Undergraduate Curriculum |
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Catalog listing of courses with notation of frequency taught:
F = Fall Semester
V = Variable
S = Spring Semester
A = Alternate years or less frequently
Su = Summer Sessions
N = No longer offered
E = Every semester
ES = Essential Studies course
IS = Integrative Studies course |
201 |
Introduction to Special Education (3 cr) (F, S)
Introduction to basic concepts related to the education of exceptional learners. Historical factors, legislative statutes, and instructional models. |
202 |
Special Education Process and Programming (3 cr) Prereq: SPED 201 or equivalent. (N)
Progress involved in providing services to exceptional learners, characteristics of exceptional learners; issues in referral, identification, placement, and programming. |
297 |
Professional Practicum Experiences II (CURR, EDPS, HHPT, HLTH 297) (1-6 cr) Fld. Prereq: CURR 197 or permission. An accompanying seminar is included where the professional role of the teacher is discussed. (F)
Guided participation and/or observation in schools and/or agencies offering programs for children and/or youth. |
(IS) 302 |
Assessment Techniques for Diverse Learners (3 cr) Prereq: SPED 201. (F, S)
The role of general education teachers in the primary purposes of assessment of learners with diverse needs. Knowledge and experience with interpreting norm-referenced test information as related to planning educational programs. Use of assessment information for instructional planning and evaluation. Testing accommodations and classroom grading. |
(ES)(IS)303 |
Behavior Management (3 cr) Prereq: SPED 201. (F, S)
Strategies and techniques for the management of challenging behaviors displayed by school-age children. Reciprocal nature of human behavior and environment. Functional analyses of behavior problems, strategies for preventing behavior problems, techniques for increasing prosocial behavior, non-aversive procedures for decreasing problematic behavior, and methods for teaching children self-management. |
(IS)304 |
Instructional Methods for Students with Diverse Needs (3 cr) Prereq: SPED 201. (F, S)
Instructional methods and accommodations for special education and general education teachers necessary to work successfully with students with disabilities or who are at-risk for academic failure. Curriculum modification, classroom management, strategy instruction, and instructional modifications for content areas. |
310 |
Collaborative Practices (3 cr) Prereq: SPED 201. (S)
Conceptual foundations, strategies and techniques for communicating effectively with educational personnel and parents. Roles of educational personnel in inclusive settings, pragmatic issues involved in designing and implementing collaborative efforts, techniques for increasing interpersonal problem solving, modes of communication, and skills for dealing with conflict and resistance. |
315 |
Literacy Instruction for Students with Diverse Needs (3 cr) Prereq: SPED 201. (F)
Gives preservice teachers skills and strategies for instructing students who struggle to acquire literacy skills, including students with verified disabilities and low-achieving students. Small group and individual instructional strategies that can be used in inclusive classrooms as part of a total literacy curriculum. Instructional strategies address oral language, reading, writing, and spelling. |
397 |
Professional Practicum Experience III (CURR, EDPS 397) (1-10 cr, max 10) Prereq: Admission to the Teacher Education Program. (N)
