College Launches New Major In Human Development

Program Includes Teacher and Non-Teacher Tracts

Chestertown, MD, January 5, 2004 — Launched this past Fall Semester under the direction of the Washington College's Department of Education, the College's newest major, Human Development, has been designed to provide comprehensive preparation for prospective elementary school teachers and an interdisciplinary program for students who wish to examine the theory and practice of human development in community and education. The addition of this program brings to 26 the College's number of major degree programs.

“The major serves as a foundation for individuals wishing to become elementary school teachers, as well as for those students seeking to continue their studies in allied professions such as school counseling and social services,” said Peggy Donnelly, Assistant Professor of Education and the Human Development program coordinator. “The class of 2005 will see five students graduate with a major in Human Development who will also be eligible for a Maryland teaching certificate in Elementary Education. Among the class of 2006, another dozen are planning to declare the major.”

According to Professor Sean O'Connor, Chair of Washington College's Department of Education, the Human Development major is designed to help students answer the question, “How do children develop into fully mature, autonomous and self-aware human beings who are capable of both intimate and public communal relationships?” Through a multi-disciplinary approach, the major helps students answer that question both theoretically and practically through an academic program that includes sequenced study in educational foundations (the history, philosophy and psychology of education), a developmental progression of study in pedagogical theory and practice, a demonstrated knowledge of content in selected liberal arts disciplines, and courses from the departments of anthropology, sociology and psychology.

Field experiences and research are essential components of the major. The major study includes field experiences in schools or other educational and social agencies; for the teacher candidate, major study includes a 100-day internship in a locally based Professional Development School. In the senior year, the major requires the completion of a significant independent project.

For more information about the new Human Development major, visit Washington College's catalog online at http://catalog.washcoll.edu.

Washington College Announces Spring 2004 Graduate Courses In English, History And Psychology

Chestertown, MD, December 2, 2003 — Students, teachers and mental healthcare professionals are invited to register for Spring Semester 2004 graduate courses at Washington College. The College offers Master of Arts degrees in English, History and Psychology that can help to meet requirements for advanced professional certifications. The Spring 2004 term runs January 19 to May 6. The following courses will be offered:

ENG 597-10 Ritual Unbound: Reading Sacrifice in Modernist Fiction, Thursday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
ENG 597-11 International Fiction, Tuesday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
HIS 598-10 Victorian England, Wednesday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
HIS 598-11 Economic History of Medieval Europe, Tuesday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
HIS 599-10 Interwar U.S. Foreign Relations, Thursday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
PSY 508-10 Research Methods and Advanced Statistics, Monday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
PSY 541-10 Dynamics of Group Interaction, Tuesday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
PSY 571-10 Advanced Counseling, Monday, 6:00-8:30 p.m.
PSY 598-10 Human Sexuality, Wednesday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.

For complete information on Washington College's graduate course offerings, including detailed course descriptions and registration forms, visit http://grad.washcoll.edu. All Spring Semester classes will be held on Washington College's Chestertown campus. Students must pre-register by December 20 to guarantee texts. The Bookstore will be open 6:00-7:00 p.m. January 19-22, 2004, for students to purchase texts. Graduate tuition is $750 per course plus a non-refundable course registration fee of $50. A late registration fee of $150 per course will be assessed to students who register after the first week of classes. Pre-registration forms will be accepted at the Registrar's Office in person; by mail at Registrar's Office, Washington College, 300 Washington Avenue, Chestertown, MD 21620; by phone at 410-778-7299; or by fax at 410-810-7159.

Although only one course completed prior to admission to Washington College's graduate program will count toward the Master's degree, students may take an unlimited number of courses without making an application. For admissions information and materials, please contact the Office of Graduate Admissions at 410-810-7131.

