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 COURSE  EDUC580 - Practicum          This course examines the concept of   Master of Arts
                                      STEAM (Science) and its significance
        Credit Hours: 6
                                                                     Applied Behavior
                                      for people and society. It is designed
        Prerequisite: EDUC510,EDUC515,
 DESCRIPTIONS  EDUC520, EDUC525       to provide key constructs of STEAM   Analysis
                                      (Science), create STEAM (Science)
        This course culminates
                                      learning experiences, and design
        knowledge and skills in the PGD-
        Teaching diploma.  Students   STEAM-based (Science) pedagogy
                                      and assessment skills relevant to
        complete 13-weeks of practicum   grades K-12.                 PRE-CORE Courses
        demonstrating mastery of teaching                             *For students who lack prior
                                                                      qualifications in any areas
 COLLEGE OF ARTS, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES  concepts.  Students will participate   EDUC560 - Methods for Teaching   related to ABA
        in observation, lesson planning,
                                      Languages
 General Education Courses  development of appropriate   Credit Hours: 3  ABA410(PC) Brain and Behaviors
        assessment tools, classroom
        management plans, and reflection   Prerequisite: EDUC510,EDUC515,   Credit hours: 3 credit Equivalent
        of their practicum.  Additionally,   EDUC520, EDUC525
        students will publicly present their   This course critically examines   Prerequisite: None
 Professional   EDUC515 - School Curriculum   EDUC525- Educational   e-portfolio and teaching experience.  contemporary approaches to   An introduction to the relation
 Psychology and Learning
 Credit Hours: 3
                                                                     between body and behavior with a
                                      teaching language, especially second,


 Post-Graduate   Prerequisite: No pre-requisite  Credit Hours: 3     Elective Courses  foreign and additional language,   special focus on the brain and its
                                                                     role in human behavior. It gives an
                                      with some references to language
 Prerequisite: No pre-requisite
 Diploma in   This course explores various   This course explores human      arts. It incorporates the process   overview of bran development and
 aspects of school curriculum
                                                                     various techniques to study the
                                      of language learning and literacy
 including theoretical principles, and
 Teaching  perspectives of curriculum design,   development, educational psychology   EDUC540 - Methods for Teaching   development, emphasizing the four   functional brain, domains of cognitive
                                                                     development, and neural streets
 theories, and their implications for
                                      macro-language skills (reading,
 implementation, and assessment for
 continuous improvement of student   teaching, learning, and assessment.   Islamic Studies  writing, listening, and speaking), and   of cognitive functions viz. memory,
                                                                     speech, etc. The course familiarizes
                                      includes student-centered lesson
 Students will integrate theories into
        Credit Hours: 3
 learning outcomes.   Learners will   their teaching philosophy, setting   planning, classroom management   students the genetic and neural
 Core Courses  engage in analysing curriculum   goals for academic and professional   Prerequisite: EDUC510,EDUC515,   and assessment methods  basis of developmental disorders and
 framework, design, and creation of   growth while adhering to ethical   EDUC520, EDUC525  cognitive rehabilitation of children
 inclusive educational programs that   standards.   This course is a specialized program   .           with neurological impairment.
 EDUC510 - Educational   will promote ethical and evidence-  designed to prepare scholars to   EDUC570 - Methods for Teaching
 Foundations & Classroom   based learning experiences.   effectively teach Islamic Studies.   Early Childhood
 Management  EDUC53O - Integrating   This course examines the concept of   ABA420 (PC) Psychological
 Credit Hours: 3  Technology in Education  Islamic Studies and its significance   Credit Hours: 3  Transitions Across the Lifespan
 Prerequisite: No pre-requisite  EDUC520- Foundations for   for people and society. It is designed   Prerequisite: EDUC510,EDUC515,   Credit hours: 3 credit Equivalent
 Inclusive Education  Credit Hours: 3   to provide key constructs of Islamic   EDUC520, EDUC525
 This course will explore the   Credit Hours: 3   Prerequisite: No pre-requisite  Studies create appropriate learning   Prerequisite: None
 foundations of education that lead   experiences, and design-based   This course covers policies   This course will provide a
                                      and standards for high-quality
 to various theories of ethical and   Prerequisite: No pre-requisite  This course facilitates students’   pedagogy and assessment skills   professional early childhood   comprehensive understanding of
 effective classroom management   This course provides an in-depth   acquisition of technological skills   relevant to grades K-12.    education practice, explores the   human growth and development
 for K-12 settings.  The course   exploration of the philosophical,   and tools in an innovative teaching/  roles educators, parents and the   needed to facilitate change in a
 also examines the process of   psychological, educational, social,   learning process.  Students will   variety of practice settings. The
 planning, fostering appropriate   and legal foundations of special   familiarize themselves with a   EDUC550 - Methods for Teaching   community in children’s well-being   course includes a review of the major
                                      and development.  The physical,
 social interactions and student   education. It is designed to equip   comprehensive technology toolkit,   STEAM Courses  cognitive, linguistic, and social-  theories and models associated
 engagement, prevention of student   students with advanced knowledge   develop skills in selecting appropriate   emotional developmental stages of   with lifespan development. The
 misbehavior, response to challenging   to implement instructional strategies   digital resources to facilitate the   Credit Hours: 3  children, and exploration of the main   primary focus of this course is to
 situations and building positive   and accommodations that effectively   implementation of technology-  Prerequisite: EDUC510,EDUC515,   acquire an in-depth understanding
 classroom communities  meet the needs of students of   integrated lesson plans and   EDUC520, EDUC525  early childhood education theorists   of the theories and models of
                                      guiding appropriate planning,
 determination.  strategies, and adapt instruction to                human growth and development
 complex educational setting and   This course is a specialized program   development and implementation
 diverse learner needs   designed to prepare scholars to   of curriculum for diverse   over the lifespan. Students identify
        effectively teach Social and Behavioral   learners           interventions and techniques of
        Sciences, Technology, Engineering,                           behavior change appropriate for
        Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM),                               particular age groups or stages of
        specifically the Science component.                          development.
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