Canisius College

EDE -- Childhood Education
EDY -- Early Childhood Education
EDU -- Teacher Education (applies to several or all programs)
EDS -- Adolescence Education
EMC -- Middle Childhood Education
SPE -- Special Education
PED -- Physical Education
HED -- Health Education
HHP -- Health & Human Performance
ATH -- Athletic Training
AS -- Area Studies
M -- Major
CN -- Concentration
FE -- Free Elective

Concentrations
Students who major in any of the five elementary or special education programs listed above must also complete one of the concentrations listed below:

English

French⁸

German⁸

Mathematics

Music⁹

Science

Social Studies

Spanish⁸

Courses 2005 - 2007

EDUCATION

EDE 121 Children’s Literature   3
Addresses the impo rtance of reading and writing and use of children’s books across curriculum areas. Authors, illustrators, types of literature, and developmental appropriateness are emphasized.

EDE 221 Teaching Literacy in Elementary Schools Part I   3
Examines theories and components of reading and writing processes. Addresses traditional and whole language approaches emphasizing methods and materials for teaching language arts.

EDE 222 Teaching Literacy in Elementary Schools Part II   4
Provides opportunities to apply teaching strategies for literacy development in the classroom setting. Reading and writing processes and integration of language arts are reinforced. Requires 40 hours of field placement.

EDE 273 Human Growth and Development - Birth through Childhood   3
Introduces multiple dimensions of development including
influence of family, culture, and society. Examines physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioral theories and emphasizes education’s role in promoting wellness.

EDE 311 Science in the Schools   3
Addresses objectives, curriculum, strategies, materials and evaluation necessary for teaching science. Emphasizes content, inquiry skills, problem solving and scientific attitude highlighting the NY State Standards.

EDE 317 Teaching Math in Elementary Schools   3
Addresses objectives, curriculum, strategies, materials and evaluation necessary for teaching mathematical concepts. Emphasizes content, inquiry skills and problem solving highlighting the NY State Standards.

EDE 331 Teaching Social Studies in Elementary Schools   3
Addresses the objectives, curriculum, strategies, materials and evaluation necessary for teaching social studies content. Emphasizes historic, geographic, economic, political and social concepts highlighting the NY State Standards.

EDE 390 Cognition, Learning and Assessment — Birth through Childhood   3
Investigates theories of learning, and current brain research. Integrates emotion and motivation and the neurological basis for learning. Analyzes formal and informal procedures for reporting student progress.

EDE 412 Elementary Curriculum Development and Implementation   3
Concentrates on development, implementation and assessment of curricula as it addresses the NY State standards. Promotes building classroom communities to meet the needs of diverse learners.

EDE 432 Seminar in Teaching and Assessment  3
Includes practica and seminars that focus on professional reflection and topics related to classroom management, increasing family involvement, teaching to higher standards and assessment at the childhood level. Requires fifty hours of field placement.

EDE 450 Student Teaching Seminar   1
Includes mandatory training by NY State Education Department and professional reflection. Training includes drug abuse, tobacco health issues, child abduction, AIDS and prevention of school violence. Prerequisites: Signature; concurrent registration in Student Teaching.

EDE 451 Child Abuse Workshop   0
Mandatory training by NY State Education Department for teacher certification. Occurs during the student teaching seminar.

EDE 452 Prevention of School Violence Workshop   0
Mandatory training by NY State Education Department for teacher certification. Occurs during the student teaching seminar.

EDE 455 Student Teaching - CH   12
Highlights knowledge, skills, and dispositions of professional educators. Two full-time 7-week placements in childhood classrooms require candidates to become the instructional leader under the supervision of cooperating teachers and college faculty. Prerequisites: Signature; concurrent registration in EDE 450.

EDE 465 Student Teaching - EC/CH   12
Highlights knowledge, skills, and dispositions of professional educators. One full-time 7-week placement in each childhood and early childhood classroom requires candidates to become the instructional leader under the supervision of cooperating teachers and college faculty. Prerequisites: Signature, concurrent registration in EDE 450.

EDS 223 Development of Literacy and Language in Early Childhood and Childhood   3
Addresses language acquisition and literacy development in young children, both native speakers and new English language learners. Focuses on teaching strategies to develop listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities.

EDS 224 Teaching for Literacy in Grades 5-12    3
Focuses on methods for assessing and improving students’ reading, speaking, listening and writing abilities in middle and high school. Requires 20 hours of field placement.

EDS 251 Human Growth and Social Development   3
Introduces human developmental processes and variations in the middle and high school years: effects of culture, heritage, socioeconomic level, health and environment on student performance.

