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HAA 1010 - APPROACHES TO ART HISTORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
HAA 1010 is the capstone research seminar required of all HAA majors and is an official w-course. Students in this class will conduct extensive readings on a special topic devised by the course instructor. Each student in the class will be required to produce a substantive research paper under the guidance of the instructor. Students will work to master the skills that are fundamental to the discipline and broader arts related professions: critical thinking, research, and written and oral communication.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: at least one HAA course; LVL: junior
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HAA 1015 - THEORY AND METHODS OF ART HISTORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to the theories and basic methods used by art historians, and to the research tools needed to employ these methods. We will explore the different approaches to art objects and their historical contexts used in the discipline of art history. The goal of this course is to teach the student how to read critically as well as to learn to identify, interpret, and use a variety of research methodologies as you collect, read, analyze, and discuss representative texts.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: LVL: Junior; HAA 0010; VAPA Major or HAA Minor.
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HAA 1300 - SPECIAL TOPICS-RENAISSANCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Special topics in Renaissance art.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: At least one HAA course; LVL: Sophomore
Course Attributes: Medieval & Renaissance Studies, West European Studies
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HAA 1302 - ITALIAN ART & THE BLACK DEATH
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will explore the painting, sculpture, and architecture of Italy during the later Middle Ages (ca. 1250-1400), the nascent roots of the Italian Renaissance, and will ask students to consider the possible extent of the Black Death in creating or contributing to the visual culture of the Renaissance. The pestilence struck Italy a devastating blow in 1348, and recurred in 1362, 1368, and 1381, with Italian cities losing up to half or more of their populations. How did artists respond to this crisis, if they responded at all? This course will consider primary source documents, materials and techniques of making art, and the geographical, social, historical, religious, and literary contexts that contribute to the formation of the period we know as the Renaissance.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: LVL: Sophomore
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HAA 1304 - LEONARDO, MICHELANGELO AND RAPHAEL: PAINTING IN 16TH-C ITALY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will cover painting and sculpture in Italy from 1480 to 1580, emphasizing major figures (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Giorgione, titian, Veronese, Andrea del Sarto, Salviato, Vasari) and consider relevant art theory and historiography (High Renaissance, Maneria and Mannerism).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., West European Studies
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HAA 1410 - REALISM AND IMPRESSIONISM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
These movements in 19th century European art were important in the formation of later modern art currents. The course will consider the major developments in Romanticism, then study Courbet, Manet and Degas, and finally move to the major impressionist masters, Monet, Renoir, Sisley, and Pissarro. Much attention will be given to the literary and scientific framework for the art of the period.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: Any HAA or FA course or permission of instructor
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HAA 1601 - SPECIAL TOPICS-JAPANESE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Special topics in Japanese art.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: Asian Studies
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HAA 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Independent reading and research with one faculty member.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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HAA 1903 - HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic credit is awarded for practical professional experience gained through a directed internship. The internship is arranged by the student through the University internship office in consultation with the undergraduate advisor in art history.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: PREQ: At least one HAA course; LVL: Junior
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HAA 1955 - VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CAPSTONE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: HAA 0010 and 0030 and MUSIC 0211 and 0411 and THEA 0104 and 0805 or 0806; LVL: Senior
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HUMAN 0105 - STUDY ABROAD EXCHANGE PROGRAM
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 18
The study abroad exchange program represents credits earned in an approved exchange agreement between one of the University of Pittsburgh campuses and another educational institution.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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HUMAN 0350 - FLORENCE: DOOR TO GLOBAL IDENTITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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HUMAN 1030 - DIGITAL HUMANITIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This interdisciplinary, skill-building course will give students critical perspective on and practical experience with digital methods for generating, archiving, and researching cultural resources in the humanities and history. Students will investigate a) methods used to access a variety of software and internet technologies, b) potentials and limits of research in current digital resources, both public and proprietary, and c) design, production, and use of new digital resource material.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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HUMAN 1050 - DIGITAL HUMANITIES: CODING AND DATA VISUALIZATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course involves preparing electronic texts for public access with systematic markup language, such as XML, with emphasis on data extraction and visual analysis of literary and historical texts; creating bar, line, and network graphs, and geographic and image mapping. (The emphasis in this alternative course is less on creating digital editions of texts and more on data extraction and visualization from digital texts prepared as information databases.)
