Course Descriptions and Syllabi
BIED 610: Hispanic Bilingual Assessment and Monitoring Students
Assessing language ability; language assessment; evaluating and scoring different types of assessments; guided field based experiences. Prerequisites: Graduate classification; approval of department head.
BIED 611: Dual Language Program Methodologies
Use of theory and effective teaching practice in promoting students’ development of strong social and academic skills; relationship of culture to language; guided field experiences. Prerequisites: Graduate classification; approval of department head.
BIED 612: Content Area Instruction for Hispanic Bilingual Programs
Theories and approaches for integrating English as second language; learning strategies on how plan, procedures and units engage language teachers, students, and learning environment; guided filed experiences. Prerequisites: Graduate classification; approval of department head.
BIED 613: Spanish/English Biliteracy
Social-linguistic characteristics of second language learners acquiring literacy skills; reading and literature instruction for second language learners; reading and writing process across the curriculum for Hispanic second language learners; guided field experiences. Prerequisites: Graduate classification; approval of department head.
BIED 614: Bilingual Education Curriculum Development
Analysis of past and current trends in curriculum development in bilingual education; guided field experiences. Prerequisites: Graduate standing; approval of department head.
BIED 616: Spanish for Bilingual and Dual Language Programs
Understanding of dual language programs; literacy instruction through Spanish: socio-linguistic perspectives on literacy competence and effective instructional practices; guided field experiences. Prerequisite: Graduate classification; approval of department head.
BIED 617: Evaluation of Programs with Bilingual and Language Minority Students K-12
Evaluation and research models and methodologies in education of bilingual/language minority students from K-12. Prerequisites: EPSY 610 or the consent of the instructor.
BIED 620: Current Issues in Bilingual Education
Survey of historical, political, language and sociocultural issues and their impact on the education of language minority groups. Prerequisites: EPSY 611 and EPSY 612; graduate classification; approval of instructor and department head.
BIED 682: Seminar in...
Knowledge, skills and attitudes in special education, counseling, psychological foundations of education and school psychology. Specific topics are announced for each seminar offered. May be taken more than once but not to exceed 6 hours of credit. Prerequisite: Approval of department head.
BIED 683: Field Practicum in...
Supervised experience in professional employment settings in educational psychology. Wide range of practical experiences and activities as listed below that are closely supervised by departmental faculty. Repeatable to 15 hours total. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor and department head.
BIED 684: Professional Internship
Limited to advanced doctoral students; University-directed experience in a professional employment setting; full-time participation and responsibility in experiences related to career specializations in counseling or school psychology. Repeatable to 9 hours total. Prerequisites: Approval of department head six weeks prior to registration; approval of department head.
BIED 685: Directed Studies
Directed individual study of selected problems. Prerequisite: Approval of department head.
BIED 690: Theory of Educational Psychology Research
Theory and design of research problems and experiments in various subfields of educational psychology; communication of research proposals and results; evaluation of current research of faculty and students and review of current literature. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor and department head.
BIED 691: Research
Research for thesis or dissertation. Prerequisite: Approval of department head.