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Introduction To Art Education

This course provides an introduction to the art teaching profession with particular emphases on developing the creative, critical, collaborative, and communicative skills that are required in art teaching situations. Opportunities to gain skills will be provided through participation in group-generated projects and leadership activities. Students will engage in personal reflection and critical analysis of the teaching/learning process through journal-keeping, teacher portfolio development and creative research.

Field Experiences In Art Education

A-E 362 is the first course in the Art Education professional education sequence. It gives the art education candidate the opportunity for a variety of planned experiences in the schools and other educational and community settings. Candidates will learn to identify standards and unbridled learning tools in school settings, and will develop a variety of products to demonstrate Art Education learning outcomes. 64 field experience hours are required for A-E 362.

Music Communication I: Oral Communication Of Music

This course is the first of a two-course sequence (with MUS 305), designed to develop students' written and oral communication skills and information literacy in music. MUS 304 focuses on oral communication. To be taken simultaneously with MUS 302. With MUS 305, satisfies the Graduation Composition and Communications Requirement. This course is a Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR) course in certain programs, and hence is not likely to be eligible for automatic transfer credit to UK.

Health Of Kentuckians

This course provides an overview of the determinants, factors, and remedies to the traditionally poor health status of Kentuckians. The course focus is on population health of the Commonwealth, with an emphasis on data, trends and solutions to illness, death and disability. Other topics include health rankings, vital statistics and demographic factors. The comparison of Kentucky's population health status to the US average and to other states is presented, plus strategies to improve population health in the Commonwealth.

Chronic Disease Management And Process

This course focuses on the etiology and pathophysiology of nutrition- related chronic diseases and conditions including obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Emphasis is placed on the biochemical and physiological mechanisms involved by which nutrients impact the prevention, nutrition care process-diagnosis, assessment, implementation of care, monitoring and evaluation, and progression of chronic diseases and conditions.

Professional Ethics In Behavior Analysis I

This 1-credit hour course is part of a three-course sequence designed to addresses ethical, behavioral, and professional conduct for behavior analysts. This course will address content related to the BACB Disciplinary and Ethical Standards and Disciplinary Procedures, as well as the Guidelines for Responsible Conduct for Behavior Analysts. This course prepares students to apply for the Board Certified Behavior Analyst exam. (Must be taken as Co-Requisite to EDS 612: Practicum in Special Education).

Internship In English-Related Work Experience

The Department of English internship is available for qualified students to receive academic credit toward the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in English through applied and practical experience with a variety of private and public entities, including but not limited to the University Press of Kentucky. The student will identify a field-, community-based, practical or applied educational experience and locate a sponsor to host their internship, which will be supervised by both a responsible person on site and by an English Dept. faculty member.

Internship

In this course students engage in an internship under the supervision of a faculty member. The course is intended to help students apply, reinforce, and extend what they have learned in the classroom for their professional development. The production of a portfolio, project, or other form of summative work will allow the students to reflect on the semester's work in a focused synthesis. 10 hours of internship per week (150 hours in a semester) are generally equated with 3 credit hours. Course may be repeated up to 12 credit hours.

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