STEM Course Listing

Core Curriculum
18 CI 701: Masters Research Seminar: Curriculum and Instruction (3 hrs)
Learn about research and bibliographic methods in curriculum and instruction; analytic, evaluative writing about research; use of research facilities.

18 CI 702: Inquiry into Teaching and Learning (3 hrs)
This course explores various modes, formal and informal, for posing and pursuing questions about teaching and learning. Emphasizes is on teachers as knowledge generators.

18 CI 703: The Role of Teachers in a Democratic Society (3 hrs)
Builds on the theoretical, philosophical, and practical foundations of what it means to be a teacher in a democratic society, with applications to students’ personal and professional lives as teachers.

18 CI 704: Forces Shaping the School Curriculum (3 hrs)
Examines philosophical, historical, political/ legislative, and socio-cultural forces shaping school curricula, past and present. The course provides multiple perspectives for identifying and evaluating the consequences of curricular choices.

18 CI 705: Addressing Diversity in the Classroom (3 hrs)
Focuses on the nature of diversity, both in society and in the classroom, and its relationship to what is studied and how it is taught. The course addresses nature and use of culturally responsive pedagogy to enhance learning and the classroom experience.

18 CI 774: Education Technology-Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Issues (3 hrs)
This course is a critical examination of technology and its impact on society and individuals from an ethical, legal, and social perspective.

18 CI 874: Culminating Experience Option: The Master’s Project
The Master’s Project is an option for graduate students/practitioners who view the M.Ed. as a terminal degree. Projects should produce a tangible product such as a curriculum, literature review, CD/DVD, or action research study. The candidate should be able to explain how their project applied ideas or skills learned in the program to the problem being addressed and why this approach is appropriate. The results of a project should be useful to the candidate and to others in the field.

STEM Curriculum
18 CI 659: Integrated STEM Practice – Course Title (2 hrs)
Offered even numbered years only, this course will provide an interdisciplinary approach to integrating STEM into practice across the disciplines of physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics. Required for Choose Ohio First Recipients in MDL.

18 CI 658: STEM Education Seminar (1 hr)
Offered odd numbered years only, the purpose of this course is to give pre-service teachers in science and mathematics areas an orientation to the nature of STEM as an integrated approach to teaching the disciplines in an authentic, contextualized, real-world manner. This course is for all Choose Ohio First Scholarship recipients (MDL, SPED, ECE).

18 CI 720: Fundamentals of Environmental Education (3 hrs)
An emphasis on integrating environmental education into the K-12 curriculum using scientific investigations as the foundation for the course.

18 CI 710: Mathematics as an Interdisciplinary Topic (3 hrs)
Offered even numbered years only, this course will teach activities to help illustrate the connection between mathematics and other subject areas including music, art, social studies, science, and literacy.

18 CI 786: Math Problem Solving (3 hrs)
Offered even years only, mathematical problem solving should be the primary emphasis of mathematics instruction at all levels. Methods for teaching and evaluating problem solving in grades K-12 are the focus of this course.

18 CI 791: Labs and Demonstrations in Science Classrooms (3 hrs)
Offered in even numbered years only, the role of inquiry, laboratory work, and demonstration in teaching science will be explored as it pertains to student learning and teaching practice.

18 CI 523: Field Experience Practicum (3 hrs)
This course allows students to participate in a special practical experience working in a K-12 classroom. Permission from the Director of Field Experiences must be obtained before registering for this class.

Elective Curriculum

18 CI 885: Attitude Formation and Change (3 hrs)
Examines theories of attitude formation and change and their application in classroom settings, and presents tools and strategies for assessing student attitudes.

18 CI 729: Future Directions in Education (3 hrs)
Study of instructional practices in effective schools. Includes models of teaching, classroom management, teaching methods for young adolescents, and methods to increase engaged learning time.

18 CI 673P: Data and Statistics in the Classroom and in the School (3 hrs)
This course is a requirement for the pre K-6 mathematics specialist endorsement and examines theory and research that informs our understanding of the development of mathematical thinking in children.