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SPE 763 - Teaching Children with Higher Incidence Disabilities
A course designed to develop instructional strategies, modifications, and accommodations required to meet the needs of students with high incidence disabilities in a regular classroom setting. Included in this classification are learning disabilities, emotional/behavioral disturbances, speech and language impairments, intellectual disabilities, and ADHD. Transdisciplinary teaming, social service agencies, professional organizations, and family and lifespan issues are examined. Includes a field experience to observe and develop competency in working with exceptionalities. First semester. Offered alternate years. Alternate summers.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPE 661 & either SPE 664 or SPE 761. Current clearances required.
Credits: 3
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SPE 764 - Teaching Children with Lower Incidence Disabilities
A course designed to develop instructional strategies, modifications, and accommodations required to meet the needs of students with low incidence disabilities in regular education and alternative settings. Included in this classification are hearing impairment, visual impairment, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, autism spectrum disorder, deafness, deaf-blindness, traumatic brain injury, and other health impairment. Transdisciplinary teaming, social service and professional agencies, and family and lifespan issues are examined. Includes a field experience to observe and develop competency in working with exceptionalities. Second semester. Offered alternate years. Alternate summers.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPE 661 & either SPE 664 or SPE 761. Current clearances required.
Credits: 3
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SPE 765 - Assessing and Managing Students with Behavioral Disabilities
A course designed to study factors related to challenging social and emotional behaviors and to determine behavior supports and instructional methodologies that will lead to self-determined learning. Includes a field experience to observe and develop competency in working with exceptionalities. First semester. Offered alternate years. Alternate summers.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPE 661 & either SPE 664 or SPE 761. Must be fully accepted into a PA certification program. Current clearances required.
Credits: 3
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SPE 781 - Advanced Ethics and Supervision
A course designed to provide advanced instruction on supervision, ethical practices, and professional standards and issues encountered by the educator working across diverse settings. Summer session.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPE 682 (may be taken concurrently)
Credits: 3
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SPE 782 - Behavior Measurement and Experimental Design
A course designed to provide advanced instruction on measurement and treatment evaluation in behavioral intervention. Experimental designs used in behavioral research and practice are examined. First semester.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPE 682 (may be taken concurrently)
Credits: 3
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SPE 791 - Delivery Systems in Least Restrictive Environments
A two-week field experience designed to practice effective instructional delivery systems for reading, writing, and math for students with high incidence disabilities in the regular classroom, including the use of assistive technology, support services intervention, and collaborative professional and family partnerships. Summer session.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPE 681, SPE 714, SPE 762, SPE 763, or SPE 764. Must be fully accepted into a PA certification program. Current clearances required.
Credits: 1
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SPE 792 - Delivery Systems in More Restrictive Environments
A three-week field experience designed to practice effective instructional delivery systems for small-group reading, writing, and math for students with low incidence disabilities in the special education setting, including the use of assistive technology, support services intervention, and collaborative professional and family partnerships. Summer session.
Prerequisites & Notes
Two of the following: SPE 681, SPE 682, SPE 714, SPE 762, SPE 763, & SPE 764. Must be fully accepted into a PA certification program. Current clearances required.
Credits: 2
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SPE 795 - ABA Intensive Practicum - Group I
A group-supervised intensive practicum designed to improve and maintain the behavior-analytic, professional, and ethical repertoires of the supervisee and facilitate the delivery of high-quality services to clients. Both semesters.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPE 682 (may be taken concurrently). Fewer than 250 intensive practicum hours earned or its equivalent. Current clearances required.
Credits: 2
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SPE 796 - ABA Intensive Practicum - Group II
A group-supervised intensive practicum designed to improve and maintain the behavior-analytic, professional, and ethical repertoires of the supervisee and facilitate the delivery of high-quality services to clients. Both semesters.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPE 682 (may be taken concurrently). 250-499 intensive practicum hours earned or its equivalent. Current clearances required.
Credits: 2
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SPE 797 - ABA Intensive Practicum - Group III
A group-supervised intensive practicum designed to improve and maintain the behavior-analytic, professional, and ethical repertoires of the supervisee and facilitate the delivery of high-quality services to clients. Both semesters.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPE 682 (may be taken concurrently). 500 intensive practicum hours earned or its equivalent. Current clearances required.
Credits: 2
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SPE 798 - ABA Intensive Practicum - Individual
A one-on-one supervised intensive practicum designed to improve and maintain the behavior-analytic, professional, and ethical repertoires of the supervisee and facilitate the delivery of high-quality services to clients. Both semesters.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPE 682 (may be taken concurrently). Current clearances required.
