Labor economics studies the functioning of labor markets. Topics include the theory of labor supply, unions, discrimination, and the government role in labor markets.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ECON 201 and 202
ECON 488 - International Business & Economic Studies
International Business and Economic Studies is a study tour, lasting about one month, of at least four European countries. Students will attend daily briefings at businesses, labor unions, government agencies and international institutions to learn about the importance of international business and economics to South Dakota and to their careers.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ECON 201 and 202
A highly focused and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as Internet and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to fewer than 20 students.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ECON 201 and 202
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
Note Registration restriction: Instructor consent, Business or economics majors only
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Note Registration Restriction: Economics majors in good standing who have completed junior level coursework.
Includes Senior Project, and Capstone Experience. Independent research problems/projects or scholarship activities. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the student. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical.
A survey of the goals, history, organization, and philosophy of pre-K-12 American education, with emphasis on teaching as a profession; contemporary issues and practices, legal and ethical responsibilities, and attributes of effective teachers.
Prepares students to integrate computers into the curriculum by exploring the evolving uses and expectations of technology as a teaching and learning tool. Course objectives based on ISTE standards.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in
these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Focuses on characteristics, contributions, and strengths of a pluralistic society; various cultural perspectives and specific information about cultures, the dehumanizing impact of biases and negative stereotypes; and the human relations approach to teaching.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study established between the student, instructor and field experience supervisor. Due to the presence of a field experience supervisor, a lower level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case in an internship or practicum course.
Provides understanding of early childhood education today. Covers many kinds of early education programs, research, developmental theories, teaching young children and basic philosophy underlying early childhood education.
Students develop an understanding of the tools of inquiry of K-8 science; the ability to design, deliver, and evaluate a variety of instructional strategies and processes that incorporate learning resources, materials, technologies, and state and national curriculum standards appropriate to K-8 science; the ability to assess student learning in K-8 science; and to apply these knowledge, skills, and attitudes to real life situations and experiences.
Students develop an understanding of the tools of inquiry of K-8 math; the ability to design, deliver, and evaluate a variety of instructional strategies and processes that incorporate learning resources, materials, technologies, and state and national curriculum standards appropriate to K-8 math; the ability to assess student learning in K-8 math; and to apply these knowledge, skills, and attitudes to real life situations and experiences.
ELED 343 - Technology in Literacy & Language (P-8)
This course is designed to include a variety of instructional strategies based on knowledge of subject matter and technology. Students will be introduced to the uses of technology in literacy and language arts in preschool through 8th grade.
This course is designed to introduce students to the reading processes that affect literacy acquisition. Focus will be given to the role of language in learning to read, to the social constructive processes that influence reading acquisition, and to how perceptual and cognitive processes interact in children’s literacy.
Students develop an understanding of the tools of inquiry of K-8 social studies; the ability to design, deliver, and evaluate a variety of instructional strategies and processes that incorporate learning resources, materials, technologies, and state and national curriculum standards appropriate to K-8 social studies; the ability to assess student learning in K-8 social studies; and to apply these knowledge, skills, and attitudes to real life situations and experiences.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than in the case with field experience courses.
An overview of the principles and philosophy of kindergarten education as it relates to curriculum planning and the development of activities and materials. Course utilizes NAEYC curriculum standards.
This course is designed to explore the principles and practices of effective classroom management. It also examines methods of establishing a safe, orderly, and equitable learning environment that fosters positive social interaction, active engagement in learning and self-motivation.
Skill building in generic teaching strategies for the elementary school. Writing instructional objectives and lesson plans. Classroom management and discipline. Developing resource units and techniques of evaluation. Adapting and accommodating curriculum for students of varying abilities.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course corequisite: ELED 394
Note Registration restriction: Admission to Teacher Education
Students develop an understanding of the tools of inquiry of K-8 language arts, integrating reading, writing, speaking and listening, the ability to design, deliver, and evaluate a variety of instructional strategies and processes that incorporate learning resources, materials, technologies, and state and national curriculum standards appropriate to K-8 language arts; the ability to assess student learning in K-8language arts; and to apply these knowledge, skills, and attitudes to real life situations and experiences.
