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Graduate Curriculum & Instruction Gen

2025 Fall Term

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SURVEY OF EDUCATIONAL LINGUISTICS

CIGENRL 510

This course will help bring to conscious awareness the often subconscious knowledge that native and fluent speakers of other languages have about language. We will examine the core areas of linguistics (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics), language acquisition, dynamic and creative language use, and intersections between race, racism, and language.

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PEDAGOGICAL TRANSLANGUAGING ACROSS CONTENT AREAS

CIGENRL 530

This course will explore how a translanguaging stance, design, and shifts help teachers to facilitate rich learning among all students, and especially their bi/multilingual students. The three goals of this course are to 1) enhance your knowledge of translanguaging theory, practice, and assessment from a critical orientation, 2) increase your knowledge of how to use translanguaging pedagogies within linguistically diverse contexts, and 3) provide opportunities to apply this knowledge across various academic content areas.

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INTRODUCTION TO BILINGUAL/BICULTURAL EDUCATION AND ESL

CIGENRL 550

This course explores the social, cultural, and educational issues connected to the experiences in schools of youth raised in families and communities where languages other than English are commonly spoken. Some of these issues are: translanguaging (multilingual) teaching and learning, multicultural education, politics of language education and policy in the US; race, racism, and discrimination in schooling; design and implementation of bilingual and English as a 'Second' Language (ESL) programs; theories of second language acquisition; pedagogy and methods for teaching ESL; and the social context of schooling and learning in the US.

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MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADOLESCENT LITERATURE

CIGENRL 565

Multicultural Children and Young Adolescent Literature utilizes children and adolescent literature to teach for social justice. Students will be prepared to critically examine existing literature and develop ways to utilize children and adolescent literature to challenge their own students to critically examine societal norms and expectations with the aim for social justice.

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MULTILINGUAL TEACHING METHODS

CIGENRL 603

Throughout this course, we will examine the intersections of culture and language and learn about processes of language acquisition. This is a field-based methods course, so we will meet at a local school and work with younger students. Through this collaboration, we will develop an understanding of issues confronting emergent bilingual (EB)/English learner (EL) students, and examine various program models for supporting and expanding students' linguistic repertoires. We will learn methods for integrating the teaching of language and academic content. We will implement a variety of strategies to design curricula, instruction, and classroom settings to meet the needs of EBs.

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SPECIAL STUDIES

CIGENRL 696

Variable topics. Group activity. Not offered regularly in the curriculum but offered on topics selected on the basis of timeliness, need, and interest, and generally in the format of regularly scheduled Catalog offerings.

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CURRENT TOPICS IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

CIGENRL 710

An in-depth examination of a single current topic of interest to teachers in grades 6-12. Topics will vary from semester to semester, and may include, for example, national curriculum standards for school subjects, writing across the curriculum, cooperative learning in a specific subject, the school-to-work transition, or instruction on specific themes such as the environment or communication. Repeatable for credit.

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APPLIED THEORY TO PRACTICE FOR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

CIGENRL 715

This course connects the theoretical and empirical bases with practical applications for a current topic important to PreK-12 school districts. An application project will be included. Topics will vary from semester to semester and may include, for example, Using Assessment to Drive Instruction or Literacy Development and Instruction for the General Classroom Teacher. Repeatable for credit

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ISSUES, PERSPECTIVES AND DIRECTIONS: A PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR IN EDUCATION

CIGENRL 723

As the introductory course for graduate studies in education, this seminar will provide an introduction to the use of research to support practice through an investigation of essential philosophical questions and current educational issues. Students will connect these studies to reflections on their own practice as they develop skills of analysis and argumentation.

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WORKSHOP

CIGENRL 790

Variable topics. Group activity oriented presentations emphasizing "hands on" and participatory instructional techniques.