Courses

This course is a survey of the science content required to teach science to elementary students. Topics include the history and nature of science, physical science, earth science, space science, life science, and lab safety. Practical application within early childhood and elementary classrooms is emphasized.

SLA is the study of how language, social, and psychological factors influence language learning. A range of SLA topics are addressed from the perspective of language teaching: theories of human learning, theories of language acquisition, learning styles and strategies, communicative competence, crosslinguistic influences, and sociocultural factors.

This course will look at recent research and publications relative to second language teaching. Not only will specific areas selected by the instructor be examined but the students in the class will have the opportunity to suggest areas of particular interest to them. This course provides opportunities for the student to extend knowledge and skills necessary for developing programs, electing appropriate method and employing materials, and evaluation in second language teaching.

In this course, students will look at the expansion of social media in the public relations public relations through strategic planning, and practice the development of social

This course is a survey of the content required to teach social studies to elementary students. Topics include economics, geography and culture, government and citizenship, and Texas, U.S., and world history. Practical application within early childhood and elementary classrooms is emphasized.

The course covers the software life cycle, emphasizing system analysis and design, including a survey of methodologies based on data flows and objects. The course includes a professional ethics component.

An overview of the literature and literary movements of Spanish America. Commentary conquistadors to the 20th century.

Reading and analysis of representative works, presented within the context of social, political, and intellectual history, form the pre-Columbian period through late nineteenth-century modernismo.

This course is a survey of Spanish-American literature from the Discovery to the Romantic movement.

Reading and analysis of representative works, presented within the context of social, political and intellectual history, from the early twentieth-century vanguardia movement through contemporary Spanish American fiction, poetry, and drama.