Programs

Secondary Education Special Education Major

Students with a major in secondary education special education must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 or greater overall, in the major, and/or minor(s) with no grade below a "B-" in the professional education sequence and no grade below a "C" in the major and/or minor(s).

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• Total Credits Required for Degree

  145
• General Education

  30-40

• 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
• 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

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• Planned Program

  35
• ED 201 Introduction to Education

  2
• ED 231 Teaching for Learning in the Secondary Classroom

  4
• ED 301 Dimensions of American Education

  2
• ED 311 Language Arts Methods and Materials for Elementary Teachers

  3
• ED 316 Elementary Reading Instruction I

  3
• ED 318 Elementary Reading Instruction II

  3
• ED 319 Teaching of Reading for Secondary Teachers

  3
• ED 380 Practicum in the Secondary School

  2
• ED 483 Educational Media Technology

  2
• MSED 150 Mathematics for the Elementary School Teacher I

  4
• MSED 151 Mathematics for the Elementary School Teacher II

  4
• ED 353 Methods and Materials in Teaching Elementary School Mathematics

  3
• Psychology Requirement

  8
• PSY 100 Introduction to Psychological Science [SCII]

  4
• ABA 100 Principles of Behavior Analysis

  4

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• Teaching Minor, minimum

  24

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• Professional Education

  12
• Note: Students who elect to complete majors in both specialty areas must student teach in emotional impairment and cognitive impairment.
• ED 423B Teaching Students with Cognitive Impairment in K-12 Schools or

  6
•      ED 423C Teaching Students with Emotional Impairment in K-12 Schools (6 cr.)
• ED 423D Teaching in the Secondary School

  5
• ED 450 Seminar in Teaching

  1