Registration begins April 11.

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Summer Session 1:
Mon/Wed courses: May 16-July 2
Tues/Thurs courses: May 17-June 26

Summer Session 2:
Mon/Wed courses: July 9-August 15
Tues/Thurs courses: July 3 -August 9
(No classes on July 4, Independence Day)

Institute courses:
Varying start and end dates.  Please refer to the specific course to obtain the dates.

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SESSION 1 COURSES
Mon/Wed courses: May 19-June 29
Tues/Thurs courses: May 19-June 23
(No classes May 23, BC Commencement & May 31, Memorial Day)

ED 346.01 Teaching Bilingual Students
ED 346.02 Teaching Bilingual Students
ED 435.01 Social Contexts of Education
ED 447.01 Literacy and Assessment in the Secondary School
ED 433.01 Counseling Techniques in Higher Education
ED 473.01 Teaching Writing
ED 492.01 Deaf/Blind Seminar
ED 528.01 Understanding Learning Disabilities and Education
ED 529.01 Social Studies and the Arts: Teaching, Learning and Curriculum in the Elementary School
ED 698.01 Leadership Colloquium on Universal Design
ED 771.01 Organization and Administration of Higher Education
ED 867.01 Diversity in Higher Education: Race, Class, and Gender
PY 441.01 Issues in Counseling Men
PY 447.01 Applied Developmental Psychologu: Emphasis on Adolescent
PY 529.01 Psychology of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
PY 605.01 Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling Psychology
PY 605.02 Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling Psychology
PY 745.01 Biological Bases of Behavior

SESSION 2 COURSES
Mon/Wed courses: July 9-August 15
Tues/Thurs courses: June 3-August 9
(No classeson July 4, Independence Day)

ED 374.01 Management of the Behavior of Students with Special Needs
ED 425.01 Topics in Catholic Education
ED 435.08 Social Contexts of Education
ED 438.01 Instruction of Students with Special Needs and Diverse Learners
ED 438.08 Instruction of Students with Special Needs and Diverse Learners
ED 447.02 Literacy and Assessment in the Secondary School
ED 495.01 Human Development and Disabilities
ED 542.01 Teaching Reading and Language Arts
ED 595.01 Assessment and Instruction for Students with Reading Difficulty
ED 621.01 Bilingualism, Second Language, and Literacy Development
ED 621.02 Bilingualism, Second Language, and Literacy Development
ED 708.01 Contemporary Issues in Higher Education
ED 737.01 Contemporary Issues in Curriculum and Instruction
PY 418.01 Applied Developmental Psychology: Emphasis on Child
PY 447.01 Applied Developmental Psychology: Emphasis on Adolescent
PY 447.02 Applied Developmental Psychology: Emphasis on Adolescent
PY 528.01 Multicultural Issues
PY 642.01 Introduction to Play Therapy

INSTITUTE COURSES (See specific course dates and times below)

ED/PY 460.01 Interpretation and Evaluation of Research
ED 451.09 Human Resources Administration
ED 804.01 Catholic Higher Ed Administration & Leadership
ED 805.01 Institute for Administrators in Catholic Higher Education
PY 471.01 Psychological Responses to Humanitarian Crises

SESSION I, Mon/Wed courses: May 18-June 29
SESSION I, Tues/Thurs courses: May 19-June 23
(No classes May 23, BC Commencement & May 31, Memorial Day)

ED 346.01 Teaching Bilingual Students
*FOR ELEMENTARY ED MAJORS ONLY*
Deals practically with instruction of teaching English Language Learners, Sheltered English Immersion, and mainstream classrooms. Reviews and applies literacy and content area instructional approaches. Includes such other topics as history and legislation related to English Language Learners and bilingual education, and the influences of language and culture on students, instruction, curriculum, and assessment.  T/TH 4pm-6:45pm

ED 346.02 Teaching Bilingual Students
*FOR SECONDARY ED MAJORS ONLY*
Deals practically with instruction of teaching English Language Learners, Sheltered English Immersion, and mainstream classrooms. Reviews and applies literacy and content area instructional approaches. Includes such other topics as history and legislation related to English Language Learners and bilingual education, and the influences of language and culture on students, instruction, curriculum, and assessment. 
T/TH 4pm-6:45pm