Credits: 2
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Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages |
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TSL 601 - Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom
A course that examines issues related to the teaching of English Language Learners in the PK-12 classroom. Topics covered include crosscultural awareness, ELL-sensitive content teaching, government policies, ESL/bilingual program models, TESOL and Pennsylvania PK-12 English Language Proficiency Standards, collaboration of mainstream and ESL teachers, standardized testing, special needs assessment, student and family advocacy, and school and community services. Both semesters and summer.
Prerequisites & Notes
Current clearances required.
Credits: 3
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TSL 621 - Introduction to Second Language Acquisition
A course which examines first and second language acquisition theories, including research on the influence of personality, individual learning, and cognitive styles on success in language learning. The course focuses on the practical application of research findings to the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. Current and past methods of language teaching are evaluated as to their effectiveness in the ESL classroom. The course includes two ESL classroom observation experiences. First semester.
Prerequisites & Notes
Current clearances required.
Credits: 3
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TSL 622 - Multicultural Issues in TESOL
A course that explores cultural issues involved in teaching English as a second or foreign language. The course examines the connection between language and culture, crosscultural communication, and acculturation issues. Either semester.
Credits: 2
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TSL 631 - Language Fundamentals for TESOL
A course to acquaint students with the principles of language in general and English in particular, that are useful for analyzing, understanding, and teaching the form, meaning, function, and pronunciation of English structures. Emphasis is on developing the language awareness and teaching techniques necessary for effective teaching of English grammar and pronunciation within a communicative framework. First semester.
Credits: 3
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TSL 632 - TESOL Methods and Materials
A practical course focusing on techniques and activities designed to teach English as a second or foreign language for all proficiency levels. Students learn to evaluate learners’ needs, plan both focused and integrated-skill lessons, assess learner progress, use and adapt published textbooks, and prepare their own materials. Second semester.
Prerequisites & Notes
TSL 621
Credits: 3
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TSL 691 - TESOL Practicum
A field experience providing observation and teaching practice in an ESL classroom. Candidates for PK-12 teacher certification spend the majority of the practicum experience (2 weeks) in a PK-12 ESL classroom, while students preparing to teach adult immigrants or in an EFL adult setting are placed in an adult classroom. In both PK-12 and adult venues, the practicum includes observation of an experienced ESL teacher, interaction with ESL students, and teaching practice. Note: Overseas practicum experiences may be arranged on an individual basis. Both semesters and summer.
Prerequisites & Notes
TSL 621 & TSL 632 (TSL 632 may be taken concurrently). Current clearances required.
Credits: 1
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Theology |
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THE 601 - Overview of Christian Theology
An introduction to the major doctrines of the Bible.
Credits: 3
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THE 621 - Models of Theology and Psychology
A course designed to provide the student with a thorough examination of the theoretical issues in the construction of psychological theories; the relationship between Christian worldview and science; and the relationship between psychological theories of human behavior and theological views of persons, psychopathology, and change.
Credits: 3
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THE 622 - Theology of Business and Leadership
A course which integrates Christian theological reflection with the principles, practices, and theory of business and leadership. The examination of theological truths is specifically applied to situations that arise from the context of the workplace. Special attention is given to business as missions (BAM) and social entrepreneurship. Either semester.
Credits: 3
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THE 701 - Church History
A study of the church from A.D. 100 to the present. Attention is given to important historical events, the development of church doctrine, and the relationship of the church to society.
Prerequisites & Notes
THE 601
Credits: 3
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THE 711 - History and Doctrine of the Triune God
A study of the doctrine of theology proper, pneumatology, and Christology and the development of these areas of Christian teaching from the 2nd century to the present.
Credits: 3
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THE 712 - History and Doctrine of Humanity, Sin, and Salvation
A study of the doctrine of anthropology, hamartiology, and soteriology and the development of these areas of Christian teaching from the 2nd century to the present.
Credits: 3
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THE 713 - History and Doctrine of the Church and Last Things
A study of the doctrines of ecclesiology and eschatology and the development of these areas of Christian teaching from the 2nd century to the present.
Credits: 3
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THE 745 - Contemporary Theological Issue:
A study of an issue of contemporary theological relevance.
Credits: 3
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THE 831 - Advanced Theology Seminar I
A seminar designed to study and evaluate advanced areas of systematic and historical theology. First semester.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment limited to ThM students.
Credits: 3
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THE 832 - Advanced Theology Seminar II
A seminar designed to study and evaluate advanced areas of systematic and historical theology. Second semester.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment limited to ThM students.
Credits: 3
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THE 891 - Thesis I
Reading and research directed by an instructor. Both semesters.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment limited to ThM students.
Credits: 3
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THE 892 - Thesis II
A course that guides the student through the writing and revision of a complete ThM thesis. Both semesters.
Prerequisites & Notes
THE 891
Credits: 3
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