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: LVL: Sophomore
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HUMAN 1055 - ARTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A seminar class in which students would: discuss real-world issues with guest speakers; learn skills such as creating and maintaining a program budget; and create their own brand and related self-marketing materials and online presence, in the form of a website, YouTube channel, etc. (dependent on the student’s needs), in preparation for grad school or the post-commencement working world.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: SOPHOMORE
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HUMAN 1100 - ARTS TIMELINE
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: HAA 1015; Senior; VAPA Major
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HUMAN 1140 - THEORY AND METHODS OF THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to the theories and basic methods used by visual and performing artists, and to the research tools needed to employ these methods. We will explore the different approaches to art objects/performances and their historical contexts used in the discipline of art history/music/theatre. The goal of this course is to teach you how to read critically as well as to learn to identify, interpret, and use a variety of research methodologies as you collect, read, analyze, and discuss representative texts.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: HA&A 0010; MUSIC 0211 and (THEA 0805 or 0806); LVL: JUNIOR
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HUMAN 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Independent study is a program of academic reading and research taken under the direction of a faculty sponsor.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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HUMAN 1955 - HUMANITIES AREA CAPSTONE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Capstone course for senior humanities area of concentration majors.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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INFSCI 0010 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION, SYSTEMS AND SOCIETY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introduction to the concepts, principles, and skills of information science for students with no programming experience. Topics include: the need for information and the use of information, data collection, coding, storage and retrieval, information processing, information display, and the evaluation of information.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Quant.-Formal Reason General Ed. Requirement
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INFSCI 0011 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SCIENCE ADVANCED
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will introduce both information theory and the design and structure of information systems. You will learn how computers and networks work at a fundamental level. You will explore how social networks, collection of information (databases), and programming languages work. The course will spend particular attention on security and privacy issues. The course will provide you with basic skills such as building web page, programming using simple JavaScript on web pages, design and use of simple databases, and manipulation of digital media. The course meets the quantitative requirement for the college of arts & sciences, is designed for students with minimal prior technical coursework, and does not require previous programming experience.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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INFSCI 0012 - INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introduction to concepts, principles, and skills of programming, including compilers, algorithms, and problem solving using a high level programming language such as c. Intended for students with little or no programming experience who seek an information science major.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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INFSCI 0017 - FUNDAMENTALS OF OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
First programming course for is majors, designed for students with little or no programming experience. Basic principles and concepts of object-oriented programming using java. Classes, interfaces, operators, program control, arrays, testing, debugging, inheritance, polymorphism, and event handling. Techniques for simplifying the programming process and improving code quality. Activity-based learning.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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INFSCI 1014 - GRAPHICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Techniques for producing graphical displays using computers. How to design and create computer graphics. Overview of artistic and technical knowledge needed to create graphics. What makes a good graphical display will be investigated.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: CS 0422
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INFSCI 1017 - IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Second programming course for is majors. Advanced java language features required for professional software development. Data structures, oo design, graphical user interfaces, exception handling, multithreading, i/o, web and network programming.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: INFSCI 0017
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INFSCI 1022 - DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The design, implementation, and utilization of database management systems. Contrasts the methodologies of file systems, data management systems, and database management systems. Various data structures (e.g., Tree, network, linked list) and several database models (e.g., The Codasyl database task group model and the relational database model). Administrative tasks required in database management are considered.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: INFSCI 0010
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INFSCI 1024 - ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides state-of-the-art skills in requirements management and scope management, which is critical for successful IT projects. Topics include best practices in eliciting, documenting, verifying and modeling requirements. This is an active learning course where students develop an analysis model for a realistic IT project which can serve as a foundation for INFSCI 1017 and INFSCI 1025. The analysis model is suitable for inclusion in the student’s IT portfolio.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: INFSCI 0010
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INFSCI 1028 - DATA VISUALIZATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Applies principles of human perception and graphic design to the problem of visualizing data. Includes the study of software tools and techniques for analyzing data and creating visualizations that aid in the understanding of and communication about complex data.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: INFSCI 1022; (CS 0405 or CS 0421)
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INFSCI 1037 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course presents a structured methodology to plan, manage, and control a project from inception to implementation. Topics will include identification of necessary resources, status reviews to manage risk of delays or failure, use of a Work Breakdown Structure and Project Management software, along with the change management process as a framework to analyze the impact of changes.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: INFSCI 1022 and INFSCI 1070.
