Adult and Occupational Ed  

AOE 800 - Workshop in Adult and Occupational Education
Credits: 1.00 to 4.00
Modularized instruction of in-service education. Focus varies with the needs of the student. May be repeated for up to 8 credits. Special fee.

AOE 802 - Concepts of Adult and Occupational Education
Credits: 4.00
Development of occupational education in the U.S.; socioeconomic influences responsible for its establishment; federal and state requirements for secondary and postsecondary schools. Coordination of programs with general education and vocational fields. Focus on selected concepts relevant to adult education. Special attention on the adult as a learner, volunteer management, evaluation and accountability, experiential learning, adult education. Required of all degree candidates in AOE concentrations.

AOE 852 - Youth Organizations
Credits: 4.00
Organizational Development: advising youth organizations; teaching parliamentary procedure; developing programs and activities; leadership organizations. FFA/SOEP (Future Farmers of America/Supervised Occupational Experience Programs for high school youth). VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America). 4-H (Cooperative Extension Youth Program).

AOE #883 - Conducting and Supervising Adult Education Programs
Credits: 4.00
Analysis of traditional and nontraditional adult education programs; development of strategies of program planning, instruction, evaluation, and supervision.

AOE #884 - Experiential Adult Learning
Credits: 4.00
Theory, development and applications of experientially based educational programming especially in relation to adult learning styles. Major emphasis is placed on student-directed simulations, journals, facilitation, experiential reflection, and group activities.

AOE 891 - Planning for Teaching
Credits: 4.00
Organization of materials of instruction to meet group and individual needs. Techniques of instruction, planning for teaching, function of consulting committees, working with youth groups, program evaluation. Course scheduled concurrently with Educ. Supervised Teaching. Prereq: microcommunications or permission.

AOE 896 - Investigations
Credits: 1.00 to 4.00
Topics may include career education, secondary education, postsecondary education, adult education, extension education, exemplary education, cooperative education, disadvantaged and handicapped education, international agriculture, or teaching experience. Student-selected problems in one of the areas listed. Elective after consultation with instructor. Hours to be arranged. May be repeated.

AOE 899 - Master's Thesis
Credits: 1.00 to 10.00
CR/F.

AOE 900 - College Teaching
Credits: 2.00
An analysis of teaching strategies at the collegiate level. The planning, execution, and evaluation of instruction for meeting the needs of the young adult learner. Recommended for all who wish to teach in a collegiate setting. Discussion of lectures selected, distinguished UNH lecturers. Prereq: permission.

AOE #901 - Advanced Methods and Materials of Instruction
Credits: 4.00
Organization and delivery of performance-based instruction. Provides opportunities for exploration in instructional planning, execution, evaluation, management, and guidance. Open to teachers of vocational/technical education and others by permission. Required of master's degree candidates concentrating in vocational/technical education.

AOE #903 - Administration and Supervision of Vocational/Technical Education
Credits: 4.00
Students identify and develop competencies required of vocational administrators, using a vocational administrator task analysis, which includes fair hiring and firing practices, staff development, long-range planning, federal administration for vocational programs, and evaluation of program effectiveness. Philosophy of, and federal regulations governing, vocational education.

AOE #904 - Planning Strategies in Vocational/Technical Education
Credits: 4.00
A systematic approach to the development of course materials for vocational/technical education. Topics included are occupational analysis, establishing performance objectives, selection of content, development of supplemental material, and evaluation. Prereq: a course in teaching methods or permission.

AOE #905 - Development of Cooperative Education Programs
Credits: 4.00
Organization and development of cooperative training programs. Designed for teachers, cooperative-education coordinators, work-study coordinators, school administrators, industrialists, and others in charge of external training programs. Focus on planning, implementation, and evaluation of cooperative training programs as they relate to the role and function of the organization.

AOE #909 - Community Organization and Public Relations
Credits: 4.00
The composition, purposes, and objectives of the various social and economic organizations operating in local communities. The importance of their membership to the general welfare of the area and the development of a public relations program.

AOE 911 - Internship
Credits: 8.00
Internship in a field of vocational/technical and adult education either in methodology of teaching or in technical subject matter. Students may elect internship only after completing the qualifying examinations for the master's degree, with permission of their major adviser. May be repeated up to 8 credits.

AOE 912 - Introduction to Social Sciences Research
Credits: 4.00
The course is designed to develop a knowledge and understanding of the principles and techniques of scientific research in the social sciences. The research process is examined in terms of selection and formulation of research problems, design, techniques of data collection, analysis, and interrelation of data and reporting.

AOE 920 - Community, Junior, and Vocational/Technical Colleges
Credits: 4.00
Rise and development of community-junior colleges and two-year vocational/technical colleges in American education; their history, potential, philosophy, and functions.

AOE 990 - Programming in Adult Education
Credits: 4.00
Focus on the program development process with particular attention to the design and implementation of educational programs that respond to adult needs. Special attention given to the involvement of adult learners in the programming process and to educational programs in both Cooperative Extension Service and continuing education. Required for master's degree candidates concentrating in adult education.

AOE 995 - Independent Study
Credits: 2.00 to 6.00
Individual study problems in various phases of vocational/technical and adult education. Prereq: permission. May be repeated.

AOE 998 - Adult and Occupational Education Seminar
Credits: 1.00 to 2.00
Discussion of current issues, problems, and research and development in vocational/technical and adult education. Students, faculty, and other personnel serve as discussion leaders. Required of departmental graduate students. (Fall semester only.)