Elementary Education Transfer to Briar Cliff

This course explores the creative process emphasizing art as a visual form of communication. It presents useful criteria for evaluation and enjoyment of art through the development of visual vocabulary and knowledge of art processes, as well as art in a historical context.

This course is an introduction to professional education providing a historical and philosophical background from which the student can examine his or her own commitment to education. Challenges and issues in education today will be discussed in the context of school organization, funding, curriculum, professionalism, legal issues, and effective teacher characteristics.

This course is an exploration of writing as a process with attention to audience, purpose and patterns of exposition.
Pre-requisite: Recommended ACT Composite of 22. Students may complete aýwriting sample to gauge preparedness for the course and thenýaccess instructional staff and resources in the CometýLearning Center both before and during the course to beýsuccessful.

This course is a geographic survey of nations and continents with an emphasis on important physical characteristics of the major regions of the world. Attention is devoted to demographic, economic, political, and cultural development and the consequent contemporary relationship with each other.

This course introduces students to the scientific study of mental processes and behavior with emphasis on psychological theories. This course explains the importance of evidence-based approaches in practice and literature. Students apply critical thinking in relation to research methods and ethics in the field of psychology.

This course introduces students to the College's expectations, environment, and resources so that students may become more competent participants in the learning process.

This is a combined lecture and lab course that is a biological concepts survey for non-science majors. Topics covered include biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, genetics, evolution, diversity of life, and ecology.

This course applies the principles of psychology in the field of education to classroom contexts. Topics include child/adolescent development, learning, motivation, instructional techniques, and assessment/evaluation.

This course is a continuation of ENG 105 with emphasis on developing more complex, sophisticated forms of exposition. It includes a research paper requiring library research, documentation, and bibliography.
Pre-requisite: Take ENG-105 Composition I

Surveys the basic forces and events that shaped American life from the Reconstruction era to the present.

This course provides a broad mathematical knowledge to calculate, analyze, and solve day-to-day problems. Topics include number theory and the real number system, algebra, graph and data interpretation, calculator usage, mathematical reasoning process, problem solving techniques, probability and statistics, geometry, and consumer mathematics. Additional supplemental instruction for students will be available through the Comet Learning Center using ALEKS as an instructional tool.
Pre-requisite: MAT-102 Intermediate Algebra or an ACT Math score of 20 orýan ALEKS assessment score of 29 or an ACT Composite score ofý22.

This course examines the process of human development. It covers the entirety of people's life span from embryogenesis to death through the biopsychosocial lens.
Pre-requisite: Take PSY-111;

This course provides an overview of special education regulations, policies and programs in educational settings. K-12 pre-service teachers learn the history of special education law, including IDEA and as it applies to NCLB, characteristics of the 8 categories of disability per federal and state regulations, characteristics of talent and gifted programs, and basic component of an IEP. This course is a required component for students seeking K-12 teacher state licensure.

This course examines underlying concepts and connections in elementary school mathematics. Topics include the number systems, mental computation and estimation, sets, geometry, measurement, algebra, probability, statistics, calculator usage, mathematical reasoning process, problem solving techniques, and historical notes. Additional supplemental instruction for students will be available through the Comet Learning Center using ALEKS as an instructional tool.
Pre-requisite: ACT Math Score of 20 or ALEKS of 28.

This course introduces fundamental theories of moral behavior, examines important concepts and arguments used in moral reasoning, and applies ethical theories to contemporary personal and social issues.

A combined lecture and lab class. Topics covered come from physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology and meteorology. There are no prerequisites. The course is intended to meet the science requirement for non-science majors including elementary education majors.

The course combines theory of speech communication with public speech performance skills. Emphasis is on speech delivery, preparation, organization, support, and audience analysis. Practice of skills is through presentation and exercise.

This course will provide opportunities to enhance understanding of the teaching profession and assist with decisions to pursue a career in education. Students will spend time observing K-12 classroom teaching with a licensed educator to gain insights and better understanding of the teaching and learning process.
Pre-requisite: Take EDU-210;

This course introduces prospective teacher-prep candidates and other interested students to a variety of digital tools and Internet resources along with best practices in the use of tools and technologies for classroom-related functions. The course focuses on both current theory and issues as well as on providing experiences that will enable the student to select and evaluate software and hardware for the classroom.

This course is a survey of children's literature suitable for elementary education. Focus is on the review and selection of materials. Also emphasized is the role of literature in the child's total development.

A general course designed to make the student more aware of musical form, media, genres, musical periods, and the essential role of music in life and culture. Emphasizes the development of tools for intelligent listening and appreciation.

This course utilizes an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to studying gender, race, class, sexuality and other markers of diversity. The curriculum highlights the duality of oppression and privilege and the ways in which race, gender, class and sexuality shape daily life. Special focus is on learning how to demonstrate course concepts as social action. Social justice is practiced as students become educated in these concepts of diversity and engage in diversity conscious social action.