EDUS7500

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STEM Education Foundations

Curriculum and Instruction Education and Human Sciences

College/School

Education and Human Sciences

Course Title

STEM Education Foundations

Academic Level (Course Level)

Doctoral, Specialist in Education, Graduate

Course Subject Code

EDUS

Course Number

7500

Credit Hours Min

3

Contact Hours Min

3

Billing Hours Min

3

Lecture Hours Min

3

Course Description

Prerequisite: Admission to doctoral program. Introduction to the educational, political, economic, and socio-cultural foundations of the STEM and STEM education disciplines including the history and development of STEM education with attention to the STEM content in P-16 settings. Topics include: introduction to the nature of each of the STEM and STEM education disciplines; investigation of related political, economic, and socio-cultural foundations; and frameworks for constructing personal perspectives and philosophies of integrative STEM education.