CRC 211 - Machine Shorthand Literary 140 wpm

1. Write unfamiliar literary material at registered speed level on the shorthand machine for five (5) minutes with a minimum of 95% accuracy in transcription.
2. Demonstrate the ability to read back from shorthand notes, quickly locating portions to be ead, maintaining composure while reading, and reading distinctly and with authority.
3. Demonstrate the ability to read from perfect copy shorthand notes at a rapid speed of an expanded and more difficult vocabulary.
4. Execute their machine-writing skills on literary and technical words.
5. Implement and perfect their transcription skills with emphasis on proofreading, researching proper names and unfamiliar vocabulary, and using correct spelling and punctuation.
6. Demonstrate their knowledge of local, national, and international current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues through assessments. 
7. Integrate their working English vocabulary into steno-based writing conventions through systematic testing.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 212 - Machine Shorthand Testimony 140 wpm

1. Write unfamiliar testimony material at registered speed level on the shorthand machine for five (5) minutes with a minimum of 95% accuracy in transcription.
2. Demonstrate the ability to read back from shorthand notes, quickly locating portions to be read, maintaining composure while reading, and reading distinctly and with authority.
3. Demonstrate the ability to read from perfect copy shorthand notes at a rapid speed of an expanded and more difficult vocabulary.
4. Execute their machine-writing skills on testimony and technical words.
5. Implement and perfect their transcription skills with emphasis on proofreading, researching proper names and unfamiliar vocabulary, and using correct spelling and punctuation.
6. Demonstrate their knowledge of local, national, and international current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues through assessments. 
7. Integrate their working English vocabulary into steno-based writing conventions through systematic testing.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 213 - Machine Shorthand Jury Charge 140 wpm

1. Write unfamiliar jury charge material at registered speed level on the shorthand machine for five (5) minutes with a minimum of 95% accuracy in transcription.
2. Demonstrate the ability to read back from shorthand notes, quickly locating portions to be read, maintaining composure while reading, and reading distinctly and with authority.
3. Demonstrate the ability to read from perfect copy shorthand notes at a rapid speed of an expanded and more difficult vocabulary.
4. Execute their machine-writing skills on jury charge and technical words.
5. Implement and perfect their transcription skills with emphasis on proofreading, researching proper names and unfamiliar vocabulary, and using correct spelling and punctuation.
6. Demonstrate their knowledge of local, national, and international current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues through assessments. 
7. Integrate their working English vocabulary into steno-based writing conventions through systematic testing.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 214 - Machine Shorthand Medical QA 140 wpm

1. Write unfamiliar medical testimony material at registered speed level on the shorthand machine.
2. Demonstrate the ability to read back from shorthand notes, quickly locating portions to be read, maintaining composure while reading, and reading distinctly and with authority.
3. Demonstrate the ability to read from perfect copy shorthand notes at a rapid speed of an expanded and more difficult vocabulary.
4. Execute their machine-writing skills on medical and technical words.
5. Implement and perfect their transcription skills with emphasis on proofreading, researching proper names and unfamiliar vocabulary, and using correct spelling and punctuation.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 221 - Machine Shorthand Literary 160 wpm

1. Write unfamiliar literary material at registered speed level on the shorthand machine for five (5) minutes with a minimum of 95% accuracy in transcription.
2. Demonstrate the ability to read back from shorthand notes, quickly locating portions to be ead, maintaining composure while reading, and reading distinctly and with authority.
3. Demonstrate the ability to read from perfect copy shorthand notes at a rapid speed of an expanded and more difficult vocabulary.
4. Execute their machine-writing skills on literary and technical words.
5. Implement and perfect their transcription skills with emphasis on proofreading, researching proper names and unfamiliar vocabulary, and using correct spelling and punctuation.
6. Demonstrate their knowledge of local, national, and international current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues through assessments. 
7. Integrate their working English vocabulary into steno-based writing conventions through systematic testing.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 222 - Machine Shorthand Testimony 160 wpm

1. Write unfamiliar testimony material at registered speed level on the shorthand machine for five (5) minutes with a minimum of 95% accuracy in transcription.
2. Demonstrate the ability to read back from shorthand notes, quickly locating portions to be read, maintaining composure while reading, and reading distinctly and with authority.
3. Demonstrate the ability to read from perfect copy shorthand notes at a rapid speed of an expanded and more difficult vocabulary.
4. Execute their machine-writing skills on testimony and technical words.
5. Implement and perfect their transcription skills with emphasis on proofreading, researching proper names and unfamiliar vocabulary, and using correct spelling and punctuation.
6. Demonstrate their knowledge of local, national, and international current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues through assessments. 
7. Integrate their working English vocabulary into steno-based writing conventions through systematic testing.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 223 - Machine Shorthand Jury Charge 160 wpm

1. Write unfamiliar jury charge material at registered speed level on the shorthand machine for five (5) minutes with a minimum of 95% accuracy in transcription.
2. Demonstrate the ability to read back from shorthand notes, quickly locating portions to be read, maintaining composure while reading, and reading distinctly and with authority.
3. Demonstrate the ability to read from perfect copy shorthand notes at a rapid speed of an expanded and more difficult vocabulary.
4. Execute their machine-writing skills on jury charge and technical words.
5. Implement and perfect their transcription skills with emphasis on proofreading, researching proper names and unfamiliar vocabulary, and using correct spelling and punctuation.
6. Demonstrate their knowledge of local, national, and international current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues through assessments. 
7. Integrate their working English vocabulary into steno-based writing conventions through systematic testing.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 224 - Machine Shorthand Medical QA 160 wpm

1. Write unfamiliar medical testimony material at registered speed level on the shorthand machine.
2. Demonstrate the ability to read back from shorthand notes, quickly locating portions to be read, maintaining composure while reading, and reading distinctly and with authority.
3. Demonstrate the ability to read from perfect copy shorthand notes at a rapid speed of an expanded and more difficult vocabulary.
4. Execute their machine-writing skills on medical and technical words.
5. Implement and perfect their transcription skills with emphasis on proofreading, researching proper names and unfamiliar vocabulary, and using correct spelling and punctuation.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 250 - Court Reporting Procedures 1

1. Demonstrate court reporting skills, including punctuation, procedures, special problems, reference materials, ethics, and beyond.
2. Produce professional transcripts from dictation, as well as play-acting for deposition situations.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 251 - Court Reporting Procedures 2

1. Prepare verbatim transcripts correctly punctuated, spelled, and typed following NCRA guidelines.
2. Demonstrate the role of the freelance reporter and examination before trial.
3. Demonstrate the role of the official reporter and the judicial system.
4. Develop communication skills necessary to interact effectively with judges, court personnel, attorneys, and witnesses.
5. Analyze, apply, and evaluate applicable rules of grammar, punctuation, and spelling in the preparation of transcripts.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 260 - Introduction to Captioning/Alternative Careers