Course Attributes: Hourly Final
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INFSCI 1038 - MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
To provide students with an appreciation of the actual working environment of the typical misdepartment within the business community, including organizational structure and communication, budgeting issues, personnel issues, equipment acquisition and installation, planning for daily operations, and system evaluation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: LVL: Senior; INFSCI 1037
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INFSCI 1044 - HUMAN FACTORS IN SYSTEM DESIGN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Examines human-machine designs with special emphasis on human-computer interaction. Topics center on how to analyze, create, and improve equipment and environment to be compatible with human capabilities and expectations.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
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INFSCI 1052 - USER CENTERED DESIGN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introduces principles and programming of interactive systems. Interaction techniques are surveyed and incorporated in the design of interfaces.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: CS 0422 and INFSCI 1044
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INFSCI 1053 - DIGITAL FORENSICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An introduction to the collection, analysis, and preservation of digital evidence in criminal investigation. A summary of legal issues and challenges will be augmented by discussion of current trends which impact practitioners. Examples of software and other tools will be used to illustrate techniques. Prerequisites: instructor permission
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: INFSCI 1055
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INFSCI 1055 - CLIENT/SERVER OPERATING SYSTEMS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course prepares the student to administer networks using the Microsoft Windows Server operating system and to pass the Microsoft Windows Server certification exam. Focusing on updates to the software and in-depth coverage of the administration aspects of Windows Server, this course includes topics such as installing, configuring, managing and troubleshooting Windows Server.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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INFSCI 1057 - LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an introduction to the use and administration of the Linux operating system. Operating system concepts will be covered as well as how Linux implements these concepts. We will explore the main areas of the operating system, including the file system, process execution in a multitasking, multi-user environment, and security functionality. Special attention will be paid to the Linux shell, with an emphasis on shell programming and security.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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INFSCI 1058 - WEB PROGRAMMING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will introduce the PHP scripting language. Students will download and install the apache web server, PHP, and MySQL database. The course will cover programming concepts, client server architecture, database access and XHTML/cascading style sheets. Students will write a full scale web application as their final project.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: CS 0421 and INFSCI 1022
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INFSCI 1060 - GAME DESIGN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A first course in applied statistics: the collection, organization, and reduction of data. Measurement and presentation of data, measures of central tendency and variability, introduction to probability theory, sampling theory, Bayesian analysis, normal and other theoretical distributions, significance tests, and hypothesis testing; chi-square, introduction to regression and correlation analysis. Emphasizes statistical programming utilizing canned statistical packages on the VAX/VMS.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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INFSCI 1068 - GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introduction to geographic information system (GIS) concept and technology including spatial data sources, spatial data models and structures, spatial database management, map projection systems, geocoding and Georeferencing, spatial analysis, spatial data visualization (maps), GIS applications (e.g., Address-location finding, navigation, routing), and commercial GIS software packages.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: INFSCI 1022
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INFSCI 1070 - INTRODUCTION TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introduction to telecommunications and networks. Top-down orientation relates networking technologies to organizational goals and needs. Data communications and internet technologies and basic system performance analysis. TCP/IP, lans, wans, internetworking, and signals and communications media.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: INFSCI 0010 and (MATH 0031 or MATH 0020)
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INFSCI 1071 - APPLICATIONS OF NETWORKS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Second course in telecommunications and networks. Network architecture, protocols, performance, design, and analysis based on application needs, organizational requirements, user requirements, and performance objectives.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: INFSCI 1070
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INFSCI 1072 - INTRODUCTION TO WIRELESS NETWORKS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introductory broad overview for students with a basic background in telecommunications. Not for telecom majors. Principles of wireless communications and how they differ from wired communications. Fundamental concepts including: transmission and mitigation techniques (e.g., Modulation and coding, propagation, interference and antennas) for wireless systems, multiplexing techniques, wireless system architectures, mobility management, security, protocols and location technology. Systems include: cellular phone networks (e.g., Cdma2000, umts), wireless local area networks (e.g., Ieee 802.11G), personal area networks (e.g., Bluetooth), fixed point broadband wireless (e.g., WiMAX) and satellite systems.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: INFSCI 1070
