Special Education Major

Students seeking full special education teaching certification must major in Elementary Education or Secondary Education/K-12 (including content area) in addition to the Special Education major. Other second majors, such as Communication Disorders or Psychology are unlikely to lead to full special education teacher certification.

34 credits

Required Courses:

SPED 120	Introduction to Special Education	3
SPED 236	Foundations of LD and CI	3
SPED 257	Foundations of ASD and EBD	3
SPED 280	Practicum:Children and Youth with Disabilities	3
SPED 301	IEP Development	3
SPED 312	Collaboration and Assessment	3
SPED 336	Methods in LD and CI	3
SPED 357	Methods in ASD and EBD	3

Student Teaching (complete 10 or more credits in as many of the following courses as possible):

SPED 480	Student Teaching: Emotional/Behavior Problems	1-12
SPED 481	Student Teaching:Cognitive Impairments	1-12
SPED 486	Student Teaching: Learning Disabilities	1-12
SPED 487

Educateur-Youth Worker Concentration:

A Special Education major with an Educateur-Youth Worker Concentration is designed for students preparing for work with youth with disabilities or at risk in residential child care settings, therapeutic camps, recreational programs, and community youth agencies and does not lead to certification.

Instead of Student Teaching, complete the following:

SPED 395
EDUC 345	Adolescent Development	3
	Electives from ART, HLTH, NAST, PE, PSYC or SOCI	9-15

To be selected in consultation with the department chair.