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ECONOMICS
ECON 2301. Principles of Macroeconomics. (3-3-0)
Core Area 080
An analysis of the economy including the measurement and determination of aggregate demand and
aggregate supply, national income, inflation and unemployment. Other topics include international trade,
economic growth, business cycles, and fiscal policy and monetary policy.
ECON 2302. Principles of Microeconomics. (3-3-0)
Core Area 080
Analysis of the behavior of individual economic agents, including consumer behavior and demand, producer
behavior and supply, price and output decisions by firms under various market structures, factor markets,
market failures and international trade.
EDUCATION
EDUC 1300. Learning Framework (3-3-0)
Core Area 090
Cross-listed as PSYC 1300 Learning Framework
A study of the 1) research and theory in the psychology of learning, cognition and motivation, 2) factors that
impact learning, and 3) application of learning strategies. Theoretical models of strategic learning, cognition,
and motivation serve as the conceptual basis for the introduction of college-level student academic
strategies.
Students use assessment instruments (e.g., learning inventories) to help them identify their own strengths
and weaknesses as strategic learners. Students are ultimately expected to integrate and apply the learning
skills discussed across their own academic programs and become effective and efficient learners. Students
developing these skills should be able to continually draw from the theoretical models they have learned.
EDUC 1301. Introduction to the Teaching Profession. (3-3-1)
An enriched, integrated pre-service course and content experience that: (1) provides active recruitment and
institutional support of students interested in a teaching career, especially in high need fields; (2) provides
students with opportunities to participate in early field observations at all levels of P-12 schools with varied
and diverse student populations; (3) provides students with support from college and school faculty,
preferably in small cohort groups, for the purpose of introduction to and analysis of the culture of schooling
and classrooms. The course includes a 16 contact hour lab component which must be in P-12 schools. Lab
fee. Criminal background checks are required by the public schools. Payment for the background checks will
be determined by the public schools.
EDUC 1325. Principles and Practices of Multicultural Education. (3-3-0)
An examination of cultural diversity found in society and reflected in the classroom. Topics include the study
of major cultures and their influence in lifestyle, behavior, learning, intercultural communication and
teaching and psychosocial stressors encountered by diverse cultural groups.
EDUC 2301. Introduction to Special Populations. (3-3-1)
Prerequisite: Recommended EDUC 1301 or approval of instructor. Criminal background checks are required
by the public schools. Payment for the background checks will be determined by the public schools.
An enriched, integrated pre-service course and content experience that provides an overview of schooling
and classrooms from the perspectives of language, gender, socioeconomic status, ethnic and academic
diversity and equity with an emphasis on factors that facilitate learning. The course provides students with
opportunities to participate in early field observations of P-12 special populations and includes a 16 contact
hour lab component which must be with special populations in P-12 schools. Lab fee.
