Special Education, B.A.

The required courses are:

• ED 1340 - Introduction to Education (3)
• ED 2100 - Math Methods for the Elementary Teacher (3)
• ED 2450 - Literature in the Classroom (3)
• ED 3100 - Math Methods for the Elementary Teacher II (3)
• ED 3200 - Teaching Elementary School Science (3)
• ED 3300 - Teaching Elementary School Social Studies (3)
• ED 3700 - Teaching Elementary Language Arts (3)
• ED 4005 - Evaluation of Abilities and Achievement (3) *
• ED 4010 - Foundations of Education (2) *
• ED 4020 - Fundamentals of Literacy Learning (3)
• ED 4021 - Literacy Practicum (1)
• ED 4030 - Technology and Education: Applications and Implications (3)
• ED 4055 - Social and Affective Interventions (3) *
• ED 4060 - Counseling Techniques and Family Advocacy in Special Education (2) *
• ED 4070 - Characteristics and Language Development of Students with Exceptionalities (3) *
• ED 4080 - Educational Methods in Mild/Moderate Cross-Categorical Disabilities (4) *
• ED 4090 - Specialized Instructional Strategies Across the Curriculum for Special Educators (3) *
• ED 4300 - Child and Adolescent Development in Education (3)
• ED 4400 - Assessing Literacy Development and Teaching Elementary Grade Readers (3)
• ED 4411 - Practicum in Assessing Literacy Development and Teaching Elementary Readers (2)
• ED 4450 - Foundations of Special Education (3) *
• ED 4620 - Foundations of Classroom Management (2) *
• ED 4800 - Student Teaching in the Elementary School (9)
• ED 4900 - Undergraduate Student Teaching Seminar (3)

Total hours required: 73

Note(s):

*May be co-listed as a 6000-level graduate course. Courses taken at the 4000-level do not apply to the M.Ed. degree. For the M.Ed., the student must take the course at the 6000-level or take another graduate course in the domain of the M.Ed. core.

Twelve hours of related courses are also required. A grade of C or better is required in each upper-division course of the major. (A grade of C- will not satisfy the requirement.)

This program is pending approval to be offered for certification. Students need to check with their advisor.