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• RUX 400: Critical Urban Work Practicum Seminar

  6.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is a capstone experience for Urban Community Change students to apply their critical study of the assets and challenges of urban communities; deepen their investments in urban communities; and synthesize practice, theories, and histories of community change with an in-depth field placement with an organization in Philadelphia or another urban location. Students will use knowledge developed in previous courses and fieldwork to focus on how to collaboratively build and sustain change publicly, within groups and institutions, and within themselves. Contemporary topics in urban community change, including research and practice, will be presented each week. Students will integrate their praxis into a model of transformative community building practices within the urban social context. This course may be taken twice for credit. Prerequisite:    RUX 400 requires prerequisites of RUX 110, YES 300, RUX 215/PSY 215, and RUX 377/PAX 377. One may be waived by permission of the instructor or program advisor. Attendance at a meeting the previous semester with the RUCCAS faculty/staff is also required.
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• SCB 102: Humans and the Environment

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  The effects of human population on earth's resources are studied against a background of physical, biological, and health sciences. Note: Students completing SCB 102 may not take ESS 102 or ENV 102 for credit. May not be taken as biology major elective.
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• SCB 210: The Origin of Life and the Universe

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  A course that presents the theory and evidence for the first three minutes of the universe and formation of the stars, galaxies, planets, organic molecules, and the genetic basis of organic evolution. May not be taken as a biology major elective.
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• SCB 350: Science Education in Secondary School

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  A methods course emphasizing knowledge of curricular development and skill in planning, involving the design and execution of learning activities for all instructional modes. Prerequisite:    SCB 350 requires prerequisites of EDS 306 and Teacher Candidacy.
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• SCE 320: Science Methods for Grades PK-4

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  A science methods course for PreK-4 teachers to master classroom and materials preparation and the design of developmentally effective instruction and assessment. Teachers learn methods that promote children's ability to do inquiry and master PA academic standards in science and technology and environment and ecology. Prerequisite:    Formal Admission Teacher Ed
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• SCE 330: Science Methods for Middle Level (4-8)

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  A course to prepare the middle level teachers for teaching science with a focus on the developmental and pedagogical needs of middle level students. Teacher candidates will apply science content, develop knowledge how students learn science, explore materials and resources, and learn how to plan and access effective standards based middle level science instruction. Prerequisite:    Formal Admission Teacher Ed
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• SCI 100: Climate Change

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides an introduction to the science of climate change. Core topics include albedo, the greenhouse effect, the carbon cycle, and feedback mechanisms between these phenomena. Students will study past climates, climate models, and the impacts of modern climate change. Near the end of the semester students will discuss efforts to mitigate climate change. They conclude by briefly discussing the most widely adopted climate change policies. No previous experience with these subjects is assumed.
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• SCI 101: The Carbon Cycle

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  An exploration of how the carbon cycle connects earth and life, through photosynthesis, respiration, decay, rock formation and weathering, and plate tectonics. Humans have altered the carbon cycle by burning fossil fuels. Students investigate the carbon cycle on the WCU campus and consider the implications for global warming. Prerequisite:    SCI 101 requires students to be education majors only.
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• SCI 102: Electricity with Physical and Biological Applications

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  An exploration of the physics of electrical circuits, the chemical basis of electricity as the flow of electrons, acid-base and oxidation-reduction reactions in chemical and in living systems, the electrical activity in the human nervous system, and connections between electricity and sensation and locomotion in humans. Prerequisite:    SCI 102 requires that students be Education majors only.
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• SCI 103: Science in the Arts: Color and Music

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This class will be geared towards how science shows up in art and music. Students will initially study some basic physics principles such as force and motion, electric and magnetic fields, periodic oscillations, and wave properties. They will then introduce some biological and neuropsychological concepts as they begin to focus on light, optics and color, and the human eye. Next, students will focus on sound, sound production, sound perception, and the organization of sound into musical scales such that "music" can be constructed.
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