Advanced Studies (A S)
114. Education of Exceptional Children (3)
(Same as C D 114). Identification of common and differentiating characteristics
of exceptional children. Diagnostic instructional program of legal provisions,
certification requirements. Observation in clinical sites on and off campus,
public and/or parochial schools. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)
115F. Field Work with Exceptional Children (1-3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Supervised observation and participation
in selected programs for exceptional children, vocational planning, guidance
and counseling.
116. Prescriptive and Individualized Instruction (3)
(Same as C D 11S). Prerequisite: A S 114. Development and examination of
methods and materials relative to individual learning problems; study of
models and individual programs. (2 seminar, 2 lab hours)
118. Counseling and Mental Health (3)
Examination of the relationship between counseling and mental health with
emphasis on current issues of adjustment in society. Explores psychopathology
within the framework of the DSM-III.
163A. Student Teaching: Severely Handicapped (1-8; max total 8)
Prerequisite: admission to Special Education credential program. Directed
observation, participation, and teaching in Glasses for the mentally retarded
in public schools under supervision. Weekly conference with university supervisor.
163B. Student Teaching: Learning Handicapped (1-8; max total 8)
Prerequisite: admission to Special Education Credential program. Directed
observation, participation and teaching in classes for the educationally
handicapped in public schools under supervision. Weekly conference with
university supervisor.
163C. Student Teaching: Gifted (1-8; max total 8)
Prerequisite: admission to Special Education credential program. Directed
observation and teaching in classes for the gifted and creative in public
schools under supervision. Weekly conference with university supervisor.
164A. Student Teaching: Speech and Hearing Handicapped (4-9; max total
9)
Prerequisite: 4-6 units of C D 130 or 230, including 150 clock hours of
therapy; admission to the credential program. To be taken concurrently with
C D 209. Directed observation, participation, and clinical practice (120
hours minimum) under supervision. Weekly conference with university supervisor.
164B. Student Teaching: Deaf and Hard of Hearing (4-9; max total 9)
Prerequisite: 4 units of C D 160 or 260; approval by a departmental review
committee; admission to the credential program. Teaching under supervision
in a class for the deaf or hard of hearing. Directed observation, participation
and weekly conference with university supervisor.
170. Introduction to the Learning Disabilities (3)
Prerequisite: A S 114. Introduction to theories, programs, and methods of
educating children with specific learning disabilities. (2 lecture, 2 lab
hours)
172. Laws Relating to Children (3)
Current and proposed legislation in parent-child relationships, adoption,
and guardianship, education at the minor, marriage contract, child labor,
juvenile delinquency, and child welfare programs.
174. Principles and Techniques in Guidance (3)
(Same as Psych 174.) An overview of basic counseling models, including psychoanalytic,
behavioral, cognitive and humanistic approaches. Includes a personal counseling
experience.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement - Independent Study.
(See Course Numbering System. )
222. Seminar in Occupational Analysis and Information (3)
Prerequisite: A S 174. Theories of vocational development, job classification
systems, placement techniques, skill assessment, work evaluations, and problems
in vocational counseling. (Course fee for assessment materials, approximately
$5-$10) (2 seminar, 2 lab hours)
223. Seminar in Counseling of Children and Parents (3)
Prerequisite: A S 174. Study of theories and techniques in counseling parents
and children. Emphasis on methodology and application of counseling skills
in working with problems of children.
224. Seminar in Counseling Techniques (3)
Prerequisite: A S 174 or R C 201. Emphasis given to interviewing skills,
philosophy, theory and methodology as applied to counseling. (2 seminar,
2 lab hours)
224FA. Field Work inCounseling (2-12; max total 12)
Prerequisite: 12 units in counseling program, including A S 224 . Supervised
practice in a school. (40 hours field work required for 1 unit of credit.)
224FB. Field Work in Child Welfare and Attendance (2-12; max total
12)
Prerequisite: 12 units in counseling program, including A S 224. Supervised
practice in a secondary child welfare and attendance office. (40 hours field
work required for 1 unit of credit.)
224FC. Field Work in Counseling -- Professional Services (3-12; max
total 12)
Prerequisite: 12 units in counseling program, including A S 224. Designed
for students wishing to do field work in professional counseling services,
including, but not limited to, agencies, colleges, and universities. Supervised
placement (40 hours field work required for 1 unit of credit.)
