Layout spacing graphic.LINK FOR PAGE READERS: SKIP TO MAIN CONTENT
GBC Home
Education (EDU) Course Listings
Return to List of Subject Areas and Courses


EDU 208 Students with Diverse Abilities and Backgrounds (3 credits)
Focus on successful inclusion of students with various disabilities, students from culturally diverse backgrounds, and English language learners in a general education classroom.

Current Offerings


EDU 210 Nevada School Law (2 credits)
Historical development of paramount issues in contemporary education. Emphasizes legal aspects of emerging educational patterns. Meets state licensure requirements in Nevada School Law. [S/U]

Current Offerings


EDU 214 Preparing Teachers to Use Technology (3 credits)
Lab course on advanced skills and strategies for integrating technology into the K-12 classroom. Computer experience is required in word processing, basic spreadsheet design, and file management.

Current Offerings


EDU 245 Foundations of Elementary Literacy and the Science of Reading (3 credits)
This course is designed for paraprofessionals, substitute teachers, or other support staff to understand the current research, theory, methods, and instructional strategies related to the science of reading. This focus includes the 5 pillars of literacy instruction: phonemic & phonological awareness, phonics and spelling, vocabulary, reading fluency, and reading comprehension. Effective literacy assessments, intervention strategies, and differentiated techniques will also be explored.

Class Attribute: Non-transferable for an NSHE baccalaureate degree.

Current Offerings


EDU 250 Foundations of Education (3 credits)
A foundations course in education and introduction to the philosophy, history, and sociology of modern education. Emphasis is placed on current trends in education.

Prerequisite: Must have completed ENG 100 or ENG 101 and be enrolled in EDEL 311 or EDEL 313 or EDSC 311 or EDSC 313.

Current Offerings


EDU 295 Education Topics: Subtitle Varies (1-6 credits)
Special topics in education. Unlimited repeatability. [S/U]

Current Offerings


EDU 310 Learning, Development, and Individual Differences in Gifted Education (3 credits)
In this course participants will understand the characteristics and needs of gifted children and youth, types of programs available to gifted children and youth, the historical and philosophical foundations required of professionals int he field, the history of the gifted child movement, and advocacy for gifted children and youth.

Current Offerings


EDU 320 Learning Environments for Gifted Students (3 credits)
In this course participants will understand how to create safe learning environments that foster emotional well-being, positive social interaction, leadership, and cultural understanding success in a diverse society. They will gain knowledge of the impact of giftedness and diversity on social-emotional development and be enabled to design environments, withing a continuum of services, that encourage independence, motivation, and self-efficacy of individuals from all backgrounds.

Current Offerings


EDU 330 Curriculum and Instructional Planning in Gifted Education (3 credits)
In this course participants will understand and apply research-based models of curriculum and instruction related to students with gifts and talents and respond to their needs by planning, selecting, adapting, and creating culturally relevant curriculum and by using a repertoire of evidence-based instructional strategies to ensure specific student outcomes. Participants will understand the purpose of using a comprehensive and sequenced core curriculum that is aligned with local, state, and national standards, and hot to differentiate and expand it in order to meet the unique needs of students with gifts and talents. Participants will select, adapt, and plan for the use of a variety of evidence-based instructional strategies to advance learning of gifted and talented individuals.

Current Offerings


EDU 340 Assessment in Gifted Education (3 credits)
In this course participants will understand how to collect multiple types of assessment information so that all students are able to demonstrate their gifts and talents. They will understand how ongoing assessments such as pre- and post -, self-, performance-based, and product-based assessments guide differentiation. Participants will understand the importance of using non-biased, technically adequate, and equitable approaches in order to identify students from diverse backgrounds for gifted programs. This course will focus on interpreting multiple assessments in different domains and understand the uses and limitation of the assessments in identifying the needs of students with gifts and talents.

Current Offerings
Request Information
Great Basin College - 1500 College Parkway - Elko, Nevada 89801 - 775-327-5002
A member institution of the Nevada System of Higher Education
Accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
All rights reserved. Use of any content only by express permission of Great Basin College © 2024.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.


This page is XHTML 1.0 compliant

This page is coded to conform to XHTML 1.0