New Courses at Michigan State University

This page shows MSU courses which were first offered during the current or a future semester.

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Course Number Course Title/Description First Semester Offered
ISB 206

Title: Foundations in Community and Sustainability

Description: Investigations and analysis of the environmental and social impacts of sustainability both locally and globally.

Fall 2024
ISB 230

Title: Foundations of Biological Science for Teacher Education

Description: Using science practices to explore core ideas in biological and chemical systems by focusing on crosscutting concepts.

Fall 2024
ISP 231

Title: Foundations of Physical Science for Teacher Education

Description: Using science practices to explore core ideas in physical systems by focusing on crosscutting concepts.

Fall 2024
CEP 402

Title: Math Interventions for Students with Disabilities

Description: Evidence-based and research-based mathematics interventions and supports, and response to intervention in mathematics for students with disabilities and students at risk.

Fall 2024
CEP 403

Title: Assessment for Students with Disabilities

Description: Informal and formal assessment methods for planning and evaluating instruction and for classifying and placing students with mild disabilities.

Fall 2024
TE 403A

Title: Teaching of Science to Diverse Learners PK-3

Description: Engaging diverse learners in grades PK-3 to make sense of the natural world. Lesson planning. Designing and using formative assessment and discourse strategies to learn about children’s ideas and resources for learning science. Supporting children’s sense-making about phenomena through engagement in scientific practices and using disciplinary ideas.

Fall 2024
TE 403B

Title: Teaching of Science to Diverse Learners 3-6

Description: Engaging diverse learners in grades 3-6 to make sense of the natural world. Lesson planning. Designing and using formative assessment and discourse strategies to learn about children’s ideas and resources for learning science. Supporting children’s sense-making about phenomena through engagement in scientific practices and using disciplinary ideas.

Fall 2024
TE 404A

Title: Teaching of Social Studies to Diverse Learners PK-3 (W)

Description: Teaching social studies to diverse learners at the elementary level (PK-3). Inquiry into and construction of subject-specific meaning. Social studies subject matter adapted to learner diversity. Teachers’ roles, including professional, intellectual, and sociopolitical responsibilities.

Fall 2024
TE 404B

Title: Teaching of Social Studies to Diverse Learners 3-6 (W)

Description: Teaching social studies to diverse learners at the elementary level (3-6). Inquiry into and construction of subject-specific meaning. Social studies subject matter adapted to learner diversity. Teachers’ roles, including professional, intellectual, and sociopolitical responsibilities.

Fall 2024
CEP 405

Title: Internship in Teaching Special Education

Description: Internship in heterogeneous classrooms. Increased emphasis on independent teaching. Teaching students with learning disabilities in classroom communities that ensure equitable access to important knowledge and skills. Assessing academic and social outcomes.

Fall 2024
TE 405C

Title: Teaching Literacy to Diverse Learners II (3-6)

Description: Equitable literacy instruction in grades 3-6. Lesson planning, assessment, teaching, and learning in 3-6 literacy.

Fall 2024
TE 406C

Title: Teaching Mathematics to Diverse Learners II (3-6)

Description: Equitable mathematics instruction in grades 3-6. Lesson planning, assessment, teaching, and learning in grades 3-6 mathematics.

Fall 2024
TE 410

Title: Clinical Experience in English Education II

Description: Directed and evaluated placement in a secondary English classroom. Forming respectful relationships with students. Refinement of diverse instructional strategies. Co-teaching worthwhile content to students with varied learning needs. Exploration of common teaching dilemmas.

Fall 2024
TE 411

Title: Seminar in English Education I

Description: Examining teaching as enabling diverse learners to create understanding, meaning, and purpose by engagement with the English language arts curriculum at the secondary level (7-12). Review of English language arts curriculum. Methods for lesson and unit planning. Adapting the English curriculum to learner diversity.

Fall 2024
TE 414

Title: Clinical Experience in Mathematics Education II

Description: Directed and evaluated placement in a secondary mathematics classroom. Forming respectful relationships with students. Refinement of diverse instructional strategies. Co-teaching worthwhile content to students with varied learning needs. Exploration of common teaching dilemmas.

Fall 2024
TE 415

Title: Seminar in Mathematics Education I

Description: Examining teaching as enabling diverse learners to create understanding, meaning, and purpose by engagement with the mathematics curriculum at the secondary level (7-12). Review of mathematics curriculum. Methods for lesson and unit planning. Adapting the mathematics curriculum to learner diversity.

Fall 2024
TE 421

Title: Clinical Experience in Science Education II

Description: Directed and evaluated placement in a secondary science classroom. Forming respectful relationships with students. Refinement of diverse instructional strategies. Co-teaching worthwhile content to students with varied learning needs. Exploration of common teaching dilemmas.