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INFSCI 1073 - APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT FOR MOBILE DEVICES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Focus on information system applications that run on top of wireless infrastructure such as multimedia messaging, mobile inventory control, location aware services including wireless technologies (GSM, cdma2000, umts, 802.11, Bluetooth), mobile information systems and applications (m-business, location-based services, wireless CM), wireless information system challenges and architectures (security, reliability, mobility, power conservation, gateways, proxies), mobile application protocols (SMS, ems, mms, WAP), thin and thick client mobile application development (WML, vSMLl, Java, J2me, J2ee, .Netcf, c+), and business case studies of mobile applications.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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INFSCI 1074 - COMPUTER SECURITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Overview of information security. Principles of security including confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Operating systems and database security concepts. Basic cryptography and network security concepts. Secure software design and application security. Evaluation standards, security management. Social, legal and ethical issues. Human factors in security.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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INFSCI 1075 - NETWORK SECURITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Network security and cryptographic protocols. Network vulnerabilities, attacks on TCP/IP, network monitoring, security at the link, network and transport layers. Cryptography, e.g., Secret and public key schemes, message authentication codes and key management. Wlan security, ipsec, ssl, and vpns. E-mail security (pgp, s/mime); kerberos; x.509 Certificates; AAA and mobile IP; SNMP security; firewalls; filters and gateways. Policies and implementation of firewall policies; stateful firewalls; firewall appliances. Network related physical security, risk management and disaster recovery/contingency planning issues and housekeeping procedures.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: INFSCI 1070 and INFSCI 1074
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INFSCI 1078 - ETHICS IN COMPUTING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An introduction to cyber-ethics. Considers ethical issues both from the professional perspective, as applied to computing professionals, and also from the perspective of the user or consumer of technology in society today.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0020
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INFSCI 1080 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Development of readings, research, and practical implementation of a system or other forms of study as arranged between student and instructor.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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INFSCI 1085 - INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Supervised work in an information environment providing a frame of reference for understanding and an opportunity to apply the skills, methodologies, and theories presented in information science courses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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INFSCI 1086 - INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 2
Supervised work in an information environment providing a frame of reference for understanding and an opportunity to apply the skills, methodologies, and theories presented in information science courses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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INFSCI 1092 - SPECIAL TOPICS: SYSTEMS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Advanced class focusing on current or specialized topic in systems area.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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INFSCI 1160 - DATA MINING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introduction to data mining techniques, including data preprocessing, data mining primitives, association rules, decision trees, cluster analysis, classification and machine learning, data visualization, and data warehousing. Detailed applications from a wide variety of domains. It is a new elective course for IT and MIS majors. The hybrid designation means that the class will not be a run in the traditional way where students and instructor meet together for lectures and labs. There will be occasional in-person meetings, but the plan is for narrated PowerPoints for lectures and instruction scripts for labs to be posted to CourseWeb. Students will listen to lectures, complete homework and do lab work independently.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: INFSCI 1022
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INFSCI 1680 - SOCIAL MEDIA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the use of social media for marketing, recruiting, research, collaboration on projects, customer engagement and applications in a variety of organizations. Metrics to evaluate competitive position and the success of new approaches to social media will be covered. Students will complete a project to recommend social media applications for a small organization.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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INFSCI 1950 - UNDERGRAD TEACHING ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Involves student participation as an undergraduate teaching assistant (UTA) for an Information Science course under the supervision of a faculty member.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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IL 0020 - DIRECTED TUTORING
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Provides pre-education majors with tutoring experiences in area school districts or other field settings.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ADMPS 1001, (PSY 1001 or PSYED 1001), IL 1000, IL 1330
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IL 1000 - INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introduction to teaching explores contemporary perspectives of education. It provides a basic introduction to instructional planning, curriculum, and classroom management. Additionally, the class provides opportunities for practice of proven teaching strategies designed to meet individual student needs.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: ADMPS 1001; COREQ: PSY 1001 or PSYED 1001
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IL 1060 - EDUCATION OF EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to teaching exceptional students in mainstream classrooms. It will provide students who plan to become educators with opportunities to (1) develop a knowledge base of attitudinal issues regarding inclusive educational practices and a philosophical orientation towards effective inclusion strategies, (2) increase interpersonal skills for working effectively with individual and groups, and (3) increase technical skills in observing, planning, assessing and evaluation for both behavioral and instructional challenges.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ADMPS 1001; (PSY 1001 or PSYED 1001)
