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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

144 Hours

Course Duration

4 Year (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

24

Introduction to the Humanities

The course explores philosophic and artistic heritage of humanity expressed through a historical perspective on visual arts, music, and literature. Topics include myth, literature, art, music, television, cinema, and the theater. Also discussed are provocative issues in the humanities - religion, morality, happiness, death, freedom, and controversies in the arts.

Social and Cultural Geography

Social and Cultural Geography considers why geography matters to the analysis and understanding social relations, cultural identity and social inequality. Course examines how social life is structured at a variety of scales with respect to ethnicity, industries, services, urban patterns, and resources of world as a whole.

English Composition

English Composition provides you with rhetorical foundations that prepare them for academic and professional writing. You will learn the strategies and processes that successful writers employ as you work to accomplish specific purposes. You will develop skills in writing unified, coherent, well-developed essays using correct grammar and effective sentence structure.

College Algebra

College Algebra provides an overview of the fundamental concepts of algebra: an understanding of the general concepts of relation and function; and the ability to solve practical problems using algebra.

World Religions

World Religions course offers the broadest coverage of world religions as they exist today; helping you understand the ideology behind the many religions that strive today. While it is impossible to cover all religions, it does cover those of the vast majority of people.

Ethics

Evenly balanced between theory and applications, this course shows you how to establish an ethical theory and how to apply it to a range of specific moral issues. This course examines ethical problems in such areas as mercy killing, personal relations, business, sexuality, medicine, and the environment.

Art Appreciation

This course introduces the origins and historical development of art. Emphasis is placed on the relationship of design principles to various art forms including but not limited to sculpture, painting, and architecture. Upon completion, you should be able to identify and analyze a variety of artistic styles, periods, and media.

Pre-Calculus

This course provides the mathematical foundation for an introductory calculus course. In addition to a brief review of basic algebra, the course covers equations and inequalities; functions, models, and graphs; polynomial and rational functions; exponential and logarithmic functions; trigonometric functions; and trigonometric identities and equations.

Human Biology

This course is an introductory study of the human body, including the basic structure and function of the major organ systems (nervous, endocrine, circulatory, reproductive, etc.) and the effects of diet, exercise, stress and environmental change on human health.

World History

World History course present the big picture, to facilitate comparison and assessment of change, and to highlight major developments in world's history. This course emphasizes the global interactions of major civilizations so that you can compare and assess changes in the patterns of interaction and the impact of global forces.

Basics of Teaching and Learning

Teaching is a profession that can yield something amazing when the right ideas and beliefs are implemented in the classroom. The purpose of this course is to induce you to the concept of teaching as a profession. The course presents various learning methods and role of Education in 21st Century.

Teaching At Different Levels

The course introduces you to the concepts of differentiated instruction, differentiating planning, differentiated assessment and differentiated learning experiences. The course also includes grouping, differentiation, and enrichment of gifted children.

Learning and Development

The course introduces you to the concepts of physical development, cognitive development, emotional and social development and physical and cognitive development. The course also presents tools for learning in real time and online learning activities.

Foundations of Education

The purpose of this course is to enable you to think critically about contemporary education issues, so they can develop creative solutions to difficult problems. This will be accomplished by gaining an understanding of the history of these issues and problems.

Philosophical Foundations of Education

This course explores the underlying principles and philosophical foundations of teaching and education and examines how teachers function on the basis of a set of assumptions and beliefs regarding what they teach, how they teach, and to what end they teach.

Computers in Education

This course prepares educators to use, evaluate, and integrate a variety of computer-based programs into the classroom. The course also covers use of graphic tools in education, how technology is used to provide education to special children and issues and challenges of technology in education.

Essentials of Educational Psychology

This course explains the cognitive, linguistic, personal, social, and moral development of individuals as well as individual and group differences. This lesson also describes behaviorist and social cognitive views of learning, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and informal and formal assessments.

Teaching for Special Fields

The course teaching for special fields provides you with a comprehensive overview of major aspects of the field of special education. This course emphasizes how students with special needs can succeed in the general education classroom with the assistance of the teacher and other members of the team.

