KU Online: SUMMER 2 Semester 2013 Distance Education Courses
NOTE: This is a list of all distance education courses offered this semester. It does not indicate open courses.
If you see a course you are interested in from the list below, please note the course ID and section number and check for seat availability in the MyKU course catalog.
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EDU - 552 801 - Teaching Reading in Content Areas
Course Description: This course is designed for elementary and secondary teachers and reading specialists. It examines the relationship between reading skills and student achievement in content area subjects and the processes that foster independent learners. Research-based teaching techniques and procedures geared to developing critical thinking skills are emphasized.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Peter Seagreaves. seagreav@kutztown.edu
EDU - 564 801 - Foundation of the Middle Level Learner
Course Description: The past two decades have witnessed tremendous reform in middle level education and more restructuring is in progress. This course examines the physical, emotional, intellectual, and moral development of the middle level learner and the corresponding implications for school organization. This is an integrated course with the Department of Secondary Education, the Department of Human Kinetics, and the Department of Counseling and Human Services working together to provide an integrated look at the middle level learner in the school setting. The Human Kinetics Department would be responsible for physical concerns. The Counseling Department would be responsible for concerns dealing with social, emotional and moral growth, and the Secondary Education Department would work toward an understanding of the cognitive growth of the middle level student. The departments would work together to promote the understanding of how the current research on middle level learners applies to the middle level practitioner. The course would utilize both team and individual teaching. It would also model the teaming process which is the primary teaching organizational practice used in middle schools.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Theresa Stahler, stahler@kutztown.edu
EDU - 533 801 - Social Interpretations of Education
Course Description: This course examines basic social concepts and institutions. Their development is traced and their effects upon educational policies and practices are investigated.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Patricia Walsh Coates, coates@kutztown.edu
FAR - 162 810 - Financial Accounting
Course Description: This course will introduce the basic skills and concepts of photography using digital tools and methods within a Fine Arts context. With an emphasis on creativity and inventiveness, students will be exposed to the hardware and software necessary for each step of the digital image making process, from input (digital cameras, scanners, web) through manipulation (Photo Shop and other current software) to output (a variety of printers, papers, projections, and the web). Minimum of three hours of work outside the classroom is required. (6 c.h., 3 s.h.)
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Rose DeSiano, desiano@kutztown.edu
FAR - 62 810 - Financial Accounting
Course Description: This course is designed to introduce the aesthetic and technical fundamentals of digital photography with emphasis on creativity. STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE ACCESS TO A DIGITAL SINGLE LENS REFLEX CAMERA FOR THE DURATION OF THIS COURSE. This studio art class meets for six hours a week and requires a minimum of three hours work outside the classroom per week.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Rose DeSiano, desiano@kutztown.edu
MKT - 347 810 - New Product Management
Course Description: New Product Management examines the search for new product and service ideas and their development and evaluation. The course shall take a conceptual approach to the marketing management problems, techniques and strategies necessary to implement and manage new and existing product offerings. Social and environmental issues and their relationship to the product planning process will be examined along with the assessment of the product mix and its relation to the strategic marketing plan.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Okan Akcay, akcay@kutztown.edu
POL - 10 810 - American Government
Course Description: The historical background and general principles of American federal government. The congress, the presidency, administrative organization, civil service, the courts, and political processes are described and analyzed.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Glenn Richardson, richards@kutztown.edu
MKT - 315 810 - Financial Marketing Ethics in Society
Course Description: This course will explore the fundamental concepts and practical applications of marketing ethics. The global ethical environment of market exchanges has remained a constant issue in terms of both strategic and short-range marketing activities. In addition, ethical standards and institutional relations will be assessed from the perspective of various social science elements including: culture, religion, society, ethnic distinction, socio-economic factors, and language.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Theresa Maskulka, maskulka@kutztown.edu
SWK - 507 801 - Differential Assessment Techniques for Social Workers
Course Description: This one-credit elective course is designed to help the student who is interested in direct practice with families toward a fuller understanding of wholistic assessment, including theoretical and value foundations as well as practice techniques. It builds on knowledge of families in the social environment as considered in SWK 500 as well as knowledge related to generalist social work practice.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Sharon Lyter, lyter@kutztown.edu
SOC - 230CD 810 - Urban Sociology
Course Description: Analysis of contemporary urban society in the United States with emphasis on patterns of city growth, social ecology and urbanism as a way of life.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Jason Crockett, crockett@kutztown.edu
SOC - 245 810 - Sociology of Deviance
Course Description: Selected kinds of behavior which violate group norms; the processes through which deviance is learned and performed; the consequences of deviant behavior in terms of societal reactions.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Timothy O'Boyle, oboyle@kutztown.edu