EDS 360 Evaluation and Teaching Strategies   4
Addresses instructional planning, curriculum development, formal and informal assessment methods and reflecting on one’s own teaching practice. Highlights instruction modifications and various resources to enhance teaching. Requires 30 hours of field placement.

EDS 370 Teaching Young Adolescent Literature  3
Prepares teacher candidates to teach young adult literature and  literature to young adults, grades 6-12. Candidates will consider what, why and how literature is currently taught and learned in middle and high school classrooms.  National and state standards, curriculum, and assessment, as well as contemporary theory and research in English Language Arts will be focal points.

EDS 390 Cognition, Learning and Assessment of Adolescents  3
Investigates learning processes, classroom management, and the roles of transfer, retention, motivation, communication and achievement on student performance. Emphasizes the effects of differentiated instruction, cooperation and reinforcement.

EDS 402 Methods of Teaching English   3
EDS 403 Methods of Teaching Math   3
EDS 404 Methods of Teaching Language   3
EDS 405 Methods of Teaching Science   3
EDS 406 Methods of Teaching Social Studies   3
Highlights a variety of teaching strategies including technology applications utilizing the NY State Standards in each subject area. Focuses on research-validated instructional strategies for students with diverse learning needs. Teacher candidates perfect lesson and unit planning; in addition, they present teaching demonstrations to the class. Prerequisite: EDS 360

EDS 432 Applied Methods of Teaching Adolescence: English  3
EDS 433 Applied Methods of Teaching Adolescence: Mathematics  3
EDS 434 Applied Methods of Teaching Adolescence: Modern Languages  3
EDS 435 Applied Methods of Teaching Adolescence: Science  3
EDS 436 Applied Methods of Teaching Adolescence: Social Studies  3
Choose One:  Includes practica and seminars that focus on professional reflection and topics related to classroom management, increasing family involvement, teaching to higher standards and assessment at the adolescent level. Requires fifty hours of field placement.  Prerequisite: EDS 360.

EDS 450 Student Teaching Seminar   1
Includes mandatory training by NY State Education Department and professional reflection. Training includes drug abuse, tobacco health issues, child abduction, AIDS and prevention of school violence. Prerequisite: Signature; concurrent registration in EDS 470.

EDS 451 Child Abuse Workshop   0
Mandatory training by NY State Education Department for teacher certification. Occurs during the student teaching seminar.

EDS 452 Prevention of School Violence Workshop   0
Mandatory training by NY State Education Department for teacher certification. Occurs during the student teaching seminar.

EDS 470 Supervised Student Teaching   12
Highlights knowledge, skills, and dispositions of professional educators. Two full-time 7-week placements in adolescent classrooms require candidates to become the instructional leader under the supervision of cooperating teachers and college faculty.  Prerequisites: Overall G.P.A. of 2.50 to date: “C” in each required subject area course (modern language majors must also pass proficiency examination); “C” in each required Education course; interview; EDS 450. Some schools may require certain health tests.

EDU 122 Technology in Education   3
Explores applications of technology in education. Emphasizes evaluation and selection of software, high and low-tech devices, distance learning and state of the art technologies that impact teaching.

EDU 250 Foundations of Education  3
Addresses social, philosophical, legal, historical, organizational, theoretical perspectives on education, including multicultural perspectives. Highlights rights and responsibilities of teachers, students and others involved in education.

EDU 341 Inclusive Strategies   3
Highlights best practices in general education for students with disabilities. Illustrates current developments in special education. Emphasizes collaboration to meet the diverse needs of learners. 

EDU/CMP 405 Teaching Writing in the Schools   3
Emphasizes integrating current theories of writing into classroom curricula. Candidates develop their own composing abilities and strengthen their ability to teach writing in school settings.

EDY 208 Infant/Toddler Care and Education   3
Utilizes developmental theory and research findings to examine issues of attachment, perception, motor skills, cognition, language, emotions and social skills of the infant/toddler. Emphasizes planning healthy environments that foster understanding of children in the context of their families and cultures. Requires fifteen hours of field placement: infant/toddler.

EDY 209 Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms   3
Emphasizes research-supported practice for enhancing children’s physical, cognitive, social, emotional and behavioral development within the framework of the NY State standards. Focuses on developmentally appropriate learning opportunities. Requires fifteen hours of field placement: Grades 1-2.

EDY 225 Language Development & Emergent Literacy   3
This course examines the development of oral language development and initial stages of reading and writing. Listening, speaking, reading and writing are studied as interrelated literacy processes and tools for learning in all areas. Brain research on language acquisition, stages related to natural language learning, the language development of ESL learners, and children from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds are examined. Specific strategies to promote children’s social, language and literacy development in early childhood settings are emphasized.

