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Mary Sue Barry
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Courses and Schedule
Students must complete 9 hours of CTSE courses, 15 hours of FLSP OR FLFR courses, and 6 hours of general education courses for a total of 30 semester hours. The distance education courses will be offered for the first two cohort groups on the rotation described below. Distance education students generally will be able to finish their course work in two academic years and 2 summers if they follow the program listed below.
Layout of Classes
| Course | Title | Hr | Semester | Pedagogical modes |
| CTSE 7546 | Evaluation of Program in Foreign Language Education | 3 | Fall | Course materials available on Web. Asynchronous streaming video lectures, synchronous lecture/discussion/presentations (synchronous streaming video and chat), student oral presentations (submitted as Power Point presentation). Lecture/discussion sessions will be archived. Two on-campus weekend seminars: 1) orientation: technology, library facilities, introduction: communicative language teaching and testing, 2) indirect measurement, MLAT, special reports. Communicate via e-mail and message boards. Projects submitted via WebCT. |
| CTSE 7536 | Organization of Programs: Foreign Languages | 3 | Spring | See CTSE 7546 for general description. Two on-campus weekend seminars: 1) orientation to technology, introduction to reading theory & thematic units, 2) introduction to WebQuest, supervised work on thematic units with access to materials in LRC. Final project submitted via WebCT. Communicate via e-mail and message boards. |
| CTSE 7526 | Curriculum and Teaching: Foreign Languages | 3 | Summer (First Five Weeks) | See CTSE 7546 for general description. Two on-campus weekend seminars: 1) ethnographic tools, develop questions, find secondary sources, terms and models, 2) reports on interviews and observations conducted on native speakers of English. Communicate via e-mail and message boards. (All library research, observations, and interviews of English-speaking subjects for comparative ethnographic study will be completed during first five weeks. Students complete ethnography during AU Study Abroad or with speakers of target language in their home communities. |
| FLSP \ FLFR 6000-7000 | AU Summer Study Abroad | 6 | Summer (Second Five Weeks) | Students take 6 hours of elective Spanish \ French in an abroad experience during second five weeks. Students do observations/interviews in the target culture to complete comparative ethnographic study for CTSE 7526. Communications via e-mails and message boards will continue. |
| CTRD 6716 | Literacy and Inquiry in the Content Area | 3 | Fall | Course materials available on web. DL students are connected live to on-campus classes with video and chat (streaming video). Two on-campus sessions. Publish a webquest. Content: electronic literacy and reading learning plan. |
| FLSP 7976 | Seminar: Special Topics | 3 | Spring | Web-based with streaming video option for special topics courses. |
| Summer course TBA | 3 | Summer (First Five Weeks) | ||
| FLSP \ FLFR 6000-7000 | AU Summer Study Abroad | 6 | Summer (Second Five Weeks) | Students take 6 hours of elective Spanish \ French in an abroad experience. |
Options for Transfer in Credit: Six hours of Spanish or French; Three hours of Spanish or French and three hours of general education.
Alabama residents only: Two campus studies: Take up to 15 hours in Spanish or French at UA or UAB.
Students may take nine hours during the first AU Study Abroad with permission from the Foreign Language Department.