CHECKLIST OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
STUDENTSMATRICULATING ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 1, 2007 Social Science
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 (6 units) (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 (27 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)
HIST 146 Hist.of US since Mid-19th Cent. (3)
(II.C.1) HIST 102 Hist. Of Eur Civ through 17th Cen (3)
HIST 103 Hist of Eur Civ from 17th Cen (3)
ECON 201 or 202 Microeconomic Prin (3)
POSC 103 American National Government (3)
(II.C.2) SOCI 101 Intro to Sociology (3)
SOSC 401 Topics in Social Sciences (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 (3)
V. ART (3 units) (I.E) Choose one ART course for non-Art majors (3)
VI. PSYCHOLOGY (6 units) ( II.C.2) PSYC 101 Introduction of Psychology (3)
PSYC 203 Human Development (3)
VIII. Additional Required Courses (15 units) (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 (15 units)
SPED 425 Formal T& M Stds. w/Dis K-12 (3)
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