Department of Special Education

Bachelor of Science in Special Education

Elementary/Middle Special Education Program

Advisor: Mr. Chuck Meyer

CHECKLIST OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR

ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE STUDENTS MATRICULATING

ON OR AFTER AUGUST 31, 2011

The Elementary/Middle Special Education Program is a screened major.  All candidates must meeting the following screening requirements:

1.  Passing Scores on Praxis I, SAT, or ACT at or above the level of

     standards established by MSDE

2.  A minimum of 2.75 on all prerequisite coursework required for the major

3.  The required Speech and Hearing Screening

4.  Criminal History Disclosure Statement

5.  Submission of a writing sample

Students are responsible for ensuring that they meet the prerequisite content

and Core Curriculum requirements for the University.  Transcripts will be

evaluated for completion of required courses.* The program is offered at Towson

Univesity (TU), and equals a minimum of 124 semester units of college credit.  A

minimum GPA of 3.0 in the major is required prior to student teaching.

Academic Content
Courses taken before admission to the professional education sequence.

I.         ENGLISH (9 units)
IA       ENGL 102 Wrtg.for a Liberal Educ. or (3)_
           ENGL 190 Honors Writing Seminar(3)_
           ENGL Elective    (3)_

IIC.3   Choose an English course from II.C3 (3)_

II.       SOCIAL STUDIES (9 units)
IIB1    HIST 145 US History to Mid 19thC  or   (3)_
           HIST 146 US History since 19th C  (3)_
IIC2    SOCI 101 Intro. to Sociology    (3)_
IID.    GEOG 102 World Regional Geography  or   (3)_
          GEOG. 105 Geog. of International Affairs   (3)_

III.     SCIENCE (8 units)
IIA.   BIOL 115 Biological Science I    (4)_
IIA.   PHSC 101 Physical Science I    (4)_

IV.      MATHEMATICS (12 units)
           MATH 204 Math Concepts & Structures I    (4)_
IC.      MATH 205 Math Concepts & Structures II   (4)_
           MATH 251 Elements of Geometry   (4)_

V.      ART (3 units)
IE.     Choose one ART course for non-art majors (3)

VI      MUSIC (3 units)
IIC1   MUSC 101 Intro Music Western Heritage  (3)_

VII.    PSYCHOLOGY (6 units)
IIC2    PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology   (3)_
           PSYC 201 Educational Psychology   (3)_

VIII.   ADDITIONAL REQUIRED COURSES  (18 units)
IB       ISTC 201 Using Info Effec. in Educ (3)

           ISTC 301 Util. of Instructional Media (3)

IIB3    DFST 101 Intro to Deaf Culture (3)    or 
           COMM 131 Fundamental of Speech Com.  (3)_
ID.      EDUC 301  Writing & Comm. Skils for Teachers  (3)_

           ELED 322 Fnd of Reading/Other Lang Arts (3)

           SPED 301 Introduction to Special Ed

Note: Approved courses for gen ed categories. 
Those listed are recommended for Special Education majors.

To enter the program, students must pass speech and hearing screening; have a GPA of 2.75 or higher; have completed ENGL 102 with a grade of 2.0 or higher; have completed 60 or more credits; and, have scores on the
Praxis I at or above the level of standards established by the Maryland State Department of Education.

Checklist of Degree Requirements   for Special Education Major (127 credits)
 (Elementary Track) Beginning September 1, 2006

Professional Education Courses 
(To be completed for special education major):

FIRST TERM- Fall (15 units)

SPED 425   Formal T&M Stds. w/Dis K-12 (3)

PSYC 203   Human Development (3)

SPED 428   Working with Fam Stds. w/Dis (3)

ELED 323    Prin/Proc of Instruct in Rdg (3)

EDUC 417   Children's Literature (3)

SECOND TERM -  Spring (15 units)

SPED 430   Informal T&M Stds. w/ Dis (K-12) (3)

SPED 441   Curr/Meth Instruction (3)

PSYC 403   Inf/Child Development (3)

SPED 413   Assistive Technology (3)

SPED 427   Curr/Meth Soc, Emot, Motor Dev (3)

THIRD TERM - Fall (14 units)

SPED 491   Internship: Std w/Dis Elem/Mid (3)

ELED 429    P/P of Assess in Rdg & Lang A (3)

SPED 429   Curr/Meth Class Mgmt (3)

MATH 323   Tchg Math in Elem Sch (3)

MATH 324   Sup Obsv/Part in Elm Sch Math (2)

FOURTH TERM - Spring (15 units)

SPED 498   Student Teaching: SPED (12)

SPED 493   Student Teaching Seminar (3)