SPECIAL EDUCATION

Semester Hours Required for Degree: 120

Faculty: W. Evans (Chairperson), S. Barnes, J.D. Carey, S.L. Day, J. Platt, R. Schmid, A. Solarski, S. Stewart, T. Stritch (Emeritus), K. Whinnery, C. Young

The B.A. degree program in Special Education is designed to prepare students who plan to teach children and youth who are mentally handicapped, learning disabled, or emotionally handicapped. Many aspects of the program provide the student with opportunities to work with exceptional children. With judicious planning and completion of appropriate electives, graduates of this program may become eligible for certification in more than one area of special education, including elementary education. The challenges and intrinsic rewards, together with the NCATE professional endorsement quality, make our B.A. program in special education a rewarding and satisfying career.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
In addition to general University requirements and General Studies requirements, students seeking the B.A. in Special Education must meet the requirements listed below.

Consult with your academic advisor for courses which may satisfy both the General Studies requirements and common prerequisites.

Candidates for admission to UWF's NCATE/DOE approved teacher education programs must meet admission requirements detailed under Admission to Teacher Education. In addition to the program requirements noted below, teacher education students must also complete requirements specified under Teacher Education.

Special Education majors must include in the lower division at least 9 semester hours of course work with international focus. Courses meeting this requirement are indicated below with "*".

Course descriptions are listed alphabetically by prefix in the back of this catalog.

General Studies (36 sh)
Special Education majors should take the following courses to meet the general studies requirement.

Common Prerequisites (24-25 sh)
State mandated common prerequisites must be completed prior to graduation, but are not required for admission. Courses in brackets indicate substitutes from Florida Community/Junior Colleges and Universities.

Also, 15 additional hours are required BEYOND the courses taken to meet the General Studies requirement. One course must be taken from each of the following liberal arts and sciences areas: a) fine arts or humanities; b) political sciences, sociology, economics, cultural geography, or speech; c) mathematics; d) natural sciences; and e) psychology. Among these 15 hours must be included one course in mathematics, and, combined with the General Studies requirement, two courses in the natural sciences. The following courses are recommended:

Choose 3 sh of lower division courses from one of the following areas:

Psychology

Lower Division Electives (0 sh)

EMOTIONALLY HANDICAPPED SPECIALIZATION

Major (30 sh)

	EED 4212	Behavior Management for the Emotionally Handicapped	3
	EED 4220	Foundations of Emotional Handicaps	3
	EED 4224	Instructional Strategies for Teaching Students with Emotional Handicaps	3
	EED 4230	Curriculum Development for the Emotionally Handicapped	3
	EED 4940	Practicum in Teaching of Children with Emotional Handicaps	3
	EEX 2010	Introduction to Exceptional Children	3
	EEX 4141	Survey of Normal & Abnormal Language & Speech Development	3
	EEX 4221C	Evaluation & Prescriptive Instruction for the Exceptional Child	3
	EEX 4261	Educational Management of Exceptional Children	3
	EEX 4772	Personal, Social & Employment Skills for Exceptional Students	3

Major-Related (30-31 sh)

Core
	EDF 3214	Psychological Foundations of Learning and Teaching	3
	EDF 3605	Social, Multicultural, Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education	3
	EDG 4330	Senior Seminar:Teaching in Special Education Settings	2
	EDG 4940	Student Teaching-Special Education	6
	EEX 4240	Academics for Exceptional Children	3
	EEX 4939	Professional Development Seminar-Special Education	1
	EME 3410	Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum	1
Second Area of Specialization
Option 1
	ELD 4011	Foundations of Learning Disabilities	3
	ELD 4941	Curriculum Materials & Technology Practicum for Students with Learning Disabilities	3
	ELD 4945	Instructional Strategies & Technology Practicum for Students with Learning Disabilities	3
	Upper division elective		2
Option 2
	EMR 4221	Curriculum for Moderately, Severely & Profoundly Mentally Handicapped	3
	EMR 4941	Practicum for Educable Mentally Handicapped	3
		Course offered 1-3 sh per semeser
	EMR 4945	Instructional Strategies & Technology Practicum for Students with Mental Handicaps	3
	EMR 4011	Foundations of Mentally Handicapped	3

Upper Division Electives (0 sh)

LEARNING DISABLED SPECIALIZATION

Major (27 sh)

