CURRICULUM PREPARATORY TO TEACHING PERSONS WITH MODERATE AND SEVERE DISABILITIES

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CURRICULUM PREPARATORY TO TEACHING
PERSONS WITH MODERATE AND SEVERE DISABILITIES¹

For the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Special Education

This two-year curriculum is designed to prepare individuals to teach students with moderate and severe disabilities. An applicant must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.5 (A = 4.0), have prior experience² with moderately and severely disabled persons, and have attained junior standing (at least 60 semester hours of baccalaureate credit) upon enrollment in the program. A minimum of 124 hours of credit, excluding basic military science, is required for graduation.
To allow completion of degree requirements within two years, applicants must have earned 60 hours and must have fulfilled all or most of the following general education and preferably some of the professional education requirements prior to enrollment. Admission is made by formal application during the spring semester of the sophomore year.
For teacher education certification requirements applicable to all curricula, see the Council on Teacher Education section elsewhere in this catalog.
General Education Requirements

All courses must be selected from the campus general education course list. (A list of courses approved for the laboratory, speech performance, English/American literature, and health/physical development requirements may be obtained from the college office.)
HOURS     COMMUNICATION SKILLS
6-7     RHET 105 or 108 and a speech performance elective, or SPCOM 111 and 112
0-3     Advanced Composition
6-10     Total


HOURS     MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE³
3     Mathematics
6     Biological science
6     Physical science
15     Total

HOURS     HUMANITIES⁴
3-4     American history
3     English or American literature
9     Electives
15-16     Total
HOURS     FOREIGN LANGUAGE5 
0-12      Three years of one foreign language
          in high school or completion of the third semester of college-level foreign
          language. 


HOURS     SOCIAL SCIENCES4 
3         POL S 150-American Government      
4         PSYCH 100-Introduction to Psychology, or equivalent 
3         PSYCH 216-Child Psychology      
6         Electives 
16        Total 


HOURS     HEALTH AND/or PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT 
2         Health and/or physical development 
2         Total 


HOURS     GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVES 
60        To yield this total 
1. Due to a re-structuring of special education certification at the state level, this program is currently under revision.
2. Applicants may contact the Department of Special Education for further information, if needed, on the prior experience requirement.
3. At least one science course must be a laboratory course.
4. At least one 3-semester-hour course in humanities or social sciences must be taken in non-Western culture.
5. This requirement is effective for freshmen entering Fall 2000 and transfers entering Fall 2002.
HOURS     PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
3-4       E P S 201/202, 311, or 312-History and philosophy of education 
4         ED PR 150, Section MSH-School and Community Experiences 
6         ED PR 220, Section MSH, secondary focus-Educational Practice 
          in the Education of Exceptional Children 
4         EDPSY 363-Instructional Design 
4         SP ED 336-Systematic Instruction for Students with Special Needs
21-22     Total


HOURS     SPECIAL EDUCATION CORE REQUIREMENTS
3         SP ED 332-Characteristics and Methods of Educating Students with Multiple Disabilities
3         SPSHS 383-Development of Spoken Language 
3-4     SPSHS 386-Language Disorders in Children, or SP ED 360-Communications 
        Strategies for Persons with Severe Intellectual 
        and/or Physical Disabilities
8     ED PR 220, Section MSH, elementary focus-Educational 
      Practice in the Education of Exceptional Children
3     SP ED 117-Exceptional Children 
3     SP ED 322-Introduction to Mental Retardation
2     SP ED 324-Tests and Measurements in Special Education

3     SP ED 335-Behavior Analysis for Teachers: Applications with Exceptional Individuals
4     SP ED 337-Curriculum Development and Classroom Organization for 
      Students with Moderate and Severe Handicaps 
3     SP ED 338-Families of Children with Special Needs 
3     SP ED 345-Transitional Planning and Vocational Training for Individuals with Disabilities
38-39     Total


HOURS     ELECTIVES
124     To yield this total (with the above requirements)
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