1. Identify the various types of captioning applications.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of equipment requirements and setup for the captioning environment.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of Internet applications as they relate to preparation and research for realtime and postproduction captionings.
4. Comprehend and interpret the Americans with Disabilities and FCC Telecommunications Acts.
5. Identify the various job demands and requirements for scoping; text entry; medical/legal transcription; broadcast, internet and educational captioning.
6. Build and maintain efficient realtime skills for a variety of alternative career environments.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 294 - Special Topics-CRC 1

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 295 - Special Topics-CRC 2

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 311 - Machine Shorthand Literary 180 wpm

1. Write unfamiliar literary material at registered speed level on the shorthand machine for five (5) minutes with a minimum of 95% accuracy in transcription.
2. Demonstrate the ability to read back from shorthand notes, quickly locating portions to be read, maintaining composure while reading, and reading distinctly and with authority.
3. Demonstrate the ability to read from perfect copy shorthand notes at a rapid speed of an expanded and more difficult vocabulary.
4. Execute their machine-writing skills on literary and technical words.
5. Implement and perfect their transcription skills with emphasis on proofreading, researching proper names and unfamiliar vocabulary, and using correct spelling and punctuation.
6. Demonstrate their knowledge of local, national, and international current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues through assessments. 
7. Integrate their working English vocabulary into steno-based writing conventions through systematic testing.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 312 - Machine Shorthand Testimony 180 wpm

1. Write unfamiliar testimony material at registered speed level on the shorthand machine for five (5) minutes with a minimum of 95% accuracy in transcription.
2. Demonstrate the ability to read back from shorthand notes, quickly locating portions to be read, maintaining composure while reading, and reading distinctly and with authority.
3. Demonstrate the ability to read from perfect copy shorthand notes at a rapid speed of an expanded and more difficult vocabulary.
4. Execute their machine-writing skills on testimony and technical words.
5. Implement and perfect their transcription skills with emphasis on proofreading, researching proper names and unfamiliar vocabulary, and using correct spelling and punctuation.
6. Demonstrate their knowledge of local, national, and international current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues through assessments. 
7. Integrate their working English vocabulary into steno-based writing conventions through systematic testing.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 313 - Machine Shorthand Jury Charge 180 wpm

1. Write unfamiliar jury charge material at registered speed level on the shorthand machine for five (5) minutes with a minimum of 95% accuracy in transcription.
2. Demonstrate the ability to read back from shorthand notes, quickly locating portions to be read, maintaining composure while reading, and reading distinctly and with authority.
3. Demonstrate the ability to read from perfect copy shorthand notes at a rapid speed of an expanded and more difficult vocabulary.
4. Execute their machine-writing skills on jury charge and technical words.
5. Implement and perfect their transcription skills with emphasis on proofreading, researching proper names and unfamiliar vocabulary, and using correct spelling and punctuation.
6. Demonstrate their knowledge of local, national, and international current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues through assessments. 
7. Integrate their working English vocabulary into steno-based writing conventions through systematic testing.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 314 - Certification Preparation 1

1. Gain testing experience from taking mock CCR and RPR-LT examinations.
2. Demonstrate how to act as a court reporter during mock depositions and mock trials.
3. Demonstrate critical thinking skills pertaining to court reporting situations.
4. Develop skill in writing two-voice, multi-voice testimony, and literary and reading notes with practice on new and familiar material.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 321 - Machine Shorthand Literary 200 wpm

1. Write unfamiliar literary material at registered speed level on the shorthand machine for five (5) minutes with a minimum of 95% accuracy in transcription.
2. Demonstrate the ability to read back from shorthand notes, quickly locating portions to be read, maintaining composure while reading, and reading distinctly and with authority.
3. Demonstrate the ability to read from perfect copy shorthand notes at a rapid speed of an expanded and more difficult vocabulary.
4. Execute their machine-writing skills on literary and technical words.
5. Implement and perfect their transcription skills with emphasis on proofreading, researching proper names and unfamiliar vocabulary, and using correct spelling and punctuation.
6. Demonstrate their knowledge of local, national, and international current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues through assessments. 
7. Integrate their working English vocabulary into steno-based writing conventions through systematic testing.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 322 - Machine Shorthand Testimony 200 wpm

1. Write unfamiliar testimony material at registered speed level on the shorthand machine for five (5) minutes with a minimum of 95% accuracy in transcription.
2. Demonstrate the ability to read back from shorthand notes, quickly locating portions to be read, maintaining composure while reading, and reading distinctly and with authority.
3. Demonstrate the ability to read from perfect copy shorthand notes at a rapid speed of an expanded and more difficult vocabulary.
4. Execute their machine-writing skills on testimony and technical words.
5. Implement and perfect their transcription skills with emphasis on proofreading, researching proper names and unfamiliar vocabulary, and using correct spelling and punctuation.
6. Demonstrate their knowledge of local, national, and international current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues through assessments. 
7. Integrate their working English vocabulary into steno-based writing conventions through systematic testing.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 323 - Machine Shorthand Jury Charge 200 wpm

1. Write unfamiliar jury charge material at registered speed level on the shorthand machine for five (5) minutes with a minimum of 95% accuracy in transcription.
2. Demonstrate the ability to read back from shorthand notes, quickly locating portions to be read, maintaining composure while reading, and reading distinctly and with authority.
3. Demonstrate the ability to read from perfect copy shorthand notes at a rapid speed of an expanded and more difficult vocabulary.
4. Execute their machine-writing skills on jury charge and technical words.
5. Implement and perfect their transcription skills with emphasis on proofreading, researching proper names and unfamiliar vocabulary, and using correct spelling and punctuation.
6. Demonstrate their knowledge of local, national, and international current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues through assessments. 
7. Integrate their working English vocabulary into steno-based writing conventions through systematic testing.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 324 - Certification Prep 2

1. Gain testing experience from taking mock CCR and RPR-JC examinations.
2. Demonstrate how to act as a court reporter during mock depositions and mock trials.
3. Demonstrate critical thinking skills pertaining to court reporting situations.
4. Develop skill in writing two-voice, multi-voice testimony, and jury charge dictation and reading notes with practice on new and familiar material.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 350 - Reporting Intern

1. Apply realtime skills writing in freelance, courtroom, and realtime environments.
2. Compose a written narrative report summarizing observations and the internship experience in judicial and educational environments. The narrative will consist of a minimum of two pages detailing new terminology encountered, new experiences and activities/processes.
3. Prepare 40 pages of a complete and accurate transcript for evaluation taken from the freelance, official, or realtime reporting internship.
4. Submit the signed 40 hours of internship verification form(s).

