Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

Special Education General Curriculum (BA)

Bachelor of Arts Degree

 

General Education

Category I: The Individual (9 to 10 hours)

IA: Rhetoric

ENGL 1101

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

IB: Mathematical Reasoning

MATH 1000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mathematics for the Liberal Arts

3

 

OR 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MATH 1300 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elementary Statistics

3

IC: Critical Thinking 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

ID: Scientific Method

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list

0 to1

Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)

IIA: Freshman Composition

ENGL 1102

           

Literature and Composition

3

IIB: Speaking

MCOM 1110

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public Speaking

3

IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

3

IID: Humanities 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

IIE: Government 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list 

3

Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)

IIIA: Modern Language

 

           

Choose sequence from approved list

6

IIIB: History of Other Cultures

EDUC 4401

           

The Multicultural Classroom

3

IIIC: Fine Arts

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category IV: The Natural World (6 to 9 hours)

 IVA: Natural Science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list

6 to 9

Category V: Ethical Perspectives (0 hours)

VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics

 

           

Special Education students are
exempt from this requirement.

 

 Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

VIA: First-Year Experience

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:43-47

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Special Education Major

ASLN 1101American Sign Language I

3

EDEM 3331Reading Methods (P-5)

3

EDUC 1199Introduction to Education

3

EDUC 2000Introduction to Professional Practice

3

EDUC 2250Media and Technology for Educators

3

EDUC 2207Learning and Cognition

3

EDUC 3355Exceptional Children

3

EDUC 3356Introduction to Dyslexia

3

EDUC 4479Internship I

1

EDUC 4485Characteristics of Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder

3

EDUC 4489Internship II

3

EDUC 4497Classroom Management

3

EDUC 4499Internship III

9

SPED 3305Special Education Policy and Law

3

SPED 3331Teaching Reading for Students with Disabilities

3

SPED 3332Teaching Writing for Students with Disabilities

3

SPED 3333Teaching STEM for Students with Disabilities

3

SPED 3336Health Care for Students with Disabilities

3

SPED 4495Assessment for Special Educators

3

SPED 4498Classroom Management for Special Educators

3

Total Credit Hours:64

Students must choose one of the following language arts methods courses:

EDEM 3332Language Arts Methods (P-5)

3

EDSE 3332Language Arts Methods, 6-12

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Students must choose one of the following math methods courses:

EDEM 3327Math Methods I (PK-2)

3

EDSE 3336Math Methods, 6-12

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Students must choose one of the following science methods courses:

EDEM 3335Science Methods (P-5)

3

EDSE 3335Science Methods, 6-12

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Students must choose one of the following social studies methods courses:

EDEM 3334Social Studies Methods (P-5)

3

EDSE 3334Social Studies Methods, 6-12

3

Total Credit Hours:3

General Electives

General Electives

0-2

Total Credit Hours:0-2

Total Credit Hours: 121-123