Students develop an understanding of the research and tools of inquiry of K-8 reading, the ability to design, deliver, and evaluate a variety of instructional strategies and processes that incorporate learning resources, materials, technologies, and state and national curriculum standards appropriate to K-8 reading, the ability to assess student learning in K-8 reading, and to apply these knowledge, skills, and attitudes to real life situations and experiences.
This course is designed to expand understanding of reading processes by introducing students to perceptual and cognitive processes associated with low progress children. The focus will be the role of phonological awareness, perception, and cognitive processes in literacy learning of low progress readers.
ELED 458 - Introduction to Literacy Assessment and Remediation
This introductory course to remedial reading will present material relative to the factors of disability, principles and techniques of group and individual assessment and techniques and materials for remediation.
Note Registration restriction: Admission to Teacher Education
ELED 462 - Teaching Multicultural, LEP & Rural Children K-8
This course is designed to introduce and prepare students to teach in diverse K-8th classrooms. This course focuses on multicultural, limited English proficiency, and rural children’s issues.
Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range but typically use a compressed time period for delivery. They may included lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity.
Students preparing for teaching in the elementary school will observe, participate, and teach under the supervision of the regular classroom teacher in an approved elementary school.
Note An additional mandatory fee applies to this course.
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Student complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range but typically use a compressed time period for delivery. They may include lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Includes senior project, and capstone experience. Independent research problems/project or scholarship activities. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty/member and the student. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical.
Concentrated study in aspects of the English language and the culture of its speakers. Designed for students who do not speak English as their native language. May be repeated with a change of subject matter for a maximum of 9 hours.
Practice in the skills, research, and documentation needed for effective academic writing. Analysis of a variety of academic and non-academic texts, rhetorical structures, critical thinking, and audience will be included.
ENGL 202 - English Vocabulary: Latin & Greek Roots
This general (non-technical) college vocabulary builder emphasizes word formation and correct use of English words that come from Greek and Latin roots.
A pre-professional course concentrating on the planning and writing of an extensive, business-focused research paper. Also covers effective letters, memos, position papers, and resumes.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 210, or UHON 110
ENGL 214 - Introduction to American Indian Literature (C)
This introductory course in American Indian literature allows students to read and study a variety of genres, including traditional oral literature, autobiography, poetry, fiction, and drama by American Indian authors. Students learn basic research and critical skills needed in reading Native American texts.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ENG 101 and 210, or UHON 110
A writing-intensive course in analyzing and interpreting literature for English majors and minors. Includes instruction in critical approaches to literature and research tools.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 210, or UHON 110
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: ENGL 101 or UHON 110
The origin and development of classical myths, their importance in classical literature, and their influence in literature, drama, music, psychology, and art.
Note Registration restriction: Junior standing or Instructor consent
This course will examine the diverse history of the Arthurian legend, beginning with its earliest Anglo-Saxon manifestations and moving through its elaboration in the later Middle Ages and since.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisites: Six hours (2 of the following courses): ENGL 221, ENGL 222, ENGL 241, ENGL 242 or instructor consent.
Literature of Anglo-Saxon England (700-1100) and related works from the continent, read in translation. Includes an introduction to Old English, the language of Beowulf.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: Six hours from ENGL 221 or 222 or 241 or 242
Literature of the later medieval period, especially the 14th century, with some attention to continental works. Major focus on Geoffrey Chaucer, with reading in middle English.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: Six hours from ENGL 221 or 222 or 241 or 242
Study of Shakespeare’s works, other than comedies and tragedies.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisites: Six hours (two courses from the following): ENGL 221, ENGL 222, ENGL 241, ENLG 242 or instructor consent.
The development of African American literature through the modern era, with emphasis on the social, historical, and cultural forces that have informed its tradition.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: Six hours from ENGL 221 or 222 or 241 or 242
Survey of western drama and theatre from realism through the theatre of the absurd. Emphasis on realism, naturalism, symbolism, expressionism, epic theatre, theatre of cruelty, existentialist drama, and theatre of the absurd. Study of selected plays from Ibsen to Beckett.
Note Note: Cross-listed with THEA 463
Registration restriction: Junior standing