South Mountain University
Continuing Teacher Education
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Course |
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Credits |
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Tuition |
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ADM 502 |
School Finance |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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ADM 503 |
Personnel Administration in Education |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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ADM 504 |
Public School Law |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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ADM 510 |
Charter School Administration |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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ADM 520 |
The Superintendency |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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ADM 535 |
Educational Leadership: Issues For Women |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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ADM 541 |
School Based Management |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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ADM 545 |
Special Education Program Administration |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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ADM 560 |
Ethics In Education |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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Counseling |
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Course |
Title |
Credits |
Duration |
Tuition |
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COUN 530 |
Foundations for Individual Counseling Techniques |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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COUN 531 |
Foundations for Group Facilitation |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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COUN 532 |
Overview of School Counseling |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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COUN 533 |
School Counseling Theories |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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COUN 534 |
Legal and Ethical Issues in School Counseling |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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COUN 535 |
Assessment Methods in School Counseling |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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English |
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Course |
Title |
Credits |
Duration |
Tuition |
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ENG 491 |
American Literature to 1860 |
3 |
5 weeks |
$750 |
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ENG 492 |
American Literature since 1860 |
3 |
5 weeks |
$750 |
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ESL and Bilingual |
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Course |
Title |
Credits |
Duration |
Tuition |
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BLE 530 |
Foundations of Instruction for Limited English Proficient Students |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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BLE 531 |
Assessment of Limited-English-Proficient Students |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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BLE 532 |
Linguistics |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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BLE 537 |
Methods of Bilingual Education |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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BLE-ED 501 |
Experiencing Multicultural Art |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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SEI 501 |
Structured English Immersion |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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TESL 533 |
Methods for English as a Second Language |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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TESL 534 |
School, Community and Culture |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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TESL 535 |
Teaching Reading and Writing to Limited English Proficient Students |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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History |
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Course |
Title |
Credits |
Duration |
Tuition |
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HIS 110 U.S. |
History to 1865 |
3 |
5 weeks |
$750 |
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HIS 120 |
U.S. History 1865-1945 |
3 |
5 weeks |
$750 |
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HIS 145 |
The American Experience since 1945 |
3 |
5 weeks |
$750 |
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History Constitutions |
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Course |
Title |
Credits |
Duration |
Tuition |
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HIS 500 |
Arizona Constitution |
1 |
1 week |
$166 |
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HIS 501 |
U.S. Constitution |
1 |
1 week |
$166 |
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HIS 502 |
Nevada Constitution |
2 |
2 week |
$332 |
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Library Science |
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Course |
Title |
Credits |
Duration |
Tuition |
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LBR 500 |
Information Technology in School Library Media Centers |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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LBR 501 |
Foundations of Library and Information Science |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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LBR 502 |
Selecting and Evaluating Resources for School Library Media Centers |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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LBR 503 |
Administration of School Library Media Centers |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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LBR 504 |
The Role of the School Library Media Center in the School Community |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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LBR 505 |
Information Literacy for Lifelong Learning |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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Reading |
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Course |
Title |
Credits |
Duration |
Tuition |
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RDG 508 |
Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading Difficulties |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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RDG 511 |
Decoding of Reading Skills and Reading Practicum |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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RDG 513 |
Elementary Reading Methods |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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RDG 514 |
Primary Reading Methods |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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RDG 515 |
Secondary Reading Methods |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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RDG 516 |
Children's Literature and Cultural Diversity |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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RDG 518 |
Phonological Theory and Classroom Applications |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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Spanish |
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Course |
Title |
Credits |
Duration |
Tuition |
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SPAN 502 |
Spanish for Educators, Part I |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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SPAN 503 |
Spanish for Educators, Part II |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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Special Education |
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Course |
Title |
Credits |
Duration |
Tuition |
