
Concurrent Enrollment: EDU 313 or EDU 374
Offered: Fall Yearly
RDG 413 Language Arts Across the Curriculum
(3 Credit Hours)
This course prepares the preK-12th grade teacher with understandings of the spiraling objectives in the Language Arts TEKS and how these skills and concepts can be interwoven to reinforce instruction and learning in all subject areas. Emphasis is placed on strategies to nurture research explorations, creative expression and critical thinking through writing, reading, speaking, and listening experiences. Concurrent enrollment in EDU 374 or EDU 415 is highly recommended to gain field internship experiences that help connect best practices to theories and methods.
Prerequisite: Recommended RDG 323 or RDG 383
Offered: Spring Yearly
RDG 493/SED 493 Diagnostic and Corrective Reading
(3 Credit Hours)
Required for special education, EC-4th and 4-8th grade teacher candidates, students will learn to administer both formal and informal diagnostic reading assessments. Using data students will design, implement, and monitor instruction focused on individual children’s needs. Interventions will include direct instruction, and use of games, manipulatives, and technology supported instruction. Students will explore commercial materials and compare a variety of reading programs. Twelve-hour clinical component.
Prerequisite: RDG 323 or RDG 383
Offered: Fall Yearly
COURSES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION (SED)
SED 313 Survey of Exceptional Learners
(3 Credit Hours)
Students will investigate terminology, historical perspectives, characteristics, and etiology of exceptional students, including physical, mental, and emotional aspects. Field experiences involve a minimum of 10 hours of observation in a variety of educational settings serving exceptional students. Required activities involve substantial internet research and writing components. Open to majors and non-majors.
Prerequisite: Upper-Division Standing or Instructor Approval
Offered: Fall Yearly
SED 333 Assessment and Programming of Exceptional
Learners
(3 Credit Hours)
Design and implementation of individualized programs for exceptional students; determination of learner strengths and deficiencies; educational planning, instructional modification and behavior control; supervised clinical practice.
Prerequisite: SED 313
Offered: Spring Yearly
SED 364 Curriculum for Exceptional Learners
(3 Credit Hours)
Basic organization of programs, state special education standards, instructional aids and materials, records and reports, clinical observations. Special emphasis on specific teaching approaches appropriate for the individual differences characteristic of exceptional learners.
Prerequisite: SED 313
Offered: Spring/Summer Yearly
SED 374 Behavior Management of Exceptional Learners
(3 Credit Hours)
Behavior management strategies and techniques to prevent, alter, improve, and maintain social, emotional, and academic behaviors of exceptional learners; special emphasis on environmental engineering, management of surface behavior, behavior modification techniques, and appropriate referral services.
Prerequisite: SED 313
Offered: Fall Yearly
SED 493/RDG 493 Diagnostic and Corrective Reading
(3 Credit Hours)
Required for special education, EC-4th and 4-8th grade teacher candidates, students will learn to administer both formal and informal diagnostic reading assessments. Using data students will design, implement, and monitor instruction focused on individual children’s needs. Interventions will include direct instruction, and use of games, manipulatives, and technology supported instruction. Students will explore commercial materials and compare a variety of reading programs. Twelve-hour clinical component.
Prerequisite: RDG 323 or RDG 383
Offered: Fall Yearly
SED 411C Teacher Certification Examination Preparation -
Special Education
(1 Credit Hour)
Prior to registration for the special education certification test, students will prepare by reviewing competencies and taking practice examinations.
Prerequisite: 6 Hours of Special Education courses.
