Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Special Education General Curriculum (BA)

Bachelor of Arts Degree

 

General Education

I. Communication (9 hours)

Rhetoric and Composition

 

ENGL 1101*

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

                     
Literature and Composition 
ENGL 1102*             Literature and Composition 3
                     
Communication    MCOM 1110             Public Speaking 3

II. Humanities and Fine Arts (15 hours)

Modern Languages

               

Choose sequence from approved list

6

                     

English Literature

 

 

            Choose one 2000-level English Literature course
(ENGL 2225 and ENGL 2226 may NOT be used)

3

                     

Philosophy and Religion

                Choose one PHIL or RELG course at the
1000-2000 level

3

                     

Fine Arts

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

III. History and Social Sciences (9 hours)

World History    EDUC 2201             The Multicultural Classroom 3

Government

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

Social Science

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (10 to 12 hours)

                     
Mathematics    MATH 1000*             Mathematics for the Liberal Arts 3
    OR                
    MATH 1300*             Elementary Statistics 3
                     
Natural Science                 Choose a pair in sequence from approved list   7 to 8
                     

V. Ethics (0 hours)

                     
Ethics                  Special Education students are
exempt from this requirement. 
0
                     

VI. Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

First-Year Experience

 

*Grade of C or higher required.

 

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

 

1

Total Credit Hours:46-49

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

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 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 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 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