Department of Special Education

Bachelor of Science in Special Education

Secondary/Adult Special Education: Mathematics Track - Middle School Concentration

Advisor: Mr. Charles Meyer

CHECKLIST OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL  EDUCATION STUDENTS MATRICULATING ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 1, 2007 Math Track

The major in special education requires a minimum of 140 semester hours of college credit.  An average GPA of 2.75 or better 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  (6 semester hours)
(I.A) ENGL 102 Writing for a Liberal Education (3)
(II.C.3) Choose an English course from II.C.3

II SOCIAL STUDIES (9 semester hours)
(II.D) GEOG 102 World Regional Geography (3)
      or GEOG 105 Geog of International Affairs (3)
(II.C.2) SOCI 101   Intro. To Sociology  (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)

III. SCIENCE  (8 semester hours)
(II.A.1) BIOL  115 Biological Science I (4)
(II.A.1) PHSC 101 Physical Science I  (4)

IV. MATHEMATICS (22 semester hours)
(I.C)MATH 119 Pre-Calculus   (4)
       MATH 204 Math Concepts and Structures I (4)       
      MATH 231 Basic Statistics   (3)
      MATH 251 Elements of Geometry  (4)

      MATH 265 Elem Linear Algebra (4)

      MATH 267 Intro to Abstract Math (4)

      MATH 273 Calculus I (4)

V. ART (3 semester hours)
(I.E) Choose one ART course for non-Art majors (3)

VI. MUSIC    (3 semester hours)
(II.C.1) Intro. To Music Western Heritage (3)

VII. PSYCHOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY (6 semester hours)
 II.C.2 PSYC 101 Introduction of Psychology (3)
  PSYC 203 Human Development (3)

VIII. Additional Required Courses (12 semester hours)
(I.B) ISTC 201 Using Info Effec. in Educ  (3)
(II.B.3) COMM 131 Fundamentals of Speech Comm (3)
(I.D) EDUC 301 Writing & Comm. Skls. Tchrs. (3)
ISTC 301 Utilization of Inst. Media  (3)

SPED 301 Introduction to Special Education (3)

Refer to the explanation of the General Education requirements in the university catalog.

Professional Education courses to be completed for special education major:

FIRST SEMESTER - Fall (16 units)
SPED 425 Formal Test & Measurements for Students with Disabilities (K-12) (3)

SCED 341 Principles of Secondary Education (4)

SCED 460 Read/Writing Secondary Sch (4)
SPED 428    Working w/Fam Stds. w/Dis (3)

SPED 441    Curr/Meth Instr. (3)

SECOND SEMESTER - Spring  (16 units)

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

EDUC 401  Foundations of Education

SPED 413    Assistive Technology  (3)
PSYC 404   Adolescent Psychology (3)

Math course from acadmeic content column (IV) (4)

THIRD SEMESTER - Fall (16 units)
SPED 496  Internship: Std w/Dis Sec/Adult (3)

SPED 453 Curr./Meth. Second Education (3)

SPED 429  Curr/Meth Class Mgmt   (3)

MATH 323  Teaching Math in Elem School (3)

Math course from academic content column (IV)

FOURTH SEMESTER - Spring (15 units)
SPED 498    Student Teaching: SPED  (12)
SPED 461    Teaching Reading in Sec Content Areas (3)

Minimum total of 138-140 units needed to graduate.  This program includes 27 units in Math to prepare for the Math Praxis II exam (NCLB highly qualified).  All academic (gen.ed.) courses must be completed prior to student teaching.