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2018-2019 Catalog 
    
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Course Descriptions


 
  
  • MED 6312 - Content Instruction in the Elementary School: Mathematics

    Credits: (2)
    Typically taught:
    Spring [Full Sem]

    Explores new concepts in curriculum and methods of mathematics instruction in the elementary schools. This course is required for elementary licensure.
  
  • MED 6313 - Content Instruction in the Elementary School: Social Studies

    Credits: (2)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]

    Explores new concepts in curriculum and methods of social studies instruction in the elementary schools. This course is required for elementary licensure.
  
  • MED 6314 - Reading Instruction in Elementary Schools

    Credits: (2)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]

    An exploration of current research theories and their pedagogical implications related to teaching vocabulary, reading comprehension, fluency, phonics, and phonemic awareness in elementary school classrooms. This course is required for elementary licensure.
  
  • MED 6316 - Language Arts Instruction in Elementary Schools

    Credits: (2)
    Typically taught:
    Spring [Full Sem]

    Students will explore theory, instructional methodology, and activities for supporting students in developing expertise in the essential skills of communication: listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and visually representing. This course is required for elementary licensure.
  
  • MED 6317 - Arts Integration for Elementary Teachers

    Credits: (2)
    Typically taught:
    Summer [1st Blk]

    This course is designed to prepare students to successfully teach the arts in the elementary classroom. Students are expected to design, prepare, and teach lessons to engage elementary students in arts and music activities. State curriculum guidelines will be reviewed and discussed.
  
  • MED 6320 - Content Area Literacy Instruction

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Online]
    Spring [Online]
    Summer/odd years[Online]


    Use of reading as an effective means to help students comprehend their course material. Explores how to incorporate these skills into the curriculum of the content areas. This course is required for secondary licensure.
  
  • MED 6330 - Using Children’s Literature and Informational Text in the Classroom

    Credits: (2)
    Typically taught:
    Spring [Full Sem]

    This course will provide a broad basis for using children’s literature for instructional purposes in elementary classrooms to enhance literacy development.
  
  • MED 6340 - Reading Assessment and Instructional Interventions

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Spring [Full Sem]

    Assessment of reading problems and corrective procedures for remediation in elementary classrooms.
  
  • MED 6350 - Reading Comprehension Instruction

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Spring [Full Sem]

    An exploration of current research theories and their pedagogical implications related to teaching vocabulary, reading comprehension, and metacognition. This course is required for the Level 1 Reading Endorsement.
  
  • MED 6352 - Early Literacy Instruction (K-6)

    Credits: (2)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]

    The purpose of this course is to focus on the research on emergent and early literacy development so that teachers may construct well-designed, appropriate literacy learning environments, and experiences for young language learners. Because this is an advanced course, students will be expected to have a reading background in early literacy. This course is required for the Level 1 Reading Endorsement.
  
  • MED 6353 - Understanding and Supporting Reading Development (grades 6-12)

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Summer [2nd Blk]

    This course is to help practicing secondary teachers acquire skills and strategies to support struggling readers. Specifically, this course will provide teachers with a systematic and ongoing approach to classroom intervention to prevent continued failure in reading. Required for the Level 1 Basic Secondary Reading Endorsement.
  
  • MED 6354 - Literacy Leadership and Professional Development

    Credits: (2)
    This course is designed to increase understanding of the administration and supervision of school literacy programs. Major topics will include: professional development, school/community relations, mentoring partnerships, student diversity, curriculum evaluation and development, and assessment. This course is required for the Reading Specialist Endorsement. Prerequisite: Basic Reading Endorsement.
  
  • MED 6355 - Research in Reading

    Credits: (3)
    This course will engage students in studying and understanding primary research documents in reading. Students will be guided to explore both classical and contemporary reading research studies. Students will also be instructed in basic research techniques in reading. This course is required for the Reading Specialist Endorsement. Prerequisite: Level 1 Basic Reading Endorsement.
  
