The School of the Arts and Professions
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
PROPOSED SPECIAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
SPECIAL EDUCATION
I. General Education Requirements
A. Curriculum Area I (Arts and Humanities)
Course No. /Title
Credits
ARTS 101 Humanities (Fine Arts) — 3
ENGL 203 Fundamentals of Contemporary Speech — 3
Choose one course in consultation with advisor. — 3
Total — 9
B. Curriculum Area II (Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Course No./ Title
Credits
HIST 101 Historical Approach to Western Civ. — 3
PSYC 200 Introduction to Psychology — 3
Total — 6
C. Curriculum Area III (Biological and Physical Sciences)
Course No. /Title
Credits
BIOL 101 Theories and Concepts of Biological Sciences — 3
BIOL 103 Biological Science Lab — 1
PHYS 101 Theories and Applications of Physical Sciences — 3
Total — 7
D. Curriculum Area IV (Mathematics)
Course No. /Title
Credits
MATH 102 Survey of College Math (or higher course) — 3
Total — 3
E. Curriculum Area V (English Composition)
Course No./ Title
Credits
ENGL 101 Basic Composition I — 3
ENGL 102 Basic Composition II — 3
ENGL 305 Technical Writing or
ENGL 310 Advanced Composition — 3
Total — 9
F. Curriculum Area VI (Emerging Issues)
Course No. /Title
Credits
PSYC 100 Adjustment in Today's World — 1
EDHE 111 Health and Wellness — 3
Elective — 3
Total — 7
II. Professional Development Courses
Course No./Title
Credits
EDCI 200 Introduction to Contemporary Education — 3
EDSP 200A Introduction to Special Education — 3
PSYC 305 Human Growth and Development — 3
PSYC 307 Educational Psychology — 3
PSYC 371 Abnormal Psychology — 3
PSYC 406 Behavior Management — 3
SOCI 101 Sociological Exploration — 3
POLI 200 American Government — 3
Total — 24
III. Special Education Specialization
Course No. /Title
Credits
EDSP 414 Psychoeducational Assessment I — 3
EDSP 416 Program Development & Instructional Delivery for
the Educ. Disabled — 3
EDSP 418 Language Development* — 3
EDSP 422 Psychoeducational Assessment II — 3
EDSP 424 Instruction of Language for the Educationally Disabled*
— 3
EDSP 425 Instruction of Reading for the Educationally Disabled*
— 3
EDSP 426 Instruction of Mathematics for the Educationally Disabled
— 3
EDSP 428 Communication Skills in Special Education — 3
EDSP 430 Technology in Special Education — 3
EDSP 431 Instruction of Prevocational/Vocational & Transitional
Programs for the Educationally Disabled — 3
EDSP 438 Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading Problems for the
Educationally Disabled* — 3
Total — 33
*State Requirement (Effective 2001)
6 Semester Hours for all Content Majors
12 Semester Hours for all Special Education Majors
IV. Teaching Internship
Course No./ Title
Credits
EDSP 442 Teaching Internship I (E) — 6
EDSP 450 Teaching Internship II (M/S) — 6
EDSP 400 Senior Seminar — 3
Total — 15
V. Free Electives
Course No./ Title
Credits
Choose three courses in consultation with advisor. — 3
Total — 9
TOTAL PROGRAM REQUIRED CREDITS — 122
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