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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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 6510 and MED 6520 .
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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.
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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 6510 or MED 6520 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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MED 6860 - Practicum in Education Credits: (1-4)
Practical synthesis and application of knowledge and skills gained in previous education courses. Student must have approval from the department or program chair, and should follow specific program guidelines for prerequisites and other requirements. This course may be taken more than one time. 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. May be repeated 3 times for credit.
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MED 6870 - Student Teaching in Elementary Education for MED Students Credits: (6)
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 6510D , MED 6020 , MED 6311 , MED 6312 , MED 6313 , MED 6314 , MED 6316 .
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MED 6880 - Student Teaching in Secondary Education for MED Students Credits: (6)
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 6510D .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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MENG 5010 - 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.
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MENG 5020 - 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.
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MENG 5050 - 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.
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MENG 5080 - 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.
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MENG 5210 - Practicum in Teaching English Credits: (2)
Typically taught:
Spring [Full Sem]
This course provides a broad, practical background in teaching young adult (YA) literature for MENG students seeking secondary school licensure. Selection, evaluation, curriculum planning, and assessment in teaching literature will receive primary emphasis. Issues concerning community values and censorship will also receive our attention. Prerequisite: MED 6050 Curriculum Design, Evaluation, Assessment (3) must be taken prior to MENG 5210/6120. 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 5210/6120. MENG 5210 and MENG 6120 must be taken concurrently.
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MENG 5510 - 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.
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MENG 5520 - 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.
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MENG 5530 - 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.
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MENG 5540 - 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.
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MENG 5550 - 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.
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MENG 5610 - 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.
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MENG 5620 - 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.
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MENG 5630 - 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.
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MENG 5640 - 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.
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MENG 5650 - 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.
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MENG 5660 - 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.
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MENG 5730 - 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.
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MENG 5750 - 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.
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MENG 5840 - 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.
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MENG 5920 - 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 5210/6120. 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 5210/6120. MENG 5210 and MENG 6120 must be taken concurrently. Permission of instructor required to register.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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MENG 6280 - TESOL Practicum Credits: (3)
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. Permission of instructor required to register.
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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.
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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.
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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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MENG 6400 - Multicultural Perspectives on Literature for Young People Credits: (3)
This course examines the theories of literature and multicultural education for young people K-12, as well as the use of multicultural literature in and out of the classroom. Students will apply the latest critical and pedagogical theories to extensive readings in Young Adult literature. This course is especially suited to in-service teachers, librarians and others who work with young people.
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MENG 6410 - Strategies and Methodology of Teaching ESL/Bilingual Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem, Online]
This course emphasizes practical strategies and methods of teaching English as a Second Language in elementary and secondary schools.
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MENG 6420 - English Phonology and Syntax for ESL/Bilingual Teachers Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
This course provides the foundation for ESL/Bilingual teachers in the workings of the English language: its pronunciation and spelling systems, its word-forming strategies, and its sentence structure patterns.
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MENG 6450 - ESL/Bilingual Assessment: Theory, Methods, and Practices Credits: (3)
This course explores how to evaluate and implement assessment processes effectively for ESL/Bilingual pupils in public schools. Students will gain experience with both standardized test and authentic assessment.
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MENG 6510 - Seminar in Eminent Writers: Credits: (2-3)
Variable Title
This seminar examines significant works of and relevant criticism on an influential writer or a small group of writers. This variable emphasis course may be repeated 10 times for credit with different subject matter.
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MENG 6520 - Seminar in Shakespeare Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Summer [2nd Blk]
This seminar examines a range of Shakespeare’s major works as well as relevant criticism.
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MENG 6610 - Advanced Studies in Genre Credits: (2-3)
Variable Title
Students will analyze primary and secondary texts about one genre or sub-genre to develop a definition and understanding of the form. This variable emphasis course may be repeated 10 times for credit with different subject matter.
