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76 Graduate Course Descriptions SPED 695/ Internship II: Student Teaching 3 cr. The Internship II consists of fifteen weeks of full-time placement in a public school setting or program that includes children with disabilities under the direction of a certified cooperating teacher. Through field experience as well as specific assignments, this course will help students strengthen and apply skills in various areas of teaching. SPED 697/ Independent Study in Special Education 1–3 cr. Prerequisites: Completion of 6 graduate credits and permission of the adviser and department chair This course consists of an independent exploration of a specific topic in depth under the individual supervision of a faculty member. SPED 698/ Department Project in Special Education 3 cr. Prerequisites: Completion of 6 graduate credits and permission of the adviser and department chair A critical independent study of a current issue in special education of interest to the student is completed under the guidance of faculty. SPED 700/ Comprehensive Examination: Special Education All candidates for a graduate degree must take a comprehensive examination that requires the candidate to synthesize and apply knowledge acquired throughout the program and demonstrate that he/ she has met New Jersey professional teaching standards and competencies in preparation for both elementary teaching and special education. SUPV 520/ Staff Supervision 3 cr. A study of the objectives, techniques, and materials of staff supervision. It examines the supervisory function toward improvement of instruction, the nature of contemporary supervision, interpersonal relations, and the supervisor as an agent of change. TCED 560/Integrative STEM I 3 cr. This course will examine the integrative aspects of teaching secondary content in the STEM fields. High leverage practices in the various STEM content areas will be examined and put into practice. In addition, inte- grative and interdisciplinary teaching methods will be incorporated using Design and Inquiry as a key linkage. TCED 660/Integrative STEM II 3 cr. This course appears near the end of the M.A.T. program, and is a culmi- nating experience for the teacher candidates. Inquiry and design, instructional practices, and assessment are studied based upon the entire developmental year, resulting in well-defined integrative STEM units/ lessons which richly involve Problem-based Learning methods. TCED 698/ Departmental Project 3 cr. Prerequisites: SPED 506,TCED 581, 610 A critical independent study of an aspect of technology education of interest to students of technology education and explored under faculty guidance. School of Humanities and Social Sciences Note: ENGL 505 and ENGL 550 are required courses. ENGL 505 serves as a corequisite for all others. That is, students may enroll in other 500- or 600-level courses during the same semester they are enrolled in ENGL 505. ENGL 505 is offered every semester, and ENGL 550 is offered in the spring. Students entering in the spring or summer semester should consult the graduate coordinator before registering for courses. ENGL 505/ Contemporary Literary Theory and Methods 3 cr. An introduction to the scholarly methods necessary for graduate work in literature and to the study of theoretical frameworks important to contemporary literary criticism, including formalism, structuralism, Marxism, deconstruction, feminism, post-colonial studies, cultural studies, new historicism, and psychoanalysis. The course exposes students to critical works by major advocates of each framework and requires application of theories to specific literary texts. ENGL 507/ Language, Mind, and Learning 3 cr. This course examines the brain's basis of language skills and the role of language in the process of learning. It also reviews models of language development. ENGL 508/ Old English 3 cr. The course explores the language and literature of the Anglo-Saxons (AD500 to AD1100). The first half of the term will be spent acquiring basic reading competence in Old English, the language in which Beowulf is written. The second half of the term will be devoted to reading and translating Old English literature while discussing the current state of literary criticism of Old English literature. ENGL 510/ The Structure of English 3 cr. This course explores current ideas regarding the nature of the English language and reviews the core grammatical features of English. ENGL 544/ Language and Culture 3 cr. This course provides analysis of all forms of language variation across speech communities within a culture as well as of the language-culture relationships across populations. This course is approved for bilingual certification. ENGL 550/ Seminar in Poetry 3 cr. Intensive study in the close reading of poetry. The course emphasizes the tools necessary for the explication of poems. Topics include prosody and form, metaphor and figurative language, and the history of major movements, styles, and genres. ENGL 552/ Seminar in Drama 3 cr. The study and analysis of representative plays and dramatists to develop understanding, appreciation, and mature assessment of dramatic theory and practice. ENGL 554/ Seminar in Prose Fiction 3 cr. The study and analysis of representative works and authors of prose narratives in the novel, novella, and short-story forms. ENGL 590/ Methods of Teaching Secondary English 3 cr. An introduction to the theory and practice of teaching English. ENGL 597/ Special Topics in English 1–6 cr. In-depth study of a specialized topic selected by faculty. Recent classes have focused on literary style and contemporary rhetorical theory. ENGL 610/ Chaucer 3 cr. This course examines the works of Geoffrey Chaucer within the context of the literary and social climate of late 14th-century Europe. Students will also become familiar with controversies and trends in the field of Chaucer studies. ENGL 611/ Medieval Literature 3 cr. An examination of important works of medieval European literature with a particular focus on one aspect of medieval literary culture (e.g., the changing role of the court writer from the 11th to the 14th centuries, northern European medieval literature, or the flowering of secular vernacular literature in the 14th century). ENGL 612/ Shakespeare 3 cr. Intensive study of several plays and a consideration of the historical and critical contexts. ENGL 614/ Milton and the 17th Century 3 cr. An examination of Milton's poetry in the context of the literature and culture of early modern Britain. Topics may include Milton's involvement in radical politics and controversies, mythology and the pastoral, gender and sexuality, and Milton's friendship with metaphysical poet Andrew Marvell. ENGL 622/ Seminar in Early Modern Literature 3 cr. An examination of literature of the early modern period in its historical and cultural contexts. Topics may include gender politics, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, poetics, and exploration and colonization (e.g., Ireland, the Bermudas). ENGL 626/ Seminar in 18th-Century British Literature 3 cr. This course explores English literature from 1700 to 1815, including works by Swift, Defoe, Pope, Johnson, Burke, Wollstonecraft, Austen, and Blake. Topics of study include the rise and fall of Augustan poetics, Augustanism and the development of the novel, and 18th-century lyricism and the rise of Romanticism. 252943_001-092_r4.indd 76 8/1/18 9:46 PM

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