EDY 306 Music, Movement and the Arts in Early Childhood Classrooms 3 Emphasizes the integration of music, movement, and the arts into the curriculum in early childhood classrooms. Explores various media and materials utilized to enrich learning and stimulate children’s creativity.

EDY 310 Teaching Math/Science in Early Childhood Classrooms   3
Focuses on inquiry methods, problem solving, and diagnostic teaching addressing the NY State standards. Emphasizes hands-on materials, visuals and other multi-model experiences in math/science learning. Requires fifteen hours of field placement: PreK-K.

EDY 313 Family and Community Involvement in Early Childhood     3
Explores family theory and research to identify family and community characteristics and the many influences on them. Emphasizes skills needed to support and empower families through respectful relationships.      

EDY 326 Literacy and the Young     3
This course examines effective methods for determining children’s level of literacy. Strategies for appropriate instruction that reinforces, remediates and/or enriches literacy performances and procedures for accurately reporting progress are emphasized. Issues related to the literacy learning of ESL learners, disabled readers, struggling readers and children from diverse or disadvantaged backgrounds are covered. Early intervention programs with measured success will be examined. Lesson planning and the role of NY State standards is included. Requires twenty hours of field placement Pre-K-k level.      

EDY 433 Seminar in Teaching and Assessment 3
Includes practica and seminars that focus on professional reflection and topics related to classroom management, increasing family involvement, teaching to higher standards and assessment at the early childhood level. Requires fifty hours of field placement: Grades 1-2.

EDY 450 Student Teacher Seminar   1
Includes mandatory training by NY State Education Department and professional reflection. Training includes drug abuse, tobacco health issues, child abduction, AIDS and prevention of school violence. Prerequisite: Signature; concurrent registration in Student Teaching.

EDY 451 Child Abuse Workshop   0
Mandatory training by NY State Education Department for teacher certification. Occurs during the student teaching seminar.

EDY 452 Prevention of School Violence Workshop   0
Mandatory training by NY State Education Department for teacher certification. Occurs during the student teaching seminar.

EDY 460 Student Teaching - Early Childhood   12
Highlights knowledge, skills, and dispositions of professional educators. Two full-time seven -week placements in early childhood classrooms require candidates to become the instructional leader under the supervision of cooperating teachers and college faculty. Prerequisites: Signature; concurrent registration in EDY 450.

EMC 352  Human Growth and Social Development: Middle Childhood    3
Major concepts, principles, theories, and research related to the intellectual, emotional, physical, social, and moral development of young adolescents.

EMC 391  Cognition, Learning, Assessment and Diagnostic Teaching: Middle Childhood   3
Concepts, standards, and research related to middle level curriculum development stressing the importance of a curriculum that is relevant, challenging, integrative and exploratory. Interdisciplinary middle level curriculum standards and models will be introduced in addition to assessment strategies that promote the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of all young adolescents.

GEO 325  Introduction to Physical Geography   3
Physical geography focuses on the reshaping of the Earth’s surface through the many interactions that occur between the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere. It entails an examination of the terrestrial and aquatic character of the Earth, its climate and biodiversity and the sources of energy that promote change. Ultimately, physical geography provides a panoramic view of our relationship to a physical setting that is undergoing constant modification.

SPE 100 Introduction to Special Education   3
Presents the definitions, causes, psychological and behavioral characteristics of disabilities outlined in the IDEA. Emphasizes assessment procedures, multicultural issues, family involvement and the referral process.

SPE 281 Nature and Needs of EC Students with Learning Disabilities   4
Describes the effect of mild disabilities on early childhood. Focuses on collaborative strategies for parental involvement. Highlights the CPSE process, placement options and instructional strategies through second grade. Requires 20 hours field placement.  Prerequisite: SPE 100. Concurrent enrollment in SPE 282.

SPE 282 Remedial Strategies in the EC Content Areas   3
Describes developmentally appropriate techniques and materials for instruction to students with disabilities and those at risk of failure. Emphasizes assistive technology for students in early childhood classrooms across the curriculum. Prerequisite: SPE 100. Concurrent enrollment in SPE 281.

SPE 291 Nature and Needs of CH Students with Learning Disabilities   4
Describes the effect of mild disabilities on childhood. Focuses on collaborative strategies for parental involvement. Highlights the CSE process, placement options and instructional strategies in grades one to six. Requires 20 hours field placement.  Prerequisite: SPE 100. Concurrent enrollment in SPE 292.