ED 435.01 Social Contexts of Education
Examines the historic and evolving development of the major social factors that together create the diverse, competing, and often unequal social contexts influencing the quality and type of education different groups of students experience in particular school sites and across school sites. Major requirements for the course include creating a sociological portrait of a selected school site and developing an interdisciplinary curriculum unit/action project focusing on key issues facing the community and/or the school and its students.
M/W 7pm-9:45pm

ED 447.01 Literacy and Assessment in the Secondary School
Designed to address the subject of teaching reading in the content areas of secondary schools. Demonstrates effective teaching strategies appropriate for all students, including those with special needs. Focuses extensively on concepts, strategies, and issues related to assessment.
M/W 4pm-6:45pm

ED 433.01 Counseling Techniques in Higher Education
(Not appropriate for Mental Health or School Counseling students.)
Provides an introduction to theoretically-based counseling skills for professionals in higher education and other education and community settings. The areas of communications skills involving the use of role-playing, observation, and practice components are emphasized. Postsecondary case studies cover a range of counseling issues and are applicable to a wide range of settings involving late adolescents and adults.
T/Th 4pm-6:45pm

ED 473.01 Teaching Writing
This course presents research on children's (K-8) writing development, writing processes, and writing in the classroom. Instructional methods for teaching writing will be explored. Students are expected to participate in extensive writing as part of the course.
T/TH 7pm-9:45pm

ED 492.01 Deaf/Blind Seminar
Presents histories of deaf, blind, and deaf/blind services. Discusses various etiologies of deaf-blindness along with their implications for intervention with persons with deaf-blindness. Provides overview of legislation and litigation relating to special services for individuals with deaf-blindness. Students complete a project relating to services for persons with multiple disabilities. Several guest speakers representing various agencies and organizations serving individuals with deaf-blindness present this course.
T/TH 4pm-6:45pm

ED 528.01 Understanding Learning Disabilities and Education
Prerequisite: ED 044 or ED 438, or waiver for equivalent experience
General and special educators are responsible for serving students with learning disabilities, only some of whom have an identified disability. Course topics include: theories and knowledge of what learning disabilities are characteristics of students with LD across the life span, and major approaches to service delivery and instruction. This course is appropriate for educators working at the elementary level and higher.
M/W 4pm-6:45pm

ED 529.01 Social Studies and the Arts: Teaching, Learning and Curriculum in the Elementary School
This course is designed to help students examine historical interpretation with critical analysis through history and the arts. It explores different areas of content and instructional methods directly related to Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks in social studies, literature, and the arts.
T/TH 4pm-6:45pm

ED 698.01 Leadership Colloquium on Universal Design for Learning
(By Department Permission Only)
This advanced graduate level seminar examines the current body of work generated by the UDL framework. Included are selected readings, guest presentations, facilitated conversations, online reflections, and other activity-based collaborations among participants and guests. Final products will include the development of proposals offering promising applications of UDL theory to research and practice in order to improve education for ALL learners. Permission of instructor is required.  Syllabus available on request (jacksonr@bc.edu).
T/Th 4pm-6:45pm

ED 771.01 Organization and Administration of Higher Education
Focuses on how the American university is organized and governed. Examines basic elements as well as structure and process of the American university. Considers such topics as models of governance, locus of control, leadership, and strategic environments for the American university.
M/W 7pm-9:45pm

ED 867.01 Diversity in Higher Education: Race, Class, and Gender
The purpose of this course is to provide students with the opportunity to examine the theoretical scholarship and empirical research on race, class, and gender in American higher education. The course readings are interdisciplinary in nature and require students to identify research claims and their relationship to higher education practice and policy in the U.S. We explore such issues as admissions and affirmative action policy, sexual harassment, and access and financial aid practices.
T/TH 4pm-6:45pm

PY 441.01 Issues in Counseling Men
Examines issues related to counseling men by examining the influence of socially constructed roles on men, their families, and broader society. Specifically examines how men's roles impact on their personal development through the life span as well as on men's health, roles as partners and fathers, and how men approach mental health services. Covers issues specific to counseling men from access to services to creating therapeutic environments for men. Uses case analysis of transcripts and videotapes.
M/W 7pm-9:45pm

