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: 24 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

Required General Education Course 12-13 hrs

• HIST 1301 - United States to 1865 3 hrs
• MATH 1304 - College Algebra 3 hrs or
• MATH 1404 - College Algebra with Lab 4 hrs
• POLS 1301 - American Government 3 hrs
• CSCD 2341 - American Sign Language I 3 hrs or
• SPAN 1411 - Elementary Spanish I 4 hrs or
• SPAN 2342 - Spanish for Heritage Language Speakers I 3 hrs

Additional Required Courses: 13 hrs

• HIST 1302 - United States Since 1865 3 hrs
• MATH 1306 - Essentials in Mathematics I 3 hrs
• MATH 1307 - Essentials in Mathematics II 3 hrs

• Students seeking EC-6 Certification are required to take two science courses, will also fulfill the Natural Science General Education requirement:

  BIOL 1400  andPHSC 1400  are recommended.

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
• HIST 1302 - United States Since 1865 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

• EDUC 2310 - Diversity 3 hrs
• MATH 1306 - Essentials in Mathematics I 3 hrs

Spring - Year Two

• EDUC 4330 - Childhood Growth and Development 3 hrs
• EDUC 4372 - The Creative Child: Art, Music, and Movement 3 hrs
• MATH 1307 - Essentials in Mathematics II 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 5343 - Methods of Teaching Mathematics 3 hrs
• SPED 4351 - Behavior Management: 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 4324 - Instructional Strategies: Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities 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 5372 - Methods of Teaching Social Studies 3 hrs
• SPED 5343 - Law and Contemporary Issues in Special Education 3 hrs

Spring - Year Four

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 , CSCD 2341  or SPAN 1411  

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

BIOL 1400 , and PHSC 1400 , are recommended

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

Candidates seeking EC-6 Certification must earn a C or better in all Foundation, Supporting and Professional Education courses.

Candidates seeking EC-6 Certification may earn only one D in PHIL, Foreign Language or THSA as long as the cululative GPA requirement is met.  These three courses fulfull General Education requirements and are not considered “content” courses per TEA.

Required Courses for Additional Certitifcations:

ESL: EDUC 3310 , EDUC 4364  

Bilingual - SPAN 1412 , SPAN 2311 , SPAN 2312 , SPAN 3301 , SPAN 3302 , EDUC 3320 , EDUC 4340 , EDUC 4364  

Acceptable minor fields:
None required