Courses

The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular term. Please refer to the published schedule of classes on the MyBU Student Portal for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.

• WED SE 613: Special Education Fieldwork
  Corequisites: WEDSE 615. - Supervised fieldwork for candidates seeking moderate or severe disabilities licensure. Requires a minimum of 150 hours and successful completion of the Gateway assessment.
• WED SE 615: Special Education Fieldwork Seminar: Applying Inclusive Pedagogy
  Corequisites: WEDSE 613. - Seminar for special education fieldwork. Focuses on applying inclusive pedagogy in special education contexts and the DESE Professional Standards for Teachers.
• WED SE 650: Protecting Children’s Well-Being: Understanding through Ecological Systems Theory
  Delves into an intricate web of influences impacting children's well-being through the lens of ecological systems theory. Unravels how risk factors like stress, trauma, and poverty shape critical developmental stages. Examines protective factors that can build children’s resilience and empower professionals to advocate for positive change in children's lives.
• WED SE 693: Practicum in Disabilities Studies
  Through fieldwork experience and accompanying seminar, students develop an understanding of human services agencies serving individuals with disabilities, educational service delivery models, policies, roles and responsibilities, and collaboration. Only open to matriculated graduate students who have completed prerequisites. Var cr.
• WED SE 702: Clinical Practice:Special Education Administration
  Graduate Prerequisites: Open only to matriculated students who have completed prerequisites. - *Practicum and Seminar: Special Education Administrator Requires 600 hours of supervised fieldwork (300 hours/4 credits per semester, for two semesters). Students will assume responsibility for both routine activities and special assignments encompassing the four Massachusetts administrative leadership standards: Instructional Leadership, Management and Operations, Family and Community Engagement, and Professional Culture. Open only to candidates for Massachusetts licensure as a special education administrator who have completed at least 16 credits of coursework for initial licensure. 4 cr.
• WED SE 706: Disability, Education, & Society
  Students will examine legal, sociocultural, and historical contexts of disability in society and education, centering first-person experiences, critical frameworks, and self-reflection, such that they can understand and critique special education policies, systems, and practices within these broader contexts.
• WED SE 744: School Administration and Special Needs
  Designed to develop an understanding of administration of special education programs, federal and state legislation and local policies, administrative support for implementation of best practices for pre-referral processes and instructional/behavioral interventions, evaluation of program quality, and supervision/evaluation of staff. Prereq: SE 706. 4 cr.
• WED SE 751: Assessment in Special Education: Procedures
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: SED SE 706 - Designed to develop the knowledge/skills related to the assessment of students who are in or being referred to special education. Includes legal requirements, culturally/linguistically-responsive practices, various assessments in multiple domains, and procedures for administering tests, scoring, interpreting, and reporting. Prereq: SE 706. 4 cr.
• WED SE 760: Special Education: Cognition, Learning, and Behavior
  Designed to develop an understanding of the theories of learning and how these theories have informed the development of instructional and behavior management strategies for students with disabilities. Pre/coreq: SE 706. 2 cr.
• WED SE 805: Research Work in Special Education
  Doctoral students work with faculty to investigate a specific research topic. Register for a minimum of 2 credits. Variable cr.
• WED SE 807: Field Experience
  Graduate Prerequisites: Open only to matriculated graduate students who have completed prerequ isites. - Graduate students are involved in field experiences in schools, institutions, clinics, and other human services agencies serving students with disabilities. Students must register for a minimum of 2 credits. 2 cr.
• WED SE 900: Independent Study
  See SED AP 900 for description. Prereq: Approval of advisor. Complete the online Directed Study form. Wheelock Office of Records. Var cr.
• WED SE 999: Dissertation Advisement
  See SED AP 999 for description. Prereq: Approval of advisor. Complete the online Directed study form. Wheelock Office of Records. Var cr.
• WED SO 509: Student-Teaching Practicum: History and Social Science 5-8
  Undergraduate Corequisites: (SEDSO572 & SEDSO566)Open only to matriculated students who have completed prerequisites. - Open only to matriculated students who have completed prerequisites. Grades 5-8 student teaching under joint supervision of supervising practitioner and university supervisor. Minimum 300 hours required. fldwk w/ seminar. Prereq: SEDSO566, SEDSO572. 8cr.
• WED SO 510: Student-Teaching Practicum: History and Social Science, 8-12
  Undergraduate Corequisites: (SEDSO572 & SEDSO566)Open only to matriculated students who have completed prerequisites. - Open only to matriculated students who have completed prerequisites. Grades 8-12 student teaching under joint supervision of supervising practitioner and university supervisor. Minimum 300 hours required. fldwk w/ seminar. Prereq: SEDSO566, SEDSO572. 8cr. Fall and spring.
• WED SO 520: Project Citizen: Promoting Civic Engagement
  The course examines how a model of citizen action (Project Citizen) can be used to promote active and informed citizenship among youth and adults. Students apply that model to analyze and influence a current public policy of their choice.
• WED SO 566: Teaching Critical Historical Inquiry
  Students will investigate the history, subspecialties, pedagogy, and research in history education for middle and high school, as related to historical thinking, literacy, and problem solving. Students will develop an understanding of historical literacy, historical thinking, inquiry, and problem solving. Students will develop competencies in developing and presenting research-based history lessons.
• WED SO 567: History Laboratory
  Explores the use of field-based and classroom methods for teaching students with historical sites and museums. The course includes visits to local historical sites and museums.
• WED SO 571: Curriculum & Special Methods for History & Social Sciences, 5-12
  Examines curriculum and teaching methods in social science education, grades 5-12. Students develop and present research-based lessons and unit plans in history, civics, economics, geography, and other social sciences. Development of teaching materials and classroom techniques for social studies education. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Digital/Multimedia Expression, Ethical Reasoning, Teamwork/Collaboration.
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• WED SO 572: Curriculum and Special Methods for History and Social Science, 5-12
  Reviews traditional and recent Examines curriculum materials in history or curriculum and teaching methods in social science education for middle, junior, and senior high school. Students develop competencies in developing and presenting research-based lessons and unit plans in history, civics, economics, geography, and the other social sciences. Analysis of curricular goals for grades 5-12. Development of new teaching materials and classroom techniques for social studies education at various age levels. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Ethical Reasoning, Digital/Multimedia Expression, Teamwork/Collaboration. This course must be taken for 4 credits.
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  • Digital/Multimedia Expression
  • Ethical Reasoning
  • Teamwork/Collaboration