EDST 602 INQUIRY & CLASSROOM PRACTICES   3.0 Credit(s)
    Through the process of inquiry, individuals construct much of their understanding of the worlds. Inquiry is not so much seeking the right answer, because often there is none, but rather seeking appropriate and creative resolutions to questions and issues. This course will examine how inquiry and classroom practices can emphasize the development of questioning skills and the nurturing of inquiring attitudes or habits of mind that will enable individuals to continue the quest for knowledge throughout life.
    Offered: Winter Semester All Years

    EDST 603 PROB & SOLUTIONS IN THE DESIGNED WORLD   3.0 Credit(s)
    Problem-based learning is a powerful learning platform that positions students to address authentic challenges and real-world problems as a way to discover content and apply skills. The Engineering Design Process is one pedagogical approach to introduce design thinking and problem-solving in STEAM curricula. As students develop models to generate data for iterative testing, analyze data from tests and leading to optimal ideas of given models, and evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process, they develop problem-solving decision-making and creativity using STEAM principles and potential impacts upon people.
    Offered: Fall Semester All Years

    EDST 604 THE ARTS IN STEAM   3.0 Credit(s)
    This course provides a rationale, strategies, and best practices for drawing on the arts as a vital part of creative and inquiry-based STEAM instruction. Students will collaborate on the development of arts-infused curricula or learning experiences for their school or district, to foster student and teacher creativity, and create a richer and broader learning experience for all their students.
    Offered: Fall Semester All Years

    EDST 605 INVESTIGATING MATH DEEPLY IN STEAM ED.   3.0 Credit(s)
    This course builds on the candidate's understanding of how children learn mathematics and examines deeply the intersections of CCSS-M content standards with other STEAM areas. Candidates will be exposed to a broader perspective of mathematics and what it means to do and learn mathematics with skill and understanding and become knowledgeable about structures that support mathematical inquiry and thinking. As leaders and facilitators in the classroom and school, the importance of evidence-based professional judgments about teaching and learning mathematics will be emphasized to ultimately improve student learning outcomes.
    Offered: Spring Semester All Years

    EDST 606 CROSSING BOUNDARIES IN SCIENCE   3.0 Credit(s)
    This course explores possibilities in the science classroom to achieve the vision of STEAM education while engaging students in quality NGSS-aligned courses, units, and lessons. New discoveries and achievement across the sciences show the way for interdisciplinary connections. Emphasis is on teachers as leaders and facilitators in the classroom and school. Current research-based pedagogy will be applies in the development of authentic curricular materials.
    Offered: Spring Semester All Years

    EDST 607 FIELD BASED EXPERIENCES IN STEAM EDU.   3.0 Credit(s)
    This field-based course provides candidates with the opportunity to integrate Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math within the natural world. Utilizing CT's Natural Resources as an outdoor classroom the concept of "Nature Did it First" will be explored along with collecting, organizing, interpreting and reporting out data, field work protocols and safety requirements, ethical treatment and legal restrictions regarding the collection and release of live organisms, problem solving, inquiry, observation, field equipment use and construction, and application to current environmental issues and concerns. Integration of STEAM principals into identified site-based investigations include: Marine Biology/ Coastal Ecology, Ct Geology, Fresh Water Ecosystem, Forest/Field, Energy Transformers (solar, wind, hydro and waste) and Land Art.
    Offered: Summer 1 Semester All Years

    EDST 608 ISSUES IN STEAM EDUCATION   3.0 Credit(s)
    Growth in STEAM industries continues, creating career opportunities globally and locally, and positioning STEAM courses and initiatives for attention and funding. Yet, chronic under-representation patterns persist. Through readings and discussions, this course employs a critical lens to examine issues and opportunities in STEAM classrooms and careers.
    Offered: Spring Semester All Years

    EDST 609 STEAM EDUCATION MENTORSHIP I   1.5 Credit(s)
    This course promotes the partnership of candidates with district-based advisors and university mentors as candidates plan a STEAM project based upon the premise that the relationship between theory and practice is integral to success. It prioritizes educator needs based on best practices and student needs, links data and practice to professional teaching and leading standards, and utilizes questions to promote reflective thinking and move practice forward. This requirement is an essential component of the Sixth Year Degree program. Candidates will then implement the project previously planned and present their results while preparing for the dissemination of information to the wider educational community.
    Offered: Winter Semester All Years

