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Curriculum and Teaching

• C&T 430 Teaching Literature for Young Adults (3).
• C&T 448 Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum (3).
• C&T 709 Foundations of Curriculum and Instruction (3).

C&T 430 Teaching Literature for Young Adults (3).

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Online course. Teaching literature (novel, short story, poetry, drama, nonfiction) suitable for students in the middle school, the junior high school, and the senior high school. Ethnic literature, censorship, bibliographies, and other sources of information about books for young adults will be studied. Nine written assignments; project; final examination. View the C&T 430 course preview. Instructor: Kay Haas.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 899.10
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,906.80
Graduate resident students pay: 1,044.90
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,108.25

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Donelson and Nilsen. Literature for Today's Young Adults, 7th ed., Addison-Wesley, 2005.

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C&T 448 Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum (3).

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Online course. Content area teachers play an important role in guiding middle/secondary students as they use reading and writing as tools for learning. This course includes an overview of the state and national reading and writing scores of adolescents and introduces the basic ways in which individuals may learn to read and write. Focuses on the instructional strategies and materials that promote the development of reading and writing in the context of teaching new information. Emphasizes the informal methods educators can use to diagnose and support their students' ability to comprehend content material. Ten written assignments; journal; midcourse and final examinations. View the C&T 448 course preview. Instructor: Carolyn Doolittle.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 899.10
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,906.80
Graduate resident students pay: 1,044.90
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,108.25

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Vacca and Vacca. Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum, 8th ed., Allyn and Bacon, 2005.

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C&T 709 Foundations of Curriculum and Instruction (3).

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Basic concepts and processes of curriculum and instruction, including theories, planning models, resources for decision making, current trends, research, and proposals for improvement of curriculum and instruction. Five written assignments; paper; unsupervised midcourse examination; final examination. View the C&T 709 course preview. Instructor: Phil McKnight.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 1,004.90
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,004.90
Graduate resident students pay: 1,004.90
Graduate nonresident students pay: 1,004.90

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Feinberg and Soltis. School and Society, 4th ed., Teachers College Press, 2004.
• Fenstermacher and Soltis. Approaches to Teaching, 4th ed., Teachers College Press, 2004.
• Phillips and Soltis. Perspectives on Learning, 4th ed., Teachers College Press, 2004.
• Strike and Soltis. The Ethics of Teaching, 4th ed., Teachers College Press, 2004.
• Walker and Soltis. Curriculum and Aims, 4th ed., Teachers College Press, 2004.

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