SPE 292 Remedial Strategies in the CH Content Areas   3
Describes appropriate techniques and materials for instruction to students with disabilities and those at risk of failure. Emphasizes assistive technology for students in childhood classrooms across the curriculum. Prerequisite: SPE 100. Concurrent enrollment in SPE 291.

SPE 301 Nature and Needs of EC Students with Mental Retardation   4
Describes the effect of Mental Retardation and other developmental disabilities on early childhood. Focuses on collaborative strategies for parental involvement. Highlights the CPSE process and placement options through second grade.  Requies 20 hours field placement. Prerequisites: SPE 281 and 282. Concurrent enrollment in SPE 302.

SPE 302 Multidisciplinary Assessment and EC Teaching   3
Emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to meet the assessment and learning needs of early childhood students with disabilities.  Explores home-based and center-based models and strategies that promote family collaboration. Prerequisites: SPE 281 and 282. Concurrent enrollment in SPE 301.

SPE 311 Nature and Needs of CH Students with Mental Retardation   4
Describes effects of MR and other developmental disabilities on childhood. Focuses on collaborative strategies for parental involvement. Highlights instructional strategies for grades 1-6 across the continuum of services. Requires 20 hours field placement. Prerequisites: SPE 291 and SPE 292. Concurrent enrollment in SPE 312.

SPE 312 Multidisciplinary Assessment and CH Teaching   3
Emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to meet the assessment and learning needs of childhood students with disabilities. Explores assessment and evaluation using the NYS Standards for Severe Disabilities and the Alternative Performance Indicators. Prerequisites: SPE  291 and SPE 292. Concurrent enrollment in SPE 311.

SPE 320 Nature and Needs of EC Students with Behavioral Disorders   4
Describes the effect of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders on young children and their families. Highlights CPSE, placement options, collaboration and instructional strategies to address academic and behavioral issues through second grade. Requires 20 hours field placement. Prerequisites: SPE 301, 302. Concurrent enrollment in SPE 325.

SPE 325 Classroom Management in Early Childhood Classrooms   3
Discusses implications of behavior management and importance of a proactive approach to prevent behavior problems. Emphasizes developmentally appropriate classroom structure that supports children with E/BD.  Prerequisites: SPE 301, 302. Concurrent enrollment in SPE 320.

SPE 330 Nature and Needs of CH Students with Behavioral Disorders   4
Describes the effect of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders on children and their families. Highlights NYSED Regulations, collaboration and instructional strategies to address academic and behavioral issues. Requires 20 hours of field placement. Prerequisites: SPE 311, 312. Concurrent enrollment in SPE 335.

SPE 335 Classroom Management in Childhood Classrooms   3
Discusses implications of behavior management and importance of a proactive approach to prevent behavior problems. Emphasizes appropriate classroom structure, and individual and group contingencies to support children with E/BD in grades 1-6. Prerequisites: SPE 311, 312. Concurrent enrollment in SPE 330.

SPE 432 Seminar in Teaching and Assessment   3
Includes practica and seminars that focus on professional reflection and topics related to classroom management, increasing family involvement, teaching to higher standards and assessment at the special education-childhood level. Requires 50 hours of field placement.

SPE 433 Seminar in Teaching and Assessment   3
Includes practica and seminars that focus on professional reflection and topics related to classroom management, increasing family involvement, teaching to higher standards and assessment at the special education-early childhood level. Requires 50 hours of field placement.

SPE 450 Student Teaching Seminar   1
Includes mandatory training by NY State Education Department and professional reflection. Training includes drug abuse, tobacco health issues, child abduction, AIDS and prevention of school violence. Prerequisites: Signature; concurrent registration in Student Teaching.

SPE 451 Child Abuse Workshop   0
Mandatory training by NY State Education Department for teacher certification. Occurs during the student teaching seminar.

SPE 452 Prevention of School Violence Workshop   0
Mandatory training by NY State Education Department for teacher certification. Occurs during the student teaching seminar.

SPE 455 Supervised Student Teaching   12
Highlights knowledge, skills, and dispositions of professional educators. One full-time 7-week placement in each childhood and special education-childhood classroom requires candidates to become the instructional leader under the supervision of cooperating teachers and college faculty. Prerequisites: Signature; overall G.P.A. of 2.50 to date: “C” in each required subject area course (modern language majors must also pass proficiency examination); “C” in each required Education course; interview; concurrent registration in SPE 450. Some schools may require certain health tests.

SPE 460 Supervised Student Teaching   12
Highlights knowledge, skills, and dispositions of professional educators. One full-time 7-week placement in each early childhood and special education-early childhood classroom requires candidates to become the instructional leader under the supervision of cooperating teachers and college faculty.