Mar 29, 2024  
2011-2013 Undergradate & Graduate Bulletin 
    
2011-2013 Undergradate & Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED PUBLICATION]

Special Education Major, B.A./B.S.


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The student who desires to become a special education teacher will complete the following minimum course of study that leads to a Bachelor of Science degree and initial practitioner Indiana license in exceptional needs: mild intervention, as well as Language Arts K-8, and reading K-12. A Bachelor of Arts degree may be earned when the appropriate amount of credit in a foreign language is earned. Special education majors are encouraged to also complete a teaching minor.

Special Education University Core Curriculum Requirements


A. The Mind: Enhancement of Cognitive Development (12 hours)


A1. Composition and Speech 9 hours
A2. Mathematics 3 hours
  Must include MATH 203  (MATH 103  prerequisite)  

B. The Self: Enhancement of Individual Development (9 hours)


B1. Ethics 3 hours
B2. The Arts 3 hours
  Must include ENG 265   
B3. Health/Fitness 3 hours
  Must include PED 186  and PED 287   

C. The World: Enhancement of Cultural and Natural Awareness (26-27 hours)


C1. History 3 hours
  Must be a U.S. History (HIST 101 , HIST 102 , HIST 130 , or EDUC 173 )  
C2. Individual Development/Social Behavior 6 hours
  Must include EDUC 221  (3)  
C3. Science (at least one lab course) 8-9 hours
C4. Western Culture 6 hours
C5. Global Communities 3 hours

D. The Synthesis: Integration and Application of Knowledge (3 hours)


  Must include EDUC 438   

Major – Special Education Requirements


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