Offered: Spring Yearly
COURSES IN KINESIOLOGY
KIN 101 Personal Fitness, Non-Majors
(1 Credit Hour)
KIN 102 Personal Fitness, Majors
(2 Credit Hours)
Students will attain the skills necessary for developing personal fitness programs for others and self. Emphasis is placed on the essential components of health fitness, including cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, muscular strength and endurance, body weight, and body composition. Students will perform assessment of fitness level and develop an individual activity program commensurate with personal goals.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly
KIN 111 Team Sports, Non-Majors
(1 Credit Hour)
KIN 112 Team Sports, Majors
(2 Credit Hours)
Sport history, rules, drill and practice routines, strategies, and sport-specific physical conditioning exercises for basketball, volleyball, soccer, softball, and flag football are the major focuses in this course. Majors will focus on information required to build quality team sports units.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall Yearly
KIN 113 Dimensions of Health and Wellness
(3 Credit Hours)
This course is a study of personal health issues and the concept of wellness. The course includes basic principles of safety, weight control and nutrition, disease prevention, physical fitness, stress management, substance abuse, and sexual responsibility. The laboratory portion assesses physical fitness by measuring strength, cardio-respiratory endurance, body composition, and flexibility.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly
KIN 121 Individual Sports, Non-Majors
(1 Credit Hour)
KIN 122 Individual Sports, Majors
(2 Credit Hours)
Students will acquire knowledge and skills in sport history, rules, drill and practice routines, strategies, and sport-specific physical conditioning exercises for tennis, badminton, golf, archery, and pickle ball. Majors will focus on information required to build quality individual sports units.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Spring Yearly
KIN 131 Outdoor Education, Non-Majors
(1 Credit Hour)
KIN 132 Outdoor Education, Non-Majors
(2 Credit Hours)
Course introduces skills, pedagogy, and issues of outdoor education with emphasis on wilderness travel and survival. Application of skill and knowledge includes group dynamics activities, camping, hiking, backpacking, and orienteering. One overnight camping trip is required.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Spring Yearly
KIN 141 Aerobic Exercise, Non-Majors
(1 Credit Hour)
KIN 142 Aerobic Exercise, Majors
(2 Credit Hours)
The course provides students with development and maintenance of aerobic capacity of the circulatory and respiratory systems through various activities. Course includes information on the values and means of developing and assessing aerobic fitness.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Odd Years
KIN 151 Rhythmic Activities, Non-Majors
(1 Credit Hour)
KIN 152 Rhythmic Activities, Majors
(2 Credit Hours)
This course provides students proficiency in the basic motor skills, line, folk, square, and aerobic dance. Emphasis is given to instructional materials and methods for teaching developmentally appropriate activities for various rhythmic movements and dances.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Spring Yearly
KIN 161 Aquatics, Non-Majors
(1 Credit Hour)
KIN 162 Aquatics, Majors
(2 Credit Hours)
This course presents selected movement activities that emphasize aquatic skill. Application of skill and knowledge includes stroke mechanics, water aerobics, rehabilitation and adapted water activities, diving, and water games.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall/Odd Years
KIN 171 / KIN 172 Special Topics
(3 Credit Hours)
Course topics will be designed to give an in-depth study of one or two physical activities. Example courses include, but are not limited to, Golf and Tennis for the Business Major, Hiking and Biking in Central Texas, Fencing, and Martial Arts.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: TBA Yearly
KIN 203 Foundations of Kinesiology
(3 Credit Hours)
This course introduces the student to the various fields within Kinesiology, provides a historical background, and acquaints the student with the basic physiological, mechanical, psychological, and sociological principles of the profession.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall Yearly
KIN 213 Developmentally Appropriate Activities
(3 Credit Hours)
This course introduces the sequence and relationship of motor development and perceptual activity throughout the pre-school and elementary school years. It includes experiences related to readiness for learning physical skills, movement education approaches, and curricular content for early childhood and elementary physical education. Six hours of field experience is required.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall Yearly
KIN 233 Care and Prevention of Movement Injuries
(3 Credit Hours)
This course provides students knowledge and skills in identification, first aid, rehabilitation, and prevention of injuries sustained in physical education, recreation, and athletic situations. Supplemental information is provided for first aid and safety in the home, school, and community.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Spring Yearly
KIN 303 Tests and Measurements
(3 Credit Hours)
Course will provide an introduction to various tools and measurements used to assess human physical performance. Students will develop proficiency in the administration of tests and the application of the results. Emphasis is given to the development of skill in elementary statistical procedures.
Prerequisite: MTH 143
Offered: Fall Yearly
KIN 313 Biomechanics
(3 Credit Hours)
This course offers application of anatomical and mechanical principles in the study of human movement. Topics include analyses of projectile-related activities, aerodynamics in sport, principles of stability, and qualitative and quantitative analysis of sport activities. Two lecture and two lab hours per week. Laboratories cover functional anatomy and mechanical principles applied to movement and sports skills.
