May 16, 2024

2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin

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Special Education, B.S. Sequence

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Suggested Four Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 122-125

First Year (29 credits)

Fall Semester (14 credits)

MATH-118 Concepts of Mathematics (4 cr.) (or higher)
POLS-210 American Government (3 cr.)
PSYC-110 Introduction to Psychology (3 cr.)
SPED-100 Introduction to Special Education (1 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) (Communication Skills) or
ENGL-111 Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.) (Communication Skills)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

COMST-100 Fundamentals of Speech (3 cr.)
EDUC-326 Foundations of Education (2 cr.)
SPED-300 Introduction to Individuals with Cognitive Disabilities (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : BIO-XXX w/ Lab (Analytical Reasoning and Natural Sciences) (4 cr.)
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) (Communication Skills) or
ENGL-113 Honors Composition 2: Honors Seminar (3 cr.) (Communication Skills)

Second Year (33 credits)

Fall Semester (18 credits)

EDUC-303 Educational Psychology (3 cr.)
SPED-330 Introduction to Communication Disorders (3 cr.)
SPED-430 Inclusion of Students with Exceptional Needs (3 cr.)
STAT-130 Elementary Statistics (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : LIT-XXX (Arts and Humanities) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : General Education (3 cr.
Apply for Benchmark I

Spring Semester (15 credits)

EDUC-330 Multiculturalism: Dialogue and Field Experience (3 cr.)
PHIL-235 General Ethics (3 cr.)
SPED-301 Learning Disabilities (3 cr.)
SPED-447 Emotional and Behavioral Problems of Children and Adolescents (3 cr.)
HIST-210 Modern World History (3 cr.) or
ANTH-220 Cultural Anthropology (3 cr.)

Third Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (14 credits)

RDGED-382 Content Area Reading (2 cr.)
SPED-323 Mild Disabilities: Social Studies and Science (3 cr.)
SPED-338 Pre-Student Teaching Children/Youth with Disabilities (2 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : CHEM-XXX (4 cr.) or
Course Selective-2 : PHYS-XXX (4 cr.)
HDFS-255 Lifespan Human Development (3 cr.) and
Course Selective-3 : Major Studies Elective (3 cr.) or
PSYC-251 Child Psychology (3 cr.) and
PSYC-352 Adolescent Psychology (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (16 credits)

RDGED-414 Literacy Instruction and Assessment in the Primary Grades (5 cr.)
SPED-322 Curriculum & Instruction: Severe Disabilities (2 cr.)
SPED-326 Pre-Student Teaching: Cognitive Disabilities (2 cr.)
SPED-420 Schools, Families and Community Collaboration (3 cr.)
SPED-440 Diagnosis and Remediation of Literacy and Math Disabilities (4 cr.)
Apply for student teaching

Fourth Year (29 credits)

Fall Semester (13 credits)

EDUC-415 Classroom Management (2-3 cr.)
SPED-324 Curriculum & Instruction: Career & Transition Education (3 cr.)
SPED-328 Assessment for Individual Education/ Transition Plans (3 cr.)
SPED-490 Behavioral Interventions and Methods (2 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : General Education (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (16 credits)

SPED-481 Student Teaching: Special Education (4-16 cr.)