(WTC course 410303) Students will be introduced to measuring and layout procedures and site development using surveying equipment such as digital theodolites, lasers, and total station. Concrete as a building material, foundation walls and footings, flatwork, and below grade foundation preparation will be studied as well.

(WTC course 442105) A one-credit course to prepare welding students to be successful in the lab and online. Topics covered will include Blackboard (or current LMS), email, and basic metal shop safety. The students will also get introduced to the most frequently used equipment in the shop such as welders, grinders, saws, and shears.

Rooted in critical media consumption, this course focuses on the need of individuals to be multi-literate, competent, and intelligent users of information. Participants will learn to evaluate the credibility of information claims, to distinguish between news and other forms of information, and to identify systems of power, influence, economics, motivations, and emotions as they relate to the generation and sharing of information. Written, visual, and social media will be evaluated.

Independent reading and-or research under the guidance of an education department faculty member. Refer to the academic policy section for independent study policy. May be repeated for credit. Independent study contract is required.

This course will assist student teachers in integrating theory with practice through discussion and personalized conferences. Special emphasis is on specific aspects of the teaching profession such as contracts, career, and life planning, professional organizations, resume preparation, interviews, legal rights and licensure. This course is restricted to students in the professional degree completion program.

Capstone experience of full-time classroom instruction, with opportunity to synthesize prior coursework and apply the knowledge, skills and dispositions of effective teaching. This course is restricted to students in the professional degree completion program. Prerequisite: admission to student teaching. Graded CR/NC.

Designed to assist student teachers in integrating theory with practice through discussion and individual conferences. Special emphasis on specific aspects of the teaching profession such as contracts, career, and life planning, mandatory reporting, the evaluation process, professional organizations, resume preparation, interviews, legal rights and licensure. Prerequisite: admission to student teaching.

Courses on topics of interest to education students offered on the basis of need, interest, or timeliness. Prerequisites as determined by instructor. Restricted to students with junior standing or higher. May be repeated for credit. For specific section description, click to the Section Details in VitNet.

Advanced non-classroom experiences in the field of elementary or early childhood education. (This is distinct from the professional laboratory experiences required for admission to student teaching and from the student teaching experience. Placements are off-campus, and may be full- or part-time, and with or without pay. Credit for experiences must be sought prior to occurance, and learning contracts must be submitted before the end of the first week of the semester. See the experiential learning: internship section of this catalog for more details.

This course develops content and methods for interdisciplinary instruction and art integration in the elementary and middle school classroom. Critical thinking, problem solving, and experiential approaches are developed through reading, discussion, active participation, planning, and teaching. This course is restricted to students in the professional degree completion program.