SOC - 10CD 811 - Principles of Sociology
Course Description: The concepts, theories and methods that form the core of the sociological perspective on human behavior. This course is a prerequisite for all other SOC courses.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Jason Crockett, crockett@kutztown.edu
SOC - 122CD 810 - Intimate Relationships
Course Description: This is a practical course designed to help students understand how cultural, economic, political, and social factors influence the various ways that intimate relationships among adults are formed, maintained, and either succeed or fail.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Timothy O'Boyle, oboyle@kutztown.edu
MGM - 210 810 - Principles of Management
Course Description: Management 210 is an introduction to the field of management, giving a basic understanding of the processes of working with people and resources to accomplish organizational goals. In today's business world, great executives not only adapt to change, but also apply the fundamental management principles of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. This course explores the nature and application of these fundamental principles in the present environment of globalization, technological change, and increased competitiveness. The course is not to be taken until students have completed 45 credits.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Lee Weyant, weyant@kutztown.edu
MGM - 338 810 - Management of Compensation and Benefits
Course Description: This course will examine the total compensation philosophy, strategy and policy of organizations and the economic factors affecting compensation. Students will learn how jobs are analyzed and how job descriptions and specifications are derived from such analysis. Job evaluations methods, job pricing, pay structures and pay rate administration are also scrutinized along with employee benefit programs and the philosophy, objectives, characteristics and types of such programs.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Lee Weyant, weyant@kutztown.edu
ENG - 23 811 - College Composition I
Course Description: This is a sustained examination of and practice with college-level writing. Students will generally take ENG 023 in their first year of college. The course focuses on the writing process and provides sustained practice in critical thinking, reading, and writing demanded by academic, public, and professional writing. Students gain experience in writing in a variety of genres which may include, but are not limited to, proposals, reviews, personal narratives, digital texts, rhetorical analyses, persuasive essays, reports, and critical analysis essays. Readings are assigned to provoke discussions, provide opportunities for the analysis and synthesis of arguments, and finally to generate essay topics. Particular attention is paid to research processes and the conventions of including research in texts. In addition, the mechanics of good writing, which may include diction, grammar, syntax, usage, and structure are addressed as part of the process of writing; however, the focus of this course is not grammar instruction. ENG 023 (or ENG 025) is a General Education requirement for all students in all majors. In addition, ENG 023 is a prerequisite for all upper-division English department courses.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Yuri Yerastov, yerastov@kutztown.edu
CRJ - 221 810 Juvenile Justice System
Course Description: An introduction to the agencies and processes involved in handling juveniles who are suspected or accused of violating the law; examination of the principles upon which the juvenile justice system is based; and analysis of the differences in procedure with the adult justice system.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Mahfuzul Khondaker, khondake@kutztown.edu
CRJ - 250 810 - Criminology
Course Description: An intensive review of the major theories of criminal behavior and their applications in crime prevention and control. Examination of leading crime types and criminal behavior systems.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Pietro Toggia, toggia@kutztown.edu
PSY - 11 811 - General Psychology
Course Description: An introduction to the psychological bases of behavior in motivation, learning, memory, development, personality, perception, abnormal behavior, psychotherapy, attitude change, and group behavior.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Michele Baranczyk, baranczy@kutztown.edu
PSY - 110 810 - Child Psychology
Course Description: This course deals with the organization of psychological processes within the individual as he/she develops from conception to adolescence. It will focus on the physical, social, cognitive, and emotional aspects of child development as well as techniques of child study, theories of learning, genetics, and individual differences.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Avidan Milevsky, milevsky@kutztown.edu
MAT - 45 811 - Women in Mathematics
Course Description: This course examines women and minorities who have made significant contributions to the field of mathematics. Both their lives and their work will be explored as well as gender and multicultural issues surrounding their endeavors. Furthermore, mathematical topics related to their contributions will be discussed.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Lyn McQuaid, mcquaid@kutztown.edu
MAT - 121 811 - Mathematics for Business and Information Science
Course Description: This course focuses on the application of mathematical concepts and methods to problems that arise for students who major in Business or Computer Science. The topics include a review of algebraic concepts and problem solving, systems of linear equations, matrix algebra, linear programming with graphical and simplex method solutions, and probability. A graphing calculator is required for this course. MAT 105 or two years of high school algebra is the prerequisite for MAT 121.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Yun Lu, lu@kutztown.edu
LIB - 313 810 - Cataloging and Classification
Course Description: An introduction to the methods of cataloging and classifying library materials for effective use. It includes supervised laboratory periods in the preparation of unit cards, analytics, and other added entries, the purchase and adapting of printed cards, the use of a printed list of subject headings and assigning subject headings, the arrangement of the dictionary catalog and the use of computerized catalogs.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Susan Czerny, czerny@kutztown.edu
