Curriculum Action Notice

From:

Academic Affairs Committee

Date:

October 21, 2004

This is a bulletin from the Academic Affairs Committee concerning proposed curricular actions. Please forward any comments or concerns in the next 10 days to the AAC chair, Flor Blanco, Belknap Hall 110A, Ext. 4604, fblanco@mnsfld.edu.

The Department of Education and Special Education has requested the following curricular action:

Course Change: ED 1102 Introduction to Education

Rationale for change:
The purpose of the change is to include music education and art education in the course description in addition to elementary, secondary, and special education.

Description for the catalog:
An introduction to professional careers in K-12 education. Students examine teaching responsibilities, certification requirements, career prospects, and attributes of successful teachers. Topics include historical and social foundations of education, schools in a multicultural society, political influences on education, observations in schools, frameworks for teaching, and beginning a professional portfolio.