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Adult Education (ADTED)

ADTED 100 Adult Learners in the University (3) Opportunity to develop effective learning strategies while exploring critical issues related to adults entering or returning to higher education.
Effective: Spring 1998
 

ADTED 100S Adult Learners in the University (1) Opportunity to develop effective learning strategies while exploring critical issues related to adults entering or returning to higher education.
Effective: Spring 2001
 

ADTED 297 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.
Effective: Summer 2000
 

ADTED 456 Introduction to Family Literacy (3) Explores comprehensive family literacy models, focusing upon families, services, outcomes, and roles and responsibilities of individuals, organizations, and communities.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: Associate Degree or 60 undergraduate credits  

ADTED 457 Adult Literacy (3) Surveys adult basic and literacy education programs and best practices; applies recent research on adult and family literacy.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: Associate Degree or 60 undergraduate credits  

ADTED 458 Early Literacy Development and Parental Involvement (3) Focuses on young children's language and literacy development, including parental and staff support, grounded in scientifically based reading research.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: Associate degree or 60 undergraduate credits  

ADTED 459 Interactive Literacy: Parents and Children (3) Focuses on literacy and language interactions between parents and their young children (including English language learners), implementing intentional/planned learning.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: Associate Degree or 60 undergraduate credits  

ADTED 460 Introduction to Adult Education (3) History, methods, agencies, program areas, and problems of adult education in the United States.
Effective: Fall 2001
 

ADTED 470 (CI ED 470) Introduction to Distance Education (3) An introduction to the history, philosophy, organizations, learning theories, and instructional procedures used in American and foreign distance education.
Effective: Summer 1996
 

ADTED 496 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Summer 1996
 

ADTED 497 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.
Effective: Summer 1996
 

ADTED 498 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 1996
 

ADTED 498A Teaching Adults Responsibility (3) Virtues operating in particular teaching situations are examined. Also examined are opportunities and challenges enabling and constraining those virtues.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

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