  • MED 6356 - Internship in Reading

    Credits: (3)
    This course is a field-based experience designed to give students an opportunity to work with curriculum and school leaders for improving reading instruction on a district or school level. Prerequisite: Level I Basic Reading Endorsement, MED 6354 , MED 6355 . The course is graded Credit/No Credit.
  
  • MED 6360 - Foundations of Literacy

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Summer [1st Blk]

    An exploration of current reading, oral and written language theories, and their applications for the improvement of literacy practices in schools.
  
  • MED 6375 - Foundations of Dual Immersion or Immersion Education

    Credits: (3)
    The course examines the background, underlying theory, and research foundations that support dual language and immersion education practices.  Issues for teachers and administrators will be addressed.  Practices and principles that inform language attentive curriculum will be a focus of the course.
  
  • MED 6380 - Values Education

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Summer [Hybrid]

    Designed for teachers, administrators, parents and community leaders. Examines the developmental processes of socialization and moral development. Four separate approaches of values education are evaluated.
  
  • MED 6415 - Content-Based Second Language Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment

    Credits: (3)
    Participants in this course learn to plan curriculum and instruction for dual language and immersion classrooms that combine language and content goals using standards-based and backwards design approaches.  They also learn a range of classroom-based strategies for assessing language and content.
  
  • MED 6420 - Foundations of Education of the Gifted

    Credits: (3)
    An overview of education for the gifted and talented: historical and philosophical background; characteristics, needs, and developmental patterns of the gifted; issues in identification, differentiating curriculum and educational program options; special populations of gifted students.
  
  • MED 6430 - Creative Processes in the Elementary School

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]
    Summer [1st Blk]


    This course focuses on the development of attitudes, methods, and skills in creative teaching, including an exploration of using music, art, dance, and drama in the elementary classroom. Graduate students will also explore philosophy, research, and theories which support arts integration, and development of teaching strategies and materials for use in the elementary classroom.
  
  • MED 6440 - Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted

    Credits: (2)
    This course examines social and emotional developmental needs of gifted and talented children and proposes strategies for recognizing and meeting those needs in classrooms and with families.
  
  • MED 6450 - Creativity and Applied Imagination

    Credits: (2)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]

    Exploration and development of readily available personal and community resources to encourage creative thinking/reasoning, classroom involvement, and transfer of learning.
  
  • MED 6470 - Teaching for Thinking

    Credits: (2)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]

    Theory and practice for teaching thinking skills in elementary, middle, and high school classrooms.
  
  • MED 6480 - Differentiated Curriculum for the Gifted

    Credits: (3)
    Curriculum theories and educational strategies for educating gifted and talented students. A practical course with special attention to the development of instructional materials appropriate for use by gifted students in special programs as well as in the regular classroom.
  
  • MED 6490 - Assessment and Evaluation in Education of the Gifted

    Credits: (3)
    Principles of assessment applied to identification of gifted and talented students including identification of gifted in minority populations, diagnosis of student learning needs, learning styles, evaluation of student progress, and evaluation of program effectiveness.
  
  • MED 6495 - Action Research in Education of the Gifted

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    This is a capstone course in the program leading to a Utah teaching endorsement in education of the gifted and talented and meets the USOE endorsement requirement for a field experience or practicum in education of the gifted by requiring a community-based project in which learning from previous endorsement courses is synthesized in a practical way. Students are expected to take initiative in planning, implementing, documenting, and evaluating meaningful action research projects relevant to education or the gifted and talented. Prerequisite: Bachelor’s degree, teaching license, and MED 6420 , MED 6480 , MED 6490 .
  
  • MED 6510D - Advanced Foundations in Special Education Practice & Law (Special Education License)

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]

    This course focuses on the learning and social characteristics of young people with exceptionalities – that is, disabilities (physical, mental, learning) or giftedness – and about public policy and services available to them. As future teachers, students will learn about how such individuals are identified and served by the school system, what strategies are effective for instructing them, and roles and responsibilities of school personnel in providing appropriate educational experiences for all students in an includive classroom. Prerequisite: Admission to Masters of Education.
  
