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Speech-Language Pathology |
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SLP 610 Fieldwork I
9 credits
Students receive supervised clinical experience with persons presenting various speech and/or language disorders, fluency disorders, voice disorders, and dysphagia. This off-campus practicum experience is to be taken in the student’s fifth year of study.
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SLP 620 Fieldwork II
9 credits
Students receive supervised clinical experience with persons presenting various speech and/or language disorders, fluency disorders, voice disorders, and dysphagia. This off-campus practicum experience is to be taken in the student’s fifth year of study. This practicum experience is to be taken in the student’s fifth year of study. This course is typically taken after the student has completed SLP 610 .
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SLP 630 Fieldwork III
6 credits
Students receive supervised clinical experience with persons presenting various speech and/or language disorders, fluency disorders, voice disorders, and dysphagia. This practicum is to be taken during the summer term following the student’s fifth year of study and/or if all practicum requirements have not been met.
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SLP 650 Professional Issues
3 credits
A seminar devoted to issues pertinent to the field of speech-language pathology, including but not limited to pre-professional academic and practicum requirements, accreditation standards, ASHA practice policies and guidelines, legislative and regulatory policies, business practices, reimbursement issues, certification requirements, specialty recognition, licensure requirements, and professional ethics.
Fall only
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SLP 660 Comprehensive Seminar In Communicative Disorders
3 credits
This a 3 credit hour graduate level course that provides extensive study that covers all aspects of the Speech-Language Pathology Program from undergraduate coursework through graduate coursework. The course is designed to cover all nine ASHA areas of specialty, including articulation/phonological disorders, child language disorders, adult language/neurological disorders, voice disorders, fluency disorders, augmentative and alternative communication, dysphagia, research methods, and cultural aspects of communication disorders. The course also covers all 7 areas of the PRAXIS SLP, including, basic human communication, phonological and language disorders, speech disorders, neurogenic disorders, audiology/hearing, clinical management, professional issues, psychometrics, and research.
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SLP 680 Thesis Option
3 credits
Independent design and implementation of a research study under the supervision of a faculty member.
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Special Education |
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SPE 111 Special Education and Exceptional Learners
3 credits
This course prepares education majors to understand the nature and purpose of special education; its historical, legal, and structural bases; and how it attempts to understand and meet the needs of students with various disabilities.
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SPE 211 Educational Assessment
3 credits
This course familiarizes future teachers with the uses of assessment in educational settings. Basic concepts of measurement; the types and uses of assessments, both formal and informal, in the education process will be described; and legal and ethical considerations in assessment will be explored. This course will prepare students to further develop and refine their skills in assessment in subsequent coursework and practicum.
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SPE 311 Transition
3 credits
This course prepares special education majors to develop and implement transition plans needed by students with disabilities as they prepare to experience post-secondary opportunities, including post-secondary training and education, and community living skills.
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SPE 361 Intensive Reading, Writing, and Math Instruction
3 credits
This course prepares special education majors to use specially designed instruction and assistive technology to help students with learning problems (i.e., primarily students with Learning Disabilities enrolled in Learning Support Programs), most of whom are included in regular education, to develop oral language, reading, writing, and math skills.
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SPE 362 Methods High Incidence
3 credits
This course prepares education majors to teach students with learning problems (i.e., primarily students with Learning Disabilities), including those that are inclusion-based.
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SPE 363 Methods Low Incidence
3 credits
This upper level course focuses on the characteristics of students with low incidence disabilities across the life span and prepares students to educate and support these students in a variety of settings.
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SPE 364 Methods PDD
3 credits
This course will familiarize students with the characteristics of students with autism spectrum disorders and help students develop skills necessary to implement educational and behavioral intervention with these students. Research findings and strategies to support students in a variety of settings, including inclusive classrooms, will be discussed.
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SPE 365 Methods and Management/Emotional Support
3 credits
This course prepares special education majors to teach in middle and secondary-level therapeutic emotional support programs, including those that implement inclusion.
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SPE 411 Inclusive Practices
3 credits
This course prepares special education majors to support students with disabilities included in regular education programs and collaborate with their teachers to facilitate students’ success.
