King's College Graduate Courses - Summer 2009

Course Descriptions - Master's in Reading

Educ 500 - Educational Research for Teachers. This course deals with understanding, developing, and utilizing data as applied to educational problems. The course will include an overview of quantitative and qualitative educational research. The major emphasis of the course will be teacher involvement in the action research process. This course is normally taken just before undertaking the Reading Research Project (Educ 575). Permission required. (3 credits)

Educ 510 - Developmental Nature of Reading. The nature of literacy learning is explored from the perspective of children constructing meaning and being actively involved in their learning. The reading-writing relationship and authentic assessment procedures are stressed. (3 credits)

Educ 550 - Reading Clinic Practicum. This course is a clinic to implement instruction to improve a child's literacy abilities. The course provides for the application of the assessment and strategies discussed in Educ 516 and concludes the two-part Reading practicum experience. After working with a client, each student will write a report of the child's literacy ability, with a description of instruction, and recommend procedures for further assistance. Prerequisite: Educ 516. Permission required. (3 credits)

Educ 575 - Reading Research Project. Each student will engage in a reading research project in an area of special interest. Upon completion of the project, students will write a professional-quality academic paper. Prerequisite: Educ 500. Permission required. (3 credits)

Educ 5239 - In their Own Words: Children’s Literature Authors Conference.  This course will examine children’s and adolescent literature.  Participants will gather in plenary sessions each morning with a panel of children’s authors.  In the afternoon, participants will meet in separate graduate-level sections for further instruction and discussion.  Note: this course is different from the previously-offered Educ 5230 Educ 5235 and Educ 5237 (Children’s Literature Conferences) and may be taken by individuals who have already completed those course(s).  This course is being offered through the Professional Development Center; with the early-bird discount, tuition is $770.  For more information, see the flyer for this course.  Note: this course fulfills the requirement for Educ 523.  (3 credits)

Educ 5868 - Meeting the Needs of All Students through Leveled Books . This course will address the many different ways books are leveled, an approach that ensures that classroom teachers can reach the struggling students in the regular-education classroom as well as challenge and stimulate the high achieving and gifted studdents. After examing leveling systems, participants will conduct research on the effectiveness of each system. Focus will be on how to select and use leveled books in flexible groups, so classroom teachers can teach specific content while using materials on each student's level. Covering state standards through these leveled reading groups will be also addressed. This course will be taught by Deborah Wallace, M.S., M.A., Director, Gifted Program, Lake-Lehman. It is being offered through the Professional Development Center; with the early-bird discount, tuition is $670. This course may be used as an elective in the Reading program.(3 credits)

Educ 5867 - Cross Curricular Strategies in Art . This course will examine the positive educational effects of integrating art into any subect area. It recognizes art as a major discipline that can be used to teach a wide range of subjects and to reach a wide variety of learners, including ESL students, students with learning disabilities, the emotionally challenged, and gifted learners. Emphasis will be placed on creating a varieity of sample products that can be utilized across grade and subject areas. Instructors for the course are Robert Richards, King's College, and retired instructor, WVW Chester St. Gifted Program; and Ruth Krakosky, Wyoming Valley West, and adjunct lecturer in elementary art methods at King's College. This course is being offered through the Professional Development Center; with the early-bird discount, tuition is $670. This course may be used as an elective in the Reading program.(3 credits)

Course Descriptions - Graduate Certificate in English as a Second Language (ESL)

Educ 600 - Basics of English Grammar, First and Second Language Acquisition and Instructional Strategies for Second Language Acquisition. This course focuses on the grammar and structure of the English language including the components: lexical, syntactical, phonological and morphological and semantic. Theoretical perspectives of first and second language acquisition are examined. Students develop activities to demonstrate selected instructional strategies and theoretical acquisition perspectives. (3 credits)


Course Descriptions - Master's in Health Care Administration

HCA 500 - Introduction to Health Services Systems . This course is designed as a comprehensive introduction to the organization of the U.S. health care "system." It examines the major institutions, professions, and political forces that influence the provision of health care services in the United States . Students explore the development of each major component of the medical care system from an historical perspective by examining the changes in their organization and role over time. They also consider the major problems presently confronting each aspect of health care and discuss alternative means of resolving these issues for the future. This course is required both for the master's degree and for the certificate in Executive Leadership. (3 credits)

HCA 501 - Health Policy.  This course introduces the student to current major issues in health policy.  This course discusses the politics of health policy in terms of legislation at both the state and federal level.  Key forces such as power development, special interest groups, economics and cost benefit analysis are discussed.  Major policy issues that are reviewed include managed care, public health, Medicare and Medicaid, technology assessment, and population-based medicine.  This course will be offered on-line, via the internet.  It is required in the master’s program and is also required for both the certificate program in Executive Leadership and in Public Health Administration.  (3 credits)

HCA 531 - Understanding Organizational Ethics.  This course is designed to expose graduate students to the kinds of moral problems they will encounter as professionals in their functional areas. The focus of the course is policy formulation and implementation, with emphasis placed on the ethical dimensions and ramifications of that process. A series of current corporate case problems is reviewed and discussed in order to raise some of the major ethical issues involved in managing the organization's relationships with its many publics.  This course is required for the master’s program.  (3 credits)

HCA 571 - Health Care Marketing.  This course provides a survey of marketing concepts as applied to health services organizations.  An examination of marketing strategies useful in the delivery of health care services is provided to students.  Special attention will be focused on market research, pricing, targeting a market, new product development, innovation, and the development of a marketing plan.  This course will be offered on-line, via the internet.  It is required in the master’s program and is also required for the certificate program in Executive Leadership. (3 credits)

HCA 573 - Health Care Information Systems. This course is an introduction to information and its key role in the effective functioning and management of health care organizations. It provides students with sufficient background on fundamental terminology pertaining to computer hardware and operating systems to communicate effectively with technical personnel. It explores clinical-care and administrative application of the computers in health services delivery. This is a required course for the master's program for students who started prior to Fall 2007. It is an elective for students who started in or after Fall 2007. (3 credits)

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