  • MED 6515 - Foundations in Special Education: Law and Practice

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Spring [Full Sem]
    Summer [2nd Blk]


    This course will introduce students to the philosophical, historical, legal, and ethical foundations of special education.  Students will examine in depth the laws and practices related to special education and how those laws are influencing children with special needs today.  Students will also learn about individuals with special needs as they are identified and served in our school system.
  
  • MED 6520 - Collaboration, Consultation, and IEP Development

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]

    Roles of the special educator and families. IEP development, Least Restrictive environment, managing multidisciplinary team activities, and techniques of collaboration and consultation.
  
  • MED 6521 - Practicum in Special Education

    Credits: (2)
    Typically taught:
    Spring [Full Sem]

    This Practicum experience will focus on examining in depth the lives of students with mild to moderate disabilities in school, home, and community settings. Students will be introduced to the IEP process and will practice developing collaborative relationships within school settings. This Practicum must be taken either concurrently with, or after completion of MED 6520 .
  
  • MED 6530 - Principles and Applications of Special Education Assessment

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Spring [Full Sem]

    Administer, score, and interpret norm-referenced assessment instruments, analyze in combination with data from other assessment processes, and use to determine eligibility and develop educational programs.
  
  • MED 6540 - Advanced Managing Student Behavior

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Spring [Full Sem]

    This course will address current issues, practices, and application of a variety of approaches for behavior change. It is designed to teach students validated classroom management strategies, behavioral intervention strategies and techniques for use with students who have behavioral and social skill deficits. The primary goal of this couse is for each student to conduct a functional assessment and implement and evaluate a behavior intervention plan. Prerequisite: MED 6520 .
  
  • MED 6550 - Advanced Instructional Planning and Learning Environments for Special Education Students

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Spring [Full Sem]

    Effective teaching methods, instructional programming and modification of curriculum for students with disabilities. A direct instruction model is emphasized. Prerequisite: Admission to Masters of Education.
  
  • MED 6555 - Advanced Instructional Methods and Practicum: Reading

    Credits: (4)
    This course is designed to introduce principles and techniques for diagnosis and remediation of reading problems. The course will cover student characteristics and school setting demands which contribute to lack of success in reading classrooms. Field experience required.
  
  • MED 6560 - Advanced Instructional Methods and Practicum: Mathematics

    Credits: (4)
    Typically taught:
    Spring [Full Sem]

    Assessment and diagnosis of mathematics problems and corrective procedures for remediation. This course focuses on the needs of students with learning problems or who are at-risk for school failure. Students will apply the concepts learned in an action research project in a K-12 classroom.
  
  • MED 6565 - Advanced Instructional Methods and Practices: English Language Arts

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]

    The purpose of this course is to prepare teacher candidates to teach English Language Arts to elementary and secondary students.  Teacher candidates learn to identify reading and writing difficulties, using evidence-based interventions.  They will also learn how to implement effective instruction, using data-based instructional decision model to monitor students’ ELA progress.  This course is to be taken concurrently with MED 6860 Practicum in Education. Co-Requisite: MED 6860 .
  
  • MED 6570 - Advanced Instructional Methods and Practicum: Written Expression

    Credits: (4)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]

    This course is designed to introduce principles and validated strategies for teaching written expression to students with mild/moderate disabilities. The course will cover student characteristics and school setting demands that contribute to lack of success in written expression. Field experience required.
  
  • MED 6575 - Advanced Instructional Methods and Practices: Mathematics

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Spring [Full Sem]

    The purpose of this course is to prepare teacher candidates to teach mathematics to Tier 2 and 3 students in elementary and secondary classrooms. Teacher candidates will acquire a set of skills that will enable them to determine what math concepts to teach to pupils and effective instructional methods to aid in the teaching of these concepts.  This course is to be taken concurrently with MED 6860 Practicum in Education. Co-Requisite: MED 6860 .
  
  • MED 6580 - Advanced Learning Strategies and Transition for Special Education Students

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]

    Effective teaching methods, strategies, and practices for secondary age level students with disabilities. A cognitive learning strategies approach is emphasized. Prerequisite: Admission to Masters of Education.
  