LIB - 513 810 - Organizing, Cataloging, and Classifying Materials
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the theory and fundamental principles of descriptive cataloging and organization as it applies to various and emerging information packages and metadata. This knowledge will be applied through lab and field work.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Susan Czerny, czerny@kutztown.edu
MAT - 105 812 - College Algebra
Course Description: This course is intended for students with an elementary knowledge of algebra who need more work in algebraic topics before taking more advanced mathematics courses. Topics include properties of the real numbers, problem-solving using equations and inequalities, algebraic functions, graphing, and systems of equations. A graphing calculator is required for this course.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Yun Lu, lu@kutztown.edu
SOC - 220CD 810 - Juvenile Delinquency
Course Description: An analysis of the nature, type and incidence of delinquency within social milieu; an examination of the social characteristics of delinquents and the theories of delinquency, evaluation of the techniques of prevention and control by social agencies, and trends in delinquency.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Timothy O'Boyle, oboyle@kutztown.edu
SOC - 110CD 810 - Contemporary Social Problems
Course Description: Current problems of urbanization, personal pathology, family interaction, poverty and race are viewed within the context of social theory.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Mauricia John, john@kutztown.edu
SOC - 246 810 - Third World Development
Course Description: This course surveys the social causes and consequences of underdevelopment in Third World societies. One of its basic premises is that development and underdevelopment must be defined in terms of quality of life as well as strictly economic indicators. A prominent (but not exclusive) focus is the problem of world hunger. This issue is used as a gateway to other significant developmentrelated issues (e.g. population, industrialization, urbanization, rural development).
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Mauricia John, john@kutztown.edu
MAT - 115 811 - Precalculus Mathematics
Course Description: This course is designed to give students a thorough review of the mathematics background needed for calculus courses. The course covers all the topics listed in the descriptions of MAT 105 and MAT 106. A graphing calculator is required for this course.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Kunio Mitsuma, mitsuma@kutztown.edu
CJR - 281CM 810 - Crime and Delinquency Prevention
Course Description: This course examines various strategies of crime and delinquency prevention in the United States. Theoretical frameworks underlying these strategies and their effectiveness will be evaluated based on research. The role of different social and criminal Justice agenciessuch as the media, school, neighborhood and policein crime and delinquency prevention will be addressed. Successful prevention initiatives employed in other countries will also be examined.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Mahfuzel Khondaker, khondake@kutztown.edu
CSC - 10 810 - Computer Applications
Course Description: This course provides an introduction to microcomputers and their applications, including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, graphics, and the integration of software in a page layout package. Using either Macintosh or IBM-compatible microcomputers, the students will gain "hands-on" experience with current equipment and software. The type of microcomputer to be used in each section will be designated in each semester's master schedule. To be of greatest benefit, this course should be taken early in the student's college program. This course can only be counted under category V of General Education. PREREQUISITE: none.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Joo Tan, tan@kutztown.edu
CJR - 10 811 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
Course Description: This is a course designed to provide the student with a broad, but basic, understanding of the criminal justice system. As the first course to be taken in the field of criminal justice, it will introduce the student to the roles of the police, prosecutor, criminal court, and treatment and correctional facilities within the system. With the completion of this course, the student will be familiar with the essentials of the criminal justice system. Prerequisite to all other courses in criminal justice.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Pietro Toggia, toggia@kutztown.edu
PSY - 202 810 - Psychology of Personality
Course Description: A study of the methods and concepts used in studying personality. Consideration is given to various theories as well as the experimental and clinical findings on personality.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Jason Lanter, lanter@kutztown.edu
PSY - 312 810 - Sensation and Perception
Course Description: An overview of visual and auditory perception combining the empirical and phenomenal approaches. Sensory and perceptual bases of color, form, space, sound, and music are covered.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Stephen Oross, oross@kutztown.edu
MUS - 10 811 - Introduction to Music Literature
Course Description: Asurvey of western music designed to increase the student's understanding and enjoyment of music. Through lecture, discussion and directed listening the student will be introduced to representative works of the major stylistic periods in music history with reference to the political, social and artistic milieu in which they were created. Opportunity will be provided for listening to recordings, films, and live performances.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: John Metcalf, metcalf@kutztown.edu
HIS - 204CDCT 810 - Women in African History
Course Description: This course examines the roles women have played within the diverse African societies and over the long historical periods in Africa. African women, as historical players, will be studied from the origins of early human history to post-colonial Africa. This course will challenge students to understand that gender has been historically conceptualized and that in Africa a diverse range of societies have developed gender systems that accord significant power and prestige to women.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Christine Saidi, saidi@kutztown.edu
