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Acting for Nonmajors. 3 Credits.

Introduction to basic processes and techniques of acting for the stage.
Grading status: Letter grade.

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Advanced Leadership Development Seminar. 3 Credits.

This is a three-credit course with a focus on delving deeper into issues relevant to leadership and education. This course is open to seniors, juniors, and sophomores with student organization experience and an interest in an advanced exploration of leadership.
Grading status: Letter grade.

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EDUC 614. Innovative and Engaging Teaching. 3 Credits.

Introduction to the teaching profession including a focused, program-long emphasis on innovative, authentic, and resource-informed teaching. Includes engagement with 21st-century learning skills.
Grading status: Letter grade.

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EDUC 521. Schools, Cultures, and Communities I: Youth. 3 Credits.

Focus on youth in schools. This course considers the history and present lives of youth, primarily as teenagers/adolescents. It seeks recognition and understanding of the uniqueness of their lives.
Grading status: Letter grade.

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EDUC 506. Politics, Policymaking, and America's Schools. 3 Credits.

Through extensive case study and conversations with policy actors, students will learn the stages model of policy making and understand conflicting values that play out in policy decisions.
Gen Ed: SS.
Grading status: Letter grade.

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EDUCATION (EDUC) < University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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This course will provide students with knowledge to succeed at a research university. Students will consider what it means to have a liberal arts education and will learn about motivation, resiliency, and self-advocacy. Students will reflect on their current work toward academic success and their path to graduation. Grading status: Letter grade.

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PSYC 512. Popularity, Friendship, and Peer Relations. 3 Credits.

This course will review literature regarding peer relations among children and adolescents, including peer acceptance/rejection, popularity, bases of friendship selection, peer crowds, romantic relationships, and theories of peer influence.
Requisites: Prerequisite, PSYC 101.
Grading status: Letter grade.

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PSYC 260. Social Psychology. 3 Credits.

Introductory survey of experimental social psychology covering attitudes, interpersonal processes, and small groups. Honors version available
Requisites: Prerequisite, PSYC 101.
Gen Ed: SS.
Grading status: Letter grade.

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PSYC 465. Poverty and Development. 3 Credits.

Poverty is one of the most consistent and influential risk factors for problematic development. This course focuses on the scientific study of how poverty affects development across the human life span.
Requisites: Prerequisites, PSYC 101 and 250.
Gen Ed: SS.
Grading status: Letter grade.

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PSYCHOLOGY (PSYC) < University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Overview of clinical psychology: history, scientific basis, and major activities and concerns, including assessment, psychotherapy and other psychological interventions, community psychology, ethics, and professional practice. Students may not receive credit for both PSYC 242 and 505. Honors version available Requisites: Prerequisite, PSYC 101. Gen Ed: SS. Grading status: Letter grade.

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PLCY 330. Negotiation and Mediation: The Practice of Conflict Management. 3 Credits.
***Or do the Honors Seminar to cover this one****

Students will learn about meeting their interests when in conflict with another individual, organization, or government, redefining the meanings of "winning" and "power," and coping with stress, discomfort, and emotions when in conflict. Students will learn new negotiation and mediation skills, build upon existing ones, and challenge assumptions regarding conflict.
Gen Ed: CI.
Grading status: Letter grade
Same as: PWAD 330

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PLCY 210. Policy Innovation and Analysis. 3 Credits.

There is a need to define innovative solutions to public policy problems, to provide analysis of different alternatives, and to create a plan that would benefit the largest number of stakeholders. This course focuses on the process of constructing, evaluating, and deciding among alternatives based on their ability to satisfy society's goals. Honors version available
Gen Ed: SS, CI.
Grading status: Letter grade.

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PLCY 530. Educational Problems and Policy Solutions. 3 Credits.

Reviews current debates and policy solutions in education. Topics analyzed through three of the most commonly used evaluative criteria: equity, efficiency, and effectiveness. Topics: equality of educational opportunity, racial segregation, the black-white test score gap, school choice, and the use of incentives to promote increased performance. Lecture, case studies, discussion. Honors version available
Gen Ed: SS, US.
Grading status: Letter grade.

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PUBLIC POLICY (PLCY) < University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Rapid recent globalization raises important public policy issues concerning impacts on the environment, labor, and communities. The seminar provides an opportunity to explore the implications of living in an increasingly global economy and the ethical and policy issues that these trends pose. Gen Ed: SS, GL. Grading status: Letter grade.