Washington College Announces Summer 2003 Graduate Education Course Offerings

Chestertown, MD, April 23, 2003 — K-12 teachers on the Eastern Shore of Maryland are invited to register for Summer 2003 graduate education courses that can help meet requirements for advanced professional certification. The courses will be held on a variety of dates and at various locations, including the campus of Washington College.
The following three-credit courses will be held at Washington College's Chestertown campus:
EDU 526-230 Styles Of Teaching: Personality Type In The Classroom, June 16-20
EDU 527-222 Teaching and Learning Through Multiple Intelligences, July 21-25
EDU 531-230 Cooperative Discipline, August 4-8
EDU 535-206 Mentoring Teachers in a Professional Learning Community, June 23-27
The following three-credit courses will be offered at other locations on the Eastern Shore or in Central Maryland at various dates from June through August 2003:
EDU 520 Classroom Assessment Techniques
EDU 521 Dimensions of Learning
EDU 522 Encouraging Student Responsibility and (Self) Discipline
EDU 523 Expanding Student in the Classroom
EDU 524 Instructional Strategies for a Multicultural Society
EDU 528 Disability Awareness
EDU 529 Using Brain-Compatible Methods In The Classroom
EDU 530 Cooperative Classroom: Kagan's Instructional Practices
EDU 536 Teaching Readers to Think
All courses are for graduate credit from Washington College. Tuition charge is $675 for each three-credit course, plus a $50 deposit. There are no additional college fees. Classroom materials are included in the tuition charge. For complete course or registration information, call 1-800-433-4740, or register online at www.regionaltrainingcenter.org.
Washington College also offers Master's degrees in English, History and Psychology. Information and detailed course descriptions can be found online at http://grad.washcoll.edu, or by contacting the Registrar's Office, Washington College, 300 Washington Avenue, Chestertown, MD 21620, phone 410-778-7299.

Washington College Announces Summer 2003 Graduate Courses In English, History And Psychology

Chestertown, MD, April 21, 2003 — Students, educators and mental healthcare professionals are invited to register for Summer 2003 graduate courses at Washington College. The College offers Master of Arts degrees in English, History and Psychology that can help meet requirements for advanced professional certifications. English classes begin May 5 and end June 12; history and psychology classes begin June 2 and end July 26. The following courses will be offered during the summer:
ENG 506-10 Literary Romanticism in the US, Tuesday/Thursday, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
ENG 597-10 Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Keats, Monday/Wednesday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
HIS 514-10 Modern America: The U.S. since WWII, Monday/Wednesday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
HIS 598-10 Economic History of Medieval Europe, Monday/Wednesday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
HIS 598-11 Stalinism in Russia, Tuesday/Thursday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
PSY 502-10 Biological Foundations of Human Behavior, Monday/Wednesday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
PSY 570-10 Introduction to Counseling, Monday/Wednesday, 12:00-2:30 p.m.
PSY 598-10 Drugs and Behavior Tuesday/Thursday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
All summer classes will be held on Washington College's Chestertown campus. Students must pre-register by May 19 for courses in history and psychology to guarantee texts. The Bookstore will be open 6:00-7:00 p.m. on May 5-6 and June 2-3 for students to purchase their texts. Graduate tuition is $750 per course plus a non-refundable course registration fee of $50. A late registration fee of $150 per course will be assessed for students who register after the first week of classes. Pre-registration forms will be accepted at the Registrar's Office in person, by mail, by phone at 410-778-7299, or by fax at 410-810-7159.
For complete information on Washington College's graduate course offerings, including detailed course descriptions and registration forms, visit http://grad.washcoll.edu online, or contact the Registrar's Office, Washington College, 300 Washington Avenue, Chestertown, MD 21620, phone 410-778-7299.