Introduction to Adult Education

This course focuses on the Independent Adult Learning process. It discusses the Community Development Process and Community Action. It also emphasizes on Supporting Adult Learners in the Community.

Information Technology for Adult Learning

This course explores how IT can make a real difference to the quality of learning. It's approach takes account of some of the cultural, sociological and psychological factors, which influence how IT is used.

Methods of Teaching Adults

In this course, we draw our attention upon a range of recent work on adult lifelong learning to address what learning methods are available in adult education. We also look at what is distinctive about adult learning and teaching.

Adult Identity Culture and Communication

This course focuses on the principles and contexts of communication in Adult Education. In this course, you will study Process of Human Communication, Person Perception, and the Verbal Message.

Issues in Adult Literacy

In this course, the issues regarding the Adult Education Literacy are discussed. The focus of this course is on Literacy issues that come in the middle of Adult Education.

Social Psychology of Adult Learning

This course examines the role of psychology in adult education. It acknowledges the psychological dimension of adult education and explores this dimension in the context of the concerns of adult learning.

Cost of Attendance

Tuition Fee Breakdown 1 Cost
BACHELORS DEGREE $31,680
Medical Insurance $0.00
Personal Expenses $0.00
Study Materials $0.00
Food Cost $0.00
Total Tuition Fee $31,680
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Introduction to the Humanities

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The art of thinking critically.
    Apollonian reason, dionysian intuition.
    Myth.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Literature.
    Art.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Music.
    The theater.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The musical stage.
    Television.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The cinema.
    Religion.
    Happiness.
    Morality.
    Life and death.

Social and Cultural Geography

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Mash-ups using google maps hand-held navigation devices
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Mexican perspectives on undocumented immigration
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Building barriers in the middle east
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Using air photos to make the case for war applying the concept of scale to war in iraq
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Wal-mart in china
    Locating car parts plants
    Market segmentation

English Composition

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Writing to learn
    Critical thinking, reading, and viewing.
    Preparing.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Composing.
    Rewriting.
    Formulating arguments.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Using the internet for research
    Evaluating electronic and print sources.
    Apa documentation format.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Cms and cse formats.
    Writing in the disciplines
    Writing in the humanities.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Writing in the natural sciences.
    Writing in the social sciences
    Design principles

College Algebra

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Review of the real number system
    Linear equations, inequalities, and applications
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Graphs, linear equations, and functions
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Systems of linear equations
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Exponents, polynomials, and polynomial functions
    Factoring
    Rational expressions and functions
    Roots, radicals, and root functions
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Quadratic equations and inequalities
    Additional graphs of functions and relations
    Inverse, exponential, and logarithmic functions
    Polynomial and rational functions
    Conic sections and systems of inequalities
    Further topics in algebra

World Religions

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Characteristics of basic religions
    Native american religions
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    African religions
    Hinduism
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Jainism
    Buddhism
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Sikhism
    Chinese religions
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Shinto
    Zoroastrianism
    Judaism
    Christianity
    Islam

Ethics

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    What is morality?
    Consequentialist -teleological- theories of morality
    Nonconsequentialist -deontological- theories of morality
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Virtue ethics
    Absolutism versus relativism
    Freedom versus determinism
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Reward and punishment
    Setting up a moral system: basic assumptions and basic principles
    The taking of human life
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Allowing someone to die, mercy death, and mercy killing
    Abortion
    Lying, cheating, breaking promises, and stealing
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Morality, marriage, and human sexuality
    Bioethicsethical issues in medicine
    Business and media ethics
    Environmental ethics

Art Appreciation

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding art
    Visual elements
    Organizing principles of design
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Drawing
    Painting
    Printmaking
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Graphic design
    Photography and filmmaking
    Digital art
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Sculpture
    Crafts
    Product and clothing design
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Architecture
    Designed settings
    Historical styles in western art
    Understanding art on all levels

