The Special Education/Childhood Education dual certification program certifies graduates to teach special needs children from first through sixth grade. The curriculum and recommended schedule for the eight semester program are outlined below. Students must also complete one of the subject area concentrations, click here to learn more.
CODES
EDE Childhood Education
EDY Early Childhood Education
EDU Teacher Education (applies to several or all programs)
EDS Adolescence Education
EMC Middle Childhood Education
SPE Students with Disabilities
AS Area Studies
M Major
CN Concentration
FE Free Elective
Early Childhood, Childhood and Students with Disabilities Programs
Candidates may choose to major in one of five programs designed for teachers in grades 6 and below: Early Childhood; Childhood; Early Childhood/Childhood; Students with Disabilities/Early Childhood; Students with Disabilities/Childhood. The curriculum and the eight-semester recommended course sequence for each program is described below. Each of these programs requires a specified number of courses in the college’s core curriculum and area studies (General Education), 10 courses in one of the eight academic disciplines (Academic Concentration) and appropriate professional education courses (Pedagogical Core). The eight academic concentration areas are the same for each area of certification. In all, there are 40 program options at this level.
Students with Disabilities/Childhood Curriculum:
| 1. | College Core: ENG 101, ENG 102, PHI 101, RST 101 (4 courses) |
(12 credits) | |||
| 2. | Area studies: One course each from AS I, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII (except from AS II); Plus, choose four more AS courses, but not more than one from any area, and none from AS II. (9-10 courses) | (27-32 credits) | |||
| 3. | Concentration: English, French, German, Mathematics, Music, Science, Social Studies, or Spanish (8-10 courses) | (24-36 credits) | |||
| 4. | Pedagogical Core: (20 courses) | (64 credits) | |||
| SPE 100 Introduction to Special Education | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDE 100 Human Growth and Social Development: Childhood | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDE 121 Introduction to Literacy, Children’s Literature and the Arts | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDU 122 Technology in Education | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDE 221 Teaching Literacy in Elementary Schools I | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDE 222 Teaching Literacy in Elementary Schools II (Field Experience: Grades 1-6 40 hours) | (3 credits) | ||||
| (Must register for EDE 221 and EDE 222 during the same semester) | |||||
| EDU 250 Foundations of Education | (3 credits) | ||||
| SPE 291 Nature and Needs of CH Students with Learning Disabilities (Field Experience Grades 1-6 20 hours) | (3 credits) | ||||
| SPE 292 Remedial Strategies for Teaching in the CH Content Areas | (3 credits) | ||||
| SPE 311 Nature and Needs of CH Students with Mental Retardation (Field Experience Grades 1-6 20 hours) | (4 credits) | ||||
| SPE 312 Multidisciplinary Assessment and Teaching in CH | (3 credits) | ||||
| SPE 317 Teaching Math in Elementary Schools | (3 credits) | ||||
| SPE 330 Nature and Needs of CH Students with Behavior Disorders (Field Experience Grades 1-6 20 hours) | (4 credits) | ||||
| SPE 335 Classroom Management of Childhood Classrooms | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDE 390 Cognition, Learning, and Assessment Birth-Childhood | (3 credits) | ||||
| SPE 432 Seminar in Teaching and Assessment (Field Experience Grades 1-6 50 hours) | (3 credits) | ||||
| SPE 450 Student Teaching Seminar (6 full days) | (1 credit) | ||||
| EDU 451 Child Abuse Seminar | (0 credits) | ||||
| EDU 452 Prevention of School Violence Seminar | (0 credits) | ||||
| SPE 455 Student Teaching | (12 credits) | ||||
| Free Electives: 1-2 depending on concentration | (3-6 credits) | ||||
| Total | (44-45 courses) | (133-148 credits) | |||
Recommended Schedule
| Fall | Spring | |||||
| Freshman Year | ||||||
| ENG 101 | 3 credits | ENG 102 | 3 credits | |||
| SPE 100 or EDE 100 | 3 credits | SPE 100 or EDE 100 | 3 credits | |||
| EDE 121 or EDU 122 | 3 credits | EDE 121 or EDU 122 | 3 credits | |||
| AS | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| CN | 3 credits | CN | 3 credits | |||
| Total | 15 credits | Total | 15 credits | |||
| Sophomore Year | ||||||
| EDE 221 & EDE 222 | 6 credits | EDU 250 or AS | 3 credits | |||
| EDU 250 & AS | 3 credits | RST 101 or PHI 101 | 3 credits | |||
| RST 101 or PHI 101 | 3 credits | SPE 291 & SPE 292 | 6 credits | |||
| AS | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| CN | 3 credits | CN | 3 credits | |||
| Total | 18 credits | Total | 18 credits | |||
| Junior Year | ||||||
| SPE 311 | 3 credits | SPE 330 | 3 credits | |||
| SPE 312 | 3 credits | SPE 335 | 3 credits | |||
| AS or EDE 390 | 3 credits | AS or EDE 390 | 3 credits | |||
| CN | 3 credits | CN | 3 credits | |||
| AS | 3 credits | CN | 3 credits | |||
| AS/FE | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| Total | 18 credits | Total | 18 credits | |||
| Senior Year | ||||||
| EDE 317 | 3 credits | SPE 450 | 1 credit | |||
| SPE 432 | 3 credits | EDU 451 | 0 credits | |||
| AS | 3 credits | EDU 452 | 0 credits | |||
| CN | 3 credits | SPE 455 Student Teaching | 12 credits | |||
| CN | 3 credits | |||||
| AS/FE | 3 credits | |||||
| Total | 18 credits | Total | 13 credits | |||
| TOTAL | 136-147 |
1 Students with a concentration in English have two electives; all others have one free elective.