Description
The College of Liberal Arts & Education offers two programs leading to endorsements in Special Education–Learning Disabilities and Emotionally Impaired/ Behaviorally Disordered. Learning Disabilities is a field of Special Education which deals with children who have average or above average intelligence but who are not able to learn in conventional ways. The Emotionally Impaired/Behaviorally Disordered is a field of Special Education which deals with children who have average or above average intelligence but who are unable to learn or to function due to emotional and or behavioral problems. Students completing the requirements for either program earn a Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S.Ed.) degree.
Special Education Program
Students majoring in the field are recommended for an elementary provisional certificate or a secondary provisional certificate. The special education major qualifies students to teach the special education category from kindergarten to grade 12. Additionally, the state elementary provisional certificate is valid for teaching all subjects in grades kindergarten to and including grade 5, for teaching the subject areas of the major or minor in grades 6 through 8. The state secondary provisional certificate is valid for teaching in subject areas in grades 7 to and including grade 12 in which the applicant has completed a major or minor.
Degree Requirements
Course requirements for major programs in special education learning disabilities are distributed as follows: (University Core Curriculum as Specified)
Professional Education Core (36 Credits minimum)
Students planning to become certified to teach in learning disabilities or the emotionally impaired/behaviorally disordered must complete a minimum of 36 semester credit hours of coursework which include educational foundations, teaching methodology including instructional technology, reading instruction, special education, classroom observation and participation, and student teaching.
Teaching Minor (20-24 Credits)
Minors are chosen from those listed under elementary education program.
| Learning Disabilities Major (39 Credits) |
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| EDU 4310 | Classroom Management | | 3 |
| PYC 2500 | Developmental Psychology | | 3 |
| PYC 4400 | Cross-Cultural Socialization | | 3 |
| SED 3570 | Special Education Field Experience | | 3 |
| SED 3700 | Introduction to Special Education: Learning Disabilities | | 3 |
| SED 3710 | Curriculum and Instruction: Learning Disabilities | | 3 |
| SED 4120 | Special Education in the Secondary Schools | | 3 |
| SED 4530 | Assessment in Special Education | | 3 |
| SED 4670 | Strategies for Teaching Mathematics and Language Arts to the Learning Disabled | | 3 |
| SED 4860 | Response to Intervention | | 3 |
| SED 4740 | Directed Student Teaching: Special Education Learning Disabilities | | 6 |
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