Course Descriptions programs and evaluation instruments, as well as on the use of effective instructional methods to deliver these programs. MBE 680 Business Education at the College Level (3 credits) Students study the philosophy and practice of business education at the postsecondary level. This course focuses on issues, teaching approaches and curriculum and is intended for those with an interest in teaching at the postsecondary level. Field work experience may be required. MBE 685 Globalization in Education (3 credits) This course is intended to provide educators with a global perspective in secondary and postsecondary education. The course concentrates on understanding the cultural, political and economic differences in countries outside of the United States. In turn, these principles will be compared to the United States and integrated into the curriculum. MBE 690 Seminar in the Learning Environment (3 credits) This seminar is aimed at creating an understanding of the learning environment in a profit or not-for-profit organization. It is a required course in the training and development certificate program. Prerequisites: MBE 610, MBE 670 and OL 600 or permission of the instructor. MBE 691 Training and Development Seminar (3 credits) This course is an experiential seminar that serves as the capstone for the training and development certificate program. The class meets as a group four times during the term. Students work independently on field-based projects. Prerequisite: MBE 690. MBE 700 Student Teaching (6 credits) All teacher education majors seeking certification will participate in 16 weeks of full-time practice teaching at nearby schools. During the 16 weeks, the student teacher receives close and continuous supervision and guidance from teaching personnel at the school and by a member of the Southern New Hampshire University faculty. This course also includes a weekly seminar at the university. Prerequisites: Students shall be registered for this course upon: 1. Acceptance into Student Teaching, and 2. completion of all degree coursework. Applications to student teach are due one year in advance. Prerequisite: MBE 610. MBE 710 Seminar for School Business Administrators I (3 credits) This course focuses on the management skills required in the complex environment of school business administration. Students develop the skills that school business administrators need. This serves as a prelude to the field experience in the second semester course. MBE 715 Seminar for School Business Administrators II (3 credits) This course focuses on the school law and accounting content needs of the school business administrator. Particular attention is paid to the financial accounting records and procedures that are critical to the performance of the job of business administrator. Prerequisites: MBE 710. Background preparation: 6 credits of accounting.
MBE 720 Seminar for School Business Administrators III (3 credits) This course focuses on the practical application of the skills required for certification as a school business administrator. The major focus of the course is on gaining field experience with a practicing school business administrator. Areas of emphasis include budget development, contract bidding, information processing, human resource management and financial reporting. Prerequisites: OL 610 and MBE 715 with a minimum grade of “B”.
M.F.A. Graduate Courses MFA 510 MFA Workshop: Fiction Writing I (12 credits) Fiction Writing I is a course designed to provide the student entering the MFA program in fiction a grasp of the central principles of writing professional quality fiction. Students will submit to the instructor every four weeks 30 pages of manuscript, double-spaced, 12 point font, with pagination. In addition, and on a schedule established with the instructor, students will submit on a bi-weekly basis a reading journal covering the reading assignments accomplished during the period. By the end of the course the student should have completed between 60 and 120 pages of polished fictional prose (prose well beyond the first or second draft). MFA 511 MFA Workshop: Fiction Writing II (12 credits) Fiction Writing II is designed to extend a student's grasp of the essential principles of writing professional-quality fiction. During the second semester students also prepare to do a substantial critical analysis in their genre through a series of brief critical papers in addition to developing creative manuscripts. Students will submit to the instructor every four weeks 30 pages of manuscript, double-spaced, 12 point font, with pagination. In addition, and on a schedule established with the instructor, students will submit a reading journal on the two assigned books and brief critical papers on selected stories and novels they are reading during the semester. MFA 512 Graduate Fiction Workshop III (12 credits) Fiction Writing Workshop III builds on the foundations laid in the previous year (two writers’ residencies and two sixmonth faculty-mentored courses, MFA 510 and 511). In this course, students will write an extended critical essay on a contemporary author or authors, continue work on their book-length thesis project in fiction, and develop critical literacy by continuing to read in prose fiction genres. MFA 513 Graduate Fiction Workshop IV (12 credits) Fiction Writing Workshop IV completes the sequence of four residencies and four mentored semesters of reading, critical analysis, writing, and participation in workshops, lectures, and public readings. By the end of the course students should have a manuscript of prose polished to a level of professional quality to be suitable for submission to agents and editors. MFA 520 MFA Workshop: Nonfiction Writing I (12 credits) Nonfiction Writing I is a course designed to provide the student entering the MFA program in nonfiction a grasp of the central principles of writing professional-quality nonfiction. 105