Offered by Department of Teacher Education

Special Education Major

Mild/Moderate 7-12 Teaching
Field Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education

  1. Mild/Moderate 7-12 Teaching Field Endorsement Requirements (27 hours required)
    • Take all of the following:
      • TESE 437, Medical Aspects of Individuals with Disabilities - 3 hours
      • TESE 461, Legal Issues in Special Education - 3 hours
      • TESE 462, Assessment and Program Planning in Special Education - 4 hours
      • TESE 463, Instructional Strategies for Individuals with Disabilities - 2 hours
      • TESE 464, Field Experience in Special Education - 1 hour
      • TESE 467, Behavioral Interventions for Individuals with Disabilities - 2 hours
      • TESE 468, Assistive Technology Interventions - 2 hours
      • TESE 474, Field Experience in Secondary Special Education - 1 hour
      • TESE 475, Curriculum Content for Secondary Students with Disabilities - 3 hours
      • TESE 476, Transitional Issues for Individuals with Disabilities - 3 hours
      • TESE 479, Developing Social and Personal Skills in Individuals with Disabilities - 3 hours
  2. Academic Concentration (18-24 hours required)
    • Take one of the following Academic Concentrations:
      • BUSINESS EDUCATION (18 hours required)
        • Take 18 hours from:
          • ACCT 250, Beginning Accounting I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102GS or equivalent; sophomore standing)
          • BSAD 115, Introduction to Business - 3 hours
          • BSAD 295, Business Communications - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 101)
          • BSED 302, Automated Office Systems - 3 hours
          • BSED 470, Vocational Business Methods - 3 hours
          • MGT 301, Principles of Management - 3 hours
          • ECON 100GS*, Contemporary Economic Issues - 3 hours
          • FSID 160GS, Personal Money Management - 3 hours
          • *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
      • FOREIGN LANGUAGES (18 hours required)
      • HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION (18 hours required)
        • Take 18 hours from:
          • PE 160, Healthful Living - 3 hours
          • PE 220, Teaching Aerobic and Anaerobic Activities - 1 hour
          • PE 221, Teaching Sport and Leisure Activities - 2 hours (Prereq: completion of required PE 110GS courses)
          • PE 241, Rhythmic Activities for Elementary Schools - 2 hours (Prereq: completion of required PE 110GS courses)
          • PE 260, First Aid, Responding to Emergencies - 2 hours
          • PE 325, Motor Learning and Development - 3 hours
          • PE 369, Remedial and Adaptive Physical Education - 3 hours
          • PE 420, Methods in Health and Physical Education - 3 hours
          • PE 450, Curriculum and Assessment for Physical Education - 3 hours (Prereq: PE 100 or PE 221)
          • PE 464, Secondary School Health - 3 hours
      • LANGUAGE ARTS (18 hours required)
        • Take the following course:
          • ENG 234GS, Reading and Writing about Literature - 3 hours
        • Take one from the following American Literature courses:
          • ENG 352A, Survey of U.S. Literature I - 3 hours
          • ENG 352B, Survey of U.S. Literature II - 3 hours
          • ENG 358, Literature of the American West - 3 hours
        • Take one from the following British Literature courses:
          • ENG 362A, Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature I - 3 hours
          • ENG 362B, Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature II - 3 hours
          • ENG 463, Seminar in Shakespeare - 3 hours
        • Take 9 hours from:
          • ENG 102GS*, Academic Writing and Research - 3 hours
          • ENG 303, Introduction to Linguistics - 3 hours
          • ENG 304, Grammar I - 3 hours
          • ENG 311, Advanced Writing I - 3 hours
          • ENG 424, Teaching Secondary School English - 3 hours
          • ENG 426, Literature for Adolescents - 3 hours
          • *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
      • MATHEMATICS (21 hours required)
        • Take all of the following:
          • MATH 104, Concepts in Mathematics and Statistics - 3 hours
          • MATH 230, Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3 hours
          • MATH 330GS*, Math for Elementary Teachers II - 3 hours
          • MATH 430, Middle School Mathematics - 3 hours
          • STAT 241GS, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours
        • Take ONE of the following options:
          • Take 3 courses:
            • TE 311, Math Methods I - 2 hours
            • TE 312, Math Methods II - 2 hours
            • TE 313, Field Experience: Math - 1 hour
              (Take 0.5 hour class twice)
          • OR take 1 course:
            • MATH 470, Teaching of Secondary Mathematics - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 260 or permission of instructor; admission to Teacher Education)
        • Take 6 hours from:
          • MATH 103GS*, Plane Trigonometry - 3 hours
          • MATH 120GS, Finite Mathematics - 3 hours
          • MATH 123GS, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours
          • TE 474, Problem Solving in the Elementary and Middle School Classroom - 3 hours
        • *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
      • NATURAL SCIENCES (22 hours required)
        • Take all of the following:
        • Take 1 course from:
          • GEOG 101GS*, Physical Geography I: The Atmosphere - 4 hours
          • GEOG 102GS*, Physical Geography II: The Lithosphere - 4 hours
          • GEOG 103GS*, The Dynamic Planet: Hazards in the Environment - 3 hours
          • PHYS 201GS*, Earth Science - 4 hours
        • Take 1 course from:
        • Take 1 course from:
        • Take ONE of the following options:
          • Take 1 course from:
            • CHEM 145GS*, Introductory Chemistry - 4 hours
            • CHEM 150GS*, Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry - 4 hours
          • OR take two courses:
        • Take 1 course from:
        • Take 1 course from:
        • *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
      • SOCIAL SCIENCES (20 hours required)
        • Take all of the following:
        • Take 1 course from:
          • PSCI 140GS, Democracies around the World - 3 hours
          • PSCI 168GS, Introduction to International Relations - 3 hours
        • Take 1 course from:
          • GEOG 101GS*, Physical Geography I: The Atmosphere - 4 hours (with lab)
          • GEOG 102GS*, Physical Geography II: The Lithosphere - 4 hours (with lab)
          • GEOG 103GS*, The Dynamic Planet: Hazards in the Environment - 3 hours (without lab)
          • GEOG 207, Physical Geology - 3 hours
        • Take 1 course from:
        • Take 1 course from:
        • *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
      • PSYCHOLOGY (18 hours required)
        • Take all of the following:
      • SPECIAL EDUCATION (24 hours required)
        • Take all of the following:
          • TE 311, Math Methods I - 2 hours
          • TE 312, Math Methods II - 2 hours
          • TE 314, Phonics and Word Study - 2 hours
          • TE 315, Literacy Assessment - 2 hours
          • TE 316, Primary Grades Literacy - 2 hours
          • TE 317, Field Experience: Literacy - 1 hour
          • TE 323, Partnerships with Families - 1 hour
          • TE 331, Intermediate Literacy - 3 hours
          • TESE 430, Collaboration, Consultation, and Teamwork - 2 hours
          • MATH 230, Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3 hours
          • MATH 330GS, Math for Elementary Teachers II - 3 hours
        • Take 1 hour from:
          • TE 313, Field Experience: Math - 0.5 hour
            (Take 0.5 hour class twice)

5 May 2010

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