Assessment of currently influential educational philosophies, such as essentialism, romanticism, behaviorism, experimentation, and perennialism. Special attention given to their relevance to practice in such areas as teaching methods and curriculum planning.

Professional seminar to support students in Early Childhood Education field experience practica.

Prepracticum experience in ECE settings

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introduces students to the concept and types of simulation modeling needed for understanding complex systems and addressing global problems in healthcare, energy, transportation, among others. We will start with simple experiments that can be calculated by hand or in Excel to introduce the concept of simulation; then extend into systems modeling by creating simple code using compartmental techniques and agent-based programming. Some of the examples we will use include modeling of malaria, cancer, climate change, and social networks.

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Quantitative techniques of production planning and control, including master production scheduling, manufacturing resources planning, operation scheduling, materials management, just-in-time production, facility layout, and forecasting.

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A Senior Design (SD) project course including design concept selection, design spec writing, assembly design (DFM), design analysis, a final report and oral presentations in defense of the design. Prerequisites: M&I-ENG 313, 354, 375 and 413. Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BS-ME majors..