Prerequisite: BIO 204, MTH 143
Offered: Spring Yearly
KIN 333 Motor Behavior
(3 Credit Hours)
Principles of motor control, motor development, and motor learning as they relate to skill acquisition and motor competency are examined. Topics will include theories of cognitive processing, feedback, practice scheduling, and stages of learning. Two lecture and two lab hours per week. Laboratories cover practical application of theories related to skill acquisition and motor control.
Prerequisite: BIO 204
Offered: Spring Yearly
KIN 363 Physiology of Exercise
(3 Credit Hours)
The course provides the essential physiological background necessary to understand the cardiopulmonary and muscular/skeleton systems’ response to exercise. Training principles for human performance and health/fitness promotion are emphasized. Two lecture and two lab hours per week. Laboratories cover application of physiological principles and fitness assessment techniques.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall Yearly
KIN 403 Recreational Leadership
(3 Credit Hours)
The course is intended to give the necessary background and experiences that would enable the student to work in a variety of recreational settings. Topics will include scheduling, budgeting, and equipment management as related to recreation. Six hours of field experience is required.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall Yearly
KIN 413 Adapted Physical Education
(3 Credit Hours)
This course emphasizes the problems underlying the need for an adapted physical education program in schools. In addition, the course stresses the formation of individual programs for the most prevalent types of disabilities found in school populations. Six hours of field experience is required.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Spring Yearly
KIN 423 Structural Organization of Physical Education
(3 Credit Hours)
This course is designed to consider factors in program effectiveness, including matters of finance, policymaking, and curriculum construction, liability for injury, care and purchase of equipment, and staff and personnel problems. Six hours of field experience is required.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall Yearly
KIN 433 Coaching Education
(3 Credit Hours)
This course emphasizes basic principles, philosophies, and methods for effective coaching. Topics include coaching philosophy, practice considerations, travel and budgeting, rules and regulations, and motivation. Six hours of field experience is required.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Spring Yearly
KIN 441 Teacher Certification Examination Preparation
(3 Credit Hours)
This course is designed to allow the student to focus on requirements for teacher certification with intensive preparation for the State Physical Education TExES Examination. Students will review pertinent subject matter covered on the state examination as well as learn effective test-taking techniques via practice examination. This course is required of all P.E. majors during the final semester prior to the state certification test.
Prerequisite: Instructor Approval
Offered: Spring Yearly
KIN 443 Principles of Officiating
(3 Credit Hours)
The course emphasizes basic principles, philosophies, and methods for effective officiating. Topics include officiating philosophy and ethics, professional organizations and certifications, rule interpretations and mechanics of officiating various sports. Six hours of field experience is required.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Fall Yearly
KIN 454 Theory and Methods of Teaching Physical Education
(4 Credit Hours)
The course focuses on curriculum planning, materials, and course content related to teaching all-levels (K-12) physical education. Topics will include writing objectives and lesson plans, teaching and learning styles, legal liability, assessment, and State of Texas requirements. Three lecture and three lab hours per week. Laboratories will primarily be conducted in local elementary and secondary schools and will emphasize application of teaching theory and techniques.
Prerequisite: 21 credit hours in Kinesiology
Offered: Spring Yearly
KIN 463 Special Topics
(3 Credit Hours)
This course offers an in depth study of selected topics in Kinesiology. Course topic will be designed to enhance the student’s specialized interest within Kinesiology. Example courses include, but are not limited to, Women and Minorities in Sport, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Allied Health Careers, and Technology in Physical Education.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: TBA Yearly
KIN 466 Human Performance Internship
(6 Credit Hours)
This course provides clinical experience in selected settings as a physical education practitioner under the supervision of University and program professionals. This course is the culminating experience for students who want to pursue specializations such as corporate fitness programs, personal training, hospital or clinical wellness programs, and community recreational fitness programs. Student are responsible for performing 240 hours of designated intern duties under supervision, as well as participating in weekly on-campus seminars.
Prerequisite: 21 credit hours in Kinesiology
Offered: Fall/Spring Yearly