  • MED 6581 - Pre-Student Teaching in Special Education

    Credits: (4)
    Typically taught:
    Not currently being taught.

    The purpose of pre-student teaching is to continue field experience in a supportive and professional manner. The student will have the opportunity to experience teaching and the responsibilities that it entails under the direct guidance of the cooperating teacher and the course instructor. This course is designed to provide students with practical experiences in the areas of: (a) assessment, (b) behavior management, (c) curriculum and instruction for students K-12, and (d) planning and developing post secondary transition plans. Prerequisite: EDUC 4521 /MED 6521  Practicum in Special Education, with a grade of B or better. Must be taken either concurrently with, or after completion of, EDUC 4530 /MED 6530 , EDUC 4540 /MED 6540 , EDUC 4550 /MED 6550 , and EDUC 4580 /MED 6580 .
  
  • MED 6610 - Life Science for Elementary Teachers

    Credits: (3)
    This course provides a background in concepts relating to living organisms and the interactions among them and their environment. The flexibility of these concepts is examined in light of research activities.
  
  • MED 6620 - Physical Science for Elementary Teachers

    Credits: (3)
    Basic concepts of the physical sciences (chemistry and physics) are covered. The importance of the scientific method and the design of experiments is addressed as well as basic facts and discoveries. Hands-on laboratory activities are an important part of the course.
  
  • MED 6630 - Earth Science for Elementary Teachers

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]

    A background in basic concepts relating to the formation, development, and history of the earth is provided. General concepts of the structure, composition, and modification of the planet (atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere) are investigated through laboratory activities applicable to elementary classrooms. Activities emphasize inquiry and appropriate activities for developing content, process skills, laboratory skills, and positive attitudes toward science.
  
  • MED 6640 - The World As A Classroom

    Credits: (1-3)
    variable title
    This course is designed to provide enrichment opportunities for those who undertake either domestic or foreign travel to participate in study tours, research, and other professional development experiences. It offers participants an opportunity to learn outside the classroom in locations available only through travel. May be repeated up to 3 credit hours.
  
  • MED 6650 - Understanding Science

    Credits: (3)
    This course will examine the nature of science, the philosophy of science, and research in science education. Students will engage in authentic scientific research.
  
  • MED 6661 - Life Science for Secondary Teachers: Zoology

    Credits: (3)
    This course examines basic concepts relating to living organisms, interactions among them, and relationships with their environment. Concepts of structure, function, ecology, behavior, and evolution will be investigated through laboratory activities applicable to secondary classrooms. Content relates to current areas of public concern and advances in the life sciences.
  
  • MED 6662 - Life Science for Secondary Teachers: Microbiology

    Credits: (3)
    This course examines basic concepts relating to living organisms, interactions among them, and relationships with their environment. Concepts of structure, function, ecology, behavior, and evolution will be investigated through laboratory activities applicable to secondary classrooms. Content relates to current areas of public concern and advances in the life sciences.
  
  • MED 6663 - Life Science for Secondary Teachers: Botany

    Credits: (3)
    This course examines basic concepts relating to living organisms, interactions among them, and relationships with their environment. Concepts of structure, function, ecology, behavior, and evolution will be investigated through laboratory activities applicable to secondary classrooms. Content relates to current areas of public concern and advances in the life sciences.
  
  • MED 6670 - Physics for Secondary Teachers

    Credits: (3)
    A background in the basic concepts of physics is provided. Topics include laws of motion, gravity, energy, light, heat, sound, electricity, magnetism, atomic and nuclear physics, radioactivity, and relativity. Laboratories investigate concepts applicable to secondary classrooms. Activities associate science content with appropriate activities designed to develop process skills, laboratory skills, and positive attitudes toward science.
  
  • MED 6680 - Chemistry for Secondary Teachers

    Credits: (3)
    A background in the basic concepts related to matter, its properties, and its reactions is provided. Laboratories investigate concepts applicable to secondary classrooms. Activities associate science content with appropriate activities designed to develop process skills, laboratory skills, and positive attitudes toward science.
  
