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Department of Special Education

Bachelor of Science in Special Education

Hawkins Hall

Secondary/Adult Special Education: Middle School General Science Track

Advisor: Mr. Charles Meyer

CHECKLIST OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL  EDUCATION STUDENTS MATRICULATING ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 1, 2007 Middle School General Science Track

The major in special education requires a minimum of 132 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 (3)
 

II SOCIAL STUDIES (9 semester hours)
(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.C.2) SOCI 101 Intro to Soc   (3)

III. SCIENCE  (23 semester hours)
BIOL  115 Biological Sciences  (4)
(II.A) BIOL 201 Bio I: Bio and Cellular Genetics (4)
(II.A) PHSC 101 Physical Science I  (4)
PHSC 303 Earth Space Science  (3)
CHEM 110 General Chemistry I (4)
GEOL 121 Physical Geology  (4)

IV. MATHEMATICS (8 semester hours)
(I.C) MATH 119 Pre-Calculus (4)
MATH 237 Elementary Bio Statistics (4)

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

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

VII. PSYCHOLOGY  (6 semester hours)
(II.C.2) PSYC 101 Introduction of Psychology (3)

PSYC 203 Human Development (3)

VIII. Additional Required Courses (15 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 Ed (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:

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  (15-16 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)

Science course from acadmeic content column (III) (3-4)

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)

SCIE 380   Teaching Science in Sec School

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

Minimum total of 132 units needed to graduate.  All academic (gen. ed.) courses must be completed prior to student teaching. 




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