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IL 1061 - EDUCATION OF EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In this course, knowledge and attitudes introduced in I&L; 1060 will be enriched as students obtain additional strategies for supporting students with special needs in their classrooms. Specific foci include: (1) developing management and behavioral intervention plans, (2) developing additional accommodation and support strategies, (3) working with students with mental illness, and (4) enhancing the skills introduced in I&L 1060. Students will also partake in field experiences in classrooms with included students.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1060, (IL 1330 or 1332); PLAN: Early Childhood Education or Secondary Education
COREQ: IL 1700 or IL 1702
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IL 1075 - GIFTED EDUCATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Allows students to delve into the topic of gifted education. Students will learn not only the definition of gifted education and the varied ways of recognizing giftedness, but will also learn how to support the intellectual, social, and emotional needs of gifted students. The integrated field experience allows students to connect university learning to in-school practices, promoting a seamless learning experience.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (IL 1330 or IL 1332 or IL 1333) and IL 1060
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IL 1150 - HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE PRIMARY YEARS: ISSUES AND STRATEGIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides the background information and skills teachers need to implement comprehensive school health education at the grade level at which they are certified. Information is provided on school health services, safe and healthful school environment, comprehensive school health curriculum, and instructional strategies and technologies.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1324; IL 1700; PLAN: Early Childhood Education Major
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IL 1161 - SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE PRIMARY YEARS
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
Designed to prepare the Undergraduate early childhood student to effectively teach social studies at the early childhood school level. The practical competencies needed for teaching social studies are explored, developed and experienced.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1324; IL 1700; PLAN: Early Childhood Education Major
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IL 1210 - EMERGENT LITERACY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on children’s language acquisition and early literacy development. Included are research, instructional models and strategies, curriculum design, assessment practices, and the selection and use of children’s literature in the development of the necessary foundations for effective speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGLIT 1640; PSY 0310; (PSY 1001 or PSYED 1001); PLAN: Early Childhood Education Major CREQ: IL 1700
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IL 1215 - READING IN THE PRIMARY YEARS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
As one of three courses designed to examine the development of literacy from the earliest years through grade four, this course focuses primarily on the teaching of reading in the early elementary grades. Theories and research are examined, and a variety of instructional practices and materials are presented for teaching children how to read and comprehend the meaning of various types of written text. Included are means of assessment for analyzing children’s reading abilities and for differentiating reading instruction based on those analyses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGLIT 1640; IL 1700; PLAN: Early Childhood Education Major
CREQ: IL 1225
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IL 1218 - ASSESSMENT IN EDUCATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on research, policies, and best practices related to assessment in educational settings. Both formal and informal instruments and approaches will be discussed with an emphasis on means of assessment that can be used by teachers of young children to link assessment to curriculum planning, to guide children’s development, and to evaluate programs.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0050, MATH 0052; IL 1330; PLAN: Early Childhood Education Major
CREQ: IL 1700
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IL 1220 - LANGUAGE ARTS IN THE PRIMARY YEARS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
As one of three courses designed to examine the development of literacy from the earliest years through grade four, this course focuses primarily on writing, speaking, and listening abilities. Included are the theories, research, instructional approaches, and materials needed to support children during the early elementary grades in communicating effectively through various types of writing, through appropriate speech for differing situations, and through active listening to others’ communication. Topics such as spelling, grammar, handwriting, and the writing process also are addressed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGLIT 1640; IL 1700; PLAN: Early Childhood Education Major
CREQ: IL 1225
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IL 1222 - MATHEMATICS IN THE PRIMARY YEARS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide the theoretical background and the pedagogical and psychological concepts necessary for planning, implementing, and assessing a mathematics program for the early elementary grades. A variety of instructional approaches will be introduced, with particular emphasis on teaching mathematics through problem solving and active learning experiences. Contents will include the selection and preparation of appropriate instructional materials for effectively facilitating the learning of mathematical content and process skills, and for integrating this learning with other areas of the elementary school curriculum.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1700; PLAN: Early Childhood Education Major
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IL 1225 - PEDAGOGY LAB - LITERACY AND MATHEMATICS
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
A one credit course that is required of all students pursuing early childhood education. The pedagogy lab allows students to experience in actual classroom settings the implementation of pedagogical techniques learned in the content courses, particularly the literacy and mathematics courses. Dual placements of 15 hours each are arranged at two different levels in the early elementary grades: k-1 and 2-4. The lab experience is intended to create an essential bridge that spans content and pedagogy in order to connect theory to practice.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1700; PLAN: Early Childhood Education Major
CREQ: IL 1215, IL 1220, IL 1222