  • MED 6691 - Earth Science for Secondary Teachers: Geology

    Credits: (3)
    A background in basic concepts relating to the information, development, and history of the earth is provided. General concepts of the structure, composition, and modification of the planet’s lithosphere are investigated through laboratory activities applicable to secondary classrooms. Activities emphasize inquiry and appropriate activities for developing content, process skills, laboratory skills, and positive attitudes toward science.
  
  • MED 6692 - Earth Science for Secondary Teachers: Meteorology

    Credits: (3)
    A background in basic concepts relating to the information, development, and history of the earth is provided. General concepts of the structure, composition, and modification of the planet’s atmosphere are investigated through laboratory activities applicable to secondary classrooms. Activities emphasize inquiry and appropriate activities for developing content, process skills, laboratory skills, and positive attitudes toward science.
  
  • MED 6693 - Earth Science for Secondary Teachers: Oceanography

    Credits: (3)
    A background in basic concepts relating to the information, development, and history of the earth is provided. General concepts of the structure, composition, and modification of the planet’s hydrosphere are investigated through laboratory activities applicable to secondary classrooms. Activities emphasize inquiry and appropriate activities for developing content, process skills, laboratory skills, and positive attitudes toward science.
  
  • MED 6730 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8: Assessment and Intervention

    Credits: (3)
    Practicing teachers will gain a deeper understanding of the various types of assessment and their appropriate use for guiding instruction, intervention, and evaluation of student learning of mathematics content. This course is part of the Elementary Mathematics Endorsement.
  
  • MED 6860 - Practicum in Education

    Credits: (1-4)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    Practical synthesis and application of knowledge and skills gained in previous education courses. Students must have approval from the program director, and should follow specific graduate certificate in teaching program guidelines for prerequisites and other requirements. This course does not grant credit towards the MED degree, but is required for a teaching license in the state of Utah. This course may be repeated three (3) times for credit.
  
  • MED 6870 - Student Teaching in Elementary Education for MED Students

    Credits: (3-6)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]
    Summer [limited opportunities]


    The student teaching experience is the culminating learning experience for the elementary licensure track. Student teaching is a time for developing one’s classroom management style, instructional design, and collaborating with a mentor teacher. Student teaching is a rigorous experience, which is carefully planned, guided, assessed, and evaluated. Offered CR/NC only; this course does not grant credit towards the MED degree but is required for a teaching license in the state of Utah. Prerequisite: MED 6860 , MED 6110  or MED 6120 , MED 6050 , MED 6265 , MED 6020 , MED 6311 , MED 6312 , MED 6313 , MED 6314 , MED 6316 .
  
  • MED 6880 - Student Teaching in Secondary Education for MED Students

    Credits: (3-6)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    Student teaching experience, with supervision, in a public school to synthesize theory and practice from previous education courses. Offered CR/NC only; this course does not grant credit toward the MED degree but is required for a teaching license in the state of Utah. Prerequisite: MED 6860 , MED 6020 , MED 6060 , MED 6120  or MED 6110 , MED 6050 , MED 6320 , and MED 6265 .
  
  • MED 6890 - Student Teaching in Special Education for MED Students

    Credits: (4-6)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    The student teaching experience is the culminating learning experience for the special education licensure track.  Student teaching is a time for developing one’s classroom management style, instructional design, and collaborating with a mentor teacher.  Student teaching is a rigorous experience, which is carefully planned, guided, assessed, and evaluated.  Offered CR/NC only; this course does not grant credit towards the MED degree but is required for a teaching license in the state of Utah. Prerequisite: MED 6050 , MED 6515 , MED 6530 , MED 6540 , MED 6565 , MED 6575 , MED 6580 , and MED 6860 .
  
  • MED 6900 - Individual Study

    Credits: (1-3)
    Intended for the candidate who has special needs and who would benefit from an individual study program. Forms are available from Room ED 234 MEd program office and must be approved by the instructor and the director at time of registration. May be repeated up to 3 credit hours.
  
