Course Name: ENG 41292 Teaching English as a Foreign Language Practicum
Description: (Repeatable for a maximum of 12 credits) Students observe, participate and teach in a number of school contexts in Florence, Italy, from primary to secondary, community and higher education. Course gives students authentic practice teaching English in the foreign language context.
Credit Hours: 3-6 credit hours
Course Name: ECON 22060 Principles of Microeconomics
Description: Course discusses decision-making by buyers, sellers, and governments and how their interaction affects market determination of prices. Students compare outcomes and firm decisions in different market structures. Students develop tools to examine social problems such as poverty, crime, pollution and international relations, as well as make better decisions in their own lives.
Credit Hours: 3
Course Name: BA 34156 Business Analytics II
Description: This course exposes students to methods and models that allow business users to make better data-based decisions. Students would have hands-on experience in different statistical methods, including: data collection, data cleaning, data visualization, linear regression, optimization models, logistic regression.
Credit Hours: 3
Course Name: SPED 24000 Inclusive Practices
Course Name: MCED 40005 Effective Use of Phonics in the Teaching of Reading
Description: The influence of theoretical perspectives on word identification instruction, an examination of the role of phonics in reading and writing strategies for effective phonics instruction and assessment.
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: None
Course Name: HIED 6/76657 Leadership in Education Organizations
Description: By learning to appraise their own leadership styles, students improve their leadership effectiveness and explore the relationship between leadership and college and university effectiveness. In this course, we will explore the theory and practice of leadership utilizing a critical perspective. We will engage in reflection upon our own leadership and apply what we’re learning to our educational practice.
Credit Hours: 3
Course Name: EXSC 35054 Exploring Biomechanics through the Legacy of Da Vinci
For the past month, Kent State University has hosted 37 international graduate students as part of the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, a monthlong immersion in American higher education and culture. The group, from 26 countries, arrived on the Kent Campus on July 21 and was scheduled to depart on Aug. 17 to begin their graduate programs at universities throughout the country. The orientation program is possible due to a $230,000 Fulbright grant awarded to principal investigator Amanda Johnson, Ph.D., director of the Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Educatio...
