CHECKLIST OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTSMATRICULATING ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 1,2007 English Track
The major in special education requires a minimum of 127 semester hours
of college credit. An average GPA of 2.75 or higher is required for
entering and remaining in the program, and a GPA of at least 3.0 in the
major is required for entering student teaching. The following listing
includes general education requirements (GenEd), major requirements, and
Maryland State Certification requirements.
Academic Content
Courses taken before formal admission to the professional education
sequence .
I. ENGLISH (18 units) (I.A) ENGL 102 Writing for a Liberal Education (3)
(II.C.I) ELGL 221 or 222 British Literature (3)
(II.C.3) ENGL 233 Survey of African-American Lit. (3)
or ENGL 235
Com. Ethnic & Amer. Lit. (3)
ENGL 230 Main Curr. In Amer. Lit. (3)
or ENGL 236 Amer. Indian Lit.
(3)
ENGL 251 Appl. Grammar (3)
ENGL 283 Intro. Creative Writing (3)
or ENGL 311 Writing Poetry
(3)
or ENGL 312 Writing Fiction
(3)
ENGL 300 Lit Research and Applied Criticism (4)
II SOCIAL STUDIES (9 units) (II.D) GEOG 102 World Regional Geography (3)
or GEOG 105 Geog of International Affairs
(3)
(II.B.1) HIST 145 Hist.of US to Mid-19th Century (3)
or HIST 146 Hist.of US since Mid-19th
Cent. (3)
(II.B.2) SOCI 101 Intro to Soc (3)
III. SCIENCE (8 units)
(II.A) BIOL 115 Biological Science I (4)
(II.A) PHSC 101 Physical Science I (4)
IV. MATHEMATICS (7 units)
(I.C) MATH 119 Pre-Calculus (4)
MATH 231 Basic Statistics (4)
V. ART (3 unilts)
(I.E) Choose one ART course for non-Art majors (3)
VI. PSYCHOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY (6 units)
II.C.2 PSYC 101 Introduction of Psychology (3)
PSYC 203 Human Development (3)
VII. Additional Required Courses (15 units) (I.B) ISTC 201 Using Info Effec. in Educ (3)
ISTC 301 Utilization of Inst. Media (3)
(II.B.3) COMM 131 Fundamentals of Speech Comm (3)
(I.D) EDUC 301 Writing & Comm. Skls. Tchrs. (3)
SPED 301 Introduction to Special Education (3)
Refer to the explanation of the General Education requirements in the
university catalog.
To enter the program, students must pass speech and hearing screening;
have a GPA of 2.75 or higher; 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. Professional Education courses to be completed for special education
major: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)
SCED 341 Principles Secondary Ed (3)
SPED 460 Read/Writing Secondary Sch (4)
SPED 428 Working with Fam Stds. w/ Dis (3)
SPED 441 Curr/Meth Instruction (3)
SECOND TERM - Spring (15 units)
SPED 430 Informal T&M Stds. w/ Dis (K-12) (3)
SPED 401 Foundations of Education (3)
SPED 413 Assistive Technology (3)
PSYC 404 Adolescent Psychology (3)
SCED 419 Young Adult Literature (3)
THIRD TERM - Fall (15 units)
SPED 496 Internship: Std w/Dis Sec/Adult (3)
SPED 453 Curr/Meth Second Education (3)
SPED 429 Curr/Meth Class Mgmt (3)
SCED 357 Teaching English in Sec School (3)
Approved English course in addition to column I (3)
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