2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

EL 011 Fundamentals of Electricity 2 cr.  (1-0-2)

• Offered: Contact department for information
• Co-requisites: Concurrent enrollment in EL 013.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

An orientation to the principles of electricity, definition of terms and the fundamentals of current flow in series, parallel and compound circuits.

EL 010 Line Electrician Field Practicum I 5 cr.  (0-0-15)

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: Admission to the program.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course provides introductory elevated outdoor work-site field experiences related to electrical power distribution and transmission. Climbing, rigging, pole setting, pole framing, guying and conductor installation will be stressed. A strong focus will be placed on industry recognized safe work procedures. In addition, safe operation of bucket and digger/derrick trucks will be emphasized. Students will also develop an understanding of the requirements and necessary skills to obtain a Class A CDL.

ED 498 Directed Study in Education 1-4 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Prerequisites: Junior standing, adviser and instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

An opportunity for students to do independent study.

ED 495 Special Topics in Education 1-4 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Prerequisites: Junior standing and instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

An opportunity for a group of upper division students to study problems in education that are not part of the regular offering.

ED 491 Workshops and Seminars in Education 1 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Opportunities for the concentrated study of selected professional educational problems.

ED 483 Educational Media Technology 2 cr.

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Prerequisites: Admission to the methods phase of teacher education.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Focuses upon the education/instructional uses of audiovisual media including computers and related technologies. Emphasis will be upon each type of hardware and software and its use as well as the subject-matter areas that most easily integrate the technology.

ED 462 Literature for Young Adults 3 cr.

• Offered: Fall semester of even-numbered years
• Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor's permission. Cross listed as EN 462.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

A comprehensive study of books for young adults, designed for secondary school teachers. Needs and interests of adolescents are studied in conjunction with the application of selection principles to fiction and nonfiction of all types. Emphasis is placed on developmental reading for the accelerated, the average and the reluctant student.

ED 460 The Middle School 3 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Analysis of the philosophy, structure, curriculum, needs of students and strategies of teaching in the middle school.

ED 450 Seminar in Teaching 1 cr.

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Co-requisites: Concurrent enrollment in student teaching.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course is designed to help the student teacher better understand and apply education principles and theories in full-time classroom teaching experience. It focuses on the roles, responsibilities, issues and concerns of student teachers such as classroom management, instruction, assessment, multicultural education, human relations, employment, policy and practices.

ED 445 Practicum in the Middle School 2 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Graded: S/U/P
• Prerequisites: Student teaching experience.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

A 60 clock-hour experience in assisting, observing, directed teaching and tutoring in skill development laboratories and participating in team planning sessions in a middle-school setting.