    EDST 610 STEAM EDUCATION MENTORSHIP II   1.5 Credit(s)
    This course promotes the partnership of candidates with district-based advisors and university mentors as candidates plan a STEAM project based upon the premise that the relationship between theory and practice is integral to success. It prioritizes educator needs based on best practices and student needs, links data and practice to professional teaching and leading standards, and utilizes questions to promote reflective thinking and move practice forward. This requirement is an essential component of the Sixth Year Degree program. Candidates will then implement the project previously planned and present their results while preparing for the dissemination of information to the wider educational community.
    Offered: Summer 1 Semester All Years

    MSA 650 INTRO TO ACCOUNTING ANALYTICS   3.0 Credit(s)
    This course provides a practical foundation to understand the impact of Data Analytics on Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Reporting. The student, through a hands-on methodology, will learn how to identify business questions that can be addressed with data, and then testing the data, refining the testing, and finally communicating the findings.
    Offered: Fall Semester All Years

    MSA 680 AUDIT DATA ANALYTICS   3.0 Credit(s)
    This course provides the concepts of audit analytic techniques and the modern analytic tools developed for internal and external auditors. Students will learn how analytics can be applied in each phase on the audit such as risk assessment, analyzing patterns, identifying anomalies, and extracting useful information of an audit process through analysis, modeling, and visualization. Prerequisite: Take MSA-600 and MSA-630
    Offered: Spring Semester All Years

    COU 600 CRISIS & TRAUMA ASSESSMENT & TREATMENT   3.0 Credit(s)
    This course provides clinical mental health counseling students with a solid foundation in the theory and treatment of psychiatric crises and emergencies. Fundamentals of trauma and trauma-causing events and their impact upon crisis intervention work will be examined. The course will examine the differences and similarities of emergencies as opposed to crises. All aspects of psychiatric emergencies will be examined: Emergency assessments and interventions, techniques of lethality assessment, risk factors such as substance abuse, violence history, demographic profile, cultural factors and the presence of mental illness. Differential assessment regarding the various aspects and levels of professional mental health response will be reviewed, including the use of Psychological First Aid, suicide prevention, stabilization, and immediate psychiatric crisis response. Prerequisite: Take COU-580 and COU-590
    Offered: Modules All Semesters All Years

    COU 610 GROUP COUNSELING:RESIDENCY II   3.0 Credit(s)
    This course is to provide a basis for clinical mental health counseling students. In the theoretical, experiential, and practical understanding of the dynamics, techniques, and other factors involved in group psychotherapy. Content will combine theoretical knowledge of group process, dynamics, facilitation methods and experiential learning and exercises designed to foster understanding of the power and scope of group forces. Aspects of learning will encompass a wide range of topics relative to salient concepts of group work. This will include stages of group development, cultural diversity factors, roles of group members, agents of change in group dynamics, group leadership skills, group composition, various types of groups, methods of evaluation of effectiveness, and legal and ethical considerations. This course will also introduce students to leading therapy groups in a wide range of settings, e.g., outpatient, inpatient, day treatment and community settings. Applicability of various theoretical perspectives, specialty groups, and other identified areas of student interest. The course will involve skills practice, submission of recorded skills' practice for instructor feedback, and a 1-week, on-ground live component. Prerequisite: Take COU-600
    Offered: All Semesters All Years

    CMH 630 PROFESSIONAL ISSUES, LAWS & ADVANCED ETHICS IN CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH   3.0 Credit(s)
    This course will help clinical mental health counseling students explore the relationship between the law, the framework of ethics, and clinical mental health counseling. Legal duties and the rights of clients and providers will be discussed. The course will also provide a forum for the exploration and analysis of ethical questions and dilemmas encountered by managers and clinicians in clinical mental health counseling. An advanced look is taken of individual state legal requirements as well as case law impacting counseling ethics. Prerequisite: Take COU-600
    Offered: Modules All Semesters All Years

    CMH 640 TREATMENT PLANNING & INTEGRATIVE MODELS OF CARE   3.0 Credit(s)
    This course guides clinical mental health counseling students in learn treatment planning strategies, which are based in best practice, evidence-based, integrative care (e.g., ROSC Model), treatment models, that are client-centered, individualized and culturally sound treatment plans for a wide variety of clinical mental health disorders. The course will include discussion of and research into the role of ethical and culturally competent counseling with special populations in integrative models of care and various counseling settings; while, becoming familiar with the various counseling approaches useful in effecting changes in these individuals. Prerequisite: Take COU-610 and CMH-630
    Offered: Modules All Semesters All Years

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