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Graduate Catalog 07-08
Office of Graduate Studies and Extended Education
McKelvie Hall, 102 W. Rosedale Avenue
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
610-436-2943
fax: 610-436-2763
gradstudy@wcupa.edu
Revised March 2007
Professional and Secondary Education
201 Recitation Hall
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
610-436-2958
Dr. Hsu, Chairperson
Dr. Morgan, Assistant Chairperson and Coordinator of Graduate Studies
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Environmental Education
Dr. Mastrilli, Coordinator
Graduate students interested in developing a concentration in the area of environmental education should contact the graduate program coordinator.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
Symbol: EDO
505 Environmental Education Design, Delivery, and Field Experience (3) Conservation education as it exists in the present school curriculum and ways to integrate conservation into elementary and secondary school disciplines. Characteristics, interrelationships, and uses of our natural resources; problems and policies of industrial management in conservation as they relate to the school curriculum.
510 Methods in Conservation Education (3) Basic concepts and practices of conservation and outdoor education and their role in the school program.
511 Environmental Education Workshop (3) A field-centered learning experience. Designed to integrate the wide range of backgrounds and interests among the participants. Based on West Chester campus and/or the campuses of other universities.
515 Environmental Education History, Theory, and Practice (3) Development of the conservation movement in the U.S. with emphasis on the progressive adaptation of conservation to our changing social and economic order.
520 Organization and Administration of Outdoor Education (3) Basic concepts of outdoor education: the role of outdoor education in the school program; the initiation and administration of outdoor education.
525 Independent Studies in Environmental Education (3) Special research projects, reports, and readings in conservation and outdoor education. PREREQ: Permission of coordinator.
598 Workshop in Environmental Education (3)