Special Education Curriculum
Dept. and No.				Descriptive Title of Course	Credits
				FIRST YEAR	FALL	SPRING
MAJOR		EDUC 180		Field Experience I	1
COGNATE		EDUC 121		Foundations of Education	3
COGNATE		EDUC 341		Education of the Exceptional Child	3
GE QUAN		MATH ELECT		Quatitative Reasoning Course		3
GE C/IL		C/IL 102		Computing and Information Literacy		3
GE NSCI		PSYC 106		Drugs and Behavior		3
GE S/BH		PSYC 110		Fundamentals of Psychology	3
GE S/BH		PSYC 221		Childhood and Adolescence		3
GE SPCH-WRTG		COMM 100-WRTG 107		Public Speaking - Composition	3	3
GE PHIL-T/RS		PHIL 120-T/RS 121		Introduction to Philosophy - Theology I	3	3
FSEM		INTD 100		Freshman Seminar 1	1
					17	18
				SECOND YEAR
MAJOR		EDUC 280		Field Experience II		1
MAJOR		EDUC 265		SPED Educational Assessment		3
MAJOR		EDUC 258		Assessment Practicum		1
GE HUMN		HUMN ELECT		Humanities Elective		3
MAJOR		EDUC 267		Learning Disabilities	3
COGNATE		EDUC 222		Educational Psychology	3
GE ELECT		STAT ELECT		Statistics Elective	3
COGNATE		CHS 241		Case Management & Interviewing		3
COGNATE		EDUC 241		Foundations of Reading Inst. 1	3
COGNATE		PSYC 225		Abnormal Psychology	3
GE NSCI		PSYC 231/PSYC 105		Behavioral Neuroscience / Brain & Human Nature		3
GE PHIL		PHIL 210		Ethics	3
GE PHED		PHED ELECT		Physical Education		1
					18	15
				THIRD YEAR
MAJOR		EDUC 380		Field Experience III		1
MAJOR		EDUC 369		Early Assessment & Intervention	3
MAJOR		EDUC 367		Designing Curriculum for Elem. SPED	3
MAJOR		EDUC 368		Designing Curriculum for Sec. SPED		3
MAJOR		EDUC 364		Inclusionary Classroom Practices 1	3
MAJOR		EDUC 366		Emotional & Behavioral Disabilities		3
COGNATE		EDUC 342		Educational Media Technology	3
MAJOR		EDUC 226		Sec. Transitional & Voc. Services		3
COGNATE		CHS 322-333		Mental Retardation - Multiculturalism in HS	3	3
GE ELECT		ENGL 130 or EDUC 131		Children’s Lit. or Exp. Cult. Div. Child Lit.	3
GE PHED		PHED ELECT		Physical Education		1
GE T/RS		T/RS 122		Theology II		3
					18	17
				FOURTH YEAR 2
MAJOR		EDUC 365		Professional Seminar		3
MAJOR		EDUC 461		Planning in SPED Student Teaching		2
MAJOR		EDUC 462		Instruction in SPED Student Teaching		3
MAJOR		EDUC 463		Managing SPED Instruction		2
MAJOR		EDUC 464		Professional Growth in SPED 1		3
COGNATE		CHS		Physical Disabilities	3
GE HUMN		ELECT		Humanities Electives	9
GE PHIL		ED/P 306		Philosophy of Education	3
PHED		PHED ELECT		Physical Education	1
					16	13
					Total: 132 Credits

1 Includes service-learning component. Freshman Seminar service commitment is 20 hours, with no service requirement in sophomore year.

2 Semesters may be reversed at the discretion of the department.