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EDUCATION DEGREES
Elementary Certification
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K-12 Art Certification Requirements
K-12 Drama Certification Requirements
K-12 Health/Fitness Certification Requirements
K-12 Music Certification Requirements
Secondary Certification
Secondary Emphasis Special Education Certification
Fine and Applied Arts Major
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Major/Minor Course Descriptions
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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:

ART 1102 | ART 1103 | ART 1180 | ART 2302 | ART 3315 | ART 3546 | ART 3602 | ART 3603 | ART 3604 | ART 3605 | ART 3607 | COM 4323 | EDMA 3000 | EDMA 3357 | EDMA 4000 | EDRD 2000 | EDRD 3200 | EDRD 4200 | EDRD 4516 | EDRD 4517 | EDRD 4530 | EDSC 2566 | EDSC 3200 | EDSC 3359 | EDSC 4200 | EDSP 4948 | EDTC 4236 | EDTC 4237 | EDU 2104 | EDU 2200 | EDU 2300 | EDU 3105 | EDU 3106 | EDU 3200 | EDU 3250 | EDU 3361 | EDU 3557 | EDU 3559 | EDU 3561 | EDU 3564 | EDU 3942 | EDU 4200 | EDU 4250 | EDU 4364 | EDU 4530 | EDU 4899 | EDU 4900 | EDU 4930 | EDU 4941 | EDU 4942 | EDU 4943 | EDU 4944 | EDU 4945 | EDU 4946 | EDU 4948 | EDU 4951 | EDU 4952 | FCS 1710 | FCS 4511 | LIN 2100 | LIN 4365 | MAT 2530 | MAT 2531 | MUS 1101 | MUS 1250 | MUS 1251 | MUS 1260 | MUS 1270 | MUS 1271 | MUS 2550 | MUS 3501 | MUS 3502 | MUS 3503 | MUS 3504 | MUS 3505 | MUS 3608 | MUS 4402 | MUS 4655 | PES 2555 | PES 3510 | PES 3545 | TRE 1110 | TRE 1310 | TRE 1340 | TRE 3710 | TRE 3800 | TRE 4770 | VIEW ALL

ART 1102: () Offerings
Emphasizes sighting techniques for observational drawing of still life, interiors/exteriors, and the human figure. Covers techniques in class such as contour line, schematic systems and sighting techniques for accuracy in scale and proportion, perspective by eye, value and light logic, schematic approaches for drawing the human form. Extra fee.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A Restrictions:Junior, Senior students are excluded.
ART 1103: () Offerings
Encourages students to explore areas of expressive drawing and composition. Emphasizes development of personal, introspective image making. Focuses on storytelling and creative thinking processes - the "secret/unseen" realities of the subjects. Emphasizes inner/outer worlds and realities, assumptions versus fact and narrative illustratioin as well as exploration of various media in experimental applications. Also emphasizes the development of highly personal, introspective image making. Extra Fee.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A Restrictions:Junior, Senior students are excluded.
ART 1180: () Offerings
Introduces and analyzes visual forms through lecture, observation, and discussion. The nature of the visual arts is explored from the vantage points of the artist and viewer/critic.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A
ART 2302: () Offerings
Emphasizes rendering and modeling techniques in oil paint to accurately create a 3D illusion. Focuses on volume of primary forms. A conceptual component of the class will focus on the Iconology of still life resonant with meaning in the history of painting. Extra fee.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A Restrictions:Junior, Senior students are excluded.
ART 3315: () Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 1102 or 1103, and ART 2302. Investigates a range of technical skills in the use of traditional and experimental watercolor. Extra fee.
Attributes:Upper-Division
ART 3546: () Offerings
Discusses the principles and elements of art as related to a variety of media with direct application to use in the classroom. Special emphasis on the role of art in the curriculum and understanding the perceptual development of children. Studio periods will be augmented with lectures and discussion. Extra fee.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
ART 3602: () Offerings
Explores the pictorial and plastic expression of the ancient Mediterranean cultures to the end of the Roman Empire. Offered alternate years.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A, Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
ART 3603: () Offerings
Explores the symbolic, pictorial, and plastic expressions of the early Christian and medieval periods. The course will also explore the art of Islam. Offered alternate years.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A, Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
ART 3604: () Offerings
Prerequisites: ART 2602 or 2603. A survey and critical study of the art of the United States from the colonial period until the early twentieth century, with a research focus to be determined by the instructor. The research focus may be based on student interest, or on opportunities afforded by local museums/galleries. Offered alternate years.
Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
ART 3605: () Offerings
A survey and critical study of European and transatlantic artistic trends from the middle nineteenth century until the middle twentieth century, with a research focus to be determined by the instructor. The research focus may be based on student interest, or on opportunities afforded by local museums/galleries. Offered alternate years.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A, Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
ART 3607: () Offerings
A survey and critical study of the art of the United States from the colonial period until the early twentieth century, with a research focus to be determined by the instructor. The research focus may be based on student interest, or on opportunities afforded by local museums/galleries. Offered alternate years.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A, Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
COM 4323: () Offerings
Analyzes literary works for the purpose of presenting them in oral performance; provides opportunities for guided practical experience in storytelling, lyric poetry, and dramatic reading.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
EDMA 3000: () Offerings
Prerequisite: MAT 2531. Examines contemporary curricula and materials for teaching K-8 mathematics, with an emphasis on research, learning theory, pedagogy, methods and the use of technology. Attention is given to the NCTM Standards and Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDMA 3357: () Offerings
Prerequisite: Admission to School of Education. Overviews content methods and strategies appropriate to the teaching of secondary school mathematics. Attention is given to the NCTM standards and Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements. Emphasis is also placed on problem solving. Recommended prior to or concurrent with first-quarter internship.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDMA 4000: () Offerings
Prerequisite: EDMA 3000. Seminar to examine the application of methods for teaching K-8 mathematics in a related field experience and explore contemporary issues in teaching K-8 mathematics. Special attention is given to developing instruction that integrates mathematical process standards of problem solving, reasoning, communication, connections, and representation noted in the NCTM Standards, the Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements and the Third International Mathematics and Science Study.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDRD 2000: () Offerings
Explores the theories of cognitive development applied particularly to the fields of language development and literacy. Examines different theories of the acquisition of language development and cognitive processes and the relationship to learning to read and write. Among the topics to be covered are the linguistics and non-linguistic bases of reading, word recognition, reading comprehension, and reading disabilities (dyslexia) and the impact of home and school environments on language and literacy development.
EDRD 3200: () Offerings
Prerequisite: EDRD 2000. Explores current research and best practices in teaching reading, writing, and language arts as an integrated process in grades K-8. Addresses topics such as instructional grouping, classroom-based assessments, analysis and use of instructional materials (including the underlying theory base), and strategy instruction. Students will design unit and lesson plans to teach reading, writing, and language processes.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDRD 4200: () Offerings
Prerequisite: EDRD 3200. Students will review and further investigate possible causes of reading problems, including inappropriate reading instruction. Examines current research in best practices and programs for struggling readers at various levels of their schooling. Students will focus on a struggling reader during this quarter of their internship to develop a plan and carry out instruction to improve the student's reading and writing achievement.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDRD 4516: () Offerings
Examines the variety and richness of literature available for children preschool through eighth grade; presents major genres and notable authors and illustrators; and develops familiarity with varied responses to literature adaptable for classroom use.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
EDRD 4517: () Offerings
A study of young adult literature, including intensive reading in the best of this literature and application of both critical and pedagogical strategies to the reading.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDRD 4530: () Offerings
Prerequisite: EDU 2104. Provides a functional approach to content-centered instruction that will prepare preservice teachers to teach content, reading and writing skills simultaneously. Emphasis is placed on the application of skills that middle, junior and senior high school readers must make to learn content from a variety of sources and materials.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDSC 2566: () Offerings
Will involve students in inquiry-based activities in the classroom and on field trips, using regional environmental resources to investigate the interaction of the earth's biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere. Teaching strategies suitable for elementary education will be modeled.
