Education, BS-MEd Justice in SPED - Early Childhood Education,Teacher Licensure

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements. 

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II & Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

♥       Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣       Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#       These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡        Level II and Level III Written Communications courses and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply. The credits are counted only in one area.

♦        General Education categories to be completed with the first 30 credits. Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

COURSES IN MAJOR (70)

Required (103)

Freshman and Sophomore Year/Introductory Studies (18 credits)

• EDC 120 Justice in Education
• EDC 405 Foundations of Culturally Responsive Teaching
• EDC 227 Environmental Justice for PreK-8th Curriculum I
• EDC 225 Social Justice for PreK-8th Curriculum I
• EDC 226 Social Justice for PreK-8th Curriculum II
• EDC 228 Environmental Justice for PreK-8th Curriculum II

Stage 1: Junior Year (23.5 credits)

• EDS 412 Special Education Law
• EDC 431 Fieldwork Seminar I: Critical Issues and Effective Practices in the Early Primary Grades
• EDC 400 Literacy Development I
• **  EDS 390 Introduction to Special Education
• EDC 401 Fundamentals of Lesson Planning
• EDC 406 Literacy Development II
• EDC 415 Effective UDL Classroom Practices
• EDU 307E Fundamentals of Teaching English as a Second Language
• EDC 432 Fieldwork Seminar II: Critical Issues and Effective Practices in the Early Primary Grades
• **  EDS 420 Classroom Managment and Positive Behavior Support

**Apply to special education 2nd license program Stage 2: Senior Year (28.5 credits)

• *EDC 720 Lang. Arts Methods in ECE
• *EDC 721 Soc Studies Method in ECE
•  EDC 810 Tech Methods
• *EDC 733 Seminar III: CRT for ECE classrooms
•  EDC  735  Pre-Practicum I 
• **  EDS 410 Adaptive and Assistive Techology
• **  EDS 424 Literacy and Diagnostic Assessment for Students with Exceptional Learning Needs
• *EDC 722 Math Methods in ECE
• *EDC 723 Science Method in ECE
• *EDC 734 Seminar IV: Classroom Man. and SEL for ECE
•  EDC  736 Pre-Practicum II
• **  EDS 429 Accessing and Designing School Services for Students with Exceptional Learning Needs

♥ Required Support Courses (15 credits)

• MAT 123 (Formerly Mathematics for the Elementary School Teacher I) Mathematics for the Childhood Education I
• MAT 124 (Formerly Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers II) Mathematics for Childhood Educators II
• MAT 225 Mathematics for Childhood Educators III
• PSY 251 Child Growth
• EDC 115 Exploring Education

♦ Required Programmatic Assessments

• EDA 901  Prog Assess for Initial Ed Lic I
• EDA 904 Prog Assess for Initial Ed Lic IV
• EDA 905 Prog Assess for Initial Ed Lic V

Stage 3: 5th Year Courses (19.5 credits) FALL

•        EDC 830   Practicum I in Early Childhood
•        EDC 835   Practicum Seminar I in EC
•        EDS 715    Eledmentary Pre-Prac Seminar I
•        EDC 795C UDL Practicum
•        EDG 805   Pract Sem in CRT
• **    EDS 891 Mat. and Methods in SPED

SPRING

• EDC 805  Prof. Lives of Teachers
• EDG 862  Pract Sem in SEI
• **EDS 959P Practicum in SPED
• **EDS 959S Practicum Sem. In SPED

Free Electives (0 credits Total)

Additional free elective credits listed may be required based on the use of support

courses to satisfy General Education Category requirements.

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Required Minor (15-18 credits)

Students in the Teacher Licensure program must complete a minor in an area of their choosing.

Please work with your advisor to choose a minor.

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Additional Information and Notes

      **Courses with a double asterisk are for the second license in special education.

♦        Programmatic Assessments are required for all students pursuing educational licensure in a specified

          sequence. Results will be factored into gateway reviews for progression that occurs each term

           beginning Spring term of the Junior year.        

†        Practicum Seminars in areas other than ECE may carry more than 1.5 credits.

Total credits for undergraduate degree: 120

Total credits for combined degree: 149.5