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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.)