The Special Education/Early Childhood Education dual certification program certifies graduates to teach special needs children from birth through second 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.
Dual Certification Students with Disabilities/Early Childhood Curriculum: (Birth to Grade 2)
| 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: (22 courses) | (76 credits) | |||
| SPE 100 Introduction to Special Education | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDE 100 Human Growth and Social Development: Birth through Childhood | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDE 121 Introduction to Literacy, Children’s Literature and the Arts | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDU 122 Technology in Education | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDY 208 Infant/Toddler Care and Education (Field Experience: Infant-Toddler 15 hours) | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDY 209 Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum in EC (Field Experience: Grades 1-2 15 hours) | (3 credits) | ||||
| (EDY 208/209 must be taken 1st semester sophomore year) | |||||
| EDY 225 Language Development Emergent Literacy | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDY 226 Literacy and the Young Child (Field Experience: Pre K-2 20 hours) | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDU 250 Foundations of Education | (3 credits) | ||||
| SPE 281 Nature and Needs of EC Students with Learning Disabilities (Field Experience: Pre K 20 hours) | (3 credits) | ||||
| SPE 282 Remedial Strategies for Teaching in the EC Content Areas | (3 credits) | ||||
| SPE 301 Nature and Needs of EC Students with Mental Retardation (Field Experience Pre K-K 20 hours) | (3 credits) | ||||
| SPE 302 Multidisciplinary Assessment and EC Teaching: Early Childhood | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDY 306 Music, Movement, and the Arts in EC Classrooms | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDY 310 Teaching Math/Science in EC Class (Field Experience Pre K-K 15 hours) | (3 credits) | ||||
| SPE 320 Nature and Needs of EC Students with Behavior Disorders (Field Experience Grades 1-2 20 hours) | (3 credits) | ||||
| SPE 325 Classroom Management in EC Classrooms | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDE 390 Cognition, Learning, and Assessment Birth-Childhood | (3 credits) | ||||
| SPE 433 Seminar in Teaching and Assessment (Field Experience Grades 1-2 50 hours) | (3 credits) | ||||
| SPE 450 Student Teaching Seminar | (1 credit) | ||||
| EDU 451 Child Abuse Seminar | (0 credits) | ||||
| EDU 452 Prevention of School Violence Seminar | (0 credits) | ||||
| SPE 460 Student Teaching | (12 credits) | ||||
| Total | (45 courses) | (136 credits) | |||
Recommended Schedule:
| Fall | Spring | |||||
| Freshman Year | ||||||
| ENG 101 | 3 credits | ENG 102 | 3 credits | |||
| SPE 100 or EDE 100 | 3 credits | AS or EDE 100 | 3 credits | |||
| EDE 121 or EDU 122 | 3 credits | EDE 121 or EDU 122 | 3 credits | |||
| AS | 3 credits | 2 AS | 6 credits | |||
| CN | 3 credits | CN | 3 credits | |||
| Total | 15 credits | Total | 18 credits | |||
| Sophomore Year | ||||||
| EDY 208 | 3 credits | EDU 250 | 3 credits | |||
| EDY 209 | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| EDY 225 | 3 credits | EDY 226 | 3 credits | |||
| RST 101 or PHI 101 | 3 credits | RST 101 or PHI 101 | 3 credits | |||
| AS | 3 credits | SPE 281 | 3 credits | |||
| CN | 3 credits | SPE 282 | 3 credits | |||
| Total | 18 credits | Total | 18 credits | |||
| Junior Year | ||||||
| SPE 301 | 3 credits | SPE 320 | 3 credits | |||
| SPE 302 | 3 credits | SPE 325 | 3 credits | |||
| CN | 3 credits | EDE 390 or AS | 3 credits | |||
| EDE 390 or AS | 3 credits | EDY 306 or AS | 3 credits | |||
| EDY 306 or AS | 3 credits | EDY 310 | 3 credits | |||
| CN | 3 credits | CN | 3 credits | |||
| Total | 18 credits | Total | 18 credits | |||
| Senior Year | ||||||
| EDE 390 or AS | 3 credits | SPE 450 | 1 credit | |||
| SPE 432 | 3 credits | EDU 451 | 0 credits | |||
| CN | 3 credits | EDU 452 | 0 credits | |||
| CN | 3 credits | SPE 460 Student Teaching | 12 credits | |||
| CN/AS | 3 credits | |||||
| AS | 3 credits | |||||
| Total | 18 credits | Total | 13-16 | |||
| TOTAL | 140-154 |
1 All programs require 42 courses. Student teaching counts as four courses. Students should consult DRS (Degree Requirement Summary) advisement form for their concentration. Students will take six courses in any three semesters.
2 Students with a concentration in English have three electives; all others have two electives.
3 Students in this dual certification program will take 44 courses. Student teaching semester counts as four courses. Students should consult the DRS (Degree Requirement Summary) advisement form for their particular concentration. Students will take six courses per semester five times (semesters 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7).
4 Students with a concentration in English have one elective; all others have none.