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Special Education — Intervention Specialist
The
special education — intervention specialist major
prepares teachers to work with students in grades K to 12 who
have mild to moderate special education needs.
Course requirements involve 75 semester hours including:
Teacher Education Core (see
page 81)1������������������������������������12
Special Education Foundations ...............................................10
EDEC-2300 Phonics and the Reading Process........................ 4 EDSP-2400 Language Development and Communication Disorders..................................................... 2 EDSP-2500 Survey of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. ................................................... 1 PYCH-2735 Child-Adolescent Development............................. 3Special Education Block...........................................................16
EDSP-2700 Teaching Children Mild to Moderate Disabilities.... 2 EDSP-3500 Special Education Law.......................................... 1 EDSP-4100 Adaptive Curriculum and Instruction...................... 2 EDSP-4150 Career and Occupational Training......................... 2 EDSP-4300 Behavior and Instructional Management............... 3 EDSP-4400 Assessment in Special Education......................... 3 EDSP-4550 Special Education Clinical: AYA............................. 3Reading Methods.......................................................................10
EDEC-3800 Teaching Reading and Lang. Arts: EC. ................. 4 EDSP-3150 Intervention and Diagnosis in Reading for Special Educators.................................................................. 3 EDSP-3950 Special Education Clinical: EC.............................. 3Early Childhood Methods II.......................................................15
EDEC-4000 Reading in the Content Area................................. 2 EDEC-4100 Teaching Mathematics: EC.................................... 3 EDEC-4200 Teaching Science: EC........................................... 3 EDEC-4300 Teaching Social Studies: EC................................. 3 EDSP-4450 Special Ed. Clinical: MC......................................... 3 EDUC 3200 Faith and Learning Alignment............................... 1Student Teaching........................................................................12
*EDSP-4900 Student Teaching and Seminar: SpE................. 12*Capstone Course
Special Education Major Curriculum Summary
Proficiency Requirements. .........................................................0–5
General Education Requirements.....................................57.5–65.5
Special Education Major Requirements.......................................75
Total (minimum, not including proficiency)........................ 132.5
A complete description of the general education requirements is found on page 24.
Suggested Four-Year Curriculum for a
Major in Special Education — Intervention Specialist
First year:
BTGE-1720 Spiritual Formation.........................................................3 BTGE-2730 Old Testament Literature................................................3 COM-1100 Fundamentals of Speech.................................................3 EDSP-2400 Language Development and Communication Disorders..............................................................2 EDUC-1000 The Education Profession..............................................2 EDUC-1800 Principles of Mathematics I............................................3 EDUC-2100 Technology in the Classroom.........................................2 EDUC-2400 Children’s Literature.......................................................3 EDUC-2800 Principles of Mathematics II...........................................3 ENG-1400 Composition.....................................................................3 GBIO-1000 Principles of Biology.....................................................3.5 PYCH-2735 Child-Adolescent Development......................................3Total.............................................................................................. 33.5
Second year:
BTGE-2740 New Testament Literature...............................................3 BTGE-3755 Theology I......................................................................3 EDEC-2300 Phonics and the Reading Process.................................4 EDSP-2500 Survey of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities....1 EDUC-1050 Preliminary Student Involvement. ..................................0 EDUC-2500 Educational Psychology.................................................3 EDUC-3100 Philosophical Foundations of Education........................3 GSCI-2010 Physical Science for Teachers.........................................4 GSS-1100 Politics and American Culture...........................................3Global Studies Elective......................................................................3
History Elective..................................................................................3
Introduction Block...............................................................................5
Total................................................................................................. 35
Third year:
BTGE-3765 Theology II. ....................................................................3 HUM-1400 Introduction to the Humanities.........................................3 PEF-1990 Physical Activity and the Christian Life..............................2Reading Methods I (10 credits)
EDEC-3800 Teaching Reading and Language Arts: EC....................4 EDSP-3150 Intervention and Diagnosis in Reading for Special Educators..........................................................................3 EDSP-3950 Special Education Clinical: EC.......................................3Early Childhood Methods II (15 credits)
EDEC-4000 Reading in the Content Area: EC...................................2 EDEC-4100 Teaching Mathematics: EC.............................................3 EDEC-4200 Teaching Science: EC....................................................3 EDEC-4300 Teaching Social Studies: EC..........................................3 EDSP-4450 Special Education Clinical: MC......................................3 EDUC-3200 Faith and Learning Alignment........................................1Total................................................................................................. 33
Summer (Online)
EDSP-3500 Special Education Law...................................................1Fourth year:
Special Education Block (15 credits)
EDSP-2700 Teaching Children Mild to Moderate Disabilities.............2 EDSP-4100 Adaptive Curriculum and Instruction...............................2 EDSP-4150 Career Education and Occupation Training....................2 EDSP-4300 Behavior and Instructional Management........................3 EDSP-4400 Assessment in Special Education..................................3 EDSP-4550 Special Education Clinical: AYA......................................3LIT-2XXX Literature Elective..............................................................3
EDSP-4900 Student Teaching and Seminar: SpE. .......................... 12
Total................................................................................................. 30
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2015–16 Undergraduate Academic Catalog
School of Education
Special Education — Intervention Specialist