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GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. Prerequisites: BIO 100 or adviser placement. An introduction to plants, their activities, and their relationship to humans. Lecture, laboratory, and field trips. Lab fee.
Major credit. Prerequisites for all education students: EDU 360, EDU 309 (except special education majors). Co-requisite: EDU 101. This course is a study of the language arts; theoretical models for literacy development and learning: and methods of literacy instruction. Topics include the connection between oral and written language, reading and writing processes; and approaches to teaching language arts in the elementary grades including assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating outcomes. This course is a prerequisite to student teaching
Major credit. Content includes systems of numeration and place value, fundamental operations of arithmetic, measurement, informal geometry, basic algebra, methods, and materials of elementary math. Students analyze Tactics for Thinking, curriculum frameworks, SC Mathematics Standards, NCTM Curriculum and Evaluation Standards, and school-to-work transition. This course is a prerequisite to EDU 412.
Major credit. This course is designed to familiarize students with science content appropriate for the elementary child (grades 2-6) to develop pedagogical skills in science, and to build positive attitudes toward science and science instruction.
Major Credit. This course will focus on the content and methodology of social studies in the school. Students will study goals (knowledge, attitudes, values, and skills); objectives; content; materials; methods; scope and sequence; Curriculum Standards for the Social Studies (the National Council for the Social Studies); and evaluative techniques of the social studies.
Major credit for Early Childhood. Prerequisites: EDU 403. Admission to Teacher Education. This course is a study of the curricular needs of preschool children, a review of preschool programs/settings, and an exploration of applying teaching/learning theory to the preschool setting. Students make on-site visits to a Montessori school, a private kindergarten, public-school kindergartens, a university laboratory preschool, and a hospital-based child development center. This course is a prerequisite to EDU 412b.
GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. The story of Arthur and his followers has fascinated people for fifteen hundred years. In the middle ages it was the most significant secular subject in “history’ and literature, and its appeal to the imagination has persisted through the centuries down to our own time. This course is an introduction to the story of origins and development of the Arthurian legend as it has been presented in history and literature.
GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. Study of major movements in American Fiction since the end of the nineteenth century. Writing Intensive
Major, Minor, Elective credit. A study of the important texts of literary criticism. Practice in research and theory. Should be taken as soon as possible following the declaration of an English major.
Major, Minor, Elective credit. A study of the development and principles of the English language and the historical influences on its various forms.
Major, Minor, Elective credit. A linguistic approach to the study of English grammar. Students will be introduced to structural, descriptive, comparative, and historical linguistics. The main emphasis of the course will center on transformational or transformational-generative grammar.
GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. A study of the founding and development of America. Writing Intensive
GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. A course on a special topic not in the regular curriculum. If the topic is different, the course may be taken more than once for credit.
Major, Minor, Elective credit. Prerequisite: MTH 210. A study of groups, rings, integral domains, and fields. Quantitative GEP requirement
Major credit. This course familiarizes the student with the wide range of mental, emotional, and physical, problems characterizing exceptional learners. Students explore the nature and scope of special education programs and services, community resources, and rehabilitation. The course includes a clinical.
Major credit. Prerequisite: SED 300. This course is a study of learning disabilities affecting the educational development of the exceptional student. Emphasis is on the definition, identification, classification, theories, and educational approaches to specific learning disabilities. This course includes a clinical.
Major credit. Prerequisite or co-requisite: SED 300. Prerequisites: SED 395. This course includes materials and methods for teaching students who have learning disabilities. This course includes a clinical.
Major credit. Prerequisite or co-requisite: SED 300. An introduction to emotional disabilities, including the causes and characteristics of neuroses and psychoses, related learning problems, intellectual disabilities, and cultural disadvantage. This course includes a clinical.
GEP credit. A course for beginners designed to initiate students not only into a foreign language, but also into a new and exciting culture. Up-to-date teaching methods and techniques are employed throughout the program.
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A study of the important texts of literary criticism, as well as the practice of evaluation and literary analysis. Attention will also be given to the study of research methods. Required of all candidates for the M.Ed in English. Offered in alternate years.
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Contact alice.moraes@converse.edu
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June 9,16,23,30; July 14,21
Available for MEd students only
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GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. Required for all art majors. Prerequisite for all art history courses. A survey of the painting, sculpture, and architecture of the Western world from the Renaissance through the modern era.
Elective. Not accepted for Biology major or minor credit. An introduction to medical terminology through the study of the human body systems. The course begins with building medical terms from roots, prefixes, suffixes and combining forms and then progresses into relating these terms to the human body. Each body system lesson includes terms for anatomy, physiology, pathology, diagnosis, medical procedures, pharmacology, and abbreviations.
GEP, Elective credit. This course examines the basic micro- and macroeconomic principles as found in the real world. The ideas of opportunity cost, supply and demand, the workings of markets, monopoly, unemployment, inflation, economic growth, international trade and other selected topics are discussed.
Major credit. This course acquaints the student with traditional and modern literature for children, interests of children of different age levels, criteria for evaluating children’s books, creative writing, and methods of integrating children’s literature into the curriculum. This course is a prerequisite to EDU 412a and 412b.
GEP. This course encourages the student’s achievement of a clear and concise prose style by emphasizing expository and argumentative essay writing. The course includes readings in the essay, in-class exercises, discussions of the student’s own writing, and conferences with the instructor. Students will write at least six papers and two in-class essays.
