Interdisciplinary Studies, Special Education, BS

Special Education Specialization: 9 hrs

• SPED 4324 - Instructional Strategies: Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities 3 hrs
• SPED 4351 - Behavior Management: Special Education 3 hrs
• SPED 5343 - Law and Contemporary Issues in Special Education 3 hrs

Professional Education Courses: 30 hrs

*Student must be admitted into TEACH in order to register for the Professional Education Courses

• EDUC 3344 - Reading Comprehension in EC-12 3 hrs
• EDUC 4348 - Literacy Diagnosis and Remediation EC-12 3 hrs
• EDUC 4356 - Differentiated Learning Strategies 3 hrs
• EDUC 5303 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods ll: Deconstruction 3 hrs
• EDUC 5307 - Classroom and Behavior Management 3 hrs
• EDUC 5330 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods lll: Reconstruction 3 hrs
• EDUC 5343 - Methods of Teaching Mathematics 3 hrs
• EDUC 5355 - Methods of Teaching Science 3 hrs
• EDUC 5683 - Clinical Teaching: Special Education Elementary 6 hrs

Additional Required Courses: 28-27 hrs

• EDUC 1321 - Introduction to the Teaching Profession 3 hrs
• EDUC 2310 - Diversity 3 hrs
• HIST 1301 - United States to 1865 3 hrs
• HIST 1302 - United States Since 1865 3 hrs
• MATH 1304 - College Algebra 3 hrs
• MATH 1306 - Essentials in Mathematics I 3 hrs
• MATH 1307 - Essentials in Mathematics II 3 hrs
• POLS 1301 - American Government 3 hrs
• SPAN 1411 - Elementary Spanish I 4 hrs or
• CDIS 2341 - American Sign Language I 3 hrs

Fall - Year One

• INDS 1311 - Applications of Learning 3 hrs

• (For first term traditional freshmen)

Spring - Year One

• EDUC 1321 - Introduction to the Teaching Profession 3 hrs

Summer - Year One

Note(s):

*Spanish credit can be obtained through Advanced Placement credit (AP) or CLEP credit.

**Students may take some GE courses in summer school with advisor approval to reduce load during school year if needed during years one and two.

Fall - Year Two

• MATH 1306 - Essentials in Mathematics I 3 hrs

Spring - Year Two

• MATH 1307 - Essentials in Mathematics II 3 hrs
• EDUC 2310 - Diversity 3 hrs
• EDUC 4330 - Childhood Growth and Development 3 hrs
• SPED 2338 - Survey of Exceptionalities 3 hrs

Fall - Year Three

• EDUC 4345 - Literacy Development and Instruction: EC-12 3 hrs
• EDUC 4363 - Language Development: English Language Learners 3 hrs
• EDUC 4365 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods 1: Construction 3 hrs
• EDUC 4372 - The Creative Child: Art, Music, and Movement 3 hrs
• EDUC 5372 - Methods of Teaching Social Studies 3 hrs
• SPED 5343 - Law and Contemporary Issues in Special Education 3 hrs

Spring - Year Three

• EDUC 3344 - Reading Comprehension in EC-12 3 hrs
• EDUC 4356 - Differentiated Learning Strategies 3 hrs
• EDUC 5303 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods ll: Deconstruction 3 hrs
• EDUC 5355 - Methods of Teaching Science 3 hrs
• SPED 4351 - Behavior Management: Special Education 3 hrs

Fall - Year Four

• EDUC 4348 - Literacy Diagnosis and Remediation EC-12 3 hrs
• EDUC 5307 - Classroom and Behavior Management 3 hrs
• EDUC 5330 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods lll: Reconstruction 3 hrs
• EDUC 5343 - Methods of Teaching Mathematics 3 hrs
• SPED 4324 - Instructional Strategies: Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities 3 hrs

Spring - Year Four

• EDUC 5683 - Clinical Teaching: Special Education Elementary 6 hrs

Note(s):

The following components are required in all degrees:
General education, major, and verification completion of:

overall semester hours - 120

institutional semester hours - 45

overall advanced hours - 36

institutional advanced hours - 24

Required General Education courses:

HIST 1301 , HIST 1302 , POLS 1301 , MATH 1304 , CDIS 2341  or SPAN 1411  

Two Science courses required one Life Science and one Physical Science, one course must have a lab:

BIOL 1400 , BIOL 1401 , BIOL 1402  - PHSC 1400 , PHSC 1411 , PHSC 1412  

Other course requirements:
Professional Education courses may not be taken until after students are officially admitted to the teacher education program

Acceptable minor fields:
None required