EDU - 532 801 - Education Exploration
Course Description: Education Exploration is intended to provide teacher candidates with an introduction to the complexities of today's classrooms and education environment. Knowledge will be gained through observation and attendance at various education-related events and direct participation in classroom activities. In keeping with Kutztown's model of "teacher as a lifelong learner," the course is structured to provide as many opportunities as possible to inform and educate them on the complex competencies and responsibilities of the role of the classroom teacher and schools.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Nathan Taylor, ntaylor@kutztown.edu
SWK - 100CDCT 801 - Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare
Course Description: This course provides an overview of the development of social welfare and social work practice. The historical development of social welfare is related to the emergence and the development of the social work profession. The course introduces knowledge, values, and skills as the common base of generalist social work practice. The problem solving approach to social work practice with multi-level system is introduced. Required of all social work majors. PREREQUISITE: None.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Barth Yeboah, yeboah@kutztown.edu
SPU - 500 801 - Cognitive Development of Diverse Learners in a Standards Aligned System
Course Description: This course, designed for general education teachers in graduate programs, surveys the development and provision of special education services to individuals with disabilities in an inclusive environment. Additionally, the identification and characteristics of different types of disabilities will be discussed along with effective collaboration procedures and current classroom management procedures for pre-kindergarten to eighth grade students.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: David Ross, dross@kutztown.edu
MUS - 108CD 811 - Intro to World Music
Course Description: This course is a survey of music focusing on non-Western cultures. Selected musical traditions from throughout the world will be explored, with emphasis on how music functions as part of the daily life in particular societies. Through lecture, discussion, and direct listening, students will become more familiar with other cultures, values, and traditions and gain a better aesthetic appreciation of music from diverse societies.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Jeremy Justeson, justeson@kutztown.edu
MUS - 312 811 - Music from 1750 to the Present
Course Description: This course is a study of the music literature from 1750 to the present. It integrates the role of music in a broad overview of historical, artistic, and cultural traditions. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of forms, styles, genres, and compositional approaches as found in musical scores, to better understand the music in its historical context.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Russel Rober
CRJ - 220CD 810 - Juvenile Delinquency
Course Description: An analysis of the nature, type and incidence of delinquency within social milieu; an examination of the social characteristics of delinquents and the theories of delinquency, evaluation of the techniques of prevention and control by social agencies, and trends in delinquency.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Timothy O'Boyle, oboyle@kutztown.edu
WGS - 45 810 - Women in Mathematics
Course Description: This course examines women and minorities who have made significant contributions to the field of mathematics. Both their lives and their work will be explored as well as gender and multicultural issues surrounding their endeavors. Furthermore, mathematical topics related to their contributions will be discussed.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Lyn McQuaid, mcquaid@kutztown.edu
MAT - 104 811 - Fundamentals of Mathematics II
Course Description: This is the second course in a two-course sequence that is required for all Elementary Education and Special Education majors. It is restricted to only Education majors or permission of the department. Topics include informal geometry; measurement; probability; statistics; and computer applications. A calculator is required. A grade of "C" or better in MAT 103 is a prerequisite for MAT 104.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Paul Ache, ache@kutztown.edu
ANT 246 810 - Third World Development
Course Description: Third World Development
Course Description: This course surveys the social causes and consequences of underdevelopment in Third World societies. One of its basic premises is that development and underdevelopment must be defined in terms of quality of life as well as strictly economic indicators. A prominent (but not exclusive) focus is the problem of world hunger. This issue is used as a gateway to other significant developmentrelated issues (e.g. population, industrialization, urbanization, rural development).
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Mauricia John, john@kutztown.edu
LIB - 526 811 - Technologies in Libraries
Course Description: This course is an overview of current and emerging technologies for libraries (i.e. library automation systems, Internet, electronic library resources, peripheral equipment and networking). Students will be introduced to the practical use of technology in libraries, and learn how to evaluate individual technologies. They will recognize the importance of a librarian's involvement in the overall technology program.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Eloise Long, long@kutztown.edu
LIB - 326 810 - Microcomputer Based Systems for the Library
Course Description: This course introduces the primary hardware and software elements of microcomputer based library systems. Students will explore the installation and operation of circulation systems, on-line catalogs, CD-ROM reference tools, and linked learning stations. The Department of Library Science microcomputer classroom will be utilized to provide hands-on experience with representative software.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Eloise Long, long@kutztown.edu
SOC - 250 810 - Criminology
Course Description: An intensive review of the major theories of criminal behavior and their applications in crime prevention and control. Examination of leading crime types and criminal behavior systems.
Type/Format: 100% Online
Professor: Pietro Toggia, toggia@kutztown.edu