Pre-Calculus

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Graphs
    Function and models
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Polynomial and rational functions
    Exponential and logarithmic function
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Trigonomatic function
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Analytic trigonometry
    Polar coordinates; vectors
    Analytic geometry
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Systems of equations and inequalities
    Sequences; induction; the bionomial theorem

Human Biology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Why study biology?
    Basics of biology, anatomy, and physiology.
    Determinism, biology, culture, and the ecological perspective.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Biological development and the human lifespan.
    Genetics, evolution, and human behavior.
    Human biology and intellect.
    The human genome project.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The biology of disability, health, illness, and treatment.
    Biology and mental illness
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Biological elements of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco
    Human sexuality and sexual orientation.
    The biology of aging.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Public health and biology.
    Critical thinking and human biology

World History

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    From human prehistory to the rise of agriculture
    Early civilization
    Nomadic societies
    Classical civilization: china
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Classical civilization: india
    Classical civilization in the mediterranean: persia, greece and rome
    The classical period: directions, diversities, and declines by 500 c.e.
    The rise of islam: civilization in the middle east
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    India and southeast asia under the impact of islam
    Africa and islam
    East european civilization: byzantium and russia
    Western civilization: the middle ages
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The spread of east asian civilization
    Centers of civilization in the americas
    The mongol interlude and the end of the postclassical period
    The west and the world: discovery, colonization, and trade
    Western civilization changes shape in the early modern centuries
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The rise of eastern europe
    The ottoman and mughal empires
    East asia: vital trends in politics and trade
    The first industrial revolution: western society, 17801914
    World economy and western imperialism: africa and south asia
    The settler societies: the west on frontiers
    The development of latin american civilization
    The middle east and china in the imperialist century
    Russia and japan: industrialization outside the west
    World war i and the end of an era
    The west in the contemporary period
    Eastern european civilization
    East asia in the 20th- 22nd centuries
    India and southeast asia

Basics of teaching and learning

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Do i want to be a teacher?
    Developing as a professional.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Helping diverse learners succeed in today's classrooms.
    Changes in american society: their influences on today's schools.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Education in the united states: its historical roots.
    Educational philosophy: the intellectual foundations of american education.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The organization of american schools.
    Governance and finance: regulating and funding schools.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    School law: ethical and legal influences on teaching.
    The school curriculum.
    Creating productive learning environments.
    Instruction in american classrooms.
    Technology in american schools.

Teaching at different levels

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Education in a age of change.
    Becoming a professional educator.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Challenges of school reform.
    Profiles of today's learners.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Responding to diversity.
    Meeting the needs of exceptional learners.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The curriculum.
    Effective instruction.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Classroom management and discipline.
    Assessing learning.
    Social and philosophical perspectives.
    Historical influences.
    Influences of technology.
    Legal issues affecting learners and teachers.

Learning and development

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Literacy and learning
    Theoretical perspectives of literacy development
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Oral language development: foundation for literacy
    Signs of emergent literacy among infants and toddlers: observation and exploration
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Enhancing emergent literacy among infants and toddlers
    Signs of emergent literacy among preschoolers
    Enhancing emergent literacy among preschoolers
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Emergent literacy among kindergartners: signs, standards, and assessment
    Enhancing emergent literacy and beginning reading and writing in kindergartners
    Literacy instruction in first grade: becoming an independent reader and writer
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Literacy instruction in second and third grade: transitioning to fluent reading and writing
    Transitioning to fourth grade-reading and writing to learn

Foundations of Education

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Status of the profession
    Development of the profession
    The major philosophies
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The impact of educational theories on educational practice
    American education: european heritage and colonial experience
    American education: from revolution to the twentieth century
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Modern american education: from the progressive movement to the present
    School and society
    Responding to a diverse and multicultural society
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Students at risk
    Legal framework for the public schools
    Teachers, students, and the law
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Governance and financing of elementary and secondary schools
    The school curriculum: development and design
    Instructional practices in effective schools
    Education for the new millenium

Philosophical Foundations of Education

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Idealism and education
    Realism and education
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Eastern philosophy, religion, and education
    Pragmatism and education
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Reconstructionism and education
    Behaviorism and education
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Existentialism, phenomenology, and education
    Analytic philosophy and education
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Marxism and education
    Philosophy, education, and the challenge of postmodernism