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 360 - Captioning Practicum I

1. Identify the various styles and parameters of captioning and the appropriate usage of each.
2. Identify the various equipment setups necessary for broadcast captioning including captioner and station equipment and software requirements and the maintenance thereof.
3. Integrate the characteristics of successful captioners including editing on the fly, finger spelling, dictionary building and maintenance.
4. Employ research and reference tools for on-air broadcast captioning.
5. Execute the various steps required in captioning prep for an on-air session.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 361 - Captioning Practicum 2

1. Analyze and create dictionary entries specific to the captioning environment, to include fifteen hours of research and dictionary preparation.
2. Identify word boundary issues and how to resolve them.
3. Demonstrate accurate translation of numbers.
4. Set up and operate equipment necessary for on-site/remote realtime captioning.
5. Utilize resource materials to prepare for writing realtime.
6. Apply realtime writing skills at various speeds with emphasis on accuracy to include: 
   • Completion of 25 hours of writing time on campus, off-site, or remotely under the supervision of an institutional instructor or practicing captioner;
   • Submit an unedited realtime translation of two 30-minute segments on varied topics with variable speeds of 180-200 wpm with a goal of 96 percent accuracy or higher.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 412 - Machine Shorthand Testimony 225 wpm

1. Write unfamiliar testimony material at registered speed level on the shorthand machine for five (5) minutes with a minimum of 95% accuracy in transcription.
2. Demonstrate the ability to read back from shorthand notes, quickly locating portions to be read, maintaining composure while reading, and reading distinctly and with authority.
3. Demonstrate the ability to read from perfect copy shorthand notes at a rapid speed of an expanded and more difficult vocabulary.
4. Execute their machine-writing skills on testimony and technical words.
5. Implement and perfect their transcription skills with emphasis on proofreading, researching proper names and unfamiliar vocabulary, and using correct spelling and punctuation.
6. Demonstrate their knowledge of local, national, and international current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues through assessments. 
7. Integrate their working English vocabulary into steno-based writing conventions through systematic testing.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 414 - Certification Prep 3

1. Gain testing experience from taking mock CCR and RPR-QA examinations.
2. Demonstrate how to act as a court reporter during mock depositions and mock trials.
3. Demonstrate critical thinking skills pertaining to court reporting situations.
4. Develop skill in writing two-voice and multi-voice testimony dictation and reading notes with practice on new and familiar material.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 450 - Certified Realtime Captioner Prep/Testing 1

Credits: 3
Prepares students for Certified Realtime Captioner examination. Students will develop critical thinking skills pertaining to captioning situations related to the Realtime Writing and Language Skills domains of the Written Knowledge Test portion of the CRC exam. Students will strengthen writing skills during 5-minute and 15-minute literary takes at 180 wpm.

Prerequisite: CRC 361  or instructor permission.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Apply critical thinking skills related to captioning environments.
2. Demonstrate knowledge and application of Realtime Writing and Language Skills domains of the Certified Realtime Captioner exam.
3. Pass three 15-minute literary broadcast material takes at 180 wpm at 96 percent accuracy or higher.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 451 - Certified Realtime Captioner Prep/Testing 2

1. Apply critical thinking skills related to captioning environments.
2. Demonstrate knowledge and application of Broadcast Captioning Environment, CART Captioning Environment, and Research domains of the Certified Realtime Captioner exam.
3. Pass three 15-minute literary broadcast material takes at 180 wpm at 96 percent accuracy or higher.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CRC 490 - Professional Portfolio

1. Analyze and assess individual professional leadership skills.
2. Create a narrative of learning, biographical snapshot, and personal narrative.
3. Identify educational and career goals.
4. Create a professional resume.
5. Document prior learning experience, if applicable.

1. Read, write, and understand a realtime theory.
2. Write unfamiliar two-voice and multi-voice testimony, literary, and jury charge, material.
3. Demonstrate the ability to write increased level of vocabulary, including legal and medical vocabulary.
4. Apply machine-writing skills on legal, medical, and technical terminology.
5. Demonstrate natural, smooth read back of shorthand notes.
6. Demonstrate correct spelling, punctuation, proofreading skills, and English in the production of typed material.
7. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of realtime technology through the production of transcripts and/or captions.
8. Build, maintain, and implement personal and job dictionaries for realtime translation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of international, national, and local current events, geography, and cultural diversity issues.
10. Perform the role of professional reporter or captioner in simulated exercises and execute all required tasks.
11. Apply the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics in all writing activities.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CS 108 - Data Science Foundations

Credits: 5
Hands-on introduction to data science for everyone, no previous experience is required. Students learn how to collect, compute, analyze, and visualize data to better understand the world we live in. Through class discussions, computer programs, and written reflections students will also take ethical, social, and legal issues surrounding data analysis into consideration.

Prerequisite: Eligible for MATH 097  or higher; and eligible for ENGL& 101 ; or instructor’s permission.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Create a computational artifact using computing tools and techniques to solve a problem.
2. Collaborate in the creation of computational artifacts or when writing a program.
3. Develop an abstraction when writing a program or creating computational artifacts.
4. Find patterns and test hypotheses about digitally processed information to gain insight and knowledge.
5. Explain the insight and knowledge gained from digitally processed data by using appropriate visualizations, notations, and precise language.
6. Extract information from data to explain connections or trends using statistical inference and/or the use of simulation-based inference methods.

7. Manage, clean, summarize and visualize simple data sets.

1. Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions.
2. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.
3. Evaluate and interpret quantitative and symbolic reasoning information/data.
4. Implement calculator/computer technology to solve problems.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

CS 109 - Data Science for Social Good

1. Create a computational artifact using computing tools and techniques to solve a problem.
2. Collaborate in the creation of computational artifacts or when writing a program.
3. Develop an abstraction when writing a program or creating computational artifacts.
4. Manage, clean, summarize and visualize simple data sets relating to social issues.
5. Extract information from data to explain connections or trends in social issues using statistical inference and/or the use of simulation-based inference methods.
6. Find patterns and test hypotheses about digitally processed information to gain insight and knowledge on issues of equity and the impacts of socioeconomic inequities.
7. Explain the insight and knowledge gained from digitally processed data by using appropriate visualizations, notations, and precise language to build a case for advocacy for social change and justice.

1. Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions.
2. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.
3. Evaluate and interpret quantitative and symbolic reasoning information/data.
4. Implement calculator/computer technology to solve problems.

• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

CS 120 - Introduction to Programming

1. Convert number representations to and from binary, decimal, and hexadecimal formats.
2. Convert number representations to ASCII code representations. 
3. Write the steps to solve a small scale problem by using pseudo-code to detail the steps necessary.
4. Convert written pseudo-code to a actual programming code that will run and solve the indicated problem. 
5. Develop an algorithm, using such techniques as selection and iteration that will solve the indicated computer science problem. 

1. Provide detailed and accurate descriptions of various physical systems.
2. Solve multi-step problems in physical analysis.
3. Identify pertinent elements of physical systems and problems.
4. Design meaningful experiments and clearly report their conclusions.
5. Interpret scientific data including the results of experiments designed by others.
6. Apply mathematical tools to the solution of complex problems.
7. Use electronic and numerical instruments as tools for investigation and analysis.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

CS& 131 - Computer Science I C++

1. Design, implement, document, test and debug C++ computer code while using an IDE.
2. Use variables, constants and various data types in C++ programs correctly within the appropriate scope of the variable for both data retrieval and data use.
3. Create methods with single and multiple arguments and return values.
4. Correctly use standard C++ commands in written programs.
5. Create, initialize, and access single and multidimensional arrays as appropriate for C++ programs. 
6. Correctly access memory locations via the use of pointers and manipulate the data contained within in the context of a C++ program.
7. Correctly comment the computer code correctly for human understanding.

1. Provide detailed and accurate descriptions of various physical systems.
2. Solve multi-step problems in physical analysis.
3. Identify pertinent elements of physical systems and problems.
4. Design meaningful experiments and clearly report their conclusions.
5. Interpret scientific data including the results of experiments designed by others.
6. Apply mathematical tools to the solution of complex problems.
7. Use electronic and numerical instruments as tools for investigation and analysis.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

CS 132 - C++ Data Structures

1. Design and solve algorithms using the C++ standard template library, including stacks, queues, sets, maps (tables), extendable arrays.
2. Organize data in memory by the use of pointers and dynamic data static allocation vs. stack allocation vs. heap allocation and describe the differences.
3. Describe the concept of recursion and implement, test, and debug simple recursive functions and procedures.
4. Implement, describe, and contract simple data structure representations such as linked lists and binary trees.
5. Analyze algorithms using Big-0 notation in comparison of common implementations of sorting algorithms.
6. Implement user-defined data structures and expand them into fully featured objects.
7. Implement overloaded class operators on user-defined data structures, and incorporate them into standard libraries.

1. Provide detailed and accurate descriptions of various physical systems.
2. Solve multi-step problems in physical analysis.
3. Identify pertinent elements of physical systems and problems.
4. Design meaningful experiments and clearly report their conclusions.
5. Interpret scientific data including the results of experiments designed by others.
6. Apply mathematical tools to the solution of complex problems.
7. Use electronic and numerical instruments as tools for investigation and analysis.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

CS& 141 - Computer Science I Java

1. ​Design, implement, document, test and debug Java computer code while using an IDE.
2. Use variables, constants and various data types in computer programs correctly within the appropriate scope of the variable.
3. Create methods with single and multiple arguments and return values.
4. Use standard Java commands in written programs.
5. Create, initialize, and access single and multidimensional arrays as appropriate for Java programs.
6. Explain the philosophy of object-oriented design and the concepts of encapsulation, abstraction, inheritance, and polymorphism as they are implement in the students program code.
7. Comment the computer code correctly for human understanding.

1. Provide detailed and accurate descriptions of various physical systems.
2. Solve multi-step problems in physical analysis.
3. Identify pertinent elements of physical systems and problems.
4. Design meaningful experiments and clearly report their conclusions.
5. Interpret scientific data including the results of experiments designed by others.
6. Apply mathematical tools to the solution of complex problems.
7. Use electronic and numerical instruments as tools for investigation and analysis.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

CS 145 - Java 2-Data Structures

1. Employ advanced inheritance concepts in programming to link common data types together and simplify their construction.
2. Create and use abstract classes in programming applications to solve computer science problems.
3. Solve computer science by the programming application of the Java collections classes, interfaces and methods. 
4. Design, implement, and test the implementation of relationships among objects using a class hierarchy and inheritance.
5. Compare and contrast the notions of overloading and overriding methods in an object-oriented language.
6. Describe the concept of recursion and implement, test, and debug simple recursive functions and procedures.

1. Provide detailed and accurate descriptions of various physical systems.
2. Solve multi-step problems in physical analysis.
3. Identify pertinent elements of physical systems and problems.
4. Design meaningful experiments and clearly report their conclusions.
5. Interpret scientific data including the results of experiments designed by others.
6. Apply mathematical tools to the solution of complex problems.
7. Use electronic and numerical instruments as tools for investigation and analysis.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

COOP 171 - Work Experience Seminar

Credits: 1
Supplements and enhances on-the-job work experience through projects, films, and research. The basic content of the course reflects issues that are general to the world of work. Serves as a guideline for students as they go through the employment cycle of setting goals, researching careers, applying for and getting jobs, and getting familiar with workplace issues.

Course Outcomes:
Course outcomes to be mutually agreed upon between instructor and student.

 
College-wide Outcomes

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ& 101 - Introduction to Criminal Justice

1. Recognize concepts within criminology, criminal justice and criminal law.
2. Identify the structure, functions, and decision processes of the major institutions of society that deal with the management and control of crime and criminal offenders.
3. Discuss major issues and trends in the criminal justice field.
4. Demonstrate responsibility for their own learning and actions through group-guided interaction and learning.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ& 105 - Introduction to Corrections

1. Recognize critical thinking concepts within the history of corrections in America.
2. Connect an understanding of crime in America and how corrections has evolved to modern day.
3. Describe major issues and trends in corrections and intermediate sanctions.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ& 110 - Criminal Law

1. Identify criminal laws and examine the rules of criminal responsibility.
2. Apply critical thinking skills in order to gain an understanding of prevailing issues in criminal law, with an emphasis on majority opinions.
3. Apply criminal laws to specific situations.
4. Demonstrate the knowledge associated with basic criminal law and apply written communication skills in order to write case briefs.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 115 - Fingerprint Science

1. Identify basic concepts and knowledge of the science of fingerprints.
2. Understand the Henry Classification Formula.
3. Compare inked prints accurately.
4. Recognize different techniques of print recognition, evidence preservation, AFIS, and current trends in the industry.
5. Apply symbolic reasoning and logic to understanding print comparison and evidence gathering techniques.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 120 - Criminal Justice Professions

1. Evaluate potential career possibilities in the criminal justice field. 
2. Research current employment trends, and possible future development in the criminal justice field.
3. Research educational, training, and hiring requirements for possible professions.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 177 - Criminal Justice Work Experience 1