Attributes:Natural Science B
EDSC 3200: () Offerings
Prerequisite: EDSC 2566. Provides a basic introduction to methods for teaching science and social studies. Interdisciplinary approaches to science and social studies are encouraged as well as development of research and experience-based principles of effective practice for encouraging the intellectual, social and personal development of students. This will be carried out through a focus on inquiry-based instruction.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDSC 3359: () Offerings
Prerequisite: Admission to School of Education. Designed to assist students in relating their understanding in various science disciplines to the practical problems of planning and implementing learning experiences for secondary students. The emphasis is on the use of inquiry/problem solving approaches to science learning.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDSC 4200: () Offerings
Prerequisite: EDSC 3200. Expands the ideas built in EDSC 3200 and provides opportunity to apply them in practice teaching. The course will build integration of concepts of healthy living into the science/social studies content. Unit and lesson plans will be developed for implementation.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDSP 4948: () Offerings
First quarter of a special education internship. Provides opportunity for observation and daily teaching in special education sections in the public schools under the direction of a master teacher. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit up to 18 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Junior, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDTC 4236: () Offerings
Recommended prerequisite: EDTC 2235. Integrates technology into teaching and learning. Covers content-specific applications of computing, video, print, internet technologies, and issues of relevance in the elementary education community.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDTC 4237: () Offerings
Recommended prerequisite: EDTC 2235. Integrates technology into teaching and learning. Covers content-specific applications of computing, video, print, internet technologies, and issues of relevance in the secondary education community.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDU 2104: () Offerings
An introduction to the profession of teaching is provided with a special emphasis on requirements of the State of Washington and the Seattle Pacific University teacher education program. The course will cover: history of the educational reform effort in Washington, Residency certification competencies, endorsement competencies, and the various tests required to become a teacher. Portfolio requirements for the program as well as lesson and unit planning will also be introduced.
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
EDU 2200: () Offerings
Explores the social, historical, philosophical and moral aspects of American education. Additional study includes the major instructional, developmental, and cognitive theorists as they relate to human growth and development, and classroom management.
EDU 2300: () Offerings
Presents an overview of issues of diversity and exceptionality in the classroom. Students will develop a greater appreciation for cultural variations and individual differences. In addition to an overview of cultural diversity focusing on low status/historically marginalized students, and overview of special education including various categories of disabilities will be provided. Students will develop an awareness of effective educational strategies that support the learning of all students including students who have disabilities or who come from low status/historically marginalized groups.
EDU 3105: () Offerings
Prerequisite: EDU 2104. Provides opportunity for the student to be placed in a school with diverse populations. Integration of learning and experience will be gained through observing and working with students in various classroom settings.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDU 3106: () Offerings
Prerequisite: EDU 2104. Provides opportunity for the student to be placed in a school with diverse populations. Integration of learning and experience will be gained through observing and working with students in various classroom settings.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDU 3200: () Offerings
Prerequisites: EDU 2104, 2200 and 2300. Applies instructional theory to classroom management presenting general factors that affect learning in the elementary classroom. Management of the physical, behavioral and emotional environment will be primary, with additional focus on assessment and communication with parents.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDU 3250: () Offerings
Prerequisites: EDU 2104, 2200 and 2300. Emphasizes research and experienced based principles of effective practice for encouraging the intellectual social and personal development of secondary students. This will be carried out through exercises in planning and managing instruction based on knowledge of community/school contexts and curriculum standards.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDU 3361: () Offerings
Prerequisite: Admission to School of Education. Explores teaching and planning methods and materials appropriate for middle school and senior high school students. Based on essential learnings, the course considers various learning styles, moral implications, literary works and writing activities in creating and sharing ideas and projects.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDU 3557: () Offerings
Prerequisite: Admission to the School of Education. This field experience will provide experiences teaching secondary mathematics to bring back to the methods classroom for discussion and evaluation. It will also provide an environment for applying lessons and activities from the methods course. The hours of observation and instruction will be flexible and scheduled to meet assignments in each of the subject area classes, the schedules of each cooperating classroom and the schedule of each student.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDU 3559: () Offerings
Prerequisite: Admission to the School of Education. This field experience will provide experiences teaching secondary science to bring back to the methods classroom for discussion and evaluation. It will also provide an environment for applying lessons and activities from the methods course. The hours of observation and instruction will be flexible and scheduled to meet assignments in each of the subject-area classes, the schedules of each cooperating classroom and the schedule of each student.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDU 3561: () Offerings
Prerequisite: Admission to the School of Education. This field experience will provide experiences teaching secondary English to bring back to the methods classroom for discussioin and evaluation. It will also provide an environment for applying lessons and activities from the methods course. The hours of observation and instruction will be flexible and scheduled to meet assignments in each of the subject-area classes, the schedules of each cooperating classroom and the schedule of each student.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDU 3564: () Offerings