Fall 2024
TE 422

Title: Seminar in Science Education I

Description: Examining teaching as enabling diverse learners to create understanding, meaning, and purpose by engagement with the science curriculum at the secondary level (7-12). Review of science curriculum. Methods for lesson and unit planning. Adapting the science curriculum to learner diversity.

Fall 2024
TE 425

Title: Clinical Experience in Social Studies Education II

Description: Directed and evaluated placement in a secondary social studies classroom. Forming respectful relationships with students. Refinement of diverse instructional strategies. Co-teaching worthwhile content to students with varied learning needs. Exploration of common teaching dilemmas.

Fall 2024
TE 426

Title: Seminar in Social Studies Education I

Description: Examining teaching as enabling diverse learners to create understanding, meaning, and purpose by engagement with the social studies curriculum at the secondary level (7-12). Review of social studies curriculum. Methods for lesson and unit planning. Adapting the social studies curriculum to learner diversity.

Fall 2024
TE 434

Title: Clinical Experience in World Language Education II

Description: Directed and evaluated placement in a secondary world language classroom. Forming respectful relationships with students. Refinement of diverse instructional strategies. Co-teaching worthwhile content to students with varied learning needs. Exploration of common teaching dilemmas.

Fall 2024
TE 435

Title: Seminar in World Language Education I

Description: Examining teaching as enabling diverse learners to create understanding, meaning, and purpose by engagement with the world languages curriculum at the secondary level (7-12). Review of world languages curriculum. Methods for lesson and unit planning. Understanding the interrelatedness of language and culture. Adapting the world languages curriculum to learner diversity.

Fall 2024
REL 450

Title: Sexuality, Gender, and Religion

Description: Seminar-style course that examines how different religious traditions and people understand sexuality and gender and analyzes the scholarship about religion, sexuality, and gender.

Fall 2024
OST 534

Title: Cardiovascular System

Description: Systems biology approach to the cardiovascular system, including the heart and vasculature throughout the body. Normal structure and function and pathologies. Integration of basic science and clinical information.

Fall 2024
PSY 816

Title: Current Topics in Work and Organizational Psychology

Description: Introduction to Industrial-Organizational psychology.

Fall 2024
CSS 817

Title: Global Plant Breeding Regulations (Interim New)

Description: Regulatory approvals in plant breeding, including use of marker-assisted plant breeding, gene editing, and genetic engineering tools. Requirements for approval of development and deployment of biotechnology crops in various countries.

Fall 2024
CSS 818

Title: Design Thinking and Leadership for Plant Breeders (Interim New)

Description: Leadership skills in plant breeding. Design thinking in development of new varieties.

Fall 2024
PSY 856

Title: Practicum I: Making the Business Case

Description: Creating a persuasive business case to address an organizational problem.

Fall 2024
EAD 996A

Title: Research Preparation 1

Description: Processing of research questions, research design, and group dynamics in a cohort setting under faculty guidance.

Fall 2024
CEP 404

Title: Literacy Interventions for Students with Disabilities

Description: Methods for teaching literacy to students with mild disabilities. Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data related to the teaching and programming of literacy instruction.

Spring 2025
TE 412

Title: Seminar in English Education II

Description: Reflection on classroom teaching practice. Formation of professional learning communities devoted to collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data on English language arts teaching and learning. Dilemmas surrounding English language arts teaching practice.

Spring 2025
TE 413

Title: Student Teaching Internship in English Education

Description: Directed and evaluated internship in a secondary English language arts classroom. Increased emphasis on independent teaching. Maintaining classroom communities that ensure equitable access to important knowledge and skills. Assessing academic and social outcomes.

Spring 2025
TE 416

Title: Seminar in Mathematics Education II

Description: Reflection on classroom teaching practice. Formation of professional learning communities devoted to collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data on mathematics teaching and learning. Dilemmas surrounding mathematics teaching practice.

Spring 2025
TE 417

Title: Student Teaching Internship in Mathematics Education

Description: Directed and evaluated internship in a secondary mathematics classroom. Increased emphasis on independent teaching. Maintaining classroom communities that ensure equitable access to important knowledge and skills. Assessing academic and social outcomes.

Spring 2025
TE 423

Title: Seminar in Science Education II

Description: Reflection on classroom teaching practice. Formation of professional learning communities devoted to collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data on science teaching and learning. Dilemmas surrounding science teaching practice.

