Special Education, Interventionist II, 6-12 Teacher Licensure (SPEDS.BST)

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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. In addition, a grade of C or higher is required in all Specialty Area, Concentration, Enhanced, and Professional Education courses.

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SPEDS.BST 21-22

General Education Requirements - Total Hours: 50-56

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Students in Special Education, Interventionalist II (SPEDS.BST) program:

Must take MTHS-123 or higher level mathematics class
Must take HIST-212 OR PLSC-250
Must take SOCI-200 OR ECON-200
Must take LING-201 OR SIGN-111

Specialty Area Requirements

PSYC 362 - Adolescent 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 349 - Collaborating with Parents, Teachers and Other Professionals Credit Hours: 3
SPED 480 - Policies, Procedures and Practices Credit Hours: 3
READ 320 - Structured Literacy Approaches for Content Area Teaching Grades 6-12 Credit Hours: 3
READ 373 - Assessing and Teaching Middle Grades Literacy (4-8) Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 495 - Integration of Faith and Learning Credit Hours: 3

Choose 1 area of concentration below:

Social Studies

GEOG 312 - Human Geography Credit Hours: 3
HIST 211 - American History: Colonial through 1877 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 221 - Survey of Western Civilization I Credit Hours: 3 **
OR
HIST 222 - Survey of Western Civilization II Credit Hours: 3 **
_{**Students choosing the Social Studies concentration may not count the same course in both the concentration and in the General Core Humanities.}

English/Language Arts

ENGL 308 - Composition Theory (W) Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 315 - Young Adult Literature Credit Hours: 3
Plus one additional ENGL course at 200 - level or above

Mathematics

MTHS 135 - Introduction to Statistics Credit Hours: 3
MTHS 162 - Trigonometry Credit Hours: 3
MTHS 221 - Foundations of Geometry Credit Hours: 3

Science

GSCI 121 - Physical Science Credit Hours: 4
GSCI 122 - Earth and Space Science Credit Hours: 4
CHYS 131 - Principles of General Chemistry Credit Hours: 4

Subtotal Specialty Area Requirements: 38-42

Enhanced General Education Requirements

MTHS 121 - Concepts of Mathematics I Credit Hours: 3
(In Addition to MTHS-123 or MTHS-161 in General Core)
GSCI 121 - Physical Science Credit Hours: 4
OR
GSCI 122 - Earth and Space Science Credit Hours: 4
(In Addition to General Core Science)
*For all students EXCEPT those choosing the Science concentration.

Subtotal: 7 hours

Professional Education Requirements

EDUC 199 - Introduction to the Teaching Profession Seminar Credit Hours: 1
EDUC 299 - Teaching Diverse Learners Credit Hours: 2
EDMG 315 - Foundations of Middle Grades Education Credit Hours: 3
SCED 340 - Principles of Classroom Instruction - Secondary Credit Hours: 2
SPED 402 and 402L - Interventions & Instructional Methods for Students with Special Needs Credit Hours: 6, plus 1 credit hr Methods Lab (SPED-402L) which must be taken concurrently.
One of the following methods courses, based on the concentration chosen:
SCED 412 & 412L - The Teaching of Social Studies, Grades 6-12, with Methods Lab Credit Hours: 2, plus additional 1 credit hr Methods Lab (SCED-412L), which must be taken concurrently. ^F
SCED 413 & 413L - The Teaching of English, Grades 6-12, with Methods Lab Credit Hours: 2, plus additional 1 credit hr Methods Lab (413L), which must be taken concurrently. ^F
SCED 415 & 415L - The Teaching of Mathematics, Grades 6-12, with Methods Lab Credit Hours: 2, plus additional 1 credit hr Methods Lab (SCED-415L), which must be taken concurrently. ^F
SCED 416 & 416L - The Teaching of Science, Grades 6-12, with Methods Lab Credit Hours: 2, plus additional 1 credit hr for Methods Lab (SCED-416L) which must be taken concurrently. ^F
^{F - Offered Fall semester only}

Professional Semester

EDUC 496 - Student Teaching I Credit Hours: 5
EDUC 497 - Student Teaching II Credit Hours: 5
EDUC 498 - Student Teaching Seminar Credit Hours: 2

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