Prerequisite: Admission to the School of Education. This field experience will provide experiences teaching secondary social studies to bring back to the methods classroom for discussion and evaluation. It will also provide an environment for applying lessons and activities from the methods course. The hours of observation and instruction will be flexible and scheduled to meet assignments in each of the subject area classes, the schedules of each cooperating classroom and the schedule of each student.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDU 3942: () Offerings
Prerequisite: EDU 2104. This course requires two weeks of observation and assistance at the opening of a school year in a program that reflects the level and subject matter preferred by the preservice teacher. It will include any faculty meetings, preparation days and inservice workshops that take place prior to the students' arrival at school. The intern will then remain through the beginnning of the school year.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDU 4200: () Offerings
Prerequisite: EDU 3200. Examines the nature of a diverse society and the implications for education. This includes examination of social and psychological roles as well as characteristics and strategies for inclusion. Further study of social and psychological roles of students will be studied.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDU 4250: () Offerings
Prerequisite: EDU 3250. Emphasizes research and experienced-based principles for creating and adapting instructional opportunities for learners with diverse learning abilities and cultural and linguistic backgrounds. This will be carried out through exercises in planning and managing instruction focusing on characteristics and needs of particular learners, especially low status/historically marginalized students, and development of a variety of intervention strategies.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDU 4364: () Offerings
Presents specific elements of secondary social studies instruction, including content selection and planning based on essential learnings, moral implications of content, use of instructional strategies, assessment of student learning and management of the classroom.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDU 4530: () Offerings
Explores major topics related to instruction in the secondary classroom, including student assessment, reading and study skills, and child abuse.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDU 4899: () Offerings
Focuses on professional and spiritual aspects of teaching school law, governance and finance. Uses a Seminar and case-study format. Also includes final portfolio checkout and job search information. Concurrent enrollment is required with the final quarter of internship.
Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
EDU 4900: () Offerings
Prerequisite: Admission to School of Education. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDU 4930: () Offerings
Education Practicum
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDU 4941: () Offerings
Prerequisites: See Integrated quarter elementary program prerequisites (first quarter). Provides opportunity for observation and daily teaching in elementary schools under the direction of a cooperating teacher. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit up to 18 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Junior, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDU 4942: () Offerings
Prerequisite: EDU 4941. Provides opportunity for observation and daily teaching in the elementary school under the direction of a cooperating teacher. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit up to 18 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Junior, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDU 4943: () Offerings
Provides opportunity for observation and daily teaching of music in the elementary school under the direction of a cooperating teacher. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit up to 18 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Junior, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDU 4944: () Offerings
Provides opportunity for observation and daily teaching of art in the elementary school under the direction of a cooperating teacher. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit up to 18 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Junior, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDU 4945: () Offerings
Provides opportunity for observation and daily teaching in public or approved private schools under the direction of a master teacher. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit up to 18 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Junior, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDU 4946: () Offerings
Second quarter of two-quarter internship. Provides opportunity for observation and daily teaching in public or approved private schools under the direction of a master teacher. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit up to 18 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Junior, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDU 4948: () Offerings
Provides opportunity for observation and daily teaching of physical education in the elementary school under the direction of a cooperating teacher. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit up to 18 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Junior, Sophomore students are excluded.
EDU 4951: () Offerings
Observation and daily teaching in an international elementary school setting under the direction of a cooperating teacher. May be repeated for credit up to 18 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDU 4952: () Offerings
Observation and daily teaching in an international secondary school setting under the direction of a cooperating teacher. May be repeated for credit up to 18 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division
FCS 1710: () Offerings
Surveys how design is used to enhance human life through applications of creativity, material integrity, and design elements and principles. The course also focuses on the history of interior design and architecture, providing an overview of styles ranging from ancient through current genres. Relevant environmental issues are also addressed. Includes local field trips and events. Part of the course will be Web-based.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A
FCS 4511: () Offerings
Prerequisites: BIO 1100, FCS 2365, 3220, 3410, 3460, 3564, 4240 and Professional Quarter Two. Explores methods (scope and sequence) and strategies for teaching family and consumer science concepts. Emphasizes a critical understanding, development, and organization of the subject content that promotes student learning and meets national and state standards.
Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
LIN 2100: () Offerings
Develops conceptual tools for understanding the nature and the processes of language: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Personal and professional attitudes toward the world of language are reexamined. This course is also offered via distance learning. Please note that the distance learning version of this course is not eligible for financial aid nor is it part of the on-campus tuition plateau; full payment is required at the time of registration.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities B, Media
LIN 4365: () Offerings
Prerequisite: LIN 2100. An overview of the theoretical paradigms of second language learning and teaching; definition and evaluation of communicative competence; strategies for teaching skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing; selection and development of instructional materials.
Attributes:Upper-Division
MAT 2530: () Offerings
Prerequisite: Passing score on Mathematics Proficiency exam or completion of Arithmetic review. Includes the study of sets, numeration systems, arithmetic, algebra, number theory and statistics, and relates topics to the elementary school mathematics curriculum. Available for general education credit only to students in elementary education.
Attributes:Mathematics (MAT) Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
MAT 2531: () Offerings
Prerequisite: MAT 2530 completed with a grade of C- or better. Includes topics from probability, geometry, and measurement, and relates topics to the elementary school mathematics curriculum. Available for general education credit only to students in elementary education.
Attributes:Mathematics (MAT) Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
MUS 1101: () Offerings
Presents basic musical skills of listening, analysis, improvisation, conducting, writing, performance, historical understanding of music, and music fundamentals. Students will participate in lecture and laboratory settings, including computer-assisted instruction. Must begin in Autumn Quarter. Students with sufficient music theory training may request challenge examination for this course prior to Autumn Quarter. Extra fee.
MUS 1250: () Offerings
For students with no previous keyboard experience. Ability to read music is not necessary. Course is designed for the non-music major, and expectations for each student are based on individual needs. Emphasis is on note-reading, basic theory, chord usage, and technical development. Extra fee. May be repeated for an unlimited number of credits.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A Restrictions:Music Majors are excluded.
MUS 1251: () Offerings
For students with prior training in piano. Course is designed for the non-music major, and expectations for each student are based on individual needs. Emphasis is on note-reading, basic theory, chord usage, repertoire, technical development, and creative activities. Extra fee. May be repeated for an unlimited number of credits.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A Restrictions:Music Majors are excluded.
MUS 1260: () Offerings
Two class sessions per week. Emphasis is on basic vocal technique: breath control, tone placement, diction, and stage presence. Music includes classical, folk, and American music. Extra Fee. May be repeated for an unlimited number of credits.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A
MUS 1270: () Offerings
Introduction to folk-style guitar playing. May be taken by music education majors to meet guitar proficiency. May be repeated an unlimited number of times.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A
MUS 1271: () Offerings
Prerequisite: MUS 1270. May be repeated for credit 3 times.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A
MUS 2550: () Offerings
Explores social, historical and philosophical foundations of American music education. Focuses on teaching curricula from ancient times to the present. Provides opportunities to apply course content through service learning and field-related experiences. Part of Professional educations core classes for music majors.
Restrictions:Music, Music-INT Majors only.
MUS 3501: () Offerings
This class covers basic approaches to teaching music in the elementary classroom for the regular classroom teacher. It focuses on music as a content area and music as it relates to arts in basic education. Elementary education certification students may take MUS 3501 toward General Education Arts and Humanitites A credit.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Music Majors are excluded. Freshman students are excluded.
MUS 3502: () Offerings
This course centers on methods and materials for dealing with music and related arts with children who have special needs. This course is designed for special education and music education majors. Elementary education certification students may take MUS 3502 toward Arts and Humanities A credit.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
MUS 3503: () Offerings
Prerequisite: MUS 2550 or EDU 2103. A survey of methods for instruction in elementary classroom music and secondary general music programs. Includes exposure to current materials available for instruction in those settings and preparation of materials appropriate to age levels.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Fine and Applied Arts, Music Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
MUS 3504: () Offerings
Prerequisite: MUS 2550 or permission of instructor. A survey of the teaching methods, rehearsal techniques, and choral organization from the elementary school chorus through the adult choir. Emphasis is on development of diagnostic rehearsal skills through special class projects and survival skills for the beginning choral director.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Music Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
MUS 3505: () Offerings
Prerequisite: MUS 2550. A survey of the instrumental music program, grades 5-12. Emphasis is on examination of appropriate teaching materials, teaching methods for various program levels, program planning and development, and evaluation of learner progress. Experience in planning and presenting model learning experiences in instrumental music is provided.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Music Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
MUS 3608: () Offerings
Prerequisite: Must have elementary piano playing skills, no computer skills necessary. Students will have daily hands-on experience at an individual workstation consisting of a MIDI keyboard and Macintosh computer. The main emphasis will be on basic through advanced applications of the music notation software Finale. Additional student lessons will include desktop publishing and the introduction of Web-site portfolio programs. This course meets the requirements and is in place of Professional Quarter One, Education Technology EDTC 2235 for music education majors only. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit 2 times.
