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Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning
Curriculum and Instruction, MEd
Concentration in ASTL: Special Education (ASPE)
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- Core Courses (12 credits)
- Specialization Courses (18 credits)
- Applied Behavior Analysis (18 credits)
- Assistive Technology (18 credits)
- Teaching Students with Autism (18 credits)
- Visual Impairments Licensure, PK-12 (18 credits)
- Students with Disabilities who Access the General Curriculum Concentration (18 credits)
- Students with Disabilities who Access the Adapted Curriculum Concentration (18 credits)
Core Courses (12 credits)
- EDUC 606: Education and Culture (3 credit hours)
- EDUC 612: Inquiry into Practice (2 credit hours)
- EDUC 613: How Students Learn (3 credit hours)
- EDUC 614: Designing and Assessing Teaching and Learning (2 credit hours)
- EDUC 615: Educational Change (2 credit hours)
Specialization Courses (18 credits)
Students work with a Special Education advisor to select 18 credits of general Special Education or relevant concentration courses from among the classes listed below.
Applied Behavior Analysis (18 credits)
- EDSE 619: Applied Behavior Analysis: Principles, Procedures, and Philosophy (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 621: Applied Behavior Analysis: Empirical Bases (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 623: Applied Behavior Analysis: Assessments and Interventions (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 624: Applied Behavior Analysis: Applications (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 625: Applied Behavior Analysis: Verbal Behavior (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 790: Internship in Special Education (1-6 credit hours) (Must register for 3 credits)
Assistive Technology (18 credits)
- EDSE 522: Assistive Technology for Individuals with Sensory Impairments (2-3 credit hours) (OR EDIT 522)
- EDSE 523: Accessibility/Input Modification (1-3 credit hours) (OR EDIT 523)
- EDSE 524: Assistive Technology for Individuals with Learning Disabilities (2 credit hours) (OR EDIT 524)
- EDSE 525: Software for Individuals with Special Needs (1-2 credit hours) (OR EDIT 525)
- EDSE 526: Web Accessibility and Design (3 credit hours) (OR EDIT 526)
- EDSE 527: Adapted Sports, Recreation, and Leisure (1 credit hour)
- EDSE 528: Low-Tech Assistive Technology Solutions (1 credit hour)
- EDSE 622: Augmentative Communication (2 credit hours)
- EDIT 797: Advanced Topics in Education (1-6 credit hours)
- EDUC 600: Workshop in Education (1-6 credit hours)
Teaching Students with Autism (18 credits)
- EDSE 534: Communication and Severe Disabilities (3 credit hours) (Offered in fall)
- EDSE 620: Managing Severely Challenging Behaviors and Applied Behavior Analysis (3 credit hours) (Offered in spring)
- EDSE 634: Characteristics of Students with Autism (3 credit hours) (Offered in fall and spring)
- EDSE 635: Interventions for Students with Autism (3 credit hours) (Offered in spring and summer)
- EDSE 665: Families of Children with Special Needs (3 credit hours) (Offered in summer)
Visual Impairments Licensure, PK-12 (18 credits)
- EDSE 511: Characteristics of Students with Visual Impairments (1 credit hour)
- EDSE 512: Braille Code (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 513: Medical and Educational Implications of Visual Impairments (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 514: Orientation and Mobility for Students with Visual Impairments (2 credit hours)
- EDSE 518: Curriculum and Assessment of Students with Visual Impairments (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 522: Assistive Technology for Individuals with Sensory Impairments (2-3 credit hours)
- EDSE 532: Positive Behavior Supports (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 613: Teaching Methods for Students with Visual Impairments (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 616: Braille Reading and Writing (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 662: Consultation and Collaboration (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 790: Internship in Special Education (1-6 credit hours)
- EDSE 791: Midpoint Portfolio (1 credit hour)
- EDSE 792: Final Portfolio (1 credit hour)
Students with Disabilities who Access the General Curriculum Concentration (18 credits)
- EDSE 501: Introduction to Special Education (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 540: Characteristics of Students with Disabilities who Access the General Curriculum (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 502: Classroom Management and Applied Behavior Analysis (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 503: Language Development and Reading (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 791: Midpoint Portfolio (1 credit hour) (Must be taken concurrently with the fourth or fifth special education course. Available in fall and spring. May be offered in summer.)
- EDSE 544: Adapted Instructional Methods and Transition for Secondary Learners (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 627: Assessment (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 628: Elementary Reading, Curriculum, and Strategies for Students who Access the General Education Curriculum (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 629: Secondary Curriculum and Strategies for Students with Disabilities who Access the General Curriculum (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 662: Consultation and Collaboration (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 792: Final Portfolio (1 credit hour) (Must be taken concurrently with the last course in the program. )
- EDSE 790: Internship in Special Education (1-6 credit hours) (Two experiences - elementary and secondary.)
Students with Disabilities who Access the Adapted Curriculum Concentration (18 credits)
- EDSE 501: Introduction to Special Education (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 791: Midpoint Portfolio (1 credit hour) (Must be taken concurrently with the fourth or fifth course in the program.)
- EDSE 792: Final Portfolio (1 credit hour) (Must be taken concurrently with the last course in the program.)
- EDSE 790: Internship in Special Education (1-6 credit hours) (Students meet the internship requirement either by completing two 2-credit internships, one at the elementary level and one at the secondary level (OR) by completing the 1-credit practicum experiences that are co-requisites with courses designated with an asterisk. )
- EDSE 532: Positive Behavior Supports (3 credit hours) (OR)
- EDSE 502: Classroom Management and Applied Behavior Analysis (3 credit hours) (This course is offered spring, summer and fall and is an alternative to EDSE 532 but is not eligible for tuition benefits as part of the Severe Disabilities Consortium.)
- EDSE 533: Curriculum and Assessment in Severe Disabilities (3 credit hours) (OR)
- EDSE 627: Assessment (3 credit hours) (This course is offered spring, summer and fall and is an alternative to EDSE 533 but is not eligible for tuition benefits as part of the Severe Disabilities Consortium.)
- EDSE 669: Interdisciplinary Approach for Children with Sensory and Motor Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 661: Curriculum and Methods: Severe Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 662: Consultation and Collaboration (3 credit hours) (Fall and summer sections are offered but are not part of the Severe Disabilities Consortium)
- EDSE 534: Communication and Severe Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 547: Medical and Developmental Risk Factors for Children with Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 531: Transition and Community-Based Instruction (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 557: Foundations of Language and Literacy for Diverse Learners (3 credit hours)
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