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Elementary Education Special Education Major

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 Total Credits Required for Degree  141
 Liberal Studies  30-40
 Health Promotion Requirements  2
Required Courses in Major* 30
Core 16
 ED 360 Orientation to Special Education  4
 ED 402 Teaching Life Skills to Students with Disabilities  2
 ED 403 Transition for Students with Disabilities  2
 ED 404 Assistive Technology for Students with Disabilities  2
 ED 405 Diagnosis and Assessment in Special Education  4
 ED 410 Legal Rights and Services  2
Choose one of the following specialty areas: 14
A.  Cognitive Impairments 
 ED 400 Introduction to Cognitive Impairment  4
 ED 401 Curriculum and Methods for Teaching Students with Cognitive Impairment  4
 ED 406 Supervised Apprenticeship in Teaching Students with Cognitive Impairment in K-12 Settings  2
 SL 150 Introduction to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences  4
B.  Emotional Impairment 14
 ED 407 Introduction to Emotional Impairment  4
 ED 408 Curriculum and Methods for Teaching Students with Emotional Impairment  4
 ED 409 Supervised Apprenticeship in Teaching Students with Emotional Impairment in K-12 Settings  2
 ED 411 Violence in Schools: Identification, Prevention and Intervention Strategies  4
Planned Program 51
 ED 201 Introduction to Education  2
 ED 230 Teaching for Learning in the Elementary Classroom  4
 ED 301 Dimensions of American Education  2
 ED 306 Children's Literature  3
 ED 310 Social Studies Methods and Materials for Elementary Teachers  3
 ED 311 Language Arts Methods and Materials for Elementary Teachers  3
 ED 312 Science Methods and Materials for Elementary Teachers  3
 ED 316 Elementary Reading Instruction I  3
 ED 318 Elementary Reading Instruction II  3
 ED 483 Educational Media Technology  2
 MA 150 Mathematics for the Elementary School Teacher I  4
 MA 151 Mathematics for the Elementary School Teacher II  4
 MA 353 Methods and Materials in Teaching Elementary School Mathematics  3
 MSED 250 Physical Science for Educators  4
 MSED 251 Life Science for Educators  4
 MSED 252 Earth Science for Educators  4
Psychology Requirement 16
 PY 100S Psychology as a Natural Science [III] or4
     PY 100L Psychology as a Natural Science with Laboratory  (4 cr.) [III] or  
     PY 100H Honors Psychology as a Natural Science  (4 cr.) [III] or  
     PY 100G Psychology as a Social Science  (4 cr.) [IV]   
 PY 203 Applied Behavior Analysis  4
 PY 211 Learning  4
 PY 335 Social Psychology  4
Note: Add PY 355 Abnormal Psychology for special education psychology minor. This minor is not approved as a teaching minor. 
Professional Education 12
Note: Students who elect to complete majors in both specialty areas must student teach in emotional impairment and cognitive impairment. 
 ED 423A Teaching in the Elementary School  5
 ED 423B Teaching Students with Cognitive Impairment in K-12 Schools  or6
     ED 423C Teaching Students with Emotional Impairment in K-12 Schools  (6 cr.)    
 ED 450 Seminar in Teaching  1
Other Required Course 4
 HS 126 The United States to 1865 [IV] 4
Social Studies Component 
All students in the elementary education curriculum must complete a 16 credit hour social studies requirement. Any AN, EC, HS, PS or SO prefixed course fulfills this requirement, as well as ENV 101, FR 310, GC 100, GC 164, GC 300, GR 310, NAS 204, PL 270 and SN 314. These credits can be double counted with other program requirements. 
 
 