Bayh College of Education
Education Student Services
Bayh college of education
Education Student Services (ESS)
Approved Courses For License Renewal
Summer I
Business Education, Information, and Technology
BEIT 571: Coordination Techniques for Cooperative Education and In-school Laboratories—3 hrs. The course emphasizes practices and procedures in the operation of cooperative occupational education program and/or in-school laboratories with emphasis on program development and assessment. (Internet course)
BEIT 581 Foundations of Career and Technical Education—3 hrs. The course provides the philosophy, background, nature, purpose, and role of career and technical education programs in secondary and postsecondary education and workforce development with emphasis on curriculum, assessment and student organizations. (Internet course)
Curriculum, Instruction, and Media Technology
CIMT 543: Production of Educational Materials—3 hrs. The planning, preparing, producing, and evaluation of media for use in an instructional environment. This course is performance driven with students being required to create instructional materials on an assigned basis.
CIMT 610:Research in Education—3 hrs. Instruction in the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to plan and understand research. Exemplary topics include library use, scientific methodology, observation, measurement, selection of a question, design, data collections, analysis of data, and generalization from data.
CIMT 611: Measurement and Evaluation in Education—3hrs. Planning and construction of educational tests and use of standardized tests. Exemplary topics include the role of measurement and evaluation, writing selection, and supply items, observation, measurement, published tests, and test appraisals..
CIMT 620: Instructional Design—3hrs. This course will cover typical instructional design models and theories. Students will complete an entire instructional design sequence on an instructional unit using one of these models.
CIMT 660: Curriculum Fundamentals—3hrs. An introductory course in curriculum which includes the foundations and meaning of curriculum, principles and patterns of curriculum, forms and ways of organizing curriculum, development of curriculum for special groups, forces and processes in curriculum change, current criticisms of curriculum, and curriculum for the future school.
CIMT 689: Learning Theory and Instructional Strategies—3 hrs. This course is designed to help students learn how theories of human learning and motivation can be applied to the instructional process in order to make the process more effective, efficient and/or appealing. From theory to practice, this course helps students bridge learning theories with effective instructional strategy design.
Educational Leadership, Administration, and Foundations
Languages and Linguistics
All courses are self-paced and online.
LING 417-517: Language Universals and Differences—3 hrs. Study of the sounds and structures of natural languages, focusing on the distinction between language-particular and universal features and on the differences among languages that cause problems for second-language learning. Laboratory work included.
LING 4-520: Language Acquisition—3 hrs. Examination of the acquisition of language, whether first, second, or additional, and the influence of a speaker’s first language on the acquisition of a second language.
LING 601: English Syntax—3 hrs. Study of the linguistic principals of English syntax from the perspective of current theories.
LING 613: Teaching English as a Second Language—3 hrs. Instruction and practice in the theory and skills of teaching English as a second language. Observing ESL classes; diagnosing language and problems; planning lessons and curricula; surveying ESL texts and related research.
Physical Education
PE 635 Physical Education for Elementary Teachers (3): The course will focus on the development and delivery of appropriate learning experiences for elementary physical education students. Teachers will be encouraged to reflect on contemporary practices which promote immediate and lifelong benefits for elementary students.
Technology Education
TMGT 659: Professional Internship—3 hrs. Allows practicing technology and engineering education teachers the opportunity to apply their experiences in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education (STEM), at approved internship sites to their technology and engineering education classroom. This course will be conducted during the first summer session of 2009 at a distance (via internet). May contact Dr. Kara Harris for more information.
Summer II
Curriculum, Instruction, and Media Technology
CIMT 610: Research in Education—3 hrs. Instruction in the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to plan and understand research. Exemplary topics include library use, scientific methodology, observation, measurement, selection of a question, design, data collections, analysis of data, and generalization from data.
CIMT 625: Multimedia Design for Interactive Learning—3 hrs. Effective applications of multimedia and instructional design for interactive learning. Examines relationship of instructional theory with interactive course development. Synthesizes video, audio, graphics, authoring environments, storyboarding, flowcharting, courseware developments, and evaluation..
CIMT 664: Problems and Issues in Teaching: The Culminating Seminar—2-3 hrs. Students will demonstrate their knowledge of and their ability to cope with current teaching problems and issues. Emphasis will be placed on the ability to apply knowledge of instructional theory and practice to problems situations. Prerequisite: Instructional Core.
CIMT 770: Curriculum Development—3 hrs. An advanced course for the curriculum specialist which will examine the processes and procedures of initiating curriculum change, follow through, and evaluation, with special attention being given curriculum laboratories, community committees, in-service training, articulation, and diversified programs for all students. Prerequisite: 56M or 660 or Elementary Education 660. Also listed as Elementary Education 770.
Special Education
SPED 626: Collaboration Strategies—3 hrs. Opportunities to develop your own skills for collaboration with other professionals. Collaboration is regarded in both schools and business as “the” essential tool for the 21st century. This course presents situations and opportunities to develop needed skills among all professionals. Previously a two-way TV course, this has been re-formatted as an online (Blackboard), asynchronous (according to your schedule) workshop. All school personnel are encouraged to enroll. Situations used in the course can be fitted to each role. Teachers, speech/language pathologists, counselors, school psychologists, administrators—this is a course that can help you prepare for your role.