1. Apply concepts within criminology, criminal justice and criminal law in an actual work environment.
2. Understand the structure, functions, and decision processes of the major institutions of society that deal with the management and control of crime and criminal offenders.
3. Work hand-in-hand with criminal justice professionals in learning the skills needed for a particular position.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 178 - Criminal Justice Work Experience 2

1. Apply concepts within criminology, criminal justice and criminal law in an actual work environment.
2. Understand the structure, functions, and decision processes of the major institutions of society that deal with the management and control of crime and criminal offenders.
3. Work hand-in-hand with criminal justice professionals in learning the skills needed for a particular position.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 179 - Criminal Justice Work Experience 3

1. Apply concepts within criminology, criminal justice and criminal law in an actual work environment.
2. Understand the structure, functions, and decision processes of the major institutions of society that deal with the management and control of crime and criminal offenders.
3. Work hand-in-hand with criminal justice professionals in learning the skills needed for a particular position.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 200 - Individual Rights in Criminal Justice

1. Recognize the historical, legal and political bases of individual rights in the United States.
2. Identify laws governing substantive and procedural due process.
3. Discuss major U.S. Supreme Court decisions addressing course topics.
4. Apply the major legal doctrines associated with individual rights, especially as they relate to the criminal justice system.
5. Analyze and/or evaluate their own values and opinions as they relate to course topics.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 205 - Criminal Evidence

1. Recognize various constitutional guidelines and criminal precedence to current criminal cases.
2. Recognize complexities of policing and restrictions of their actions due to constitutional safeguards.
3. Examine various types of evidence.
4. Identify the latest techniques in evidence gathering technology and courtroom presentation during criminal prosecution.
5. Apply written communication skills in the gathering and writing of research reports.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 220 - Multicultural Diversity in Criminal Justice

1. Recognize cross-cultural contact that police officers and civilian employees have with citizens, victims, suspects, and co-workers from diverse backgrounds.
2. Evaluate pervasive influence of culture, race, and gender both in the workplace and in the communities served by law enforcement professionals.
3. Recognize the impact of cultural diversity on law enforcement.
4. Express their research through written communication.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 236 - Community Oriented Policing

1. Recognize concepts within community policing and placing the police back into the communities they serve.
2. Explain the structure of policing and to critically examine aspects ranging from initial training to police deviance.
3. Explain major issues and trends in the community policing and their work with individuals in the community to resolve community crime.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ& 240 - Introduction to Forensic Science

1. Recognize the most up-to-date scientific advancements in forensics and criminalistics.
2. Discuss the most relevant innovations in the collection and study of criminal evidence.
3. Practice responsibility for the investigative group in order to learn the major issues and trends in the forensics field.
4. Interpret expert speakers in each major area of forensics who will provide both lecture and demonstrate their individual expertise.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 294 - Special Topics-Criminal Justice

1. Recognize current trends, special areas of interest to students, and/or other relevant topics during the current year that are timely in nature.
2. Discuss major U.S. trends in crime, criminal law, criminal justice, or the courts.
3. Identify and analyze current issues in criminology, the criminal justice system, and/or criminal law.
4. Develop, understand, and/or evaluate their own values and opinions as they relate to course topics. 

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

CJ 299 - Independent Study-Criminal Justice

1. Work independently in a field he or she finds most useful to their academic/career endeavor.
2. Recognize current trends, special areas of interest to students, and/or other relevant topics during the current year that are timely in nature.
3. Discuss major U.S. trends in crime, criminal law, criminology or criminal justice.
4. Understand, read and conduct research independently with the guidance of the instructor.
5. Develop, understand and/or evaluate their own values and opinions as they relate to course topics.

1. Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs and hypotheses.
2. Meet obligations necessary to complete individual and group tasks.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

DANCE 101 - Introduction to Dance

1. Enhance his or her technique, flexibility, strength, balance, endurance and rhythmic awareness.
2. Demonstrate and identify dance skills and techniques, especially in terms of ballet and jazz dancing.
3. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of dance vocabulary and the techniques of dance.
4. Practice and demonstrate body toning exercises, related to dance.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

DANCE 102 - Dance Technique 1

1. Enhance his or her technique, flexibility, strength, balance, endurance and rhythmic awareness.
2. Demonstrate and identify dance skills and techniques, especially in terms of ballet and jazz dancing.
3. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of dance vocabulary and the techniques of dance.
4. Practice and demonstrate body toning exercises, related to dance.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

DANCE 103 - Dance Technique 2

1. Enhance his or her technique, flexibility, strength, balance, endurance and rhythmic awareness.
2. Demonstrate and identify dance skills and techniques, especially in terms of ballet and jazz dancing.
3. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of dance vocabulary and the techniques of dance.
4. Practice and demonstrate body toning exercises, related to dance.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

DANCE 204 - Choreography Workshop

1. Perform ballet and jazz technique.
2. Develop awareness of choreographic principles and practice.
3. Experience performance-level dancing.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

DRMA& 101 - Introduction to Theatre

1. Define in writing their own personal aesthetic.
2. Demonstrate through in-class presentation an understanding of the theatrical epochs.
3. Demonstrate through class discussions an understanding of theatrical structure, genre and style.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of theatre criticism by writing two production critiques.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

DRMA 102 - Contemporary American Theatre

1. Demonstrate through text analysis an understanding of Aristotle’s Components of a Play and Dramatic Structure.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of modern theatre criticism using the Description/Analysis/Interpretation/Evaluation model through writing 5 critiques of plays studied in class.
3. Demonstrate the director’s specialty by conceptualizing 1 of the plays studied in class.
4. Show an understanding of modern technical advances in theatre by conceptualizing 1 play that is set in a specific time period, and transferring it to a modern or futuristic time period.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

DRMA 103 - Musical Theatre History

1. Demonstrate through research papers an understanding of musical dramaturgy and composition and how it is different from non-musical structure.
2. Delineate the evolutionary advances of the musical theatre from Opera of the 17th Century through the 21st Century musical and select a particular style as the basis of an in-class presentation.
3. Critically evaluate the success or failure of particular musical productions listened to and/or watched in class.
4. Prepare an essay on the various creative roles in the musical to include the director, director/choreographer, composer, librettist/book writer, orchestrator and performers.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

DRMA 111 - Rehearsal and Performance 1

1. Participate in the audition process in order to understand the manner in which one is cast in a production.
2. Focus on ensemble to small roles in order to learn the necessity and importance of full participation from every member of the company for the success of the whole.
3. Demonstrate a commitment to the rehearsal process by attending all rehearsals one is called to, as well as all costume fittings, and stage management requests.
4. Attend weekend or weeknight performances of the rehearsed production for public presentation and demonstrate responsibility by proper personal preparation, warm-ups, make-up application and performance.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