Computers in Education

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Theoretical foundations
    Designing and planning technology-enhanced instruction
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Computers in the learning environment
    Digital technologies in the classroom
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Administrative software
    Academic software
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The internet and the world wide web
    Using the web for teaching and learning
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Audiovisual technologies
    Distance education: using technology to redefine the classroom
    Issues in implementing technology in schools
    Technology, teaching, and you

Essentials of Educational Psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to educational psychology
    Learning, cognition, and memory
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Learning in context
    Higher-level cognitive processes
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Cognitive development
    Motivation and affect
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Personal and social development
    Instructional strategies
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Classroom management strategies
    Assessment

Teaching for special fields

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Overview of today's special education
    Ensuring progress in the general curriculum through universal design for learning andinclusion
    Today's multicultural, bilingual, and diverseschools
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Today's families and their partnerships with professionals
    Understanding students with learning disabilities
    Understanding students with communicationdisorders
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Understanding students with emotional or behavioral disorders
    Understanding students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
    Understanding students with mental retardation
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding students with severe and multiple disabilities
    Understanding students with autism
    Understanding students with physical disabilities and other health impairments
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding students with traumatic brain injury
    Understanding students with hearing loss
    Understanding students with visual impairments
    Understanding students who are gifted and talented

Introduction to Adult Education

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    An overview of concepts and research
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Independent adult learning - a conceptual analysis
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The adult learning iceberg
    Community adult education
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Adult learning groups, community development and community action
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Identifying and researching adult learners in the community
    Supporting adult learners in the community - the individual mode
    Supporting adult learners in the community - the group mode.

Information Technology for Adult Learning

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    One: introduction;
    Two: can quality in learning be enhanced through the use of it? niki davis, charles desforges, john jessel, bridget somekh, chris taylor and gay vaughan;
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Three: children writing words and building thoughts: does the word processor really help? john jessel;
    Four: number education for very young children: can it change the nature of early years mathematics education? gay vaughan;
    Nine: computers and the teacher's role. peter scrimshaw;
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Ten: classroom investigations: exploring and evaluating how it can support learning. bridget somekh;
    Eleven: using it in classrooms: experienced teachers and students as co-learners. colin biott malcolm bell;
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Twelve: getting teachers started with it and transferable skills. bridget somekh niki davis;
    Thirteen: partnership in initial teacher education. graham bryne hill;
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Fourteen: do electronic communications offer a new learning opportunity in classrooms? niki davis;
    Fifteen: it and the politics of institutional change. brudget somekh, geoff whitty rod coveney;

Methods of teaching adults

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    A contract to learn
    Definitions
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Adult students
    The nature of learning
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Learning and teaching
    Goals and objectives
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Adult learning groups
    Roles and the teacher
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Teaching
    Content and methods
    Blocks to learning
    Evaluation
    Participation
    Conclusion

Adult Identity Culture and Communication

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The process of human communication
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Person perception
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The verbal message
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The nonverbal message
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Listening
    Conflict and negotiation

Issues in Adult literacy

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Accountability and program quality : the third wave by larry condelli
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Equipped for the future and standards-based educational improvement : achieving results that matter for adult learners by sondra g. stein
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Tales from the field : the struggles and challenges of conducting ethical and quality research in the field of adult literacy by daphne greenberg
    Professional development and evidence-based practice in adult education by mary beth bingman and cristine smith
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Quality instruction in adult literacy education by hal beder
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Learning to read as a cultural process by james paul gee
    The empower project : connecting curriculum development and research by mary jane schmitt and martha merson
    Giving literacy away, again : new concepart s of promising practice by stephen reder

Social psychology of adult learning

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Humanistic psychology and the self-directed learner
    The psychoanalytic approach
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The development of identity during adulthood
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The development of intelligence and cognition
    Learning styles
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Behaviourism
    Group dynamics and the group facilitator
    Critical awareness
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