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Sport Management |
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SMG 101 Introduction to Sport Management
3 credits
The course examines the discipline of sport management. Areas to be covered include: careers in the industry, growth trends in the industry, and an overview of the management of a variety of sport organizations including professional and intercollegiate athletics.
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SMG 110 Sport in Society
3 credits
This course provides students with an understanding of the relationship between sport and the society we live in. Theoretical framework, assumptions, and principles associated with this phenomenon will be examined. Students will be encouraged to think critically about sport and the place it holds in social life. Using this body of knowledge, the student will complete a research paper on a topic such as deviance in sport, youth sports, sport and race, etc.
Prerequisite(s): SMG 101
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SMG 201 Sport and Athletic Administration
3 credits
Sport and Athletic Administration will provide the student an understanding of the various components and activities involved in an athletic or sport program administration. The inter-relationship within the institution, tasks to be performed, policies, and procedures will be examined. Attention will also be given to the role of the organization’s sport or athletic leader.
Prerequisite(s): SMG 101
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SMG 210 Sport Event and Facility Management
3 credits
This course investigates the fundamental principles in sport event and facility management. Various managerial practices will be analyzed. Topics to be discussed include, but are not limited to, risk management, event planning, housekeeping and maintenance, and current trends in the industry.
Prerequisite(s): SMG 101
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SMG 220 Practicum in Sport Management
1-3 credits
This course provides students with the opportunity to apply learned sport management skills, theories, and ideas in a work experience. This course will allow a student to bridge the gap between classroom learning and practical application in a sport setting. This course is optional. The practicum will be a minimum of four weeks working forty-five hours per credit earned.
Prerequisite(s): SMG 101 , SMG 110 , and completion of at least 30 credits
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SMG 301 Sport Marketing
3 credits
This course focuses on the application of marketing principles and practices relevant to the sport industry. Theoretical and practical applications of marketing professional and amateur sports are examined.
Prerequisite(s): SMG 101 and BUS 269
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SMG 310 Sport Law
3 credits
Sport Law examines the legal environment in which professional and amateur sports presently operate. Included will be aspects of tort, contract, labor, and antitrust law as they apply to the sport industry.
Prerequisite(s): SMG 101 , SMG 110 , and BUS 352
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SMG 401 Sport Economics
3 credits
This comprehensive course focuses on methods and procedures as they apply to the economics of sport. Areas such as cost analysis, purchasing, budgeting, and what a franchise means to a municipality will be examined.
Prerequisite(s): SMG 101 , SMG 110 , and BUS 207
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SMG 410 Sport Management Internship
1-12 credits
This course provides students with the opportunity to apply learned sport management skills, theories, and ideas in a work experience. The internship is designed to be an in-depth experience and students are encouraged to consider internship sites that reflect their own career aspirations in the sport industry. The internship requires 45 work hours per each 1 academic credit hour.
Prerequisite(s): SMG 101 , SMG 110 , SMG 301 , SMG 310 , completion of at least 90 credits and permission of the instructor
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Teacher Education (Undergraduate Program) |
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TED 100 Education Seminar
0 credit
The purpose of this seminar is to prepare students to successfully complete the TED program. The course explores the people, procedures, and policies of the TED program, the state requirements of TED students, the curriculum and course sequences of the TED program, and the TED field experience program.
Corequisite(s): TED 190
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TED 121 Educational Technology
3 credits
This course introduces students to educational technology. The course seeks to expose students to a variety of different technologies, including assistive technology, used in education. Students will develop competence in using technology, and explore different ways in which technology can be used effectively in teaching/learning situations.
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TED 131 Cultural Awareness
1 credit
This course focuses on preparing future teachers to understand the challenges presented by English Language Learners (ELLs) enrolled in their classrooms. This course has a service learning component.
Corequisite(s): TED 191
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TED 190 Education Seminar Field
0 credit
After completing TED 100 Education Seminar, students participate in this on-campus seminar (last two-thirds of the semester). It introduces students (all majors) to the purposes and expectations of the TED’s field experience requirements. Faculty and guest presenters, including district administrators and classroom teachers, help students prepare to effectively participate in required field experiences. Students must “shadow” a teacher for an entire day. Note: Students must possess current clearances required by PA law.
