Special Education Major

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Special Education major prepares individuals to work with students with special needs in grades K-12 and leads to the Intervention Specialist: Mild to Moderate (K-12) license.

Major Requirements

Course requirements include:

EDUC 110 - Introduction to Education Credit Hours: 1
EDUC 112 - Educational Implications of Diversity Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 215 - Educational Psychology Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 220 - Mathematics Content for Early Childhood and Intervention Specialist Teachers Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 309 - Early Childhood Education and Curriculum Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 312 - Developmentally Responsive Middle Schools Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 313 - Curriculum and Instruction for the Adolescent Credit Hours: 3
or
EDUC 314 - Multi-Age Curriculum and Instruction Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 330 - Serving Individuals with Exceptionalities Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 335 - Educational Technology Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 340 - Nature and Needs of Students with Disabilities Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 341 - Assessment in Education Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 362 - Integrating Language Arts and Social Studies in Early Childhood Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 366 - Mathematics in Early Childhood Education Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 367 - Science in Early Childhood Education Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 370 - Phonics and the Process of Reading Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 371 - Emergent and Beginning Reading Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 383 - Language Arts Methods for Middle Childhood Educators Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 385 - Math Methods for Middle Childhood Educators Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 413 - Reading in the Content Areas Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 414 - Reading Assessment and Intervention Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 419 - Co-teaching and Collaboration in Education Credit Hours: 2
EDUC 420 - Proactive Approaches to Classroom Management and Support Credit Hours: 2
EDUC 432 - Student Teaching in Special Education Credit Hours: 9
EDUC 434 - Instructional Services for Children with Mild/Moderate Special Needs Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 461 - Student Teaching Seminar Credit Hours: 1
EDUC 468 - Professional Practices in Special Education Credit Hours: 2
SOCI 101 - The Sociological Perspective Credit Hours: 3

One of the following:

EDUC 418 - Professional Practices for Early Childhood Credit Hours: 2
EDUC 465 - Professional Practices in Middle Level Education Credit Hours: 2
EDUC 466 - Professional Practices in Secondary Schools Credit Hours: 2