PY 447.01 Applied Developmental Psychology: Emphasis on Adolescent
Helps teachers understand principles of learning and cognitive, linguistic, social, and affective development as they apply to classroom practices. Focuses on the acquisition of strategies that enable teachers to assess and understand how they and their students are constructors of meaning. Half of each semester is devoted to analysis of case studies. Designed for individuals beginning their professional development in education who plan to work with adolescents.
T/Th 4pm-6:45pm

PY 529.01 Psychology of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Designed for the student who is interested in the study of both the theoretical and applied aspects of alcohol and substance abuse. The course will focus on the psychological, physiological, sociological, and economic aspects of addiction in society.
T/TH 7pm-9:45pm

PY 605.01 Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling Psychology
Topics include professional codes and ethical principles; laws governing mental health professions; confidentiality, privacy and record keeping; client rights and malpractice; issues in supervision; dual role relationships; psychological assessment; and, issues specific to minorities, children and specialized treatment modalities and techniques. Emphasis is on the preparation of mental health counselors and other mental health professionals.
M/W 4pm-6:45pm

PY 605.02 Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling Psychology
Topics include professional codes and ethical principles; laws governing mental health professions; confidentiality, privacy and record keeping; client rights and malpractice; issues in supervision; dual role relationships; psychological assessment; and, issues specific to minorities, children and specialized treatment modalities and techniques. Emphasis is on the preparation of mental health counselors and other mental health professionals.
T/TH 4pm-6:45pm

PY 745.01 Biological Bases of Behavior
This course reviews a variety of topics within the biological bases of behavior, employing a neuroanatomical starting point. Students learn neuroanatomy in some detail; moreover, course explores basic mechanics of the nervous system, basic psychopharmacology, and sensation and perception. Also examines cognitive functions associated with different regions of the brain as well as neurodevelopmental, psychiatric, and neurological disorders. In addition, students will have opportunity to read some of the more contemporary writings in the field of neuroscience.
T/TH 4pm-6:45pm

SESSION 2 COURSES

SESSION II, Mon/Wed courses: July 6-August 10
SESSION II, Tues/Thurs courses: June 28 -August 2

ED 374.01 Management of the Behavior of Students with Special Needs
The behavior management challenges presented by some students with special needs are addressed in this course. Following discussion on the diagnosis and functional analysis of these behaviors, substantial emphasis is given to the practical application of applied behavior analysis techniques. Alternative and/or cooperative strategies for classroom use are also
T/Th 4pm-6:45pm discussed.

ED 425.01 Topics in Catholic Education
This course examines the culture of Catholic schools and what makes them unique within the larger United States school context, exploring how the history of these schools, the influence of the Catholic Church, and the events of the recent past have influenced the culture of Catholic schools. Topics include religious who served these schools, recent closures and reorganizations of Catholic schools, international perspectives on Catholic schools, and student achievement in Catholic schools.
M/W 4pm-6:45pm

ED 435.08 Social Contexts of Education
*FOR DONOVAN SCHOLARS ONLY*
Examines the historic and evolving development of the major social factors that together create the diverse, competing, and often unequal social contexts influencing the quality and type of education different groups of students experience in particular school sites and across school sites. Major requirements for the course include creating a sociological portrait of a selected school site and developing an interdisciplinary curriculum unit/action project focusing on key issues facing the community and/or the school and its students.
T/TH 12:30pm-3:15pm

ED 438.01 Instruction of Students with Special Needs and Diverse Learners
This course focuses on the education of students with disabilities and other learners from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The goal of the course is to promote access to the general curriculum for all students through participation in standards-based reform. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) provides the theoretical framework for this course. Through an examination of historical milestones, landmark legislation, systems for classification, approaches to intervention and the daily life experiences of diverse learners, students acquire knowledge about diversity and the resources, services and supports available for creating a more just society through education.
T/TH 4pm-6:45pm

ED 438.08 Instruction of Students with Special Needs and Diverse Learners
*FOR DONOVAN SCHOLARS ONLY*
This course focuses on the education of students with disabilities and other learners from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The goal of the course is to promote access to the general curriculum for all students through participation in standards-based reform. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) provides the theoretical framework for this course. Through an examination of historical milestones, landmark legislation, systems for classification, approaches to intervention and the daily life experiences of diverse learners, students acquire knowledge about diversity and the resources, services and supports available for creating a more just society through education.
M/W 1pm-3:45pm

