Nov 21, 2024

2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin

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Special Education PK-12 Major with Reading Minor

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Special Education Major -this major will prepare you to teach students with special needs from Birth-21 years of age

Mission

The mission of the Special Education Major is to develop competent, caring, and ethical educators who are able to meet the diverse learning needs of all students across a variety of age, grade, and ability levels. The preparation program will facilitate competence in areas of academic, social, and emotional growth, and methods of maximizing a student’s capabilities through diagnostic and instructionally adaptive practices.

A Special Education major leads to certification in Special Education (PK-12) with an embedded minor in Reading Education. Special Education majors will have experiences working with students with a variety of learning differences and ages and in a variety of settings.

Total minimum number of credits required for a major in Special Education degree - 124.

PK-12 Special Education Major

Four-Year, semester-by-semester suggested course sequence

First Semester

FYF 101 - First-Year Foundations Credits: 3
PSY 101 - General Psychology Credits: 3
HST 101 - The Historical Foundations of The Modern World Credits: 3
ENG 101 - Composition Credits: 4
ED 180 - Educational Psychology Credits: 3

Total Credits: 16

Second Semester

Area II (no lab) Credits: 3
ED 190 - Effective Teaching with Field Experience Credits: 3 *
ED 191 - Integrating Technology into The Classroom Credits: 3
PS 111 - Introduction to American Government Credits: 3
Area IV Credits: 3
Area III Credits: 3

Total Credits: 15

Third Semester

MTH 103 - Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers Credits: 3
ENG 120 - Introduction to Literature and Culture Credits: 3
AREA II w/Lab Credits: 3
EDSP 210 - Teaching Students with Special Needs Credits: 3 *
ED 263 - Child Development and Cognition I Credits: 3 *15
OR
EDSP 263 - Infants, Toddlers, and Young Children with Special Needs Credits: 3 *

Total Credits: 15

Fourth Semester

HST 125 - American History I Credits: 3
MTH 104 - Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers II Credits: 3
ED 220 - Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners Credits: 3
CS 115 - Computers and Applications Credits: 3
EDSP 225 - Teaching Students with High Incidence Disabilities with Field Experience Credits: 3 *
OR
EDSP 501 - High Incidence Dis Credits: 3 *
Area I Credits: 3

Total Credits: 18

Fifth Semester

EDSP 301 - Infants, Todd, Child. Credits: 3 ** w/sp needs
ED 310 - Health, Physical Education, and Safety Credits: 3
ED 321 - Literacy Foundations I Credits: 3 *
ED 324 - Children’s Literature Credits: 3
ED 325 - Applied Reading Strategies Credits: 3

Total Credits: 15

Sixth Semester

EDSP 300 - Special Education Assessment and Evaluation Credits: 3
ED 322 - Literacy Foundations II Credits: 3
ED 341 - Language Arts in Early Childhood and Elementary Education Credits: 3
ED 323 - Differentiated Reading Credits: 3
ED 363 - Fam., School & Comm Credits: 3

Total Credits: 15

Seventh Semester

EDSP 226 - Teaching Students with Low Incidence Disabilities with Field Experience Credits: 3 *
OR
EDSP 502 - Low Incidence Dis Credits: 3 *
EDSP 302 - Secondary Transition in Special Education Credits: 3 *
OR
EDSP 505 - Sec. Sp. Ed Transition Credits: 3 *
EDSP 319 - Principles of Law and Special Education Law Credits: 3 *
OR
EDSP 519 - Principles of Law/Sp. Ed. Law Credits: 3 *
ED 380 - Content Area Literacy Credits: 3
EDSP 227 - Behavior Intervention and Support with Field Experience Credits: 3 *
OR
EDSP 503 - Beh Inter. & Supp Credits: 3 *

Total Credits: 15

Eighth Semester

ED 390 - Student Teaching With Seminar [Pk-4], [4-8], [7-12], and [K-12] Credits: 12 **40
EDSP 388 - Inclusionary Practices Credits: 3

Total Credits: 15

Total Credits: 124

*=cross listed classes

**=new course