Humanities Courses

This course is designed to foster understanding of the dynamic continuum of development and learning in children from birth through Pre-Adolescent. Topics include cognitive and linguistic factors affecting development and learning, nurturing diversity and equity, addressing multiple intelligences and diverse learning styles, integrating play, and language and literacy across the curriculum.

The course is designed to foster implementing developmentally appropriate principles and practices. Topics include integration across all core curriculum areas, responsiveness to cultural and linguistic differences, fostering intellectual stimulation through play, implementing appropriate guidance and management techniques to create a safe environment, and assessment that is multidimensional, ongoing and performance based.

(Formerly EDC 207) A course designed to provide cross training for the teacher in the regular classroom in order to be able to work as part of a collaborative interprofessional team. Through study, observation, and field experiences the pre-service teacher will gain valuable training and resources for inclusion of special needs students in the regular classroom.

This courses defines both religion and spirituality as a factor that contributes to the development and well-being of the human person. It examines the ways in which the psychology of religion can be used to explain various spiritual phenomena both in the past as well as the present.

This course serves as an introduction to the teaching of literacy in grades Preschool-12 and focuses on both theoretical and practical approaches to assessing, teaching, and incorporating literacy into classroom. Teacher candidates wil explore and learn to apply teaching practices related to balanced, comprehensive literacy including, phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, fluency, vocabulary development, and motivation. These approaches will be discussed in the context of special needs and ELL students, multicultural education, technology integration, and differentiated strategies. Connections to the New Jersey Student Learning Standards will be integral. This course will also expose teacher candidates to developing/analyzing lesson plans, evaluating case studies, and reading/discussing contemporary issues in literacy.

(Formerly EDC 222) This course offers a variety of instructional strategies and techniques to assist students with mild to moderate high-incidence disabilities, including learning disabilities, mental retardation, behavioral and emotional disabilities, and speech or language impairments. It will address curriculum planning, program development, assessment, and the use of technology. Developing literacy and effective Individual Educational Plans (IEPs), designing effective learning environments, and preparing students for transition will also be addressed. This course requires successful completion of 16 hour field practicum.

(Formerly EDC 223) This course offers a variety of instructional strategies and techniques to assist students with mild to severe low-incidence disabilities, including autism, pervasive developmental disorders, severe-profound mental retardation, physical and multiple disabilities, health impairments, and traumatic brain injury. It will address adaptive and functional curriculums, the use of assistive technology, interventions and transdisciplinary teaming and assessment, effective learning environments, and elective Individual Educational Plans (IEPs). This course requires successful completion of 16-hour field practicum.

(Formerly EDC 312) This course provides the necessary knowledge and skills for working with special needs students placed in inclusive educational settings, addressing collaborative relationships with various professionals and agencies serving special needs students. It will offer various models, materials, and instructional adaptations including technology, to promote inclusion. It will also emphasize implementing Individual Education Plans (IEPs) within regular education settings.This course contains a field experience and requires successful completion of a thirty(30) hour practicum.

(/formerly EDC 313) This course describes the principles under laying effective classroom management, offers techniques and strategies to promote an effective learning environment for all students in both inclusive and self-contained settings. Also provides specific strategies and techniques for conducting functional behavioral assessment and designing positive behavioral support plans for students with challenging behavior. This course contains a field experience.

A project-centered course in which students learn the editorial, proofreading and production sills necessary to produce a professional literary magazine. Some discussion also of the role of the literary magazine in contemporary writing and in the history of American letters. Culminates in the production of Blink, Bloomfield College’s literary magazine. Can be repeated once for credit.

(Formerly EDC 304) This course focuses on the study of curriculum development and principles of teaching. The course will introduce the skills to design and deliver interdisciplinary curricula utilizing differentiated instruction, technology integration, as well as accommodating for special needs and ELL students.

(Formerly EDC 309)This course focuses on the further development of curriculum design and principles of teaching. The course reinforces the skills of differentiated instructional design and delivery, integration of technology, and adapting lessons to address diverse learners including special needs and ELL students.                          
                    

An in-depth study of a major figure, movement, or issue in philosophy. Ethics and metaethics; quantification and axiomatic logic, medieval philosophy; 19th century philosophy; recent and contemporary philosophy; Eastern philosophy, etc.

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This course offers traditional and recent approaches to studying various genres, themes, historical periods, and critical issues in the texts from more than one national literature. Topics and texts vary from semester to semester. As topics change, this course may be repeated for credit.

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This course provides for the in-depth study of the people, society, culture, or movements during a particular historical period or for comparative analysis of society's, cultures, or movements of people or ideas during particular periods, or other historical moments. This course also allows for the in-depth study of particular historical events. Each student will write amajor (20 page) research paper for this course. The topic and methods of evaluation will be defined by the instructor of the course. Prerequisites: HIS 219; WRT 107.

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This course provides for an in-depth study of major issues in the history of religions, especially the academic study of religion. Possible topics may include: mythology; cosmology; theology; religion and science, etc.

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(Formerly EDC 310) This course is designed to provide a foundation for classroom methodology of standards-based
instructional activities and assessments. One purpose of this course is to introduce teacher candidates to the elements of assessment that area part of good teaching and best practice. 

(Formerly EDC 326) The objective of this course is to introduce various forms of educational technology through hand-on project based learning to pre-service teacher candidates. This course provides various opportunities for engagement and reflection on the role these technology tools can play in teaching/learning processes in a classroom. Students will become skilled in some of many digital tools available for schools to use in their classrooms. In addition, students will learn current issues in technology use in classrooms and will become familiar with basic learning theories which will help in determining
appropriate applications of educational technology in educational settings. Students will become familiar with virtual schooling and learn how to assist online learning of their students.

 

Intensive work in poetry writing within the context of contemporary poetry. Study of the competing schools of modern poetry, from the New Formalists to the Nuyoricans. Frequent writing assignments designed to help students find their individual poetic voice. This course culminates in a portfolio of original poetry and a public reading of original poetry for the College community.

(Formerly EDC 327) Students will be introduced to the elements of a quality early childhood learning environment. Building on their knowledge of child development, students will learn appropriate assessment tools and techniques, both formal and informal, to be able to evaluate young children's learning and development.           

Intensive work in creative non-fiction, including the memoir, personal essay, epistolary forms, and travel writing. Frequent writing assignments designed to help students find an individual writing voice and hone their skills in prose. Culminates in a portfolio of original prose and a public reading for the college community

(Also LAC 356) Major figures in the literature of Latin America in translation. Majors figures will include, Allende, Borges, Carpentier, Garcia Marquez, Neruda, and Vargas Llosa.

(Formerly JOU 357) This course is designed to involve students in the writing, reporting and producing of news for radio and television. They will develop skills and techniques needed to work in broadcast news.

(Also AFS 360) This course examines various expressions and forms of African spirituality, ethic, and culture. It challenges the long-standing myth that African religions are based on a monolithic cultural system. Religious traditions from West and Central Africa are central to the objectives of this course.

(Also REL 360)
This course examines various expressions and forms of African spirituality, ethic, and culture. It challenges the long-standing myth that African religions are based on a monolithic cultural system. Religious traditions from West and Central
Africa are central to the objectives of this course.