ED 447.02 Literacy and Assessment in the Secondary School
Designed to address the subject of teaching reading in the content areas of secondary schools. Demonstrates effective teaching strategies appropriate for all students, including those with special needs. Focuses extensively on concepts, strategies, and issues related to assessment.
T/TH 4pm-6:45pm

ED 495.01 Human Development and Disabilities
From conception through adolescence, with concern for the results of physiological malfunction at any stage of development. Presentation, discussions, readings and observation will permit the student to understand the most prevalent handicapping conditions. Included is a consideration of aids and prosthetic devices and medical interventions employed by those with sensory and/or motor handicaps.
M/W 4pm-6:45pm

ED 542.01 Teaching Reading and Language Arts
Examines reading development from preschool through early adolescence from a variety of instructional perspectives. Students will gain understanding of major theoretical perspectives on reading and its development and will learn a variety of strategies for teaching reading. Also introduces methods for assessing children's reading skills and weaknesses to plan instruction. Discusses children's literature and teaches students strategies for using literature as part of an instructional program. Expects students to spend at least 16 hours distributed across at least eight sessions in a classroom or other setting where they can work with one or more children.
M/W 4pm-6:45pm

ED 595.01 Assessment and Instruction for Students with Reading Difficulty
Prerequisite: ED 542 or equivalent
Examines the methods and materials related to formal and informal assessment, analysis and interpretation of the results of assessment, and instructional techniques for students with a range of reading difficulties (K-12). Focus is on the needs of students from varied populations.
T/TH 4pm-6:45pm

ED 621.01 Bilingualism, Second Language, and Literacy Development
Explores first and second language and literacy development of children raised bilingually as well as students acquiring a second language during pre-school, elementary, or secondary school years. Also addresses theories of first and second language acquisition, literacy development in the second language, and factors affecting second language and literacy learning. Participants will assess the development of one aspect of language or language skill of a bilingual individual and draw implications for instruction, parent involvement, and policy.
M/W 4pm-6:45pm

ED 621.02 Bilingualism, Second Language, and Literacy Development
Explores first and second language and literacy development of children raised bilingually as well as students acquiring a second language during pre-school, elementary, or secondary school years. Also addresses theories of first and second language acquisition, literacy development in the second language, and factors affecting second language and literacy learning. Participants will assess the development of one aspect of language or language skill of a bilingual individual and draw implications for instruction, parent involvement, and policy.
T/TH 7pm-9:45pm

ED 708.01 Contemporary Issues in Higher Education
The purpose of this course is to develop an understanding on the issues in higher education from the perspective of institutional leadership. Contemporary issues such as internal governance, town gown relationships, dynamics of leadership, resource allocation, cross divisional collaboration, applying theory to practice, professional ethics, personal foundations, and alignment of practice to mission will be considered. Students will critically analyze these issues and develop their professional approach after considering the competencies necessary in each area.
M/W 7pm-9:45pm

ED 737.01 Contemporary Issues in Curriculum & Instruction
(This topic will be offered summer 2012. This course is best suited for doctoral students who have completed at least their first year of doctoral studies.)
This course will explore the epistemological, methodological, and pedagogical uses of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the examination and deconstruction of institutionalized and race-based educational disparities and inequalities in K-12 and post-secondary education. In this regard, the overarching goals of the course will be to explore the relative utility of CRT as a theoretical framework in 1) interrogating the factors that cause the aforementioned educational disparities 2) exploring the structures that cause inequalities to exist and persist, 3) determining sustainable remedies to these disparities and inequalities, and 4) its potential to inform the research interests of students.
M/W 12:30pm-3:15pm

PY 418.01 Applied Developmental Psychology: Emphasis on Child
Will help teachers understand principles of learning and cognitive, linguistic, social, and affective development as they apply to classroom practices. Will focus on the acquisition of strategies that enable teachers to assess and understand how they and their students are constructors of meaning. Designed for individuals beginning their professional development in education who plan to work with children.
M/W 7pm-9:45pm

