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EDHM 401 - Teaching Literacy in the Content Areas

(3 credits)
Prerequisite: EDHM 210 and EDHM 235 and admission to the Professional Education Program. EDHM 401 may be taken with one other secondary education course in the program. To emphasize, no more than two secondary education courses may be taken in any one semester. Any override must be signed by the chairperson of Secondary Education.
Teaching literacy is a project-based course required for individuals planning to teach at the secondary level. Candidates for teaching careers will continue to develop their professional portfolio by investigating content-specific strategies that help promote student literacy. Through the use of integrated technology, candidates will explore innovative ways to encourage students to use critical thinking and problem solving skills. Offered fall and spring semester, and summer session I. (Formerly EDHM 445) This course requires a minimum of 10 hours of field experience in appropriate settings.