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SPE 504 |
Orientation to the Exceptional Child |
3 |
6 weeks |
$750 |
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SPE 506 |
Special Education Methods |
3 |
6 weeks |
$750 |
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SPE 512 |
Special Education Assessment and Interpretation |
3 |
6 weeks |
$750 |
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SPE 521 |
Characteristics of Learning Disabilities |
3 |
6 weeks |
$750 |
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SPE 525 |
Special Needs Children in Early Childhood Education |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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SPE 530 |
Characteristics of Speech & Language Disorders |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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SPE 531 |
Characteristics of MR and Developmental Disabilities |
3 |
6 weeks |
$750 |
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SPE 532 |
Teaching Students with Gifts or Talents |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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SPE 534 |
Guidance and Counseling of Students with Gifts or Talents |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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SPE 535 |
Characteristics of Severe Disabilities |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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SPE 536 |
Enhancing Creativity in Students with Gifts or Talents |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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SPE 544 |
Characteristics of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders |
3 |
6 weeks |
$750 |
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SPE 556 |
Characteristics of Physical and Health Disabilities |
3 |
6 weeks |
$750 |
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SPE 579 |
Inclusion Strategies for the Special Educator |
3 |
6 weeks |
$750 |
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SPE 580 |
Inclusion and Mainstreaming |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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Teaching Methods |
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Course |
Title |
Credits |
Duration |
Tuition |
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CUR 578 |
Evaluation and Assessment of Curriculum |
3 |
6 weeks |
$750 |
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EDD 503 |
Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Classroom |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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EDD 507 |
Preventing School Violence |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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EDD 516 |
Overview of the Community College |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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EDD 524 |
Targeting AIMS |
1 |
1 week |
$166 |
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EDD 526 |
No Child Left Behind |
1 |
1 week |
$166 |
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EDD 585 |
Introduction to Middle School: Curriculum and Instruction |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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EDU 552 |
Effective Schools: Restructuring for the Future |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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EDU 566 |
Adolescent Psychology |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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EDU 580 |
Organization and Administration |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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HED 580 |
Health and Nutrition for the Classroom Teacher |
2 |
2 weeks |
$332 |
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MAT 517 |
Survey of Special Populations |
2 |
4 weeks |
$500 |
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MAT 521 |
Maintaining an Effective Learning Climate |
3 |
6 weeks |
$750 |
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MAT 530 |
Curriculum Constructs and Assessment: Reading and Language Arts |
4 |
8 weeks |
$1000 |
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MAT 539 |
Curriculum Constructs and Assessment: Secondary Methods |
3 |
6 weeks |
$750 |
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MAT 542 |
Curriculum Constructs and Assessment: Reading Methods for Secondary Settings |
3 |
6 weeks |
$750 |
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MAT 544 |
Curriculum Constructs and Assessment: Secondary Mathematics |
3 |
6 weeks |
$750 |
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MAT 546 |
Curriculum Constructs and Assessment: Secondary English/Language Arts |
3 |
6 weeks |
$750 |
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MAT 547 |
Curriculum Constructs and Assessment: Secondary History/Social Science |
3 |
6 weeks |
$750 |
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MAT 548 |
Curriculum Constructs and Assessment: Secondary Science |
3 |
6 weeks |
$750 |
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MED 500 |
Methods of Teaching Elementary Language Arts |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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MED 503 |
Methods of Teaching Elementary Social Studies |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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MED 506 |
Elementary Mathematics |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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MED 509 |
Methods of Teaching Elementary Science |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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MED 510 |
Methods of Teaching Elementary Art for the Classroom Teacher |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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MED 512 |
Secondary Mathematics |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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MED 520 |
Methods of Teaching Secondary Art for the Classroom Teacher |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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MED 522 |
Teaching Math Through Art |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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MED/VTE-ED 530 |
Secondary Methods for Classroom Teachers |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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VTE 501 |
Cooperative Education Programs in Vocational Technical Education |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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VTE-ED 510 |
Curriculum and Instruction |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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VTE-ED 570 |
Educational Foundations |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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VTE-ED 571 |
Growing and Learning Theories |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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VTE-ED 578 |
Classroom Management |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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Technology in the Classroom |
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Course |
Title |
Credits |
Duration |
Tuition |
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CED 514 |
Elementary Methods of Teaching Technology |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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CED 515 |
Secondary Methods of Teaching Technology |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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CED 528 |
Discovering the World of Multimedia |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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CED 529 |
Internet for Educators |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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CED 531 |
Teaching with the Internet |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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CED 537 |
Web Authoring for Educators |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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CED 540 |
Presentation Pizzazz |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |
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CED 550 |
Technology Integration in P-12 Curriculum |
3 |
3 weeks |
$498 |