Special Education, Interventionist I, K-8 Teacher Licensure (SPEDE.BST)

* This program requires a minimum 2.75 GPA overall, in English Composition and Mathematics, in the Specialty and Emphasis Requirements, and in the Professional Education / Professional Semester Requirements.*

Degree Checklist

For a checklist of all the courses required for this degree program and a suggested four-year sequence of study, please click on the link below.

SPEDE.BST 18-19

General Education Requirements - Total Hours: 50-56

Click here for the General Education Core requirements

Students in Special Education, Interventionalist I (SPEDE.BST) program:

Will have the option to take: HIST-212 OR PLSC-250

SOCI-200 OR ECON-200 (SOCI-200 Recommended)

LING-201 OR SIGN-111

Specialty Area Requirements

PSYC 361 - Child Development Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 381 - Language Acquisition and Development Credit Hours: 3
SPED 320 - Students with Exceptionalities Credit Hours: 3
SPED 324 - Assessments for Intervention and Instruction Credit Hours: 3
SPED 331 - Research Based Intervention for Effective Classroom Management Credit Hours: 3
SPED 335 - Strategies and Interventions for Gifted, Talented and Creative Students Credit Hours: 3
SPED 340 - Technological, Medical, and Environmental Needs in the Classroom Credit Hours: 3
SPED 349 - Collaborating with Parents, Teachers and Other Professionals Credit Hours: 3
SPED 480 - Policies, Procedures and Practices Credit Hours: 3
READ 371 - Survey of Reading Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 495 - Integration of Faith and Learning Credit Hours: 3

Subtotal Specialty Area Requirements: 33

Enhanced General Education

MATH 109 - Concepts of Mathematics I Credit Hours: 3
(In Addition to Algebra in General Core)
PHSC 111 - Physical Science Credit Hours: 4
or
PHSC 112 - Earth and Space Science Credit Hours: 4
(In Addition to General Core Science)

Subtotal Enhanced General Education: 7

Professional Education Requirements

EDUC 199 - Introduction to the Teaching Profession Seminar Credit Hours: 1
EDUC 299 - Teaching Diverse Learners Credit Hours: 1
EDUC 315 - Historical, Philosophical, and Sociological Foundations of American Education Credit Hours: 3
OR
EDMG 315 - Foundations of Middle Grades Education Credit Hours: 3
ELED 340 - Principles of Classroom Instruction - Elementary Credit Hours: 2
ELED 402 and 402L - Elementary Grades Methods and Lab Credit Hours: 4, plus 1 credit-hr lab
SPED 404 and 404L - Interventions and Instructional Methods for Teaching in the Inclusive Setting Credit Hours: 3, plus 1 credit hr lab
EDMG 340 - Principles of Classroom Instruction - Middle Grades Credit Hours: 2

Academic Catalog

Special Education, Interventionist I, K-8 Teacher Licensure (SPEDE.BST)

Degree Checklist

General Education Requirements - Total Hours: 50-56

Specialty Area Requirements

Subtotal Specialty Area Requirements: 33

Enhanced General Education

Subtotal Enhanced General Education: 7

Professional Education Requirements

Professional Semester

Subtotal Professional Education Requirements: 29

Electives - Total Hours: 0/1

Total Hours in Program: Minimum 120 Credit Hours Required