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229 │COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY 2017-2018│ COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
EDU 3920
International Teaching Practicum
This course will enable you to experience education in a cross-cultural environment. You will observe schools and teachers and interact
with other national educational personnel and students. You will teach in schools and receive pre-service orientation, on-site orientation,
field supervision and post-field experience, including debriefing and evaluation. Register through TraveLearn. (3)
EDU 3935
Teacher Education Internship
This internship provides opportunity for practical experiences in education. This may occur in an international or cross-cultural setting,
or in North America. An internship fee is charged. (1-3) Note: cumulative/repeatable course, $100 internship fee for undergraduate in
lieu of tuition. (1)
EDU 4400
Practical Skill Development in Teacher Education
This course is designed to offer you ministry skills experience within the discipline, providing opportunity for you as an upperclassman
to gain competency and confidence within related vocations. Experiential learning requirements are defined by your program and
assessed by the program faculty. A minimum of 50 clock hours of direct experience is required for a unit of credit and advisor approval
is required. (1)
Repeatable
EDU 4910
Directed Teaching in Bible
You will apply the principles and methods of teaching in an extended classroom experience under the supervision of an experienced
teacher. Regular personal conferences with a cooperating teacher and college supervisor are required. Directed Teaching fee is
charged. (9)
Prerequisites: Professor approval required
EDU 5002
International Teaching Practicum
This course will enable you to experience education in a cross-cultural environment. You will observe schools and teachers and interact
with other national educational personnel and students. You will teach in schools and receive pre-service orientation, on-site orientation,
field supervision and post-field experience, including debriefing and evaluation. (3)
EDU 5101
Program Orientation
This course must be taken during an orientation prior to the first semester of enrollment in the M.A. in Teaching program. This course
introduces new candidates to the knowledge, skills, and dispositions related to being successful in the M.A.T. program. Candidates will
gain an understanding of the conceptual framework that guides the program and review important elements of the M.A.T. program
handbook, including Standards of Conduct for South Carolina educators, field experience policies and procedures, and an introduction
to Assisting Developing and Evaluating Professional Teaching (ADEPT). The orientation is scheduled during the first days of Fall and
Spring semesters. A program orientation fee is charged. (0) (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Prerequisite: Admission to the M.A.T. program
EDU 5115
Educational Administration
This course examines the role of the Christian school administrator and the broad scope of the duties associated with the role.
Emphasis is placed on leadership theory; personal leadership style; working with faculty, board, parents, and community; developing
mission-driven, data-informed decisions; and understanding and communicating a biblical worldview. (3)
EDU 5135
Contemporary Educational Issues
Through the use of group discussion centered on selected educationally-related literature, students will develop familiarity with historical
and contemporary educational issues and the ability to critically interpret them. (0-1)
Repeatable
EDU 5141
Introduction to Christian School Education: Administration
This course is a synthesizing study of the Christian philosophy of education and the practical skills needed for effective administrative
implementation. Modules will be offered by a variety of faculty and/or other resource persons. Students must have attended summer
meetings during the IICSE. (3)
EDU 5142
Introduction to Christian School Education: Curriculum and Instruction
This course is a synthesizing study of the Christian philosophy of education and the practical skills needed for effective classroom
implementation. Modules will be offered by a variety of faculty and/or other resource persons. Students must have attended summer
meetings during the IICSE. (3)
EDU 5331
Understanding the Learner
This is a survey course in developmental psychology covering human development from birth through preadolescence. The course
models how to analyze and critique the field of behavioral science in light of special revelation—the Bible. Emphasis is placed on the
major developmental theorists and changes within the strands of development that impact the teaching profession and serve as the
basis for developmentally-appropriate practices. Upon completion of the course, students should not only have a grasp of the
characteristics of the learner, but also the teaching strategies that complement the student’s developmental and brain-based needs.
Additionally, an understanding of the nature and needs of culturally-diverse populations and at-risk learners will also be included.
Knowledge of these differences will form the basis for designing culturally-responsive teaching. (3)
EDU 5400
Principles of Bible Curriculum Design
This course covers principles of curriculum design with application to the preparation of curriculum for Bible teaching. Existing Bible
curricula are evaluated in order to determine the philosophical basis for their construction. Students design original Bible courses and
units on various grade levels for use in varied teaching environments. (3)