Corequisite(s): TED 100
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TED 191 Freshman Field
0 credit
This Stage One field experience is designed to help pre-service teachers interact with diverse learners. Students must complete a minimum of twenty (20) hours tutoring at an after school program working with diverse learners and must complete a series of projects. This field is taken concurrently with TED 131 Cultural Awareness and will be integrated in the course. Note: Students must possess current clearances required by PA law.
Corequisite(s): TED 131
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TED 232 Educational Psychology
3 credits
Also offered as PSY 342 : Educational Psychology. This course introduces students to current learning that explains how learning occurs, both typically and atypically, from birth through adolescence. This course prepares students to use learning theories to explain and critique teaching and formal testing methods used with students at various stages of development. Students may not receive credit for both TED 231 and TED 232, nor for both TED 232 and PSY 342. (Previously offered as TED 231: Learning)
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TED 242 Child Development
3 credits
This course introduces students to the sequence of child development and to key factors that interact to govern how children grow and develop across domains. The processes and stages of growth and development through childhood are explored, with an emphasis on using the core concepts and research findings to create supportive, developmentally appropriate environments (including educational environments) that enhance growth and well-being.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 123
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TED 243 Adolescent Development
3 credits
This course prepares middle-level and secondary education majors to understand the physical growth and development of adolescents and explain how factors associated with adolescence affect educational programs and decisions. Note: Students must possess current clearances required by PA law.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 123
Corequisite(s): TED 292
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TED 271 Classroom Management
2 credits
This course introduces all education majors to evidence-based practices relative to managing classrooms and student behaviors. Education majors explore the challenges they will face as teachers as they create safe classrooms conducive to learning, help students regulate their own behavior, and establish fair and consistent classroom practices. This course also addresses the needs of students with disabilities as research-based routines and techniques are examined to help teachers manage student behaviors across various levels and settings. This course is followed by a 1-credit course which focuses on early childhood, middle level or secondary grade bands. Note: Students must possess current clearances required by PA law.
Prerequisite(s): ECE 242 or TED 243 , TED 232
Corequisite(s): TED 293
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TED 292 Sophomore Field I
0 credit
This Stage Two field experience is designed to help pre-service teachers observe, interact and collaborate with early education practitioners. In addition pre-service teachers will create hands-on activities as well as lesson plans and materials needed using developmentally appropriate practices. Students must complete a minimum of twenty-five (25) hours observing veteran classroom teachers and must complete a series of projects. Note: Students must possess current clearances required by PA law.
Prerequisite(s): TED 242 , TED 232
Corequisite(s): TED 250 for ECE/SPE majors; TED 243 for Middle Level or Secondary Ed majors
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TED 293 Sophomore Field II
0 credit
This Stage Two field experience is designed to help pre-service teachers understand the daily responsibilities of classroom teachers relative to managing classrooms, motivating students, and creating environments conducive to learning. Students must complete a minimum of twenty-five (25) hours observing veteran classroom teachers and must complete a series of projects. This field is taken concurrently with TED 271 Classroom Management and will be integrated in the course. Note: Students must possess current clearances required by PA law.
Prerequisite(s): TED 242 or TED 243 , TED 232
Corequisite(s): TED 271
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TED 310 Teaching Pennsylvania History
1 credit
Also offered as HIS 310. This junior level course examines Pennsylvania history from its beginnings to the present. The political, social, and cultural contributions of individuals and groups, as well as documents and artifacts, are examined. Students who have previously taken the course as HIS 310 may not take TED 310, except for the purposes of grade replacement.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 103 , HIS 104 , TED 243 and TED 351
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TED 351 Introduction to Instructional Planning for Middle/SecEd
1 credit
This junior level course prepares students to begin the lesson and unit planning processes. During this course students write instructional objectives, plan lessons, and learn about the unit planning process.
Prerequisite(s): TED 232
Corequisite(s): TED 396
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TED 357 Curriculum and Methods: Middle Level
3 credits
This junior-level course prepares middle-level majors (Grades 4-8) to understand the unique nature and purpose of middle schools and their curricula, and identify and use developmentally responsive planning, teaching, and assessment techniques to meet the needs of young adolescents, including integrated students with disabilities, those who are ELLs, and students who are gifted. The course addresses a series of generic topics for all students enrolled and, relative to students’ specializations, topics specifically related to (A) English/Language Arts, (B) Mathematics, (C) Science, and (D) Social Studies. Students must address two of the four specializations.
