This course will introduce students to various genres of children'sliterature, including folklore, myths, picture books, poetry, andnovels. Students will read, discuss, analyze, and critically respondto children's literature. Emphasis will be placed on reading literaturerepresenting diverse voices and on considering ways to integratethose voices into the traditional children's literary canon.Pre-requisite: ENGL 150

Freshman Seminar 101 is designed to orient all first-time freshman and/or newly and readmitted students with less than fifteen credits to Medgar Evers College. It serves as a foundation course where students gain the intellectual confidence needed to successfully complete their general education curriculum in a timely manner. Specific general education and basic skills courses are linked to FS 101 so that students can integrate and apply FS 101 reading, writing, and analytical techniques to their content-based courses. Students are introduced to the following modules that will help them to persist and adapt to college life: 1) Orientation to acclimate students to Medgar Evers Colleges history, mission, vision, students rights, and their responsibilities; 2) Medgar Wiley Evers and the Importance of Civic Engagement; 3) Bonding with Faculty and Peers; 4) College/Life Management where students learn to effectively manage their time and create more efficient schedules; 5) Study Skills that consist of note-taking, outlining, test-taking skills, and overcoming test-anxiety; 6) Technological Proficiency that consists of all the tools that students need to excel in an academic institution such as their College Email Accounts, Blackboard, CUNYFIRST, E-portfolio ,and Library Research; 7) Financial Literacy; and 8) Wellness for Mind and Body. Students are assigned to a particular course section depending upon students pre-collegial experiences and assessments.

This course is an introduction to several basic areas of study within psychology, specifically including concepts of perception, motivation, personality, learning, abnormal behavior and social psychology.

The course introduces key concepts, themes, methodologies and tools of Geography. It defines geography and discusses its importance and relationship to other sciences. The spatial variation in earth's environment, population growth, distribution, economic activities and their global interconnections are also discussed.

This course is a topical examination of themes relevant to the history and culture of the African American population in the Western hemisphere with particular reference to gender and socio - economic class relations. Topics will include African origins, African American intellectual thought, slavery, the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, the struggle for human rights, the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts movement of the 1960's and 1970's, United States foreign policy in Africa and the Caribbean, and contemporary ethnicity in African American life and culture.

This course will provide prospective teachers with the necessary knowledge and skills to establish and maintain personal health and fitness, to create and maintain safe and healthy home and classroom environments, and use their knowledge of personal and community health issues to effectively manage their resources and to advocate for healthy children, families and communities. This course will consist of a series of seven two-hour workshops on the following issues of health and safety: nutrition; exercise and physical fitness; sexuality, health and hygiene; prevention and risk education strategies to promote safety at home and in the classroom, including prevention of child abduction; identification and reporting of suspected child abuse and maltreatment; fire and arson prevention; and the impact of alcohol, and substance abuse on personal health and families.

This course is designed to facilitate students' acquisition and demonstration of knowledge and skills about special needs of toddlers, infants and children birth to seven years of age with special needs. The course will explore cognitive, language and neuro-motor development; and related medical and psychosocial issues. Students will learn various strategies for including infants and toddlers with special needs in regular settings and the uses of instructional technologies and devices. Students will practice developing IFSPs/IEPs and related instructional goals and activities. Family-centered intervention and collaboration and the roles and responsibilities of professionals will be examined.

The course content gives a comprehensive view of the total field of early childhood education. Theories of child development are reviewed as a basis for examining early childhood principles, practices and programs. This course emphasizes the child's development of concepts, relationships, and positive attitudes toward self and achievement. This course covers the sociological, philosophical, and historical roles of education in the lives of young children from ages 0-8 in urban classrooms. Ways of fostering effective relationships and interactions to support growth and learning among varying communities will be examined. The parent as first teacher and the home-school continuum will be explored. An inclusion approach to educating students with special needs in diverse, pluralistic learning communities will be explored. Technology will be used as a tool to design strategies to engage students in self-reflection and learning. Supervised field experiences are a vital to this course.

This course is designed to explore topics in mathematics for children from birth through sixth grade. Prospective teachers will study and experience a constructivist approach to teaching mathematics. Methods for establishing mathematical concepts and guiding students into mastering the Associated skills algorithms and application through problem solving and reasoning will be established. The course will focus on developing an active student-centered approach to teaching and learning mathematics. Methods of assessing individual teaching practices and student learning for use in curriculum development and instructional planning will be emphasized. This course includes a required field experience component in an early childhood or elementary classroom. Topics that affect the way we teach and learn will be addressed within the context of the impact of classroom interaction. Issues of gender, ethnicity, special needs and classroom management will be incorporated in an on-going discussion of understanding the learner. New York State Curriculum Standards and New York City Performance Standards will provide the basis for curriculum, lesson planning, and assess

This course examines the centrality of race, class, ethnicity and gender in defining the American educational experience. The class will examine four historical periods: Colonial America, the 1840?s and the Common School Movement, Reconstruction and the Progressive Era. Current issues like community control, tracking, religion and education, racial and sexual harassment, integration and equitable funding of schools will be examined in terms of their roots in these historical periods and in terms of their relationship to issues of race, ethnicity, gender and class. Students will become familiar with historical research methodology as they examine and analyze issues in the history of education.