Washington College Announces Spring 2003 Graduate Courses In English, History And Psychology

Chestertown, MD, November 25, 2002 — Students, educators and mental health professionals are invited to register for Spring 2003 graduate courses at Washington College. The College offers Master of Arts degrees in English, History and Psychology that can help meet requirements for advanced professional certifications. The following courses will be offered during the Spring 2003 semester:
ENG 597-10 Shakespeare: The Later Plays, Monday, 6:30-9:00 p.m.
ENG 599-10 The American Novel, Wednesday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
POL 502-10 U.S.-Latin American Relations in the 20th C., Wednesday, 7:00-9:30 p.m. (For U. S. history or non-U.S. history after 1600)
HIS 598-10 U.S. Diplomatic History: 1776-1865, Tuesday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
HIS 599-10 Spirit and Flesh: The Christian Church in the Middle Ages, Thursday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
PSY 500-10 Statistics in Psychology and Education, Thursday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
PSY 501-10 Infancy and Childhood, Monday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
PSY 502-10 Biological Foundations of Human Behavior, Wednesday, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
PSY 572-10 Behavior Modification, Tuesday, 7:00-9:30 p.m. (To be held at the Eastern Shore Higher Education Center)
All classes will be held at Washington College except PSY 572-10 Behavior Modification, which will be held at the new Eastern Shore Higher Education Center located at Chesapeake College's Wye Mills campus. Classes begin January 20 and end May 8, 2003. Final exams are scheduled for May 5-8, 2003. Students must pre-register by December 23, 2002 to guarantee texts. Graduate tuition is $750 per course plus a non-refundable course registration fee of $45. A late registration fee of $150 per course will be assessed for students who register after the first week of classes. Pre-registration forms will be accepted at the Registrar's Office in person, by mail or by phone at 410-778-7299, or by fax at 410-810-7159.
For complete information on Washington College's graduate course offerings, including detailed course descriptions and registration forms, visit http://grad.washcoll.edu online, or contact the Registrar's Office, Washington College, 300 Washington Avenue, Chestertown, MD 21620, phone 410-778-7299.

Washington College Announces Winter And Spring 2003 Graduate Education Course Offerings

Chestertown, MD, November 25, 2002 — K-12 teachers on the Eastern Shore of Maryland are invited to register for Winter and Spring 2003 graduate education courses that can help meet requirements for advanced professional certification. The courses will be held on a variety of dates and at various locations, including the campus of Washington College.
The following three-credit courses will be held at Washington College's Chestertown campus:
EDU 529-214 Using Brain-Compatible Methods In The Classroom, February 28 and March 1,2,14-16/ Fridays 6:00-10:00 p.m. and Saturdays/Sundays 8:00 p.m-5:15 p.m.
EDU 536-206 Teaching Readers to Think, April 4-6 and 25-27/Fridays 6:00-10:00 p.m. and Saturdays/Sundays 8:00 p.m-5:15 p.m.
The following three-credit courses will be offered at other locations on the Eastern Shore or in Central Maryland at various dates from January through April 2003:
EDU 520 Classroom Assessment Techniques
EDU 521 Dimensions of Learning
EDU 523 Expanding Student in the Classroom
EDU 524 Instructional Strategies for a Multicultural Society
EDU 526 Styles Of Teaching: Personality Type In The Classroom
EDU 527 Teaching and Learning Through Multiple Intelligences
EDU 528 Disability Awareness
EDU 531 Cooperative Discipline
Tuition charge is $675 for each three-credit course, plus a $50 deposit. Classroom materials are included in the tuition charge. For complete course or registration information, call 1-800-433-4740, or register online at www.regionaltrainingcenter.org.
Washington College also offers Master's degrees in English, History and Psychology. Information and detailed course descriptions can be found online at http://grad.washcoll.edu, or by contacting the Registrar's Office, Washington College, 300 Washington Avenue, Chestertown, MD 21620, phone 410-778-7299.

College Announces Fall 2002 Graduate Courses In English, History, Psychology And Education

Chestertown, MD, August 5, 2002 — Students, educators and mental health workers are invited to register for Fall 2002 graduate courses at Washington College. The College offers Master of Arts degrees in English, history and psychology. Graduate study is also available for K-12 teachers seeking to meet requirements for advanced professional certification.

