Special Education, General Curriculum, BS

1. Foundations curriculum requirements including those listed below - 42 s.h.

(For information about courses that carry foundations curriculum credit see Liberal Arts Foundations Curriculum )

• ART 3850 - Art in the Elementary School

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• COMM 2410 - Public Speaking or
• COMM 2420 - Business and Professional Communication

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• MATH 2127 - Basic Concepts of Mathematics or
• MATH 1065 - College Algebra

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• MUSC 3048 - Music for Exceptional Children
• PSYC 1000 - Introductory Psychology
• PSYC 2777 - Ethnocultural Psychology
• Choose 8 s.h. BIOL, CHEM, PHYS, or GEOL (FC:SC)
• Choose a history course (FC:SO)
• Choose a literature course (FC:HU)

2. Professional studies - 25 s.h.

• EDTC 4001 - Technology in Education
• EDUC 3200 - Foundations of American Education

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• EDUC 4400 - Foundations of School Learning, Motivation, and Assessment or
• PSYC 4305 - Educational Psychology

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• PSYC 4305 - Educational Psychology
   
• READ 3301 - Reading Instruction in the Primary Grades
• SPED 2123 - Early Experiences for Prospective Teachers
• SPED 4320 - Communication and Collaboration in Special Education
• SPED 4324 - Internship in Special Education

3. Core - 30 s.h.

• SPED 2000 - Introduction to Exceptional Children
• SPED 2100 - Introduction to Students with Disabilities in the General Curriculum
• SPED 2109 - Introductory Practicum with Students with Disabilities in the General Curriculum
• SPED 3001 - Assessing Students with Disabilities
• SPED 3004 - Managing the Learning Environment
• SPED 3005 - Instructional Programming in Special Education
• SPED 3100 - Instructional Methods for Students with Disabilities in the General Curriculum
• SPED 3109 - Instructional Practicum for Exceptional Children in the General Curriculum
• SPED 4000 - Technology in Special Education
• SPED 4100 - Issues and Strategies for Students with Disabilities in the General and Adapted Curricula
• SPED 4300 - Practicum in Special Education

4. Cognates - 11 s.h.

• MATE 3050 - Mathematics and Methods for Grades Pre-K-2
• MATE 3051 - Field Experience in Mathematics Grades K-2
• MATE 3060 - Mathematics and Methods for Grades 3-6
• SCIE 3216 - Teaching Science in the Elementary School

5. Academic concentration

(The academic concentration is not required for SPED majors entering the university beginning fall semester, 2004)

6. Reading License - 21-24 s.h.

7. Electives to complete requirements for graduation.