Attributes:Upper-Division
MUS 4402: () Offerings
This course surveys the major periods in jazz history, from its roots in New Orleans to the present, with a special section on Seattle jazz. It also emphasizes the common elements throughout that history-blues, improvisation, the group negotiation of individual agendas, and the spiritual context of the jazz solo.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A, Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course Restrictions:Junior, Senior students only.
MUS 4655: () Offerings
Prerequisites: MUS 1101, 1102, 1103, 2601, 2602, and 2603. This course along with MUS 4654 and 4656 involves an integrative approach to advanced musicianship while dealing in-depth with selected topics. The process includes reading, writing, listening, analysis, composition, improvisation, and computer notation. Topics change yearly. Past topics have included Beethoven: Age of Revolution and Restoration; Passion Settings from Plainsong to Paert; From Taverner to Tavener: Music of the English Church; The Genius of Bach; African Music; World Music; The Symphonies of Gustav Mahler; The Magnificat; Chamber Music; The Operas of Mozart and Beethoven; 20th-Century American Composers and Their Music; the Cantata. May be repeated for credit 3 times.
Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course Restrictions:Music Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
PES 2555: () Offerings
Prerequisites: PES 1301 and 2195. This course identifies major health issues and teaching strategies with a variety of curricular programs through a holistic approach. Topics include community and consumer health, substance use and abuse, lifetime sexuality, child abuse, violence, environmental health factors and communicable disease. Content includes lesson and unit design, effective teaching models for health and presentation management that promotes cooperation and interaction with students of all age levels. Course provides a controlled and supervised micro-teaching experience.
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
PES 3510: () Offerings
Prerequisites: PES 2614, 2615, 2616 and 2617, or instructor permission. Explores physical education curriculum, activities and teaching strategies for elementary, middle school and high school students. Content includes lesson and unit design, effective teaching models for fitness and sport skill development, and classroom management that promotes cooperation and safety. Course provides a controlled and supervised micro-teaching experience.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
PES 3545: () Offerings
Studies disabilities and how physical education and other recreation activities can be matched with disabled and elderly people's need for participation and/or correction.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Exercise Science, Health and Fitness Education, Physical Education Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
TRE 1110: () Offerings
A study of the theatre as both a distinctive art form and a social instrument, considered from three viewpoints: those of the artist, the spectator, and the critic. Requires attendance at three to four evening theatrical performances. Extra fees required for events collected in class.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A Restrictions:Theatre Majors are excluded.
TRE 1310: () Offerings
Intended for non-theatre majors or minors. An introduction to the actor's task in preparation for the dramatic performance; focuses on developing sensory awareness, observation skills, selective imagination, and ensemble relationships through improvisation and scene work. No credit for students who have taken TRE 1340.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A
TRE 1340: () Offerings
Designed for intended theatre majors or minors or others with extensive acting experience. Prepares students for dramatic performance through intensive work in sensory awareness, observation skills, and selective imagination. Develops ensemble relationships through improvisation and scene work. No credit given for students who have taken TRE 1310.
Attributes:Arts and Humanities A
TRE 3710: () Offerings
Prerequisite: TRE 1810 or permission of instructor. Consideration of the aesthetics and techniques of directing through exercises in achieving visual, auditory, and kinesthetic effects. Includes play selection, organization, casting, and rehearsing. Practical application.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
TRE 3800: () Offerings
Explores contemporary methods and trends in the teaching of theatre, emphasizing management of a production program; critical response to artistic experiences; contexts of theatrical works; connections within the arts; and pedagogy. Attention is given to National Arts Standards and Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements in the Arts.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
TRE 4770: () Offerings
Presents a workshop exploring methods to move children from their inner circle of knowledge and experience to their outer circle of thought, expression, and product through the use of creative drama. Offered alternate years.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.



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