B. Secondary Special Education Practicum (1 cr) Prereq: Parallel SPED 407.
Guided observations and/or clinical experiences in school and/or agencias offering programs for children/youth. |
(IS)400/800 |
Characteristics of Exceptional Persons (3 cr) (F, S, Su)
Etiology, growth and development, and characteristics of children and youth who deviate from the norm. |
(IS)401A/801A |
Accommodating Exceptional Learners in the Elementary School Classroom (3 cr) Prereq: Admission to the Teacher Education Program; EDPS 362; CURR 195; one methods course; or permission. (F, S)
Legal and ethical requirements for educating exceptional learners; identification, referral, and placement procedures; development and use of the Individual Education Program; strategies for teaching and evaluating; managing the academic and social behaviors of a range of exceptional and other at-risk learners in the elementary school. |
(IS)401B/801B |
Accommodating Exceptional Learners in the Secondary School Classroom (3 cr) Prereq: Admission to the Teacher Education Program; EDPS 362; CURR 195; one methods course; or permission. (F, S, Su)
Legal and ethical requirements for educating exceptional learners; identification, referral, and placement procedures; development and use of the Individual Education Program; strategies for teaching and evaluating; managing the academic and social behaviors of a range of exceptional and other at-risk learners in the secondary school. |
405/805 |
Code-based Reading Instruction (3 cr) (Su)
Direct, systematic, multi-sensory techniques for teaching reading, writing, and spelling to students who struggle with the acquisition of literacy. Application of assessment techniques, lesson planning, and instructional strategies are provided through direct tutoring of students with reading difficulties. |
406/806 |
Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Disabilities (3 cr) (F, Su)
Theory and techniques for assessing and instructing individuals who struggle with the acquisition of literacy skills. Strategies address word recognition and comprehension skills, including both individual and group methods of instruction. |
(IS)407/807 |
Teaching Students with Disabilities in the Secondary School (3 cr) Prereq: SPED 201 or 400/800. (F)
Information about the mildly/moderately disabled secondary-level student; including characteristics, assessment, models for programs, social skill training, behavior management, working with parents, and curriculum modification. |
408/808 |
Issues in Secondary Programs for Students with Mild Disabilities (3 cr) Prereq: Special Education Professional Semester and SPED 407. (S)
Issues in secondary education for students with mild disabilities based on current literature and needs of individual students. |
(IS)434/834 |
Introduction to Special Vocational Needs (3 cr) (F, S)
A foundational course emphasizing the characteristics and identification of special needs learners in vocational settings. Determines needs, interests, and abilities of these students. |
435/835 |
Instructional Strategies for Special Vocational Needs Learners (3 cr) (S)
Identification and utilization of appropriate instructional strategies for special needs learners. |
436/836 |
Career Education for the Special Needs Student (3 cr) Prereq: SPED 434/834 or permission. (F, Su)
Philosophical and practical base of career education as it relates to special needs students. Career education units developed for infusion into subject areas. |
437/837 |
Directed Field Experience in Special Vocational Needs (3 cr) (V)
Class participants spend time observing and working in the field. Field sites selected on class participant preference. |
472/872 |
Psychology and Sociology of Deafness (3 cr) (F)
Education of the hearing impaired including history of, professional roles in, and educational programming within this field. Social/psychological theories as related to the hearing impaired. Patterns of social/emotional development, psychological characteristics, issues of family stress and social adaptation and discussion of counseling techniques. |
480/880 |
Lifespan Approach to Mental Retardation (3 cr) (F)
Lifespan approach for teachers, psychologists, and multi-disciplinary educational personnel to understand individuals with mental retardation. Definitions, identification, best practice standards and research in educational, residential, and vocational programming. Current legal and ethical issues in developmental disabilities. |
490 |
Workshop Seminar |
493 |
Workshop Seminar |
495/895 |
Independent Study in Special Education (1-3 cr) Prereq: Prior arrangements with faculty member and permission. (E)
Special research or reading project under direction of a staff member in the department. |
496/896 |
Directed Field Experience (1-6 cr) Prereq: Permission. (E) |
497 |
Student Teaching (CURR, HHPT, HLTH 497) (1-12 cr, max 12) Fld. Prereq: Admission by application only; completion of all required methods courses and practica with minimum grades of C+ (2.5) per course. (See “Admission to Student Teaching” on page 317 of Undergraduate Bulletin.) P/N only.
Supervised teaching experiences in schools. Accompanying seminar focuses on: teacher certification, teacher and student rights and responsibilities, proper conduct of teachers, selected legal aspects of education, methods of communicating with parents and community members, and current issues which impact education.
M. Mildly and/or Moderately Handicapped (E)
Y. Mainstreaming (1 cr) (F, S)
Z. Multicultural (1 cr) (E) |
498 |
Seminar: Mildly Handicapped (1 cr) Prereq: Concurrent registration with SPED 497M. P/N only. (F, S)
Opportunities to refine knowledge of concepts, instructional strategies, and attitudes related to the education of exceptional learners. Peer- and instructor-generated topics that are relevant to the student teaching experience. |
499H |
Honors Thesis (3 cr) Prereq: Good standing in the University Honors Program or by invitation. (E)
Conduct a scholarly research project and write a University Honors Program or undergraduate thesis. |