This seminar provides the setting for the analytical exploration of experiences acquired in the EDUC 491 senior level student teaching. In the seminar, students will discuss their classroom experiences, their teaching roles and responsibilities, problems of teaching methodology and planning, classroom management problems, challenge of implementing inclusion and integrating technology, etc.

This second seminar provides the setting for the analytical exploration of experiences acquired in the EDUC 492 senior level student teaching. In the seminar, students will discuss their classroom experiences, their teaching roles and responsibilities, problems of teaching methodology and planning, classroom management problems, challenge of implementing inclusion and integrating technology, etc.

This is the first course in a two-semester sequence that involves an intensive field-based teaching assignment for senior level students. Based upon the certification area participants will be involved in an internship for two semesters in an appropriate cooperating school setting. An additional internship setting will be required for students seeking certification in more than one area. 1. Early Childhood - 3 Areas: Pre-kindergarten, Kindergarten, and Grades 1 to 2 2. Childhood - 2 Areas: Grades 1 to 3 and Grades 4 to 6. Special education majors will intern in a regular elementary classroom for one semester; the other term, they will intern in a special education classroom. Interns will be involved in a variety of experiences to enhance computer and technology literacy, an understanding of students with multicultural backgrounds, and the development of skills to address diverse student needs, including the exceptional learner and those with developmental disabilities. The internship will consist of on site supervision for 3 full days or a minimum of 150 hours each semester.

This is the second course in a two-semester sequence that involves an intensive field-based teaching assignment for senior level students. Based upon the certification area participants will be involved in an internship for two semesters in an appropriate cooperating school setting. An additional internship setting will be required for students seeking certification in more than one area. 1. Early Childhood - 3 Areas: Pre-kindergarten, Kindergarten, and Grades 1 to 2 2. Childhood - 2 Areas: Grades 1 to 3 and Grades 4 to 6. Special education majors will intern in a regular elementary classroom for one semester; the other term, they will intern in a special education classroom. Interns will be involved in a variety of experiences to enhance computer and technology literacy, an understanding of students with multicultural backgrounds, and the development of skills to address diverse student needs, including the exceptional learner and those with developmental disabilities. The internship will consist of on site supervision for 3 full days or a minimum of 150 hours each semester.

This seminar prepares candidates for the NYSTCE-CST Exam. Candidates complete a diagnostic exam (multiple choice items and an essay question), and several practice tests. Diagnostic information is reviewed and lessons prepared as indicated by disabilities and assessment diagnostic exam results.

This seminar prepares the Department?s special education program candidates for the NYSTCE-CST Students w/ Disabilities Exam. Candidates complete a diagnostic exam (multiple choice items and an essay question) and several practice tests. Diagnostic information is reviewed and lessons prepared as indicated by disabilities and assessment diagnostic exam results.

This seminar is designed to prepare students to succeed in readingand writing in the discipline of education, particularly to be able torespond accurately to essay questions contained in the New YorkState Teacher Examinations. Understanding the language of thediscipline is critical to being able to interpret the curriculum and teachit to students. We will explore the written assignments found on theLAST exam administered by the State of New York. Pre-requisite:Passing Score on the CUNY Writing and CUNY Reading Exam

This seminar assists candidates in preparing for the New YorkState Teacher Certification Examination by reviewing generaltopics covering the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed forcandidates about the learner, instructional planning and assessment,and the professional environment. They will engage in test takingwith mock exams, essay writing and oral presentation on theory andpractice. Pre-requisites: EDUC 481 and EDUC 491Pre/Co-requisites: EDUC 311 and EDUC 315

This is the first part of the two-semester general biology course for science majors. It will cover introduction to the fundamental principles of life processes of organisms including chemical basis of life, cellular structure, function, division, metabolism and genetic basis of life. The structural and functional features as well as phylogenic and ecological adaptation of bacteria, protista, fungi and plants will also be covered. The laboratory component of this course will reinforce the biological principles by hands-on experiments. Students taking this course for the first time are required to take the lecture and the corresponding lab course concurrently. If the lab or lecture component of the course has been successfully completed previously with a passing and transferable grade or better, then the corresponding lab or lecture course that was not successfully completed previously may be retaken separately

This is a two-semester course for science majors. It will cover introduction to the fundamental principles of life processes of organisms including chemical basis of life, cellular structure, function, division, metabolism and genetic basis of life. The structural and functional features as well as phylogenic and ecological adaptation of bacteria, protista, fungi and plants will also be covered. The laboratory component of this course will reinforce the biological principles by demonstrations and hands-on experiments. Students taking this course for the first time are required to take the lecture and the corresponding lab course concurrently. If the lab or lecture component of the course has been successfully completed previously with a passing and transferable grade or better, then the corresponding lab or lecture course that was not successfully completed previously may be retaken separately.

An introductory course in preparation for General Chemistry I, designed for students who plan further study in chemistry. The course presents those areas of chemistry which are essential and which students find most difficult in general college chemistry. These include the mole concept, nomenclature, stoichiometric calculations, gas laws, and solution concentration calculations. Not open to students who passed CHM 201.

An introduction to the basic principles and theories of chemistry including atomic theory, laws of chemical combination, periodic classification of the elements, states of matter, and kinetic molecular theory. The aim of classroom and laboratory work is to prepare the student for advanced study in chemistry

A continuation of CHM 201. Topics include the study of liquids, solids and solutions, chemical kinetics, equilibrium, acids and bases, thermodynamics and electrochemistry.