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Pacific Oaks College    
2025-2026 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
 
  Dec 04, 2025
 
2025-2026 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook

Course Descriptions


 

Early Childhood Education

   •  ECE 417 - Death, Divorce, and Difficult Times
   •  ECE 418 - Trauma, Culture, and Immigration
   •  ECE 419 - Parent Incarceration and Its Impact
   •  ECE 430 - Play, Language, and Literacy
   •  ECE 432 - Children’s Literature
   •  ECE 435 - STEAM Integration of Science and Technology
   •  ECE 436 - STEAM Thinking, Reasoning and Discovering Mathematics
   •  ECE 437 - STEAM Integration of Engineering and Simple Robotics
   •  ECE 438 - STEAM Integration of Teaching and Learning STEAM
   •  ECE 500 - Advanced Seminar in Early Childhood Education
   •  ECE 510 - Understanding Assessment and Research in Early Childhood Education
   •  ECE 520 - Balancing Ethical and Moral Considerations in Leadership in Early Childhood Education
   •  ECE 530 - Public Policy and its Impact on Children and Families
   •  ECE 540 - Creating Responsive Communities for All Families
   •  ECE 600 - The Impact of Privilege and Oppression in Early Childhood Educational Settings
   •  ECE 643 - Special Topics in Leadership in Early Childhood Education
   •  ECE 644 - Special Topics in Leadership in Early Childhood Education
   •  ECE 645 - Special Topics in Leadership in Early Childhood Education
   •  ECE 650 - Management of Childcare Programs
   •  ECE 651 - Family Violence and Child Abuse
   •  ECE 652 - Separation, Deployment Trauma and Early Development
   •  ECE 653 - Death, Divorce, and Difficult Times
   •  ECE 654 - Trauma, Culture, and Immigration
   •  ECE 655 - Parent Incarceration and Its Impact
   •  ECE 656 - Trauma and Early Development
   •  ECE 660 - Action Research Project
   •  ECE 700 - Introduction to Doctoral Coursework
   •  ECE 701 - Doctoral Research I: Research Theory, Design & Methods
   •  ECE 702 - Social Justice in Early Childhood Education
   •  ECE 703 - Foundations of Early Childhood: Teaching & Leading ECE Programs
   •  ECE 704 - Exploring Issues in Diversity
   •  ECE 705 - Doctoral Research II: Models of Applied Research
   •  ECE 706 - Inclusivity in Early Childhood Programs
   •  ECE 707 - Anti-Bias Education in Early Childhood
   •  ECE 800 - Best Practices for Effective Leadership: The Early Childhood Lens
   •  ECE 801 - Doctoral Research III: The Literature Review
   •  ECE 801E - Extension of the Literature Review
   •  ECE 802 - Organizational Leadership: Leading Early Childhood Programs
   •  ECE 803 - Essential Communication Skills for Early Childhood Leaders
   •  ECE 804 - Doctoral Research IV: The Proposal
   •  ECE 804E - Extension of the Proposal
   •  ECE 805 - The Inclusive Early Childhood Leader
   •  ECE 806 - Facilitating & Leading through Diversity, Inclusion & Respect
   •  ECE 807 - Leading through Change: An Early Childhood Perspective
   •  ECE 900A - Doctoral Research Project I: Data Collection
   •  ECE 900B - Doctoral Research Project II: Data Analysis
   •  ECE 900C - Doctoral Research Project III: Final Writeup and Defense
   •  ECE 900E - Extension of Doctoral Research Project
   •  ECE 901 - Social Justice Initiatives: Historical Perspectives to Present Day
   •  ECE 902 - Philosophy and Ethics in Early Childhood
   •  ECE 903 - Leadership in Early Childhood Education Utilizing a Social Justice Approach

Education

   •  ED 305 - Social, Political, and Economic Foundations of Education
   •  ED 312 - The Art of Teaching Science
   •  ED 330 - Language and Literacy in A Diverse Classroom
   •  ED 331 - English Learner Methodologies in a Diverse Classroom
   •  ED 348 - Cognitive Development and Mathematics
   •  ED 355 - Utilizing and Infusing Technology into Teaching
   •  ED 362 - Teaching Thematically: Social Science and Visual/Performing Arts
   •  ED 372 - Healthy Children and Classroom Communities
   •  ED 378 - Teacher as Leader
   •  ED 379 - Assessment and Management
   •  ED 393 - Directed Teaching Placement Seminar I
   •  ED 394 - Directed Teaching Placement Seminar II
   •  ED 505 - Advanced Social, Political, and Economic Foundations of Education
   •  ED 509 - Learning Theories and the Social, Political, and Economic Factors that have Influenced Education
   •  ED 530 - Advanced Language and Literacy in a Diverse Classroom
   •  ED 531 - Teaching and Learning Methodologies for English Language Development
   •  ED 549 - Contemporary Methodologies in Teaching Mathematics
   •  ED 552 - The Art of Teaching Science: Inspiring Curiosity, Analytic Thinking, and Scientific Inquiry
   •  ED 555 - Advanced Utilizing and Infusing Technology into Teaching
   •  ED 556 - Utilizing Technology for Learning in the 21st Century Classroom
   •  ED 560 - Integrated Thematic Instruction: Methods of Teaching Social Science and Visual/Perf. Arts
   •  ED 573 - Healthy Children and Classroom Communities: Cultivating a Safe and Productive Learning Environment
   •  ED 578 - Advanced Teacher as Leader
   •  ED 579 - Advanced Assessment and Management
   •  ED 593 - Directed Teaching Placement I
   •  ED 594 - Directed Teaching Placement II
   •  ED 693 - Research in the Art of Teaching
   •  ED 694 - Action Research in Accomplished Teaching
   •  ED 700 - Intern Seminar I
   •  ED 701 - Intern Seminar II
   •  ED 703A - Intern Seminar
   •  ED 703B - Student Teaching Seminar
   •  ED 730 - Foundations in Bilingual Education
   •  ED 740 - Cultural and Linguistic Influences on Latino/a Students
   •  ED 741 - Cultural and Linguistic Influences on Chinese Americans
   •  ED 780 - Methodology for Spanish Language Instruction in Dual Language Immersion
   •  ED 781 - Methodology for Mandarin Language Instruction in Dual Language Immersion
   •  SPED 542 - Behavior Assessments, Interventions, and Positive Support Methods
   •  SPED 552 - Communication and Collaboration: Developing Student, Family, and School Community Partnerships
   •  SPED 563 - Teaching Students w/ Mild to Moderate Support Needs: Inclusive Environments

General Education

   •  ART 100 - Introduction to Art
   •  ART 150 - Public Art
   •  BIO 100L - Introduction to Biology Lab
   •  BIO 200 - Human Biology with Lab
   •  BIO 200A - Human Biology with Lab
   •  BIO 200B - Human Biology with Lab
   •  CIV 101 - Civic Engagement
   •  COM 105 - Business and Professional Communication
   •  COM 150 - Effective Communication
 

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