Prerequisite(s): TED 351
Corequisite(s): TED 397
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TED 368 Reading Methods: Middle Level
3 credits
This course prepares middle level education majors (Grades 4-8) to use research-based standards oriented techniques to teach students, including those with disabilities who are included in their classrooms, to improve their reading skills. Its foci include developmental reading, content area reading, remedial reading, and introduces students to specially designed instruction that might be used by special education teachers.
Prerequisite(s): TED 351 , SPE 111
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TED 369 Curriculum and Methods in Secondary Education
3 credits
This course prepares secondary education students to identify, develop, and use a variety of planning, teaching, and assessment methods appropriate for secondary education, including those which include students with disabilities and other atypical learners. During the course, students are required to develop a course, a unit, and component lessons to teach content and learning processes, and deliver demonstration lessons to their classmates. Students define standards-based curriculum, state how it is established and governed, and identify the specific content area curricula they must address as teachers.
Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of freshman and sophomore TED course sequences.
Corequisite(s): Students enrolled in this course must co-register for the designated field component, TED 397 .
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TED 377 Classroom Management in Secondary Education
1 credit
This course identifies the classroom management challenges unique to today’s diverse secondary classrooms. It identifies a series of routines and techniques appropriate for use in secondary classrooms.
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TED 378 Classroom Management in Middle Level Education
1 credit
This course identifies the classroom management challenges unique to middle level classrooms. It identifies a series of routines and techniques which might be used by teachers in middle level classrooms.
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TED 388 Language Arts Methods
3 credits
This course prepares students to provide instruction to middle level students in the language arts. The primary focus is to familiarize students with state and professional standards, research-based practices, curriculum, methods, materials, and assessment measures used to implement effective teaching and learning. During this course students prepare to use a series of specialized methods and materials designed to teach students with atypical learning styles, including those with disabilities, and students who are not proficient in the English language.
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TED 396 Practicum I
0 credit
This Stage Three field experience is designed to help pre-service teachers with the implementation of lessons, assessments, and materials. Students must complete a minimum of fifty (50) hours of observation and small or whole group instruction in the classroom setting and must complete a series of projects. This field is taken concurrently with an upper level education course (dependent on major) and will be integrated in the course. This is a supervised practicum. Note: Students must possess current clearances required by PA law.
Corequisite(s): ECE 382 for ECE/SPE majors; TED 351 for Middle Level and Secondary Ed majors
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TED 397 Practicum II
0 credit
This Stage Three field experience is designed to help pre-service candidates understand how they should plan, teach, and assess students. Students must complete a minimum of fifty (50) hours observing veteran classroom teachers and must complete a series of projects. This field is taken concurrently with SPE 362 for ECE/SPE majors, with TED 357 for Middle Level majors and TED 369 for Secondary Education majors and will be integrated into each course. This is a supervised practicum. Note: Students must possess current clearances required by PA law.
Prerequisite(s): TED 232 , TED 271 , SPE 111 , SPE 211
Corequisite(s): SPE 362 Methods for High Incidence Disabilities for ECE/SPE majors, TED 357 for Middle Level majors and TED 369 for Secondary Education majors.
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TED 400 Early Childhood Practicum III
0 credits
This Stage Three field experience is designed to afford pre-service teachers in the ECE major the opportunity to plan, teach and assess social studies and science content. Students must complete a minimum of fifty (50) hours of observation and implement small or whole group instruction in the early
childhood classroom setting. This field is taken concurrently with ECE 384 and ECE 385. This is a supervised practicum. Note: Students must possess current clearances required by PA law.
Prerequisite(s): ECE 250
Corequisite(s): ECE 384 and ECE 385
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TED 401 Senior Seminar
0 credit
This semester-long seminar prepares students (all majors) to participate in the national teachers examination and other high stakes assessments used in teacher certification. It also helps students identify and negotiate the processes and procedures they must complete to become certified in Pennsylvania and in other states. The seminar prepares students to identify open teaching positions, prepare applications and presentation portfolios, interview for teaching positions, and plan and present demonstration lessons.