PY 447.01 Applied Developmental Psychology: Emphasis on Adolescent
Helps teachers understand principles of learning and cognitive, linguistic, social, and affective development as they apply to classroom practices. Focuses on the acquisition of strategies that enable teachers to assess and understand how they and their students are constructors of meaning. Half of each semester is devoted to analysis of case studies. Designed for individuals beginning their professional development in education who plan to work with adolescents.
M/W 4pm-6:45pm

PY 447.02 Applied Developmental Psychology: Emphasis on Adolescent
Helps teachers understand principles of learning and cognitive, linguistic, social, and affective development as they apply to classroom practices. Focuses on the acquisition of strategies that enable teachers to assess and understand how they and their students are constructors of meaning. Half of each semester is devoted to analysis of case studies. Designed for individuals beginning their professional development in education who plan to work with adolescents.
M/W 4pm-6:45pm

PY 528.01 Multicultural Issues
For students in Counseling Psychology; other students by permission only.
Assists students to become more effective in their work with ethnic minority and LGBT clients. Increases students' awareness of their own and others' life experiences, and how these impact the way in which we approach interactions with individuals who are different from us. Examines the sociopolitical conditions that impact individuals from ethnic and non-ethnic minority groups in the U.S., and presents an overview of relevant research.
T/TH 7pm-9:45pm

PY 642.01 Introduction to Play Therapy
Examination of various theoretical approaches to play therapy as a treatment modality for school age and preschool children. Discusses techniques, methods, and processes of play therapy, as well as strengths and limitations of this treatment approach.
T/TH 7pm-9:45pm

INSTITUTE COURSES (See specific course dates and times below)

ED/PY 460.01 Interpretation and Evaluation of Research
This course is designed to improve the student's understanding of the research literature in education and psychology. It concentrates on developing the understandings and skills needed by the competent reader of research reports. Emphasis is placed on the accurate interpretation of statistical data and on the evaluation of published research.
May 22-June 6, T/W/Th/F 4pm-7pm and June 4, Monday 4pm-7pm

ED 451.09 Human Resources Administration
(For PSAP students only)
Addresses fundamental school personnel functions such as hiring, retention, socialization, rewards and sanctions, and performance appraisal. These functions, however, are situated in a broader approach to the human and professional development of school personnel in a learning organization. Situates human resource development within the larger agenda of increased quality of student learning and teacher development.
July 1-13, 8:30am-12pm

ED 804.01 Catholic Higher Ed Administration & Leadership
This course explores contemporary issues, organizational and governance structures and distinct characteristics of successful leadership for administrators at Catholic Colleges and Universities, focusing on effective campus policy development, strategic planning, and assessment. Students will engage current research, historical literature, Church documents, lectures and group exercises. A unique component to this course is participation in the Institute for Administrators in Catholic Higher Education - a five-day seminar for senior administrators and leaders in Catholic higher education from around the globe where internationally recognized scholars and practitioners address the challenges and opportunities that Catholic higher education faces on a daily basis.  For more information about the Institute for Administrators in Catholic Higher Education, visit the website: http://www.bc.edu/schools/lsoe/cce/highered/iache/schedule.html
July 5-July 24, Tues/Thurs 4pm-6:45pm and July 9-12 at the Institute for Administrators in Catholic Higher Education, 3 credits

ED 805.01 Institute for Administrators in Catholic Higher Education
Each July, the Institute for Administrators in Catholic Higher Education hosts a five-day seminar providing a singular opportunity for administrators and leaders at Catholic colleges and universities around the globe to interact with some of the nation’s most outstanding scholars and practitioners as they address issues that Catholic higher education faces on a daily basis. For more information, please visit the website: http://www.bc.edu/schools/lsoe/cce/highered/iache/schedule.html
July 9-July 12
1 credit

PY 471.01 Psychological Responses to Humanitarian Crises
This course develops a critical framework for understanding the psychological and social effects of selected natural and unnatural disasters and current responses to them.  Course goals include: the development of a critical understanding of gendered oppression in contexts of war and humanitarian crises; an analysis of selected psychosocial interventions in the context of development and humanitarian aid; a critical analysis of international human rights as potential resources; and, the formulation of programmatic responses for mental health and human rights workers seeking to creatively respond to women and child survivors in collaboration with community-based indigenous workers and advocates.
May 17-June 7, T/TH 12-3:30; 6/1/12 10:30am-3:30pm