DRMA 112 - Rehearsal and Performance 2

1. Participate in the audition process in order to understand the manner in which one is cast in a production.
2. Focus on small to featured roles in order to learn the necessity and importance of full participation from every member of the company for the success of the whole.
3. Demonstrate a commitment to the rehearsal process by attending all rehearsals one is called to, as well as all costume fittings, and stage management requests.
4. Attend weekend or weeknight performances of the rehearsed production for public presentation and demonstrate responsibility by proper personal preparation, warm-ups, make-up application and performance.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

DRMA 113 - Rehearsal and Performance 3

1. Participate in the audition process in order to understand the manner in which one is cast in a production.
2. Focus on small to featured roles in order to learn the necessity and importance of full participation from every member of the company for the success of the whole.
3. Demonstrate a commitment to the rehearsal process by attending all rehearsals one is called to, as well as all costume fittings, and stage management requests.
4. Attend weekend or weeknight performances of the rehearsed production for public presentation and demonstrate responsibility by proper personal preparation, warm-ups, make-up application and performance.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

DRMA 151 - Acting Fundamentals

1. Demonstrate proficiency in the fundamentals of acting by preparing 2 scenes, with a partner, to be performed in class.
2. Gain memorization skills by committing to memory 2 roles.
3. Demonstrate very basic analytical skills by completing 2 GOTE sheets, identifying Goal, Obstacle, Tactics and Expectations.
4. Exercise responsibility to the rehearsal process by attending class regularly, being available to their scene partners and submitting all analysis and performing on the prescribed performance dates.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

DRMA 152 - Acting-Building a Character

1. Demonstrate proficiency in the fundamentals of acting by preparing 3 scenes, with a partner, to be performed in class.
2. Gain memorization skills by committing to memory 3 roles.
3. Demonstrate analytical skills relative to understanding character by completing 3 character histories and 3 lists of Character Bits.
4. Exercise responsibility to the rehearsal process by attending class regularly, being available to their scene partners and submitting all analysis and performing on the prescribed performance dates.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

DRMA 153 - Acting-Text Analysis

1. Demonstrate proficiency in the fundamentals of acting by preparing 4 scenes, with a partner, to be performed in class.
2. Gain memorization skills by committing to memory 4 roles.
3. Demonstrate advanced analytical skills by identifying and labeling Super-Objective, Units, Beats and Moments.
4. Exercise responsibility to the rehearsal process by attending class regularly, being available to their scene partners and submitting all analysis and performing on the prescribed performance dates.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

DRMA 154 - Improvisation 1

1. Demonstrate introductory skills in improvisation by applying those skills to character development.
2. Demonstrate thematic problem solving through theatre games and exercises.
3. Demonstrate in-the-moment creativity by staying alert during games and assessing the changes needed for character development as the story progresses.
4. Demonstrate good habits of social interaction and cooperation by working with others to create on the spot games and scenarios.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

DRMA 155 - Improvisation 2

1. Demonstrate intermediate skills in improvisation by applying those skills to character development.
2. Demonstrate leadership skills by taking the lead in games and scenarios.
3. Demonstrate in-the-moment creativity by staying alert during games and assessing the changes needed for character development as the story progresses.
4. Demonstrate theatrical cooperation through the development of camaraderie by participating in theatre games.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

DRMA 156 - Improvisation 3

1. Demonstrate advanced skills in improvisation by applying those skills to scenario and game development.
2. Demonstrate leadership skills by assisting with conceptual exercises.
3. Demonstrate creativity and fairness by participating as a referee in improvisational games.
4. Demonstrate camaraderie by setting an example of team work while encouraging newer students to fully participate.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

DRMA 157 - Audition Techniques for Stage and Film

1. Select appropriate audition material for him/herself in classical, contemporary, comedic and dramatic styles.
2. Demonstrate the appropriate audition technique for theatre in front of the class, and follow audition techniques for film by being filmed on camera.
3. Demonstrate the ability to maintain contacts with theatre and film industry professionals by making written or telephonic contact with casting directors or producers.
4. Demonstrate proper auditioning behavior by auditioning for industry professionals within a classroom setting.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

DRMA 158 - Stage Combat

1. Demonstrate safe techniques of stage combat.
2. Demonstrate story-telling through the inclusion of stage combat within an acting scene.
3. Demonstrate proficiency in hand-to-hand combat and weapons combat (daggers, epee blades, etc.) through drills and examination.
4. Demonstrate responsibility to a fight partner by recognizing safety concerns and correcting those concerns before proceeding with combat.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

DRMA 211 - Rehearsal and Performance 4

1. Participate in the audition process in order to understand the manner in which one is cast in a production.
2. Focus on leading roles or stage management in order to learn the necessity and importance of full participation from every member of the company for the success of the whole.
3. Demonstrate a commitment to the rehearsal process by attending all rehearsals one is called to, as well as all costume fittings, and stage management requests.
4. Attend weekend or weeknight performances of the rehearsed production for public presentation and demonstrate responsibility by proper personal preparation, warm-ups, make-up application and performance.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

DRMA 212 - Rehearsal and Performance 5

1. Participate in the audition process in order to understand the manner in which one is cast in a production.
2. Focus on leading roles or stage management in order to learn the necessity and importance of full participation from every member of the company for the success of the whole.
3. Demonstrate a commitment to the rehearsal process by attending all rehearsals one is called to, as well as all costume fittings, and stage management requests.
4. Attend weekend or weeknight performances of the rehearsed production for public presentation and demonstrate responsibility by proper personal preparation, warm-ups, make-up application and performance.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

DRMA 213 - Rehearsal and Performance 6

1. Participate in the audition process in order to understand the manner in which one is cast in a production.
2. Focus on leading roles or stage management in order to learn the necessity and importance of full participation from every member of the company for the success of the whole.
3. Demonstrate a commitment to the rehearsal process by attending all rehearsals one is called to, as well as all costume fittings, and stage management requests.
4. Attend weekend or weeknight performances of the rehearsed production for public presentation and demonstrate responsibility by proper personal preparation, warm-ups, make-up application and performance.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

DRMA 298 - Independent Study-Drama

1. Demonstrate the ability to organize and execute an individual study in a theatre topic by submitting a detailed outline to chosen project.
2. Demonstrate self-discipline by adhering to project due dates and weekly progress reports.
3. Demonstrate research skills by creating a Bibliography and Works Cited page for the written document due by quarter’s conclusion.
4. Demonstrate public presentation skills by presenting the outcomes of his/her research before an invited audience.

