Offered by Department of Teacher Education

Special Education Major

Special Education 7-12 Teaching
Subject Endorsement
Bachelor of Arts in Education

  1. Special Education 7-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement Requirements (33.5 hours required)
    • Take all of the following:
      • TESE 330, Collaboration, Consultation, and Co-Teaching - 3 hours
      • TESE 437, Medical Aspects of Individuals with Disabilities - 3 hours
      • TESE 461, Legal Issues in Special Education - 3 hours
      • TESE 462, Assessment and IEP Development - 4 hours
      • TESE 463, Instructional Strategies for Individuals with Disabilities - 3 hours
      • TESE 464, Field Experience with K-8 Students - 1 hour
      • TESE 467, Behavioral Interventions - 3 hours
      • TESE 468, Assistive Technology - 2 hours
      • TESE 474, Field Experience - 0.5 hour
      • TESE 475, Preparing Adolescents for the Post-Secondary World - 3 hours
      • TESE 476, Transitional Issues for Individuals with Disabilities - 3 hours
      • TESE 479, Teaching Social Skills to Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder - 3 hours
      • TESE 487, Teaching Functional Academics to Individuals with Exceptional Needs - 2 hours
  2. Academic Concentration (18 hours required)
    • Take one of the following Academic Concentrations:
      • BUSINESS EDUCATION (18 hours required)
        • Take 18 hours from:
          • BSAD 115, Introduction to Business - 3 hours
          • BSAD 295, Business Communications - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 101 (or equivalent) or English ACT score of 29 or above)
          • BSED 402, Automated Office Systems - 3 hours
          • ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics - 3 hours
          • FSID 160GS, Personal Money Management - 3 hours
          • MGT 301, Principles of Management - 3 hours
          • MIS 182GS*, Software Productivity Tools - 3 hours
          • *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
      • FOREIGN LANGUAGES (18 hours required)
        • FRENCH
          • Take all of the following:
            • FREN 200GS*, Intermediate French I - 3 hours (Prereq: FREN 101 or equivalent)
            • FREN 201GS*, Intermediate French II - 3 hours (Prereq: FREN 101 or equivalent)
            • FREN 205, Culture, Conversation and Composition - 3 hours
            • FREN 303, French Phonetics - 3 hours
            • FREN 308, Advanced French Grammar - 3 hours
            • FREN 414, Advanced French Conversation - 3 hours
            • *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
        • GERMAN
          • Take all of the following:
            • GERM 200GS*, Intermediate German I - 3 hours (Prereq: GERM 101 or equivalent)
            • GERM 201GS*, Intermediate German II - 3 hours (Prereq: GERM 101 or equivalent)
            • GERM 205GS*, Culture, Conversation and Composition - 3 hours
            • GERM 304, Advanced Composition and Conversation I - 3 hours
            • GERM 308, Advanced German Grammar - 3 hours
            • GERM 414, Advanced Composition and Conversation II - 3 hours
            • *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
        • SPANISH
          • Take all of the following:
            • SPAN 200GS*, Intermediate Spanish I - 3 hours (Prereq: SPAN 101 or equivalent)
            • SPAN 201GS*, Intermediate Spanish II - 3 hours
            • SPAN 205GS*, Culture, Conversation and Composition - 3 hours
            • SPAN 302, Spanish Phonetics/Phonology - 3 hours
            • SPAN 304, Advanced Conversation and Composition - 3 hours
            • SPAN 308, Advanced Spanish Grammar - 3 hours
            • *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
      • HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION (18 hours required)
        • Take all of the following:
          • PE 100, Principles of Physical Education - 2 hours
          • PE 121, Sports Skills for Physical Education - 2 hours
          • PE 200, Teaching Sport Skills and Non-Rhythmic Activities - 2 hours
          • PE 220, Teaching Aerobic and Anaerobic Activities - 1 hour
          • PE 241, Rhythmic Activities for Physical Education Teachers - 2 hours
          • PE 369, Remedial and Adaptive Physical Education - 3 hours
          • PE 450, Curriculum and Assessment for Physical Education - 3 hours
          • PE 464, Secondary School Health - 3 hours
      • LANGUAGE ARTS (18 hours required)
        • Take the following courses:
          • ENG 234, Reading and Writing about Literature - 3 hours
          • ENG 303, Introduction to Linguistics - 3 hours
          • ENG 311, Advanced Writing I - 3 hours
          • ENG 426, Literature for Adolescents - 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
      • MATHEMATICS (18 hours required)
        • Take all of the following:
          • MATH 230GS, Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102GS or MATH 104 or permission OR Math ACT score of 20 or greater and 4 years of high school mathematics including 2 years of algebra and 1 year of geometry and a senior level math course)
          • MATH 330GS, Math for Elementary Teachers II - 3 hours
          • MATH 430, Middle School Mathematics - 3 hours
          • STAT 241GS, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours (Prereq: either MATH 101 or MATH 102GS or MATH 115 or MATH 123GS OR Math ACT score of 20 or greater)
        • Take 6 hours from:
          • MATH 103GS, Plane Trigonometry - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102GS OR Math ACT score of 22 or greater and 2 years of high school algebra)
          • MATH 120GS, Finite Mathematics - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102GS OR Math ACT score of 22 or greater and 2 years of high school algebra)
          • MATH 123GS, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102GS OR Math ACT score of 22 or greater and 4 years of high school mathematics including 2 years of algebra and 1 year of geometry and a senior level pre-calculus course)
      • NATURAL SCIENCES (18 hours required)
        • Take all of the following:
        • Take ONE of the following options:
          • Take:
          • OR take two courses:
            • CHEM 160GS*, General Chemistry - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102GS OR Math ACT score of 20 or better OR permission of instructor)
            • CHEM 160LGS*, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
        • Take 2 courses from:
        • *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
      • SOCIAL SCIENCES (18 hours required)
        • Take all of the following:
          • ECON 100GS, Contemporary Economic Issues - 3 hours
          • HIST 211GS*, Western Civilization - 3 hours
          • HIST 251GS*, American History - 3 hours
          • HIST 479, Nebraska and the Great Plains History - 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)
        • 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 (18 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
          • MATH 230GS, Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102GS or MATH 104 or permission OR Math ACT score of 20 or greater and 4 years of high school mathematics including 2 years of algebra and 1 year of geometry and a senior level math course)
          • 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)

4 Apr 2016

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