Elementary Education Special Education Major

Students majoring in elementary education must maintain a grade point average of 2.70 or greater with no grade below a “C” in the professional education sequence, the major and/or minor and required cognates combined.

For department information or additional degree requirements, go to the Education, Leadership & Public Service, School of department page.

For related information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/ooh/education-training-and-library/special-education-teacher…

Total Credits Required

141

Liberal Studies	30-40
Health Promotion Requirements	2

Required Courses in Major*	30
Core	16
ED 360 Orientation to Special Education	4
ED 402 Teaching Life Skills to Students with Disabilities	2
ED 403 Transition for Students with Disabilities	2
ED 404 Assistive Technology for Students with Disabilities	2
ED 405 Diagnosis and Assessment in Special Education	4
ED 410 Legal Rights and Services	2

Choose one of the following specialty areas:	14
A. Cognitive Impairments
ED 400 Introduction to Cognitive Impairment	4
ED 401 Curriculum and Methods for Teaching Students with Cognitive Impairment	4
ED 406 Supervised Apprenticeship in Teaching Students with Cognitive Impairment in K-12 Settings	2
SL 150 Introduction to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences	4

B. Emotional Impairment	14
ED 407 Introduction to Emotional Impairment	4
ED 408 Curriculum and Methods for Teaching Students with Emotional Impairment	4
ED 409 Supervised Apprenticeship in Teaching Students with Emotional Impairment in K-12 Settings	2
ED 411 Violence in Schools: Identification, Prevention and Intervention Strategies	4

Planned Program	51
ED 201 Introduction to Education	2
ED 230 Teaching for Learning in the Elementary Classroom	4
ED 301 Dimensions of American Education	2
ED 306 Children's Literature	3
ED 310 Social Studies Methods and Materials for Elementary Teachers	3
ED 311 Language Arts Methods and Materials for Elementary Teachers	3
ED 312 Science Methods and Materials for Elementary Teachers	3
ED 316 Elementary Reading Instruction I	3
ED 318 Elementary Reading Instruction II	3
ED 483 Educational Media Technology	2
MA 150 Mathematics for the Elementary School Teacher I	4
MA 151 Mathematics for the Elementary School Teacher II	4
MA 353 Methods and Materials in Teaching Elementary School Mathematics	3
MSED 250 Physical Science for Educators	4
MSED 251 Life Science for Educators	4
MSED 252 Earth Science for Educators	4

Psychology Requirement	16
PY 100S Psychology as a Natural Science [Div II] or	4
PY 100L Psychology as a Natural Science with Laboratory (4 cr.) [Div II] or
PY 100H Honors Psychology as a Natural Science (4 cr.) [Div II] or
PY 100G Psychology as a Social Science (4 cr.) [Div II]
PY 203 Applied Behavior Analysis	4
PY 211 Learning	4
PY 335 Social Psychology	4

Note: Add PY 355 Abnormal Psychology for special education psychology minor. This minor is not approved as a teaching minor.

Professional Education	12
Note: Students who elect to complete majors in both specialty areas must student teach in emotional impairment and cognitive impairment.

ED 423A Teaching in the Elementary School	5
ED 423B Teaching Students with Cognitive Impairment in K-12 Schools or	6
ED 423C Teaching Students with Emotional Impairment in K-12 Schools (6 cr.)
ED 450 Seminar in Teaching	1

Other Required Course	4
HS 126 The United States to 1865 [Div II]	4
Social Studies Component
All students in the elementary education curriculum must complete a 16 credit hour social studies requirement. Any AN, EC, HS, PS or SO prefixed course fulfills this requirement, as well as ENV 101, FR 310, GC 100, GC 164, GC 300, GR 310, NAS 204, PL 270 and SN 314. These credits can be double counted with other program requirements.

This major does not require a minor.

Bulletin Year: 2015 - 2016 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.