	EEX 2010	Introduction to Exceptional Children	3
	EEX 4141	Survey of Normal & Abnormal Language & Speech Development	3
	EEX 4221C	Evaluation & Prescriptive Instruction for the Exceptional Child	3
	EEX 4261	Educational Management of Exceptional Children	3
	EEX 4772	Personal, Social & Employment Skills for Exceptional Students	3
	ELD 4011	Foundations of Learning Disabilities	3
	ELD 4115	Curriculum for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities	3
	ELD 4850	Instructional Strategies for Teaching Students with Specific Learning Disabilities	3
	ELD 4940	Practicum in Teaching of Children With Learning Disabilities	3

Major-Related (33-34 sh)

Core
	EDF 3214	Psychological Foundations of Learning and Teaching	3
	EDF 3605	Social, Multicultural, Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education	3
	EDG 4330	Senior Seminar: Teaching in Special Education Settings	2
	EDG 4940	Student Teaching	6
	EEX 4240	Academics for Exceptional Children	3
	EEX 4939	Professional Development Seminar-Special Education	1
	EME 3410	Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum	1
Second Area of Specialization
Option 1
	EED 4212	Behavior Management for the Emotionally Handicapped	3
	EED 4220	Foundations of Emotional Handicaps	3
	EED 4941	Curriculum Materials & Technology Practicum for Students with Emotional Handicaps	3
	EED 4944	Instructional Strategies and Technology Practicum for Students with Emotional Handicaps	3
	3000/4000 level elective		2
Option 2
	EMR 4011	Foundations of Mentally Handicapped	3
	EMR 4221	Curriculum for Moderately, Severely & Profoundly Mentally Handicapped	3
	EMR 4941	Practicum for Educable Mentally Handicapped	3
		Course offered 1-3 sh per semester
	EMR 4945	Instructional Strategies & Technology Practicum for Students with Mental Handicaps	3
	3000/4000 level elective		3

Upper Division Electives (0 sh)

MENTAL HANDICAPS SPECIALIZATION

Major (30 sh)

	EEX 2010	Introduction to Exceptional Children	3
	EEX 4141	Survey of Normal & Abnormal Language & Speech Development	3
	EEX 4221C	Evaluation & Prescriptive Instruction for the Exceptional Child	3
	EEX 4261	Educational Management of Exceptional Children	3
	EEX 4772	Personal, Social & Employment Skills for Exceptional Students	3
	EMR 4011	Foundations of Mentally Handicapped	3
	EMR 4211	Instructional Strategies for Teaching Students with Mental Handicaps	3
	EMR 4212	Curriculum Development & Vocational Preparation-Educable Mentally Handicapped	3
	EMR 4221	Curriculum for Moderately, Severely & Profoundly Mentally Handicapped	3
	EMR 4941	Practicum for Educable Mentally Handicapped	3
		Course offered 1-3 sh per semester

Major-Related (30-31 sh)

Core
	EDF 3214	Psychological Foundations of Learning and Teaching	3
	EDF 3605	Social, Multicultural, Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education	3
	EDG 4330	Senior Seminar: Teaching in Special Education Settings	2
	EDG 4940	Student Teaching	6
	EEX 4240	Academics for Exceptional Children	3
	EEX 4939	Professional Development Seminar-Special Education	1
	EME 3410	Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum	1
Second Area of Specialization
Option 1
	EED 4212	Behavior Management for the Emotionally Handicapped	3
	EED 4220	Foundations of Emotional Handicaps	3
	EED 4941	Curriculum Materials & Technology Practicum for Students with Emotional Handicaps	3
	EED 4944	Instruction Strategies & Technology Practicum for Student with Emotional Handicaps	3
Option 2
	ELD 4011	Foundations of Learning Disabilities	3
	ELD 4941	Curriculum Materials & Technology Practicum for Students with Learning Disabilities	3
	ELD 4945	Instructional Strategies & Technology Practicum for Students with Learning Disabilities	3
	3000/4000 level electives		2

Upper Division Electives (0 sh)

MINOR

Handicapped Individual Services
The Minor in Handicapped Individual Services consists of 12 sh of special education courses including:

	EED 4212	Behavior Management for the Emotionally Handicapped	3
	EEX 2010	Introduction to Exceptional Children	3
	ELD 4011	Foundations of Learning Disabilities	3
	EMR 4011	Foundations of Mentally Handicapped	3

 

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