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
2. Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

ECED& 100 - Child Care Basic STARS Training

1. Identify ways to create partnerships and provide resources for all families. Describe developmental characteristics and behaviors of infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and young children.
2. Plan for learning through play and active involvement for children in care programs.
3. Implement techniques for keeping children healthy and safe in the child care/home care setting.
4. Identify incidences of child abuse and neglect.
5. Describe techniques for meeting the nutritional and physical needs of all children.
6. Identify appropriate guidance techniques.

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ECED& 105 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education

1. Explain current theories and ongoing research in early care and education.
2. Describe the role of play in early childhood programs.
3. Compare early learning program models.
4. Explain the importance of developing culturally responsive partnerships with families.
5. Identify appropriate guidance techniques used in early care and education settings.
6. Describe the observation, assessment, and teaching cycle used to plan curriculum for all young children.
7. Apply the professional code of ethics for early care and education to resolve dilemmas.
8. Describe major historical figures, advocates, and events shaping today’s early childhood education.
    

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ECED& 107 - Health, Safety and Nutrition

1. Describe federal and state mandated health, safety, and nutrition practices.
2. Identify indicators of illnesses/ infectious diseases and steps to prevent the spread of them.
3. Outline safety procedures for providing emergency care and daily care.
4. Evaluate program safety policies.
5. Describe food programs and practices that support the development of children.
6. Create examples of developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive health, safety, and nutrition education materials and activities.
7. Describe the responsibilities of mandated reporters.
8. Develop strategies for working with culturally, linguistically, and ability diverse families in accessing health, nutritional, and dental services.

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ECED 112 - Technology in Education

1. Demonstrate basic understanding of operating a computer.
2. Select age appropriate software for children.
3. Implement computer-generated curriculum materials.
4. Demonstrate computer file management.
5. Demonstrate the impacts of the internet on a classroom.
6. Make a presentation supported by computer software.

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ECED& 120 - ECE Practicum 1-Nurturing Relationships

1. Describe the characteristics of nurturing relationships built between teachers and children.
2. Practice ideals of professionalism in work with children, families and peers.
3. Recognize cultural responsiveness when observing professionals and programs.
4. Identify practices that promote health, safety, growth and development of children.

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ECED 124 - Early Childhood Education Practicum 2

1. Assess professional strengths and weaknesses.
2. Self-evaluate student-child interaction based on provided criteria.
3. Implement changes in interaction based on self-evaluation.
4. Refine short and long term professional goals.
5. Improve work skills in the field of Early Childhood education.

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ECED& 132 - Infants and Toddlers-Nurturing Care

1. Discuss developmental milestones from birth to 36 months.
2. Articulate the influences of individual development, temperament and cultural norms in the context of important, ongoing relationships.
3. Design a plan to support reciprocal, culturally sensitive partnerships with families.
4. Select positive guidance techniques that are appropriate and effective with infants and toddlers.
5. Critique infant and toddler early learning environments.
6. Articulate environmental influences on the learning processes of infants and toddlers during authentic play activities.
7. Plan a developmentally appropriate, culturally relevant curriculum that supports language, physical, cognitive, creative, social, and emotional development.

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ECED& 134 - Family Childcare Management

1. Describe strategies for complying with Family Childcare Minimum Licensing Requirements.
2. Describe strategies for meeting the developmental needs and guiding the behavior of all children in multi-age groups.
3. Identify strategies for family childcare business management including tax planning and record keeping.
4. Create written documents, such as a contract and policy handbook, that facilitate communication between the provider and the families.
5. Develop strategies for creating reciprocal, culturally responsive relationships with families.
6. Articulate knowledge and skills that define Family Childcare Providers as professionals.

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ECED& 139 - Administration of Early Learning Programs

1. Crosswalk program policies and practices with licensing and professional standards.
2. Create a plan for appropriate staff, food, equipment, materials and programming for specific age groups and settings.
3. Prepare a balanced budget.
4. Identify methods for recruiting, hiring, evaluating, supervising, and supporting culturally and linguistically reflective staff. 
5. Describe a variety of strategies for building relationships with all families.
6. Review tools used to evaluate program effectiveness and identify areas for improvements.
7. Apply the NAEYC Code of Ethics in resolving an administrative dilemma (case study).

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ECED 152 - Multicultural Books

1. Identify characteristics of appropriate multicultural books for young children based on illustrations, story line, lifestyles and relationships between people.
2. Discuss the effect that books have on a child’s self-image.
3. Apply developmental information to compilation of an annotated multicultural/anti-bias booklist for P-5 classrooms.
4. Plan, present and evaluate appropriate literacy units using multicultural and anti-bias tools.
5. Adapt multicultural literacy activities for special needs preschool through elementary classrooms.
6. Plan a classroom environment that supports and reflects a child’s cultural identity.
7. Describe ways to encourage reading in the family.

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

ECED 155 - Exploring Science and Math

1. Explain the concept of science literacy and how it develops.
2. Explain Piaget’s theory of cognitive development as it relates to developing preoperational and concrete operational math concepts.
3. Distinguish appropriate science and math experiences for young children.
4. Apply developmental information to compilation of a science and math activity file integrating activities across the curriculum.
5. Plan, create, present and evaluate appropriate curriculum units using integrated activities.
6. Adapt curriculum activities for young children and children with special needs.
7. Describe appropriate questioning techniques that guide children’s exploration.
8. Plan a classroom environment that supports a child’s interest in science and math.
9. Utilize the three major components (content, processes and attitude) in science.
10. Present math lessons involving the five operations.

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

ECED& 160 - Curriculum Development in Early Childhood Education

1. Explain major early childhood curriculum theories and current trends in curriculum design for early learning environments.
2. Apply principles of developmentally, individually and culturally appropriate practice when designing, implementing and evaluating curriculum.
3. Evaluate integrated learning experiences supportive of children’s development and learning incorporating national, state and local standards.
4. Design curriculum that supports children’s language/communication, cognitive, social/emotional, fine/gross motor and creative development.
5. Design curriculum that is inclusive and represents the diversity of children and families.
6. Plan developmentally appropriate activities and schedules, which promote all children’s growth and learning.
7. Observe, document and assess individual and group needs, interests, and skills for the purpose of curriculum planning and on-going modifications of plans.

1. Design, set up and manage safe, healthy environments, spaces, equipment and materials which invite learning.
2. Discuss the dynamics of family structure.
3. Involve parents and community agencies in early childhood development.
4. Develop, plan, and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum for early education.
5. Modify curriculum, instructional strategies and methods of assessment to meet the needs of exceptional, high risk, and special needs students.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

ECED 165 - Art for Children

1. Describe the development levels of art abilities.
2. Apply developmental levels to compilation of an art file.
3. Distinguish appropriate experiences for children with art.
4. Participate in practical art experiences in lab setting.
5. Explore line, pattern, shape, drawing, color, and space using a variety of media.
6. Plan, present and evaluate appropriate curriculum units in art.