  • MED 6920 - Short Courses, Workshops, Institutes and Special Programs

    Credits: (1-4)
    In order to provide flexibility and to meet many different needs, a number of specific offerings are possible using this catalog number. When the number is used it will be accompanied by a brief and specific descriptive title. The specific title with the credit authorized for the particular offering will appear on the student transcript. May be repeated 5 times up to 6 credit hours.
  
  • MED 6990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement

    Credits: (1)
    This course is used to fill the continuous enrollment requirement while completing the Master’s project. The course is graded Credit/ No Credit.
  
  • MENG 5010G - Introduction to Linguistics

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    This course introduces students to the scientific study of language. It explores what languages have in common, as well as what distinguishes them. Students learn basic analytic techniques in articulatory phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics and apply them to data drawn from various languages. These core concepts may be expanded and applied to other areas, such as language acquisition, language history, language and culture, language and thought, and language and literary expression. This course is designed for students with bachelor’s degrees who have no upper-division undergraduate coursework in linguistics.
  
  • MENG 5020G - Introduction to the Study of Language for Teachers

    Credits: (3)
    This course is designed for English teaching majors and minors. It introduces students to the nature of language and linguistics and reviews the elements of traditional grammar. This course surveys prescribed applications for prospective secondary school English teachers, including language variation, contemporary alternatives to traditional grammar, the history of English, and linguistics and composition. This course is designed for students who have no upper-division undergraduate coursework in linguistics.
  
  • MENG 5050G - Grammar, Style, and Usage for Advanced Writing

    Credits: (3)
    This course presents the concepts and nomenclature of traditional grammar as a context for students wishing to increase their control of punctuation, style, and usage to become more proficient writers. Its offers practical guidance in how grammatical concepts can be applied to revising and editing one’s own or others’ writing to more effectively express one’s intended meaning. The course is designed for students with bachelor’s degrees who have no upper-division undergraduate coursework in linguistics.
  
  • MENG 5080G - Critical Approaches to Literature

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]
    Summer [1st Blk, 2nd Blk]


    Students will study and practice critical approaches to literature. The course will begin with New Criticism and proceed to study more resistant reading strategies such as feminism, Marxism, and deconstruction. Students will not only learn the theoretical premises behind these theories, but also practice explicating various texts from a particular critical perspective.
  
  • MENG 5510G - World Literature

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    Students in this course read texts from a variety of eras and of authors and regions outside the United States and Great Britain. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same period was applied toward an undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5520G - American Literature: Early and Romantic

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    Students in this course read texts from the late eighteenth century to the decades just before the Civil War. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same period was applied toward an undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5530G - American Literature: Realism and Naturalism

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    Students in this course read texts from the Civil War through World War I. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5540G - American Literature: Modern

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    Students in this course read texts from the first half of the twentieth century. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards an undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5550G - American Literature: Contemporary

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    Students in this course read texts from the 1950s to the present. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5570G - American Literature I

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]
    Summer [1st Blk; 2nd Blk]


    This course will introduce students to the study of American Literature from its earliest known works to those produced prior to the American Civil War.  We will examine its history, major works, and literary concepts.
  
  • MENG 5580G - American Literature II

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]
    Summer [1st Blk; 2nd Blk]


    This course will introduce students to the study of American Literature from the American Civil War to the contemporary period.  We will examine its history, major works, and literary concepts.
  
  • MENG 5610G - British Literature: Medieval

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    Students in this course read texts from the eighth century to the end of the fifteenth century. Works written in Anglo-Saxon English and northern medieval dialects will be read in modern translations. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5620G - British Literature: Renaissance

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    Students in this course read texts from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the middle of the seventeenth. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5630G - British Literature: Neoclassical and Romantic

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    Students in this course read texts from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5640G - British Literature: Victorian

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    Students in this course read texts from 1830 until roughly World War I. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5650G - British Literature: Modern

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    Students in this course read texts from the first half of the twentieth century. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5660G - British Literature: Contemporary

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    Students in this course read British and Anglo-Irish literature since 1950. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5670G - British Literature I

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]
    Summer [1st Blk; 2nd Blk]


    This course will introduce students to the study of British Literature from its earliest known works to those produced in the eighteenth century.  We will examine its history, major works, and literary concepts.
  