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IL 1230 - INTRODUCTION TO INQUIRY IN ENGLISH EDUCATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course is designed to introduce students to basic issues in the teaching of writing, literature, and language with special emphasis on class discussions.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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IL 1235 - TEACHING ENGLISH IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The core competencies to be acquired and developed by students in this course are (1) the theory of teaching English by performance objectives; (2) methods of teaching grammar, composition, literature, oral communication, and media; and (3) strategies for curriculum development, as well as course unit and daily lesson plans.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1702; CREQ: IL 1236; PLAN: Secondary Education Major
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IL 1236 - PEDAGOGY LAB - ENGLISH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
A one credit course that will be required for all students enrolled in the English methods course. The pedagogy lab will allow students to experience firsthand the implementation of pedagogical techniques, as learned in the content methods course, being used to teach content in an actual 7-12 classroom setting. This course is intended to create an essential bridge that spans content and pedagogy in order to connect theory to practice.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: CREQ: IL 1235; PLAN: Secondary Education Major
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IL 1237 - TEACHING SPANISH METHODS IN K-12 CLASSROOMS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course familiarizes pre-service Spanish educators with (1) strategies for developing materials and teaching Spanish to k-12 students; (2) the Pennsylvania and national standards for foreign language learning in the 21st century; and (3) resources for teaching Spanish.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: Admission to GSPED-BS (Spanish Education major); COREQ: IL 1238
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IL 1238 - PEDAGOGY LAB- SPANISH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
One credit course required for all students enrolled in the Spanish methods course. Allows students to experience firsthand the implementation of pedagogical techniques, as learned in the content methods course, being used to teach content in an actual k-12 classroom setting. Intended to create an essential bridge that spans content and pedagogy in order to connect theory to practice.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: Admission to GSPED-BS (Spanish Education major); COREQ: IL 1237
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IL 1260 - INTRO TO SOCIAL STUDIES EDUC
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A basic introductory course; primary focus is upon secondary schools as institutions in contemporary society and the role of social studies programs and teachers within this context.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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IL 1270 - INTEGRTG ART & MUSIC ELEM CLSSRM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
To introduce preservice classroom teachers to art and music contents and processes with relevance to their expected role in integrating authentic arts learning experiences in their instruction. Emphasis is placed on developmental aspects of children’s’ responsive and expressive skills in art and music.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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IL 1275 - INTEGRATING THE CREATIVE ARTS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on the development of the concepts and skills underlying creative arts programs for children from pre-kindergarten through grade four. Introduced will be a variety of approaches for facilitating the learning of content and skills drawn from the visual arts, music, drama, and dance, and for integrating this learning with other areas of the curriculum.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1330
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IL 1280 - TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course extends general secondary education strategies and applies them to secondary social studies. Specific techniques to teach geography, history, economics, and other social studies disciplines are the focus. Background social studies information, typical to 7-12 classes, is included.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1702; CREQ: IL 1281; PLAN: Secondary Education Major
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IL 1281 - PEDAGOGY LAB - SOCIAL STUDIES
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Taken in conjunction with IL 1280 teaching social studies in secondary schools, this lab experience will be jointly planned by a university professor and a classroom teacher with the intent of increasing the transfer of learning from university to school classroom. Candidates will observe techniques taught in class being applied with 7-12 grade students, will plan lessons for those students, and implement best practices within the secondary classrooms.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: CREQ: IL 1280; PLAN: Secondary Education Major
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IL 1324 - ENGAGING YOUNG CHILDREN IN LEARNING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on the establishment of an educational curriculum and environment that fosters the growth and development of children in all areas — cognitive, social, physical, and emotional ’ during the pre-kindergarten and early kindergarten periods. Components of the course include the foundations of early childhood education; curriculum models and approaches; classroom management and scheduling; integrated instructional planning, including play; observation and other assessment approaches appropriate for use with very young children; and indoor and outdoor environmental design. One component of the course is a field experience in a pre-kindergarten setting.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1330, IL 1700; PLAN: Early Childhood Education Major
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IL 1330 - STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES OF INSTRUCTION - EARLY CHILDHOOD
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on basic teaching strategies for prospective teachers of education. It focuses on instructional planning, classroom management, and models of instruction, instructional technologies, and the interactive skills of classroom teaching. The selection and organization of content is examined in terms of such factors as the availability of resources, curriculum standards, research trends, preferred teaching and learning strategies, desired learning outcomes, thinking and study skills, and students’ development and cultural needs. Extensive use is made of taxonomies of learning for defining objectives and analyzing questioning, teaching, instructional design, and assessment strategies. The instructional needs of special education students within the regular classroom setting are addressed. This course includes both lecture and hands-on activities.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ADMPS 1001; PSY 0310, (PSY 1001 or PSYED 1001)