225. Seminar in Advanced Theories and Techniques in Counseling (3)
Prerequisite: A S 224. Emphasis on philosophy, theory and methodology as
applied to Gestalt and behavioral approaches to counseling. (2 seminar,
2 lab hours)
226. Seminar in Guidance Services (3)
Prerequisite: A S 222, 224. Organization, administration and evaluation
of programs related to the areas of pupil personnel services.
227. Seminar in Tests Counseling (3)
Prerequisite: A S 153. Selection, administration, and evaluation of psychological
tests and psychometric data for use in counseling settings. (Course fee
for assessment materials, approximately $5 to $10) (2 seminar, 2 lab hours)
228. Seminar in Group Progress (3)
Prerequisite: A S 174 or R C 201. Theories and methods of interpersonal
communication within groups, transferal information, group leadership and
membership, role perceptions, verbal and non-verbal interaction and group
counseling. (2 seminar, 2 lab hours)
230. Seminar in Counseling of Exceptional Children and Their Parents
(3)
Theories and techniques in working with parents of exceptional children;
emphasis placed on individual and group counseling skills with parents,
direct contact with families, case study and current legislation. (2 seminar,
2 lab hours)
231. Counseling Practicum (4; max total 8)
Prerequisite: 12 units in counseling program, including A S 224. Supervised
on-campus counseling experiences with selected clients. Experience in individual
counseling, critiquing of tapes and typescripts, observations, and case
report writing. (2 seminar, 4 lab hours)
242. Seminar in Behavior Modification (3)
Behavior modification principles, programs, and techniques employed in special
education and clinical-prescriptive teaching. Emphasis on school and home
applications. (2 seminar, 2 lab hours)
243. Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Abilities (3)
Prerequisite: AS 114, 170. Seminar in the special education of children
who are educationally handicapped with psychomotor disabilities. Diagnostic-prescriptive
programming and critiques required. (2 seminar, 2 lab hours)
244. Organization and Supervision of Special Education (3)
Prerequisite: A S 114 or permission of instructor. Seminar in the organization,
financing, housing, equipping, staffing, and supervision of the special
education program; desirable educational provisions for each type of exceptionality;
legal provisions for special education including curriculum development,
in-service education and teacher-pupil relationships.
245. Seminar in Identification and Evaluation of Exceptional Children
(4)
Prerequisite: A S 114, 153. Seminar and field work in the identification
and evaluation of exceptional children. Review of testing techniques, evaluation
of psychological reports, development of psychoeducational recommendations
as a clinical process. Extensive independent child study and evaluation
with appropriate diagnostic instruments. (Course fee for test materials,
approximately $51o $10) (2 seminar, 2 lab hours, 2 field work hours)
246. Language and Cognitive Abilities (3)
Prerequisite A S 114, 170, 243, 245. Advanced curriculum development for
learning handicapped with language and cognitive disabilities. Diagnostic-prescriptive
programming required. (2 seminar, 2 lab hours)
248. Social and Affective Education (3)
Prerequisite: A S 114 or equivalent. Seminar. Development and remediation
of social skills and affective abilities. Model programs for normal children
and prescriptive interventions Ior those with social and personal behavior
disorders. (2 seminar, 2 lab hours)
249. Practicum/Clinic: Career Education for the Handicapped (3-9;
max total 9)
Prerequisite: AS 253 and permission of instructor. Clinical experience in
private and public agencies involved with vocational/career training for
the handicapped work evaluation and job training programs supervised by
university personnel. (2 lab hours and 1 hour outside preparation per unit)
253. Vocational/Career Education the Handicapped (3)
Prerequisite: A S 114 or permission of instructor. Seminar in the examination
and application of vocational/career education and training for the handicapped;
local, state, and federal models. (Test materials fee, approximately $5-$10)
(2 seminar, 2 lab hours)
254. Seminar in the Severely Handicapped Child (3)
Prerequisite: A S 114, 112, 153, 171. Characteristics, identification
procedures, training programs, legal, and administrative problems. Research
in causation, prevention, and treatment. Counseling of parents.
