Undergraduate
Astronomy 103: Introductory Astronomy: The Solar System | Janet McLarty-Schroeder, MS
This course is a non-technical introduction to astronomy, with emphasis on the sun, planets, moons, and smaller bodies which make up the solar system. Topics include the nature of light, the atom, telescopes, an examination of the planets and their moons and rings, the origin of the solar system, comets, asteroids, and meteors, catastrophic events, and the search for planets around other stars.
Educational Technology 125: Fundamentals of Online Teaching | Cynthia Alexander, XXX - In Progress Fall 2025
This is designed for educators and future educators who wish to learn the fundamentals of teaching online courses. Students will learn online course structures and delivery methods.
Educational Technology 133: Spreadsheets for Educators | Cynthia Alexander, XXX - In Progress Fall 2025
This course prepares educators and prospective educators to perform administrative, instructional, and other classroom tasks utilizing spreadsheet software for a variety of educational purposes. Students will be guided through steps for initial projects, simultaneously learning concepts of use and software basics, along with generating ideas and methods to create and use spreadsheets for educational purposes. Topics include using spreadsheet technology to enhance teaching and learning and integration of technology into course curriculum.
Educational Technology 151: Online Communication for Educators | Cynthia Alexander, XXX - In Progress Fall 2025
This course prepares educators and prospective educators to incorporate a variety of online communication technologies into the academic environment. In addition to the fundamentals of email use and management, emphasis is placed on video communications, discussion forums, and next generation Web communication tools within the educational community. Topics include creating and using a variety of communication methods for use in the educational setting, netiquette, designing good discussion topics for students, modeling appropriate communication techniques, as well as issues surrounding student safety and security in relation to online communications.
Educational Technology 160: Using AI in the Educational Environment | Cynthia Alexander, XXX - In Progress Fall 2025
This course introduces students to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology with other software to perform administrative, instructional, and other business and educational-related functions. Topics include background and basics of AI, use of AI in business and education, integration of AI technology into common software applications, and utilizing AI to help with productivity. Other topics include policy, ethical, and management issues related to artificial intelligence.
This course is a non-technical introduction to astronomy, with emphasis on the sun, planets, moons, and smaller bodies which make up the solar system. Topics include the nature of light, the atom, telescopes, an examination of the planets and their moons and rings, the origin of the solar system, comets, asteroids, and meteors, catastrophic events, and the search for planets around other stars.
Educational Technology 125: Fundamentals of Online Teaching | Cynthia Alexander, XXX - In Progress Fall 2025
This is designed for educators and future educators who wish to learn the fundamentals of teaching online courses. Students will learn online course structures and delivery methods.
Educational Technology 133: Spreadsheets for Educators | Cynthia Alexander, XXX - In Progress Fall 2025
This course prepares educators and prospective educators to perform administrative, instructional, and other classroom tasks utilizing spreadsheet software for a variety of educational purposes. Students will be guided through steps for initial projects, simultaneously learning concepts of use and software basics, along with generating ideas and methods to create and use spreadsheets for educational purposes. Topics include using spreadsheet technology to enhance teaching and learning and integration of technology into course curriculum.
Educational Technology 151: Online Communication for Educators | Cynthia Alexander, XXX - In Progress Fall 2025
This course prepares educators and prospective educators to incorporate a variety of online communication technologies into the academic environment. In addition to the fundamentals of email use and management, emphasis is placed on video communications, discussion forums, and next generation Web communication tools within the educational community. Topics include creating and using a variety of communication methods for use in the educational setting, netiquette, designing good discussion topics for students, modeling appropriate communication techniques, as well as issues surrounding student safety and security in relation to online communications.
Educational Technology 160: Using AI in the Educational Environment | Cynthia Alexander, XXX - In Progress Fall 2025
This course introduces students to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology with other software to perform administrative, instructional, and other business and educational-related functions. Topics include background and basics of AI, use of AI in business and education, integration of AI technology into common software applications, and utilizing AI to help with productivity. Other topics include policy, ethical, and management issues related to artificial intelligence.