Classes begin September 3 and end December 12, 2002. Students must pre-register by August 20, 2002 to guarantee texts. Tuition is $730 per course plus a non-refundable course registration fee of $40. Pre-registration forms will be accepted at the Registrar's Office in person, by mail, by phone at 410-778-7299, or by fax at 410-810-7159.

For complete information on Washington College's graduate course offerings, including detailed course descriptions and registration forms, visit http://grad.washcoll.edu online, or contact the Registrar's Office, Washington College, 300 Washington Avenue, Chestertown, MD 21620, phone 410-778-7299.

Washington College also hosts graduate courses for K-12 teachers through the Regional Training Center. Tuition is $675 for each three-credit course, plus a $50 deposit. For course or registration information, contact the Regional Training Center at 1-800-433-4740 or online atwww.regionaltrainingcenter.org.

College Announces Summer 2002 Graduate Courses In English, History, Psychology And Education

Chestertown, MD, April 23, 2002 — Students, educators and mental health workers are invited to register for Summer 2002 graduate courses at Washington College. The College offers Master's of Arts degrees in English, history and psychology. Graduate study is also available for K-12 teachers seeking to meet requirements for advanced professional certification.

The following courses will be offered during the Summer 2002 semester:

ENG 597-10 Post-Colonial English Literature, Mon./Wed., 7:00-9:30 p.m.
(Class begins May 6 and ends June 12, 2002)

ENG 599-10 20th Fiction Workshop, Tues./Thurs., 7:00-9:30 p.m.
(Class begins May 21 and ends June 27, 2002)

HIS 506-10 The United States Civil War, Mon./Wed., 7:00-9:30 p.m.

HIS 599-10 The Cold War in Europe and the U.S., Tues./Thurs., 7:00-9:30 p.m.
(Class begins June 11 and ends July 30, 2002)

PSY 501-10 Infancy and Childhood, Tues./Thurs., 7:00-9:30 p.m.

PSY 508-10 Research Methods and Advanced Statistics, Mon./Wed., 7:00-9:30 p.m.

Except where otherwise noted, classes begin June 3 and end July 26, 2002. Students must pre-register by May 22, 2002 to guarantee texts. Tuition is $730 per course plus a non-refundable course registration fee of $40. Pre-registration forms will be accepted at the Registrar's Office in person, by mail, by phone at 410-778-7299, or by fax at 410-810-7159.

For complete information on Washington College's graduate course offerings, including detailed course descriptions and registration forms, visit http://grad.washcoll.edu online, or contact the Registrar's Office, Washington College, 300 Washington Avenue, Chestertown, MD 21620, phone 410-778-7299.

Washington College also hosts graduate courses for K-12 teachers through the Regional Training Center. Tuition is $675 for each three-credit course, plus a $50 deposit. For course or registration information, contact the Regional Training Center at 1-800-433-4740 or online atwww.RegionalTrainingCenter.org.

College Announces Spring 2002 Graduate Courses in English, History and Psychology

Chestertown, MD, December 4, 2001 — Students, educators and mental health workers are invited to register for Spring 2002 graduate courses at Washington College. The College offers Master's of Arts degrees in English, history and psychology. Graduate study is also available for teachers seeking to meet requirements for advanced professional certification. Classes begin January 22, 2002 and end May 2, 2002.

The following courses will be offered during the spring semester:

ENG 599 10 Introduction to African-American Literature (Wed., 7:00-9:30 p.m.)
ENG 599-11 20th Century American Poetry (Tues., 7:00-9:30 p.m.)
HIS 500 10 The American Colonies and the Revolution (Tues., 7:00-9:30 p.m.)
HIS 598 10 Modern Europe, 1789-1918 (Wed., 7:00-9:30 p.m.)
HIS 599 10 National Policy and Public Opinion in the Vietnam Era (Thurs., 7:00-9:30 p.m.)
PSY 500-10 Statistics in Psychology and Education (Thurs., 7:00-9:30 p.m.)
PSY 503 10 Human Cognition Stanton (Mon., 7:00-9:30 p.m.)
PSY 570 10 Introduction to Counseling (Tues., 7:00-9:30 p.m.)

