CORE COURSES
* Language Other than English (LOTE): Childhood Special Education majors are required to complete 6 credit hours of the same language for certification.
** Childhood Special Education majors are required to select a concentration in one of the following areas: Biology; English Literature; Mathematics; Social Studies; or Visual and Performing Arts.
- EDU 1010 Foundations of Education | 3.00 Credit Hours
- PSY 1010 Introductory Psychology | 3.00 Credit Hours
- PED 1162 Physical Education for the Classroom Teacher | 1.50 Credit Hours
- MAT 2005 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I: Number Systems | 3.00 Credit Hours
- MAT 2006 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II: Geometry and Measurement | 3.00 Credit Hours
- PSY 2060 Child and Adolescent Psychology | 3.00 Credit Hours
- EDU 2020 Teaching Students with Disabilities in the Inclusive Classrom | 3.00 Credit Hours
- EDU 2621 Practicum for Teaching Students with Disabilities in the Inclusive Classrom | 1.00 Credit Hours
- EDU 2222 Creating Inclusive Learning Environments | 3.00 Credit Hours
- EDU 3331 Curriculum Instruction and Assessment in Childhood Education: Social Studies and The Arts | 3.00 Credit Hours
- EDU 3631 Practicum for Curriculum Instruction and Assessment in Childhood Education: Social Studies and The Arts | 3.00 Credit Hours
- EDU 3345 Literacy Acquisition and Development for Preschool and Elementary Students | 3.00 Credit Hours
- EDU 3645 Practicum for Literacy Acquisition and Development for Preschool and Elementary Students | 1.00 Credit Hours
- EDU 3351 Assessing Students with Disabilities: Childhood Special Education | 3.00 Credit Hours
- EDU 3365 Teaching Literacy in the Elementary Schools | 3.00 Credit Hours
- EDU 3931 Student Teacing I and Seminar: Childhood Special Education | 6.00 Credit Hours
- EDU 4391 Student Teaching II and Seminar: Childhood Special Education | 12.00 Credit Hours
CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION CONCENTRATIONS
BIOLOGY TRACK
Required Areas/Courses
- BIO 1020 General Biology I | 3.00 Credit Hours
- BIO 1020L General Biology I Lab | 1.00 Credit Hours
- BIO 1022 General Biology II | 3.00 Credit Hours
- BIO 1022L General Biology II Lab | 1.00 Credit Hours
- BIO 1070 Human Biology | 3.00 Credit Hours
- BIO 2050 General Botony | 4.00 Credit Hours
- BIO 3120 Ecology | 3.00 Credit Hours
- BIO 3120L Ecology Lab | 1.00 Credit Hours
- BIO 4605 Evolution | 3.00 Credit Hours
- CHE 1010 Introductory Chemistry | 4.00 Credit Hours
ENGLISH LITERATURE TRACK
Required Areas/Courses
- Introductory English Elective (any 1000 level course) | 3.00 Credit Hours
Choose 1 course:
- ENG 2010 The Craft of Writing Fiction | 3.00 Credit Hours
- ENG 2015 The Craft of Writing Poetry | 3.00 Credit Hours
- ENG 2025 The Craft of Writing Nonfiction | 3.00 Credit Hours
Choose 1 course:
- ENG 2042 American Literature: Beginning to Civil War | 3.00 Credit Hours
- ENG 2043 American Literature: Civil War to 1945 | 3.00 Credit Hours
- ENG 2044 American Literature: 1945 to Present | 3.00 Credit Hours
- ENG 4590 Senior Seminar: The Literary Canon | 3.00 Credit Hours
MATHEMATICS TRACK
Required Areas/Courses
- MAT 2010 Calculus I | 4.00 Credit Hours
- MAT 2020L Calculus II Lab | 4.00 Credit Hours
- MAT 2003 Mathematical History: Ancient-Medieval | 3.00 Credit Hours
- MAT 2009 Mathematical History: Renaissance-Modern | 3.00 Credit Hours
- MAT 2090 Statistical Methods | 4.00 Credit Hours
- MAT 2100 Discrete Mathematics | 4.00 Credit Hours
- MAT 3200 Operations Analysis and Modeling | 3.00 Credit Hours
- MAT 3260 Intro to Classical and Modern Geometry | 3.00 Credit Hours
SOCIAL STUDIES TRACK
Required Areas/Courses
* Must take one 3000 level WRT course.
Choose 9.0 United States History credits:
- HIS 1400 U.S. History I Through 1877 | 3.00 Credit Hours
- HIS 1401 U.S. History I Through 1865 to Present | 3.00 Credit Hours
- 3000 level American History Course* | 3.00 Credit Hours
Choose 6.0 European History credits:
- HIS 1500 European History I | 3.00 Credit Hours
OR
- HIS 1501 European History II | 3.00 Credit Hours
- 3000 level European History Course* | 3.00 Credit Hours
Choose 6.0 Non-European History credits:
- HIS 1600 Asian History I | 3.00 Credit Hours
OR
- HIS 1601 Asian History II | 3.00 Credit Hours
- 3000 level Non-Western History Course* | 3.00 Credit Hours
Choose 9.0 Social Sciences credits:
- PSC 1040 American Government and Politics | 3.00 Credit Hours
- SOC/SSC 1492 Introduction to Geography | 3.00 Credit Hours
Choose 1 course:
- ANT 2020 Peoples & Cultures of Africa | 3.00 Credit Hours
- ANT 2170 Ancient Mesoamerica | 3.00 Credit Hours
- ANT 2185 Peoples of Latin America | 3.00 Credit Hours
CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ELECTIVES
BIOLOGY TRACK ELECTIVES
Choose 2 of the following courses, including one at the 3000 level (selection of a field course as one of the electives is strongly recommended (8.00-10.00 credits):
- BIO 1110 Microbiology | 3.00 Credit Hours
- BIO 1110L Microbiology Lab | 1.00 Credit Hours
- BIO 1909 Field Botony | 6.00 Credit Hours
- BIO 3010 Invertebrate Zoology | 4.00 Credit Hours
- NSC 1902 Marine and Island Ecology | 6.00 Credit Hours
ENGLISH LITERATURE TRACK ELECTIVES
- Additional 15.0 credits ENG Electives at 2000 level or above, including 9.0 credits at or above the 3000 level | 15.00 Credit Hours
MATHEMATICS TRACK ELECTIVES
Choose 1 pair of the following elective courses:
- BIO 1020 General Biology I | 3.00 Credit Hours
- BIO 1020L General Biology I Lab | 1.00 Credit Hours
AND
- BIO 1022 General Biology II | 3.00 Credit Hours
- BIO 1022L General Biology II Lab | 1.00 Credit Hours
OR
- PHY 2200 Principles of Physics I | 3.00 Credit Hours
- PHY 2150L Principles of Physics I Lab | 1.00 Credit Hours
AND
- PHY 2210 Principles of Physics II | 3.00 Credit Hours
- PHY 2160L Principles of Physics II Lab | 1.00 Credit Hours
OR
- CHE 1010 Introductory Chemistry | 4.00 Credit Hours
- CHE 1010L Introductory Chemistry Lab | 4.00 Credit Hours
AND
- PHY 1030 The World of Physics | 4.00 Credit Hours
Choose 1 course:
- ECO 2010 Principles of Microeconomics | 3.00 Credit Hours
- ECO 2020 Principles of Macroeonomics | 3.00 Credit Hours