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Total Credits Required 137
Liberal Studies
30-40
Health Promotion Requirements 2
Required Courses in Major30
Core16
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 Program35
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 349 Teaching for Diversity, Equity and Social Justice in the Secondary School Community 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 Requirement16
PY 100S Psychology as a Natural Science (4 cr.) [Div II] or4
     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, minimum24
Professional Education12
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 or6
     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: 2011 - 2012 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.