  • MENG 5680G - British Literature II

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]
    Summer [1st Blk; 2nd Blk]


    This course will introduce students to the study of British Literature from the eighteenth century to the contemporary period.  We will examine its history, major works, and literary concepts.
  
  • MENG 5730G - Literature of Cultures and Places

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    Students in this course read texts focusing on a single national culture or works from various cultures. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5750G - Classical Literature

    Credits: (3)
    Students in this course read texts from the Golden Age of Greece to the fall of the Roman Empire. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5840G - Methods and Practice in Tutoring Writers

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]

    Faculty supervised experience in tutoring student writers in all disciplines. This course is limited to teaching assistants in the MENG program.
  
  • MENG 5850G - Principles & Practicum in Tutoring Writing

    Credits: (2)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    This course provides writing center tutors with the theoretical knowledge of the writing process critical to effective tutoring. In addition, the course provides students with an understanding of various approaches to and methods of tutoring. The course is effectively divided into three parts: tutoring and writing theory, College Reading and Learning Association certification, and practicum.
  
  • MENG 5920G - Short Courses, Workshops, Institutes and Special Programs

    Credits: (1-4)
    In order to provide flexibility and to meet many different needs, a number of specific offerings are possible using this catalog number. When the number is used it will be accompanied by a brief and specific descriptive title. The specific title with the credit authorized for the particular offering will appear on the student transcript. May be repeated 5 times with a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  
  • MENG 6005 - Intercultural Classroom Discourse

    Credits: (3)
    Students will read, discuss and experience interactive learning tools from the fields of sociolinguistics, intercultural communication, and TESOL pedagogy. Students will analyze dialects and personal/social conversational styles. Examples from literature and film will help provide a contextualized means of observing and understanding cultural identities.
  
  • MENG 6010 - Introduction to Graduate Studies

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]


    Students will learn research methods and methodologies that will allow them to produce publishable, sophisticated pieces of academic prose of the kind expected of professional academics. Students will compose abstracts, conference paper proposals, annotated bibliographies, and surveys of scholarship. Students will explore academic databases extensively and learn to evaluate rigorously other scholars’ work. Students will be encouraged to submit their work in the class to journals, conferences, or collections of essays. Students should take this course within their first year of study and focus their research on topics that may support future work on a thesis or project. Required in first or second semester.
  
  • MENG 6030 - Studies in Literary Theory and Criticism

    Credits: (3)
    Variable Title
    Students will study influential works in literary theory–potentially ranging from Plato’s REPUBLIC to Gayatri Spivak’s groundbreaking feminist studies to Stephen Greenblatt’s New Historicist studies to Homi Bhabha’s postcolonial analyses–paying specific attention to the influence of these theories on English studies. May be repeated 10 times for credit hours with different content.
  
  • MENG 6110 - Writing for Teachers

    Credits: (3)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]

    Designed primarily for in-service teachers, this course explores the most current research and theory concerning the teaching of writing and applies it to issues in the secondary classroom. Permission of instructor required to register.
  
  • MENG 6120 - Teaching Traditional and Contemporary Young Adult Literature

    Credits: (4)
    Typically taught:
    Spring [Full Sem]

    This course provides a broad, practical background in young adult literature, both traditional and contemporary, with emphasis on current theories and methods in literature pedagogy. Selection and evaluation of texts that appeal to young adults, reading strategies, censorship, themes and genres will be given special attention.  Prerequisite: MED 6050  Curriculum Design, Evaluation, Assessment (3) must be taken prior to MENG 5210G/6120.  We strongly recommend that MENG 6110  Writing for Teachers (3) or MENG 6230  Wasatch Range Writing Project Summer Institutes (3) be taken prior to MENG 5210G/6120. MENG 5210G  and MENG 6120 must be taken concurrently. Permission of instructor required to register.
  
