Courses

Theoretical frameworks of educational organizations.

This course examines the judiciary, focusing upon the politics of judicial selection and the decision-making process of the judiciary as well as the position of the judiciary in the entire political process.

This course provides a hands-on approach to understanding the archaeological record by making, using, and analyzing prehistoric technologies, including stone tools, pottery, and bone tools.

A study of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, their background, and their message about Jesus Christ will be examined. The course examines each Gospel both separately and together in a synoptic order.

An overview of the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke with an exegesis of selected texts. The authorship, date, purpose, and text of the books are studied. Special attention is given to parallel and unique texts.

This course is an in-depth study of the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke). Emphasis is given to comparative literary studies of parallel events and teachings, with a view to highlight the creative differences in the three presentations of the story of Jesus.

The course will approach Shikibu's The Tale of Genji both as the seminal literary fiction of the Japanese tradition and as a predecessor to the modern psychological novel. The readings, in English translations, will include important texts by other 11th-century Japanese women writers, and selections from medieval critical commentaries.

The course will approach Shikibu's The Tale of Genji both as the seminal literary fiction of the Japanese tradition and as a predecessor to the modern psychological novel. The readings, in English translations, will include important texts by other 11th-century Japanese women writers, and selections from medieval critical commentaries.

The purpose of this course is to help teachers develop as teacher leaders in their schools. Major emphasis will focus on teacher leader characteristics, skills and effective practices in teacher leadership (recommended as the first course in the ELE/ECE Ed.S. programs).

This course provides an overview of the attributes and behavior of teacher leaders, explores the roles teacher leaders engage in and examines how the teacher leader is a powerful force for school improvement.