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

ECED& 170 - Learning Environments

1. Design healthy, respectful, supportive, and challenging learning environments for children.
2. Identify strategies to achieve compliance with Washington Administrative Code and other state or federal regulations.
3. Create environments that promote growth in all developmental domains and academic disciplines.
4. Establish environments, routines, and schedules that promote children’s age-   appropriate, self-regulated behaviors.
5. Establish environments that promote the cultural diversity of children, families, and their communities.
6. Describe a variety of strategies for building relationships with all families.
7. Review tools used to evaluate program effectiveness and identify areas for improvements.
8. Apply the NAEYC Code of Ethics in resolving an administrative dilemma (case study).

1. Design, set up and manage safe, healthy environments, spaces, equipment and materials which invite learning.
2. Discuss the dynamics of family structure.
3. Involve parents and community agencies in early childhood development.
4. Develop, plan, and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum for early education.
5. Modify curriculum, instructional strategies and methods of assessment to meet the needs of exceptional, high risk, and special needs students.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ECED 175 - Music/Movement Activities

1. Discuss the physical growth and development of young children in preschool and school-age programs.
2. Identify different types of music and movement experiences that promote the use and develop of gross motor skills in children.
3. Illustrate how different types of music and movement experiences foster physical, language, cognitive, and social/emotional growth.
4. Collect and organize age appropriate music and movement activities that promote growth and skill building in culturally and ability diverse children.
5. Demonstrate techniques that can be used to present physical activities to young children.
6. Demonstrate musical instruments, recorded songs, sing-a-longs, flannel board songs, creative movement to music, and finger plays.
7. Integrate movement with music in meaningful ways for children.
8. Demonstrate music from a variety of cultures (i.e., songs or instruments from various cultures).

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

ECED& 180 - Language and Literacy Development

1. Explain the continuum of language acquisition and early literacy skills.
2. Develop evidence-based, appropriate environments and opportunities that support children’s emergent language and literacy skills.
3. Describe strategies for responding to children who are culturally, linguistically, and ability diverse.
4. Develop ways to facilitate family and child interactions as primary contexts for heritage language and English development.
5. Analyze images of culture and individual abilities reflected in children’s literature and other learning materials.
6. Utilize developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive assessment practices for documenting the growth of language and literacy skills.

1. Design, set up and manage safe, healthy environments, spaces, equipment and materials which invite learning.
2. Discuss the dynamics of family structure.
3. Involve parents and community agencies in early childhood development.
4. Develop, plan, and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum for early education.
5. Modify curriculum, instructional strategies and methods of assessment to meet the needs of exceptional, high risk, and special needs students.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

ECED 181 - Montessori Practicum I

1. Assess professional strengths and weaknesses.
2. Self-evaluate student-child interaction based on provided criteria.
3. Implement changes in interaction based on self-evaluation.
4. Prepare the classroom environment based on Montessori principles.
5. Prepare materials based on Montessori principles.
6. Demonstrate classroom materials based on Montessori principles.
7. Demonstrate observational skill.

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct.
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ECED 182 - Montessori Practicum 2

1. Assess professional strengths and weaknesses.
2. Self-evaluate student-child interaction based on provided criteria.
3. Implement changes in interaction based on self-evaluation.
4. Prepare the classroom environment based on Montessori principles.
5. Prepare materials based on Montessori principles.
6. Demonstrate classroom materials based on Montessori principles.
7. Demonstrate observational skill.

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

ECED& 190 - Observation and Assessment

1. Describe reasons for collecting observation and assessment data.
2. Identify indicators of growth, development, learning and social behaviors in all children.
3. Identify techniques for avoiding bias, judgments, and assumptions in observations.
4. Collect factual, descriptive data using a variety of assessment tools and strategies.
5. Document and analyze assessment data for use in planning curriculum for individual and groups of children.

1. Design, set up and manage safe, healthy environments, spaces, equipment and materials which invite learning.
2. Discuss the dynamics of family structure.
3. Involve parents and community agencies in early childhood development.
4. Develop, plan, and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum for early education.
5. Modify curriculum, instructional strategies and methods of assessment to meet the needs of exceptional, high risk, and special needs students.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

ECED 194 - Early Child Education Special Topics 1

1. Course outcomes to be determined by instructor based on selected course topic(s).

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ECED 195 - Early Child Education Special Topics 2

1. Course outcomes to be determined by instructor based on selected course topic(s).

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ECED 196 - Early Child Education Special Topics 3

1. Course outcomes to be determined by instructor based on selected course topic(s).

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ECED 211 - Introduction to Montessori

1. Discuss the general philosophy of the Montessori Method and its controversies.
2. Identify the main tenets of the philosophy and method as presented by Maria Montessori.
3. Identify practical applications of the Montessori theory.
4. Demonstrate lessons in the care of one’s self, care of the environment, grace, and courtesy.
5. Prepare practical life materials and areas for the 3-6 year old classroom that are culturally relevant and unbiased.
6. Prepare sensory materials and areas the 3-6 year old classroom that are culturally relevant and unbiased.
7. Define the areas of learning in the classroom.
8. Discuss the developmental approach to the Montessori method.
9. Review various forms of recording and systems for collecting data on child behavior based on the Montessori method.
10. Plan and implement lessons and practices based on the observation of each child.

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ECED 212 - Montessori 2

1. Discuss the Montessori classroom environment as it relates to the general philosophy.
2. Discuss developmentally appropriate practices for the Montessori classroom.
3. Prepare and demonstrate lessons in pre-reading and pre-writing using both the phonetic approach and the whole language approach.
4. Discuss the development of language from birth onward.
5. Organize and setup a language area in the classroom.
6. Demonstrate the Montessori math apparatus according to lessons plans.
7. Prepare Montessori math materials for the 3-6 year old.

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ECED 213 - Montessori 3

1. Discuss the Montessori philosophy and method along with developmentally appropriate practices and cultural relevancy.
2. Review the main tenets of the philosophy/methods. II. Cultural Subjects a) Prepare and demonstrate materials in science, zoology, botany, history, and geography as it relates to the 3-6 year old child.
3. Examine the teachings of these subjects as it relates to Piaget’s stages of development.
4. Prepare and demonstrate/present materials that support cultural diversity.
5. Be familiar with safety issues and precautions when settings up the Montessori classroom.

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct.
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ECED 214 - Early Childhood Education Practicum 2

1. Assess professional strengths and weaknesses.
2. Self-evaluate student-child interaction based on provided criteria.
3. Implement changes in interaction based on self-evaluation.
4. Refine short and long term professional goals.
5. Improve work skills in the field of Early Childhood education.

1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
6. Positively support children’s whole development.
7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.