EDU-498 |
Student Teaching Seminar |
Student Teaching and Seminar is a requirement fulfilled after all other coursework requirements have been completed and the student has at least a cumulative GPA of 3.0. The student is required to make formal application February 1st of the spring semester prior to the academic year in which the student anticipates engaging in student teaching. The experience is designed to allow for the development of professionalism in the school and the community setting, while affording the opportunity to apply teaching methodology and education concepts mastered in coursework on a daily basis. This student teaching experience is for 16 weeks in an inclusion classroom under the supervision of a certified teacher and is accompanied by a bi-weekly seminar class to provide an opportunity to analyze the experience. Prerequisite: All course work completed. |
ENG-002 |
Writing Foundations |
A review of sentence, paragraph and essay structure, this course prepares |
the student for college writing. |
ENG-100 |
Critical Reading and Writing |
This course introduces the student to strategies for effective academic reading and writing, while also helping them develop a better appreciation of the critical concerns of the Sisters of Mercy. In addition, this course addresses and develops information literacy skills. |
ENG-101 |
College English |
This course focuses on the personal and expository components of rhetoric. Emphasis is given to writing processes and logic through constant practice in sentence combining and through organizing and styling paragraphs and themes. Peer review of student writing is included. Pre Requisite: ENG100 |
ENG-102 |
Introduction to Literature |
Students explore literary genres from selected world masterpieces with |
emphasis on style and philosophic import and write themes of critical |
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analysis. |
ENG-103 |
Play Production |
This course emphasizes the fundamentals of play production- script |
selection, casting, blocking, lighting, publicity and culminates in the |
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production of a play. |
ENG-105 |
Grammar Review |
This class reviews the basics of traditional grammar- classes of words and sentences, inflections and functions of English, syntactical relationships and usage- and examines alternative grammar systems. |
ENG-200 |
Public Speaking |
This is a course in public speaking with emphasis on informative, |
argumentative and persuasive skills along with the sharpening of student ' s |
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ability to listen and analyze. |