Secondary 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/oco/ocos070.htm

Total Credits Required

137

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
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	35
ED 201 Introduction to Education	2
ED 231 Teaching for Learning in the Secondary Classroom	4
ED 301 Dimensions of American Education	2
ED 311 Language Arts Methods and Materials for Elementary Teachers	3
ED 316 Elementary Reading Instruction I	3
ED 318 Elementary Reading Instruction II	3
ED 319 Teaching of Reading for Secondary Teachers	3
ED 380 Practicum in the Secondary School	2
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

Psychology Requirement	16
PY 100S Psychology as a Natural Science (4 cr.) [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 for special education psychology minor. This minor is not approved as a teaching minor.

Teaching Minor, minimum	24

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

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 423D Teaching in the Secondary School	5
ED 450 Seminar in Teaching	1

Bulletin Year: 2014 - 2015 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.