256. Practicum in Special Education (3-9; max total 9)
Prerequisite: A S 114, 170, 243, 245, 246. Clinical experience in diagnosis
and evaluation of exceptional children, prescriptive program development,
prescriptive instruction, and program management. Experience to include
data gathering, program planning and execution, evaluation, and consultation.
(2 field hours per unit)
256D. Practicum and Clinical Experience: Gifted (3-9; max total 9)
Prerequisite: A S 114. Clinical experience in community agencies dealing
with the identification, diagnosis, and education of mentally gifted children.
Practical field experience in cooperating school districts with special
and experimental programs. (2 field hours per unit)
257. Seminar on the Gifted Child (3)
Prerequisite: A S 114. Research and practice regarding community attitudes,
means of identification, types of giftedness, behavioral characteristics,
environmental backgrounds, differentiated needs of the gifted.
258. Seminar in Educational Provisions for the Gifted (3)
Prerequisite: AS 114. Research pertaining to administrative provisions,
program planning, curricular adaptations, teaching-learning strategies,
and ways of motivating gifted and talented youth.
259. Seminar in Creative Children and Youth (3)
Prerequisite: AS 114. Analysis of current theory and research on creativity,
its manifestations and measurement; guidelines for creative development,
creative approaches in learning and teaching.
260. Seminar in Research in Contemporary Problems: Gifted and Creative
(3)
Prerequisite: A S 114. Analysis of research problems regarding the gifted,
creative, and talented. Individual critiques or original research. Development
of research project in preparation for the thesis.
261. Organization for Administration and Support of Education (3)
Prerequisite: teaching experience. Interrelationships of federal, state,
county, city, and district units in the administration and promotion of
programs of education.
262. Seminar in Educational Principalship (3)
Prerequisite: teaching experience; A S 261. Seminar on problems, procedures,
and organizational relationships of elementary and secondary schools; the
administrator's responsibilities in areas of organization and control; teacher
personnel, pupil personnel, noncertificated personnel; special and auxiliary
agencies; guidance; supervision; community relationships.
263. Seminar in Supervision for Improvement of Instruction (3)
Prerequisite: teaching experience; S Ed 250 or 273; A S 261. Seminar for
clarification and application of modern concepts and techniques of supervision;
practice in leadership roles, promoting productive human relationships,
developing communication skills, and evaluation of teaching; ways at helping
teachers in their credential fields.
264. Seminar in the Legal Aspects of Education (3)
Prerequisite: teaching experience; A S 261. A case study approach In reviewing
important court decisions, both state and federal, that have directly affected
the public schools. Legal relationships in public education applied to federal,
state, and local levels.
266. Seminar in School Finance and Business Administration (3)
Prerequisite: A S 261. Economic perspectives and practices of school finance
and business administration; local, state, and federal responsibility for
financial support of education. (2 seminar, 2 lab hours)
272. Seminar in Advanced Curriculum Evaluation and Development (3)
Prerequisite: preliminary credential or permission of instructor. Nature
and scope of curriculum development; administrative determiners of curriculum;
influence at governmental agencies and organizations, foundations, business
and industry, and power structures as curriculum determiners; international
influence on curriculum development and curriculum evaluation at various
levels of governmental operation.
273. Field Work in Administrative Services (3)
Prerequisite: 18 units of coursework in school administration to be selected
from A S 261, 262, 263, 264, 266, 272, 275. For individuals working toward
an administrative services credential. Involves on-the-job experiences in
the solution of practical administrative problems with written reports thereon;
seminar discussions of field experiences and related literature and interaction
in field and in seminar with practicing school administrators.
275. Seminar in Advanced Techniques of Personnel Administration in
Education (3)
Prerequisite: preliminary credential or permission of instructor. Advanced
techniques of staff improvement in service, staff participation in policy
making, improvement of communication channels and methods at communication,
economic and contractual relationships, and improvement of working conditions;
work and responsibility of nonteaching staff members.
276. Seminar in School-Community Relations and Facilities (3)
Prerequisite: A S 261, 262, 263. Seminar on interaction with community forces,
news media, political agencies, and minority groups in policy development;
decision-making based on factual data; and management of physical facilities.
290. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.
(See Course Numbering System.)
373. Instructional and Curriculum Problems
and Practices
(1-3; max total 12 if no topic repeated)