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IL 1332 - STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES OF INSTRUCTION - SECONDARY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on basic teaching strategies for prospective teachers of education. It focuses on instructional planning, classroom management, model of instruction, instructional technologies, and the interactive skills of classroom teaching. The selection and organization of content is examined in terms of such factors as the availability of resources, curriculum standards, research trends, preferred teaching and learning strategies, desired learning outcomes, thinking and study skills, and students’ development and cultural needs. Extensive use is made of taxonomies of learning for defining objectives and analyzing questioning, teaching, instructional design, and assessment strategies. The instructional needs of special education students within the regular classroom setting are addressed. This course includes both lecture and hands-on activities.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ADMPS 1001
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IL 1333 - STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES OF INSTRUCTION K-12
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on basic teaching strategies for prospective teachers of education. It focuses on instructional planning, classroom management, models of instruction, instructional technologies, and the interactive skills of classroom teaching. The selection and organization of content is examined in terms of such factors as the availability of resources, curriculum standards, research trends, preferred teaching and learning strategies, desired learning outcomes, thinking and study skills, and students’ development and cultural needs. Extensive use is made of taxonomies of learning for defining objectives and analyzing questioning, teaching, instructional design, and assessment strategies. The instructional needs of special education students within the regular classroom setting are addressed. This course includes both lecture and hands-on activities.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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IL 1410 - SCHOOL-FAMILY-COMMUNITY COLLABORATION
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
This course focuses on partnerships among inclusive schools/programs serving children with and without special needs, families, and the community. Emphasis is placed on requisite skills and benefits for successfully establishing, supporting, and maintaining respectful collaborative relationships among today’s schools/centers, diverse families, and community agencies that enhance the educational experiences and well-being of all children.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1700; SOC 0455; PLAN: Early Childhood Education Major
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IL 1420 - SCIENCE IN THE PRIMARY YEARS
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
This course is designed to help students develop the theoretical background and the pedagogical knowledge and skills necessary for teaching science in the early elementary grades. Included are a variety of approaches for effectively facilitating the learning of content and skills drawn from the sciences, from environmental studies, and from technological developments, and for integrating this learning with other areas of the curriculum.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1385; GEOL 0860; IL 1700; NATSC 0070/0270; PLAN: Early Childhood Education Major
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IL 1422 - SCIENCE AND HEALTH IN THE PRIMARY YEARS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Designed to help students develop the theoretical background and the pedagogical knowledge and skills necessary for teaching science and health in the early elementary grades. Included are a variety of approaches for effectively facilitating the learning of content and skills drawn from the sciences, from health topics, from environmental studies, and from technological developments, and for integrating this learning with other areas of the curriculum.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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IL 1425 - ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
Students in this course will explore different types of engineering and, using this foundation, will develop activities and lessons that they will then facilitate in early childhood classrooms. Student-developed lessons will utilize the engineering design process and require creativity and teamwork from the elementary students. Under the supervision of University faculty, pre-service teachers will gain 15 hours of field experience teaching engineering to students in schools.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1700; NATSC 0070; Early Childhood Major
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IL 1440 - TEACHING SCIENCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Designed to develop an overall rationale for dealing with classroom science instruction; students design, teach and evaluate teaching strategies for teaching secondary school science; specific materials for teaching science and strategies for their effective us are examined. Strategies for curriculum development, as well as course unit and daily lesson plans will be a major focus of this class.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1702; CREQ: IL 1441, IL 1442; PLAN: Secondary Education Major
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IL 1441 - PEDAGOGY LAB - SCIENCE
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
A one credit course that will be required for all students enrolled in the science methods course. The pedagogy lab will allow students to experience firsthand the implementation of pedagogical techniques, as learned in the content methods course, being used to teach content in an actual 7-12 classroom setting. This course is intended to create an essential bridge that spans content and pedagogy in order to connect theory to practice.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: CREQ: IL 1440, IL 1442; PLAN: Secondary Education Major
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IL 1442 - TEACHING LAB SCIENCE
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
This unique laboratory operations course is designed to assist the future laboratory instructor with designing, operating and teaching a comprehensive laboratory curriculum. Safe lab operations will be stressed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: CREQ: IL 1440, IL 1441; PLAN: Secondary Education Major
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IL 1470 - TEACHING MATHEMATICS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Topics include learning, instruction, and assessment, planning lessons, effective learning environments, successful teaching strategies, and materials and resources. Responsibilities and professionalism will also be discussed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1702; CREQ: IL 1471; PLAN: Secondary Education Major
