Special Education, Licensure in Interventionist Grades K-8 Requirements
(SLO) Expected Outcomes:
1. Teacher candidates shall demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to succeed in careers within the field.
2. Teacher candidates shall complete clinical practice and a seminar course in the last semester of their senior year.
3. Teacher candidates of the licensure program will pass the appropriate Praxis II exam.
Degree Requirements (Semester Hours)
General Education Courses
Core Requirements to include:
Additional Interdisciplinary Studies Courses (9)
Major Field of Study (32)
| EDU 313 | Language Literacy | 3 |
| EDU 314 | Kindergarten Curriculum & Teaching Methods | 3 |
| ENG 315 | Advanced Grammar | 3 |
| ENG 330 | Second Language Acquisition | 3 |
| PSY 406 | Disorders of Childhood and Youth | 3 |
| SPED 315/EDU 315 | Exceptional Child | 3 |
| SPED 343/HPPE 343 | Essentials of Adaptive Physical Education | 3 |
| SPED 401 | The Inclusive Classroom | 3 |
| SPED 402 | Methods of Intervention for Students with Mild/Moderate Exceptionalities | 3 |
| SPED 403 | Collaboration Skills/Resources for Effective Intervention | 3 |
Professional Education Courses (33)
| EDU 308 | Psychology of Learning and Cognition | 3 |
| EDU 331 | Educational Assessment | 4 |
| EDU 342 | Classroom Management | 3 |
| EDU 343 | Problem Solving K-5 | 3 |
| EDU 360 | Multicultural Education | 3 |
| EDU 410 | Technology in Education | 2 |
| EDU 412 | Language Literacy Methods | 3 |
| SPED 460 | Clinical Practice in Special Education Grades K-8 | 11 |
| SPED 461 | Clinical Practice Seminar, K-8 | 1 |
For the Bachelor of Science Degree: Computer Literacy (3)
General Electives (1)
Total Credit Hours: 120