Special Education
This degree has a Required General Education Core (GEC) totaling 44-47 hours.
The GEC includes courses in:
Area I: Foundation Skills (18-21 hours)
Area II: A Liberal Arts Education (26 hours)
Degree Requirements
Area I – Foundation Skills - 18-21 hours
| FSL 101 | Foundations of Scholarship and Learning | 2 |
Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - - .15 hours
Area I - Mathematics (choose one) - 3 or 4 hours
Area II - Arts and Humanities - 3 hours
| ART 191 | Enhancing Art Understanding | 3 |
Area II - Literature in English - 3 hours
Area II - The Social Sciences - 6 hours
| PSY 211 | Psychology of Human Growth & Development | 3 |
| SOC 221 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
Area II - History (choose one of two sequences) - 6 hours
| HIS 191 | World Civilization to 1500 | 3 |
| | and | |
| HIS 192 | World Civilizations since 1500 | 3 |
| | or | |
| HIS 201 | History of the United States I | 3 |
| | and | |
| HIS 202 | History of the United States II | 3 |
Area II - The Natural Sciences - 8 hours
Choose one course from the following:
Area II - Choose one course from the following:
Required Education Core Courses - 34-36 hours
| ED 190 | Introduction to Computers for Instruction | 3 |
| ED 191 | Computers in the 21st Century Classroom | 1 |
| ED 201 | Education as a Profession | 3 |
| ED 301 | Strategies in Teaching | 3 |
| ED 314 | History of Education | 3 |
| ED 317 | Tests and Measurements | 3 |
| ED 330 | Exceptional and Culturally Diverse Students | 3 |
| ED 432 | Classroom Management | 3 |
| ED 433 | Methods in Education | 3 |
| ED 436 | Student Teaching Seminar | 3 |
| ED 445 | Enhanced Student Teaching, K-12 | 9 |
Required Courses for Special Education - 37 hours
| ED 304 | Strategies for Reading/Language Arts | 3 |
| ED 305 | Diagnosis & Remediation of Reading Difficulties | 3 |
| ED 322 | Education for the Developing Learner | 4 |
| MU 129 | Music Listening | 3 |
| SPE 340 | Language Development and Disorders | 3 |
| SPE 345 | Effective Collaboration | 3 |
| SPE 346 | Ethical & Professional Aspects of Special Education | 3 |
| SPE 350 | Assessment of the Exceptional Student | 3 |
| SPE 360 | Characteristics & Needs of Exceptional Students - Modified | 4 |
| | or | |
| SPE 440 | Techniques & Strategies for Exceptional Students - Modified | 4 |
| | or | |
| SPE 361 | Characteristics & Needs of Exceptional Students - Comprehensive | 4 |
| | or | |
| SPE 441 | Techniques & Strategies for Exceptional Students - Comprehensive | 4 |
| HPER 343 | Essentials in Adaptive Physical Education | 2 |
| SPE 347 | Practical Applications of Special Education | 3 |
| SPE 444 | Applied Behavior Analysis | 3 |
^ Which series a candidate takes depends on type license sought.
Total GEC Credit Hours (44-47 hours)
Total Required Education Core Courses (34-36 hours)
Total Required Courses for major (37 hours)
All Courses must have a “C” or higher, except for ED 301 which requires a “B” or higher.
121 minimum hours required for graduation.
If you'd like to include an ADDITIONAL licensure for Special Education: Preschool/Early Childhood Education Pre-K-3, you will find the requirements here.