Department of Special Education

The Integrated Early Childhood - Special Education (ECSE) Program is a screened major.  All candidates must meet 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 University (TU), and equals a minimum of 130 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 formal admission to the professional education sequence .

I.          ENGLISH   (6 units)
(2)       ENGL 102 Writing for a Liberal Education (3)

            ENG elective (literature course preferred) (3)

II.        SOCIAL STUDIES  (9 units)
(12)    GEOG 102 World Geography OR

           GEOG 105 Geography of International Affairs

(11)    HIST 145 US to the Mid-19th Century OR

(6)      PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology

III.        SCIENCE   (8 units)

(7)       BIOL 115 The Science of Life

(8)       PHSC 101 Physical Science I   

IV.       MATHEMATICS  (12 units)
            MATH 204 Math Concepts & Structures I

(3)       MATH 205 Math Concepts & Structures II

            MATH 251 Elements of Geometry

V.        CREATIVITY & CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT  (3 units)

(4)       Choose one course from Category 4

VI.       Additional Required Courses  (27 Units)

            ECED 103 Introduction to ECED

            ECED 201 Intervention and the Young Child

            SPED 301 Introduction to Special Education

(13)     EDUC 203 Teaching Learning in Diverse Society*

            SPPA 350 Language Development in Educational Setting

(5)       COMM 131 Fund of Speech Communication

(1)       TU Seminar

(14)     EDUC 2XX Education, Ethics and Change*

(10)     EDUC 2XX History & Contemporary Perspective on American Urban

            Schools*

TOTAL UNITS = 65    

Refer to the explanation of the Core Curriculum requirements in the university catalog.

*The following Core Courses must be taken in a specific sequence: Metropolitan Perspectives, Diversity, Ethical Perspectives

**An AAT may be presented at the time of application

FIRST SEMESTER  - Fall (17 units)
ECED 321     Foundations of Reading & Language Arts  (3)

ECSE 425     Assessment of Infant/Primary (3)

ECED 315     Infancy & Toddlerhood Development & Intervention (3)

ECSE 316      Infant and Toddler Internship (2)

ECSE 428      Families as Partners ECSE (3)

ECED 422(9) Advanced Writing Techniques (3)

SECOND SEMESTER - Spring (16 units)
ECED 461     Integrated Arts (3)

ECSE 341     Pre-Primary Curriculum & Instruction (3)

ECSE 343     Field Placement in the Pre-Primary Inclusive Classroom (3)

ECED 360     Early Literacy (3)

ECSE 413     Instructional Technology for Young Children (3)

SCIE 371       Teaching Science in Early Childhood (2)

THIRD SEMESTER - Fall (17 units)
ECSE 342     Primary Curriculum and Instruction (3)

ECSE 344     Field Placement in the Primary Inclusive Classroom (2)

ECSE 429     Social Competence in Early Education (3)

ECED 361     Teaching Reading Primary Grades (3)

ECED 429     Reading Assessment (3)

MATH 321     Teaching Math Early Childhood (3)

FOURTH SEMESTER - Spring (15 units)

ECSE 351     Internship in ECSE (12)

ECSE 352     Internship in ECSE Seminar (3)

Minimum total of 130 units needed to graduate.  All academic content courses must be completed prior to the final internship.