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TED 411 Professional Practice
2 credits
This course will focus on the values that underpin procedures, rules and expectations for professionals in the educational field. In addition, candidates will focus on making sure every student has equitable learning environments while responding to children’s cultural context for understanding their actions and intentions. Use of appropriate interactions between teacher and students and among students will also be discussed. Pennsylvania’s Code of Professional Practice and Conduct and other professional codes will be discussed. This course will also support students in preparation of a professional portfolio.
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TED 412 English Language Learners
2 credits
This course focuses on preparing future teachers to address the challenges presented by English Language Learners (ELLs) enrolled in their classrooms through identification of research-based methods and materials.
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TED 443 Parent Conferencing
1 credit
This senior-level course prepares students (all majors) to plan and conduct parent conferences and to participate in meetings, such as those conducted by planning teams for IEPs. It emphasizes ways to develop partnerships and cooperation with parents and families. Students prepare to develop written educational reports.
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TED 445 Independent Study
Variable credits
This course provides students with the opportunity to work independently with the TED faculty to explore specific topics in education.
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TED 480 Special Topics
Variable credits
Topics vary from semester to semester and will be announced with pre-registration information.
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TED 495 Practicum III
0 credit
This Stage Three field experience is designed to help candidates understand how they should plan, teach, and assess in learning support programs. Students must complete a minimum of fifty (50) hours in a setting where appropriate special education services are delivered observing veteran classroom teachers and must complete a series of projects. This field is taken concurrently with either SPE 363 for ECE/SPE majors or SPE 411 for Middle Level and Secondary Education majors and will be integrated in the courses. This is a supervised practicum. Note: Students must possess current clearances required by PA law.
Prerequisite(s): TED 231, TED 271 , SPE 111 , SPE 211
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Corequisite(s): SPE 363 for ECE/SPE majors; SPE 411 for Middle Level and Secondary Education majors
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TED 496 Senior Field
0 credit
During the semester they are not enrolled in Student Teaching (TED 497), seniors are expected to independently propose and then complete a series of activities. The activities might be completed in specially selected community classrooms or in related settings (e.g., a group home, a tutorial setting, a business or industry, etc.). Students majoring in SECED/Biology or SECED/CHE must complete their senior field on campus assisting professors in lab classes.
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TED 498 Student Teaching
9 credits
The culminating activity of the university’s TED places students (all majors) in classroom situations where they complete their development as teachers by demonstrating their abilities to fully function as classroom teachers. TED students spend the first half of the student-teaching semester in one setting and the second half in another. In each placement, student teachers work under the guidance and supervision of master teachers and university supervisors. NB: TED 498 may only be taken by students graduating after January 1, 2013.
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Statistics |
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STA 255 Computational Statistics
3 credits
Using statistical software for data management, graphical and numerical descriptive statistics, and inferential statistics analysis.
Prerequisite(s): MTH 116 or MTH 315
Spring
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STA 325 Design of Experiments
3 credits
Completely randomized, randomized block, Latin square, factorial and fractional factorial designs.
Prerequisite(s): MTH 116
Spring
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STA 335 Regression Analysis
3 credits
Polynomial and multiple regression, residual analysis, applications to models.
Prerequisite(s): MTH 116
Fall
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STA 413 Statistics Cooperative Education
3-6 credits
Academic study combined with work experience in the community.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite determined by project requirements
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STA 415 Sampling
3 credits
Sampling methods including random and stratified sampling, unequal probability sampling, cluster and systematic sampling, multistage designs, double sampling.
Prerequisite(s): MTH 116 or MTH 315
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STA 428 Nonparametric Statistics
3 credits
Nonparametric methods including Sign, Wilcoxon signed rank, Kruskal-Wallis and other distribution-free tests; rank correlation.
Prerequisite(s): MTH 116 or MTH 315
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STA 430 ANOVA
3 credits
Develops statistical model for the analysis of variance with applications to regression analysis, testing equality of means, fixed and random effects, theory of designs.
Prerequisite(s): MTH 116 or MTH 315
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STA 480 Independent Study
1-3 credits
Special investigation of a selected topic.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite determined by the topic selected.
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STA 486 Special Topics in Statistics
3 credits
Topics vary from semester to semester and will be announced with preregistration information.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite determined by the topic selected.
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