Spring 2025
TE 424

Title: Student Teaching Internship in Science Education

Description: Directed and evaluated internship in a secondary science classroom. Increased emphasis on independent teaching. Maintaining classroom communities that ensure equitable access to important knowledge and skills. Assessing academic and social outcomes.

Spring 2025
TE 427

Title: Seminar in Social Studies Education II

Description: Reflection on classroom teaching practice. Formation of professional learning communities devoted to collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data on social studies teaching and learning. Dilemmas surrounding social studies teaching practice.

Spring 2025
TE 428

Title: Student Teaching Internship in Social Studies Education

Description: Directed and evaluated internship in a secondary social studies classroom. Increased emphasis on independent teaching. Maintaining classroom communities that ensure equitable access to important knowledge and skills. Assessing academic and social outcomes.

Spring 2025
TE 436

Title: Seminar in World Language Education II

Description: Reflection on classroom teaching practice. Formation of professional learning communities devoted to collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data on language teaching and learning. Dilemmas surrounding world language teaching practice.

Spring 2025
TE 437

Title: Student Teaching Internship in World Language Education

Description: Directed and evaluated internship in a secondary world language classroom. Increased emphasis on independent teaching. Maintaining classroom communities that ensure equitable access to important knowledge and skills. Assessing academic and social outcomes.

Spring 2025
OST 562

Title: Hospital Care Capstone

Description: Application of medical knowledge to patient care in hospital setting.

Spring 2025
OST 563

Title: Health Systems Science Capstone

Description: Foundations of healthcare systems, including medical economics, informatics, patient safety, and healthcare policy.

Spring 2025
PSY 807

Title: Quantitative Analysis I

Description: Foundational issues for statistical analysis and regression analysis.

Spring 2025
PSY 808

Title: Quantitative Analysis II

Description: Advanced issues in the application of multiple regression approaches.

Spring 2025
PSY 819

Title: Testing and Measurement Development

Description: Psychological testing theory and measurement development.

Spring 2025
PSY 821

Title: Staffing Organizations

Description: Recruitment and selection practices and procedures for the workplace.

Spring 2025
PSY 824

Title: Employee Attitudes and Engagement

Description: Employee attitudes, engagement, and their outcomes.

Spring 2025
EAD 996B

Title: Research Preparation 2

Description: Processing of research questions, research design, and group dynamics in a cohort setting under faculty guidance.

Spring 2025
PSY 857

Title: Practicum II: Applied Skills in Data Analysis and Interpretation

Description: Advanced issues in the application of multiple regression approaches to analyzing data.

Summer 2025
EAD 937A

Title: Equity-Oriented Inquiry for Leaders 1

Description: Leadership inquiry as analytical framework for policy and practice: action and participatory research; theories of research and inquiry paradigms; development of skills in conducting literature reviews and identifying research problems; exploration of research praxis.

Summer 2025
PSY 822

Title: Performance Management

Description: Performance management approaches for motivation and employee development.

Fall 2025
PSY 823

Title: Workplace Learning and Development

Description: Research and practice to facilitate individual, team, and organizational learning and development.

Fall 2025
PSY 858

Title: Practicum III: Developing a Training and Onboarding Program

Description: Assessment of training needs, development of a training plan, and the determination of training effectiveness.

Fall 2025
EAD 996C

Title: Research Preparation 3

Description: Processing of research questions, research design, and group dynamics in a cohort setting under faculty guidance.

Fall 2025
PSY 830

Title: Special Topics

Description: Special topic areas relevant in work and organizational psychology.

Spring 2026
PSY 859

Title: Practicum IV: Attitude Survey Development and Analysis

Description: Assessment of organizational issue, development attitude survey, implement survey, and analyze survey data and generate feedback report.

Spring 2026
EAD 976

Title: Budget and Finance for Equity in Postsecondary Education

Description: Exploration of various budgeting and funding processes and concerns in postsecondary education. An equity-focused lens is employed to analyze inequalities and promote systemic change.

Spring 2026
EAD 996D

Title: Research Preparation 4

Description: Processing of research questions, research design, and group dynamics in a cohort setting under faculty guidance.

Spring 2026
EAD 937B

Title: Equity-Oriented Inquiry for Leaders 2

Description: Leadership inquiry as an analytical framework for policy and practice: action and participatory research; theories of research and inquiry paradigms; basic techniques in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research; exploration of research praxis. Proposal writing.

Summer 2026
EAD 998A

Title: Dissertation in Practice 1

Description: Group dissertation research: design, execution, and analysis of group dissertation in practice research projects.

Fall 2026
EAD 998B

Title: Dissertation in Practice 2

Description: Group dissertation research: design, execution, and analysis of group dissertation in practice research projects.

Spring 2027

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