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IL 1471 - PEDAGOGY LAB - MATHEMATICS
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
A one credit course that will be required for all students enrolled in the math methods course. The pedagogy lab will allow students to experience firsthand the implementation of pedagogical techniques, as learned in the content methods course, being used to teach content in an actual 7-12 classroom setting. This course is intended to create an essential bridge that spans content and pedagogy in order to connect theory to practice.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: CREQ: IL 1470; PLAN: Secondary Education Major
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IL 1473 - MATH FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students will improve their mathematics knowledge and skills in numeration systems, integers, rationales, geometry, probability/statistics, and other selected topics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0031
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IL 1700 - EARLY FIELD EXPERIENCE-ELEM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introductory field experience for undergraduate students who plan to enter the teaching profession. Offers opportunities to observe young children and assist master teachers in elementary school classrooms and early childhood education centers.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: ADMPS 1001; IL 1330; PSY 0310, (PSY 1001 or PSYED 1001)
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IL 1701 - EARLY FIELD EXPERIENCE-SECONDARY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is an introductory field experience class for undergraduate students who plan to enter the teaching profession. The course provides opportunities for students to observe adolescent learners in middle and high school settings through observations in a classroom, talking with school personnel and meeting in student seminars at Pitt to reflect on what they have seen and heard. Students are provided with guidelines that will assist them in analyzing their observations.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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IL 1702 - EARLY FLD EXPERIENCE-SECONDARY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introductory field experience for undergraduate students who plan to enter the teaching profession. Offers opportunities to observe adolescent learners in secondary school class rooms and assist master teachers in various subject areas.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ADMPS 1001; (IL 1330 or IL 1332); (PSY 1001 or PSYED 1001)
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IL 1703 - EARLY FILED EXPERIENCE K-12
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introductory field experience for undergraduate students who plan to enter the teaching profession. Offers opportunities to observe adolescent learners in secondary school class rooms and assist master teachers in various subject areas.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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IL 1775 - GIFTED EDUCATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Allows students to delve into the topic of gifted education. Students will learn not only the definition of gifted education and the varied ways of recognizing giftedness, but will also learn how to support the intellectual, social, and emotional needs of gifted students. The integrated field experience allows students to connect university learning to in-school practices, promoting a seamless learning experience.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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IL 1810 - PRE STUDENT TEACHING - EARLY CHILDHOOD
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This one-hour course allows students to observe and participate in the classroom where they will student teach. The purpose is to integrate the education major into the class so that increased learning and participation during student teaching occurs.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1215, IL 1220, IL 1222, IL 1225, IL 1324, IL 1700; PLAN: Early Childhood Education Major
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IL 1811 - PRE STUDENT TEACHING - SECONDARY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This one-hour course allows students to observe and participate in the classroom where they will student teach. The purpose is to integrate the education major into the class so that increased learning and participation during student teaching occurs.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1235 or IL 1280 or IL 1440 or IL 1470; PLAN: Secondary Education Major
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IL 1812 - PRE-STUDENT TEACHING- K-12
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This one-hour course allows students to observe and participate in the classroom where they will student teach. The purpose is to integrate the education major into the class so that increased learning and participation during student teaching occurs.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1237 and IL 1238; Plan: Spanish Education Major K-12
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IL 1820 - STUDENT TEACHING - EARLY CHILDHOOD
Minimum Credits: 12
Maximum Credits: 12
A full-time practicum for teacher certification candidates. Provides opportunities to observe, plan, conduct, and evaluate students in the school setting and receive professional feedback from university supervisor and experienced master teachers.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1810; CREQ: IL 1875; PLAN: Early Childhood Education Major
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IL 1821 - STUDENT TEACHING - SECONDARY
Minimum Credits: 12
Maximum Credits: 12
A full-time practicum for teacher certification candidates. Provides opportunities to observe, plan, conduct, and evaluate students in the school setting and receive professional feedback from university supervisor and experienced master teachers.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IL 1811; CREQ: IL 1876; PLAN: Secondary Education Major
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IL 1872 - K-12 STUDENT TEACHING ABROAD
Minimum Credits: 6
Maximum Credits: 6
Seven-weeks in duration, this full-time experience is for teacher certification candidates in a student teaching center in K-12 programs abroad. Provides opportunities to observe, plan, conduct, and assess instruction in the school setting with professional feedback from University supervisors and experienced master teachers. Open only to early K-12 education majors approved for student teaching. This student teaching option must be registered for in conjunction with K-12 student teaching - US.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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