Combined Special Education and Elementary Education / Bachelor of Arts

Total Credit Hours: 128

Major Credit Hours: 61

Degree Requirements

I. Professional Education for Initial (K-12) Licensure in Special Education - Learning Behavior Specialist I and Elementary (K-9) Education Licensure. This is a COMBINED major and does not result in two degrees.

Requirements:  Fingerprint background check and attendance at Protecting All God's Children workshop.
05-200Field Experience I: Community and School Immersion

1

05-240Foundations of Instruction

3

05-300Field Experience II: Classroom Management

1

05-409Child and Adolescent Literature

3

54-200Field Experience I: Special Education

1

54-207Learning Theories and Schooling

3

54-223Disability Studies in Education

3

54-303Development and Characteristics of Learners

3

54-306Assistive Technology in Education

1

54-332Methods in the Content Areas

3

54-340Methods and Content of Teaching Science, Health and Movement

3

54-352Methods and Content of Teaching Mathematics

3

54-353Early Reading and Writing Methodologies

3

54-354Methods and Content of Teaching Social Studies

3

54-359Assessment for Learning

3

54-391Instructional Planning and Performance Based Assessment

3

54-400Field Experience III: Special Education

1

54-471Content Area Reading Strategies for Adolescent Learners

3

54-484Clinical Practice and Seminar: Combined Special Education/Elementary Education

9

50-335Introduction to Linguistics and Language Development

3

51-310Foundations of Teaching English Language Learners

3

53-307Educational Media Design for Effective Learning

1

53-308Emerging Technologies for Education

1

Please refer to Elementary Education for additional general education requirements.

II. Advanced Writing: Clinical Practice and Seminar: Special Education/Elementary Education (54-484) fulfills the advanced writing requirement for majors.