Students must pre-register prior to January 7, 2001 to guarantee texts. Pre-registration forms will be accepted at the Registrar's Office, either in person or by mail. Tuition is $730 per course plus a non-refundable course registration fee of $40 .

For complete information on Washington College's graduate course offerings, including detailed course descriptions and registration forms, visit http://grad.washcoll.edu online, or contact the Registrar's Office, Washington College, 300 Washington Avenue, Chestertown, MD 21620, phone 410-778-7299.

College Announces Spring 2001 Graduate Courses

Chestertown, MD, November 9, 2000 — Students are invited to register for Spring 2001 graduate courses at Washington College. The College offers Master's of Arts degrees in English, history and psychology. Graduate study is also available for teachers seeking to meet requirements for advanced professional certification. Classes begin January 22, 2001 and end May 3, 2001.

The following courses will be offered during the spring semester: ENG-509-10 Faulkner and Literary Modernism (Tues., 7-9:30 p.m.)
ENG-597-10 Special Topic: English Romantic Literature (Mon., 7-9:30 p.m.)
HIS-598-10 Special Topic: Civil Rights and Peace (Tues., 7-9:30 p.m.)
HIS-599-10 Special Topic: Era of the French Revolution (Wed., 7-9:30 p.m.)
PSY-500-10 Statistics in Psychology and Education (Thurs., 7-9:30 p.m.)
PSY-510-10 Adolescence, Maturity and Old Age (Mon., 4-6:30 p.m.)
PSY-520-10 Psychopharmacology (Tues., 7-9:30 p.m.)
PSY-598-10 Special Topic: Group Counseling (Tues., 7-9:30 p.m.)
PSY-610-10 Masters Thesis Project (TBA)

Students must pre-register prior to January 5, 2001 to guarantee texts. Pre-registration forms will be accepted at the Registrar's Office, either in person or by mail. Tuition is $770 per course plus a non-refundable course registration fee of $40 per course. For further information or to register, contact the Registrar's Office, Washington College, 300 Washington Avenue, Chestertown, MD 21620, or phone 410-778-7299.

Washington College Announces New Majors

Chestertown, MD, August 9, 2000 — Washington College is pleased to announce the addition of two new major programs of study, anthropology and computer science. Beginning in the fall of 2000, students will be able to choose from these or any of the other 23 majors the College offers.

Washington College will be the only institution of higher learning on the Eastern Shore to offer a major in anthropology and only one of four to do so in the state of Maryland. The major has been established primarily due to student demand. During the past four years, enrollment in anthropology courses has been consistently high. In the past three semesters, course offerings have doubled, yet class size has continued to increase. Seven students have taken the initiative to design independent majors in anthropology by petitioning the Dean of the College. Future majors will complete ten four-credit courses in anthropology, one study abroad experience and a major research paper. The anthropology major directly supports the mission of the College, "to stimulate men and women to think deeply, imaginatively, and creatively about past and present civilizations."

The new major in computer science also promotes the College's mission by providing an additional area of intellectual inquiry in a rapidly growing and evolving field. The current demand for college graduates in computer science and related technical fields far exceeds the supply. "By graduating students in this critical field, many of whom will settle in the Baltimore-Washington area, Washington College is contributing to the economic development of the state of Maryland and to the needs of employers and the work force," said Joachim Scholz, Dean of the College. Students majoring in computer science will be required to complete eleven four-credit courses and either a substantial programming project or an investigation into a topic in theoretical computer science.

In addition to computer science and anthropology, the College has also recently implemented a program leading to certification in elementary education.

Students interested in these or other programs at Washington College should contact the Admissions Office, 1-800-422-1782, or visit the college Web site at www.washcoll.edu.