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MENG 6710 - Variable Topics Credits: (2-3)
Variable Title
Topics will vary based on student interest and instructor expertise. This course may be repeated 10 times for credit with different subject matter.
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MENG 6821 - Teaching Developmental Reading and Writing Credits: (2)
This course introduces first-time teachers to the theory and practice of teaching developmental reading and writing. Permission of instructor required to register.
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MENG 6822 - Teaching College Writing Credits: (2)
This course introduces first-time teachers to the theory and practice of teaching college writing. Permission of instructor required to register.
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MENG 6823 - Teaching Practicum Credits: (1)
This course supports teachers in their second semester of teaching college writing. Students will meet regularly to develop teaching strategies, enhance grading skills, resolve problems that have arisen in their classes, and plan strategies and procedures for classes they are teaching. Permission of instructor required to register.
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MENG 6830 - Directed Readings Credits: (1-3)
This course allows students credit for individual study with a professor, usually for further study that grows out of course work. The student and professor agree to a written contract for study which must be approved by the program director. No more than 3 credit hours of directed readings may apply toward the MA degree unless approved by the program director. This course is designed to allow students to explore in depth and/or breadth, subject matter which goes beyond the established courses in the Master’s Degree Program. May be repeated 3 times with a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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MENG 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 with a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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MENG 6940 - Masters Project Credits: (2-6)
This course provides for the creation and execution of a project growing out of graduate study particularly as it applies to the workplace. Project credit may be taken in increments of 1-3 hours in any term. May be repeated twice up to 6 credits.
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MENG 6960 - Thesis Credits: (6)
Thesis credit may be taken in increments of 1-3 hours in any term. The thesis is a capstone research and scholarly writing course for the Master’s Degree Program. May be repeated 5 times with a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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MET 1000 - Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Technology and Design Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Summer [Full Sem]
Introductory course for students majoring in mechanical engineering technology. The role of mechanical engineering technology and its place in the occupational spectrum. The experimental and analytical tools used in mechanical engineering technology and fundamentals of mechanical design and problem solving. College algebra and trigonometry strongly recommended.
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MET 1500 - Mechanical Design Engineering Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Spring [Full Sem]
This course will focus on understanding the engineering design process within the MET discipline. Students will develop problem statements and use brainstorming techniques to generate design concepts. These design concepts are evaluated and implemented for possible solutions to bring a factious engineered product to market. Prerequisite: MET 1000 , Math ACT score of 23 or above or MATH 1010 or MATH 1030 or MATH 1040 or MATH 1050 or MATH 1060 or MATH 1080 .
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MET 1890 - Cooperative Work Experience Credits: (1-3)
Provides academic credit for on-the-job experience. Grade and amount of credit will be determined by the department. Prior consent of the department chair and the employer are required. Prerequisite: DET 1010 , MATH 1080 and Permission of Instructor.
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MET 2500 - Modern Engineering Technologies Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Spring [Full Sem]
A survey of modern engineering technologies including, but not necessarily limited to, energy generation, nano systems, smart materials, robotics, lasers, transportation systems, and bioengineering. Prerequisite: MET 1500 .
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MET 2890 - Cooperative Work Experience Credits: (1-3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
Provides academic credit for on-the-job experience. Grade and amount of credit will be determined by the department. Prior consent of the department chair and the employer are required. Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent enrollment in MFET 2300 .
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MET 3050 - Dynamics Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Fundamentals of force, mass and acceleration, work and energy, and impulse and momentum applied to particles and rigid bodies. Prerequisite: MATH 1210 , PHYS 2210 and MFET 2300 .
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MET 3150 - Engineering Technology Materials Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
Material properties, processing and selection of materials for technological applications. Design parameters for material selection of metals and nonmetals. Mechanical behavior and service failures of metallic alloys and other engineering materials at high and low temperatures. Lecture plus laboratory work in materials testing. Prerequisite: CHEM 1110 and MFET 2300 .
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