Science in a Changing World Track: Courses and Areas

(listing 10/26/09; please submit suggested additions and uptodate information to peter.taylor@umb.edu)

Note: Courses offered by departments in the College of Science and Mathematics, with the exception of policy-oriented courses, automatically count for the Science area. They are explicitly included in the list only if they also count for another area.

[(d) indicates students can be brought into regular classes from a distance via skype or phone; (o) indicates online sections as well as face2face]

 

 

Courses

Area

Science

Analysis/Interpretation

of Science

in its Social Context

Pedagogy & Civic Engagement

Foundation: 4 for Masters; 2 for Certificate

Next offered

 

Either CrCrTh 640, Environment, Science and Society: Critical Thinking

Or CrCrTh 645/Biol 545, Biology in Society: Critical Thinking

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

X

 

 

X

 

X

Sp 11 (d)

F 10

CrCrTh 650, Mathematics Thinking Skills

X

 

X

Sp 10 (d)

Pub Pol 749/ CrCrTh 649, Scientific & Political Change

 

X

X

F 11

CrCrTh 652, Children and Science

X

 

X

Electives: 4 for Masters; 3 for Certificate

Consult WISER

Graduate courses offered by departments in the College of Science and Mathematics (except policy-oriented courses count in 2nd column).

X

 

 

X

 

 

CrCrTh 611, Seminar in Critical Thinking (Theme: Problem-based learning)

 

 

X

W, Sp 10 (o)

CrCrTh 616, Dialogue Processes

 

 

X

F 09, Sp 10 (o)

CrCrTh 618, Creative Thinking, Collaboration & Organizational Change

 

 

X

 

CrCrTh 619/ PubPol 719, Biomedical Ethics

 

X

 

(d)

CrCrTh 640, Environment, Science and Society: Critical Thinking

 

X

X

Sp 11 (d)

CrCrTh 645/Biol 545, Biology in Society: Critical Thinking

X

X

X

F 09 (o)

CrCrTh 670, Thinking, Learning and Computers

 

X

X

F09, Sp 10 (d)

CrCrTh 688, Reflective Practice %

 

 

X

Sp 10 (o)

EDCG 610, Computers, Technology & Education

 

 

X

Sp 10

EDC G 625, Designing Instruction in Math & Science

 

 

X

Sp 10

EDC G 660, Designing Secondary Curriculum: Science/ Math

 

 

X

 

EDC G 661, Developing Understanding of Physical Science

X

 

X

Sp 10

EDC G 665, Methods in Secondary Science Instruction

 

 

X

 

EEOS 605, Teaching Environmental Science and Technology

X

 

X

 

EEOS 6XX, Climate and Energy: Law, Policy, and Management (in development)

 

X

 

 

EEOS 716, Sci. & Tech. Info. & the Policy Process

 

X

 

 

English 600, Eco-criticism

 

X

 

 

English 663, The End of the World

 

X

 

 

Hist 605, History of the Atomic Bomb

 

X

 

Sp 10

Math 570, History of Mathematics for Secondary Teachers

 

X

X

 

MGT688, Global Warming (to be renamed: Business and Climate Change)

 

X

 

 

MGT6XX, Clean Energy: Technologies, Markets, and Policy (in development)

 

X

 

 

Nursng 701, Science as a Way of Knowing

 

X

 

 

Physic 570, Instrumentation Laboratory For Science Teachers

X

 

X

 

Physic 571, Integrated Mathematics and Physical Science for Teachers

X

 

X

 

Physic 572, Energy (special topics course, to be submitted to governance)

X

 

X

F 10

Psych 550L, Cognitive Psychology

X

 

 

F 09 (d)

Pub Pol 753, Epidemiological Thinking and Population Health

X

X

 

Sp 11 (d)

WoSt 597, Gender, Race, and the Complexities of Science and Technology

 

X

X

Research & Engagement Courses%

Sp 10 (o)

CrCrTh 692, Processes of Research and Engagement

 

 

X

F 10 (o)

CrCrTh 693, Action Research for Educational, Professional and Personal Change*

 

 

X

F 09, Sp 10, F 10 (d)

CrCrTh 694, Synthesis of Theory and Practice (capstone project)

 

 

 

* Offering the course on Problem-Based Learning (crurently CrCrTh 611) with a focus on real-world SICW issues is contemplated.  If so, this course could substitute for CrCrTh 693 or 694 provided the requirements for the capstone "synthesis" project are met. [A proposal to make Problem-Based Learning a course in its own right is under development.]

% Courses suitable for undertaking internships or supervised activities in schools, workplaces, communities, businesses, or the policy arena.