  • MENG 6210 - Teaching Literature in the Secondary Schools

    Credits: (3)
    Designed primarily for in-service teachers, this course explores the most current research and theory concerning the teaching of literature and applies it to issues in the secondary classroom.
  
  • MENG 6230 - Wasatch Range Writing Project Summer Institute

    Credits: (1-6)
    Typically taught:
    Summer [1st Blk, 2nd Blk]

    This course is designed to follow the National Writing Project model. The four-week Invitational Institute is for inservice teachers nominated by their school district or their peers. It is designed to develop leadership skills in those teachers to enable them to impact the quality of writing instruction in their individual schools and district. It is also designed to develop teacher leadership for the Wasatch Range Writing Project. The One Week Open Institute is open to any inservice teacher wishing to improve writing instruction in his/her classroom. Can be repeated once up to eight (8) credit hours total. Permission of instructor required to register.
  
  • MENG 6231 - Wasatch Range Writing Project Advanced Institute

    Credits: (1-6)
    Variable Title and Credit Course
    This is a variable topics variable title course designed for Wasatch Range Writing Project Teacher Consultants, teachers who have taken the WRWP Summer Institute and work with WRWP providing professional development to local school districts. It allows those teachers to increase their effectiveness as teachers, add to their expertise for work with inservice teachers and research possible solutions to literacy issues facing elementary and secondary education in our region. Course titles may include: Developing Utah State Core Standards Workshops, Digital Writing, Developing Argument Writing Across the disciplines. Only six hours can be used for meeting elective requirements in the MENG program. Prerequisite: Six hours credit in MENG 6230 . May be repeated 6 times and up to 18 credit hours.
  
  • MENG 6240 - Seminar in American Literature

    Credits: (3)
    Variable Title
    This seminar explores major texts of one particular American era. The course focuses on literature which articulates the selected period. This variable emphasis course may be repeated 10 times for credit with different content.
  
  • MENG 6250 - Seminar in British Literature

    Credits: (3)
    Variable Title
    This seminar explores major texts of one particular British era. This course focuses on the literature which articulates the selected period. This variable emphasis course may be repeated 3 times up to 6 credit hours with different subject matter.
  
  • MENG 6260 - Seminar in World Literature

    Credits: (3)
    Variable Title
    This seminar explores literature other than American or British. The course focuses on the literature which articulates the selected time and place. This variable emphasis course may be repeated 10 times for credit with different subject matter.
  
  • MENG 6280 - TESOL Practicum

    Credits: (1)
    Typically taught:
    Fall [Full Sem]
    Spring [Full Sem]
    Summer [1st Blk]


    TESOL practicum provides guided and supported experience in one or more of the following: tutorial, small group teaching, whole class lesson planning. Candidates will practice a variety of instructional modes for speaking, reading and writing. Instructor permission is required for registration.
  
  • MENG 6310 - Language and Linguistics for Teachers

    Credits: (3)
    Designed primarily for in-service teachers, this course explores recent research in linguistics and applies it to issues in the secondary classroom.
  
  • MENG 6320 - World Languages

    Credits: (3)
    This course broadens students’ awareness of diversity among the world’s languages, thereby fostering understanding and appreciation of the nature of human language in general. Issues may include language obsolescence and maintenance, writing systems of the world, prosody and poetic forms in other languages, language history, and language families. Some prior experience in linguistics or language structures will be helpful as students study profiles of selected languages representing major language families of the world and various geographical areas.
  
  • MENG 6330 - Literary and Rhetorical Stylistics

    Credits: (3)
    This course surveys the literature on style in linguistics, literature, and rhetoric. Some prior background in grammar will be useful as students engage in quantitative and qualitative stylistic analysis of texts from a literary period, genre, or particular author and learn how diction, syntax, and figurative language can be deployed to communicative and artistic ends.
 

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