GEP credit. A study of selected topics from finite mathematics. The topics may include probability, statistics, systems of linear equations, linear programming and the mathematics of finance. Quantitative GEP requirement.
GEP. Partial fulfillment of the fine arts requirement in the General Education Program for non-music majors. The Beatles disbanded over 40 years ago, yet they still sell millions of songs and make front page news. This course examines their complete body of work through recordings, videos, lectures and readings. By the end of the course each student must recognize all 188 of their original songs. This requires easy access to their entire catalogue. CD’s are available at Amazon for $145 -$180 or iTunes $149.
GEP, Minor, Elective credit. A study of the fundamental principles of correct reasoning directed toward improving reading, writing, speaking, listening and thinking. Students learn to recognize, analyze, evaluate, construct and refute arguments. Attention is given to both informal modes of reasoning as well as the basics of formal and symbolic systems. Quantitative GEP requirement.
GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. The study of development and behavior throughout the life-span.
GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. A study of the basic forms of religious belief, activity, and experience in the major world religions. Traditions to be discussed may include tribal religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese religion, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
GEP credit. A course for beginners designed to initiate students not only into a foreign language, but also into a new and exciting culture. Up-to-date teaching methods and techniques are employed throughout the program.
GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. A course on a special topic not in the regular curriculum. If the topic is different, the course may be taken more than once for credit.
GEP, Elective credit. This course is designed for anyone interested in theatrical production. Theatre history and theory are covered with an emphasis on the production process. The mounting of one or more plays for Theatre/Converse is an intrinsic part of the course and allows the student to experience first-hand concepts and processes dealt with in lectures and assigned readings. No previous theatre experience is necessary.
GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. A survey of the development of the theatre and its literature from its beginnings through French Classicism.
The main purpose of this course is to develop the students’ understanding of basic energy and climate change concepts. These will include the carbon cycle, the thermo-haline circulation of ocean currents, states of matter, carbon chemistry, nuclear fission, photovoltaic cells, kinetic energy, thermal energy, greenhouse effect, renewable energy, etc. Another major goal of this course is for students to develop their own beliefs about current energy resources, the facts about climate change and global warming, and possible solutions to the energy puzzle. The students should develop a clearer understanding of “going green,” political positions vs. scientific data and observations, and the use of technology to find new sources of energy and new ways to avoid global warming and contamination of the planet and its atmosphere.
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GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. A survey of US History from colonial
times to the present. HST 202, the period since 1877.
GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. A course on a special topic not in the regular curriculum. If the topic is different, the course may be taken more than once for credit
Major credit. This course is a pre- or co-requisite to all education courses. This course is an introductory study of the historical, philosophical, and sociological foundations of the American educational system; it should be one of the first courses in a student’s education curriculum. It concentrates on current issues such as multicultural education, disabilities, affective, cognitive, and vocational education programs. The study reviews current impacts on curriculum, SC Standards, students, and teachers and examines career opportunities in education. Students begin the ADEPT portfolio and begin using the Converse electronic system powered by Livetext.
Major credit for Early Childhood. This course is a hands-on, activity-oriented course designed to guide students in the preparation of teacher-made instructional materials in each area of the preschool curriculum and the implementation of carefully prepared lessons for an actual preschool setting.
Major credit for Elementary and Early Childhood. Co-requisite EDU 103: Clinical II: Elementary (for elementary majors). This course surveys each subject area of the modern elementary curriculum, trends and issues in curriculum development, teaching/learning theory, effective and efficient teacher characteristics or behaviors, effective communication skills between teacher and parent/child, techniques for diagnosing student abilities, and current structured programs of observation and analysis of different teaching models.
GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. A course on a special topic not in the regular curriculum. If the topic is different, the course may be taken more than once for credit
GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. A course on a special topic not in the regular curriculum. If the topic is different, the course may be taken more than once for credit
GEP credit. Prerequisite: High School Algebra. This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to the models and methods used in statistics. Quantitative GEP requirement
Major, Minor, Elective credit. Prerequisite: MTH 210, or equivalent. A study of probability, distributions, sampling distribution theory, and estimation. Quantitative GEP requirement
GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. A study of selected topics in foreign affairs and current events. Since the content will vary, it may be taken more than once for credit. Non-European/non-Anglophone
GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. The study of development and behavior throughout the life-span.
GEP credit. A course for beginners designed to initiate students not only into a foreign language, but also into a new and exciting culture. Up-to-date teaching methods and techniques are employed throughout the program.
GEP credit. Not accepted for major or minor credit. A course emphasizing the theories of geology, the techniques of rock, mineral, and fossil identification and classification, their habits and uses, and local geology. Field trips are part of the course. The course is offered for four credits as an on-campus course and for four or six credits as an off-campus travel course. Off-campus travel costs will be in addition to the regular fees. Lecture and laboratory. Lab fee.
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July 16,17,18,19,20 9:00 - 5:00pm
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July 9-20 Houston Elementary
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Monday 4:00 - 8:00pm
June 9, 16, 23; July 14 Sat 9:00 - 3:00pm
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Certified Teachers Only
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GEP credit. A study of selected topics from finite mathematics. The topics may include probability, statistics, systems of linear equations, linear programming and the mathematics of finance. Quantitative GEP requirement
July 12 5:30 - 8:30pm
August 6,8,9,10 9:00 - 5:00pm
Coaching principles and strategies related to improvements and innovations in classroom teaching and literacy instruction. Emphasis is on ways to work with teachers in classrooms and professional development to bring about educational reform and improvements in teaching and literacy instruction
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