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Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning
MEd in Curriculum and Instruction - Concentration: Special Education (30 credits)
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- Core Courses (12 credits)
- Specialization Courses (18 credits)
- Applied Behavior Analysis (18 credits)
- Assistive Technology (18 credits)
- Emotional Disturbance/Learning Disabilities (ED/LD) K-12 (18 credits)
- Emotional Disturbance/Learning Disabilities/Mental Retardation (ED/LD/MR) K-12 (18 credits)
- Mental Retardation (MR) K-12 (18 credits)
- Severe Disabilities (SD) K-12 (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 adviser to select 18 credits of general Special Education or relevant concentration courses from among the EDSE classes offered.
Applied Behavior Analysis (18 credits)
- EDSE 619: Applied Behavior Analysis: Principles, Procedures & Philosophy (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 621: Applied Behavior Analysis: Empirical Bases (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 623: Applied Behavior Analysis: Assessments & 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 (3-6 credit hours)
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 hours)
- EDSE 528: Low-Tech Assistive Technology Solutions (1 credit hours)
- 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)
Emotional Disturbance/Learning Disabilities (ED/LD) K-12 (18 credits)
- EDSE 501: Introduction to Special Education (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 502: Classroom Management and Applied Behavior Analysis (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 503: Language Development and Reading (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 540: Characteristics of Students with Emotional Disturbance and Learning Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 627: Psychoeducational Assessment (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 628: Elementary Reading, Curriculum and Strategies for Mild Disabilities (3 credit hours) (OR)
- EDSE 626: The Inclusive Classroom (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 629: Secondary Curriculum and Strategies for Mild Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 662: Consultation and Collaboration (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 790: Internship in Special Education (3-6 credit hours)
- EDSE 791: Midpoint Portfolio (1 credit hours)
- EDSE 792: Final Portfolio (1 credit hours)
Emotional Disturbance/Learning Disabilities/Mental Retardation (ED/LD/MR) K-12 (18 credits)
- EDSE 501: Introduction to Special Education (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 502: Classroom Management and Applied Behavior Analysis (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 503: Language Development and Reading (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 540: Characteristics of Students with Emotional Disturbance and Learning Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 542: Characteristics of Students with Mental Retardation (3 credit hours) (OR)
- EDSE 547: Medical and Developmental Risk Factors for Children with Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 627: Psychoeducational Assessment (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 628: Elementary Reading, Curriculum and Strategies for Mild Disabilities (3 credit hours) (OR)
- EDSE 626: The Inclusive Classroom (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 629: Secondary Curriculum and Strategies for Mild Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 661: Curriculum and Methods: Severe Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 662: Consultation and Collaboration (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 790: Internship in Special Education (3-6 credit hours)
- EDSE 791: Midpoint Portfolio (1 credit hours)
- EDSE 792: Final Portfolio (1 credit hours)
Mental Retardation (MR) K-12 (18 credits)
- EDSE 501: Introduction to Special Education (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 502: Classroom Management and Applied Behavior Analysis (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 503: Language Development and Reading (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 542: Characteristics of Students with Mental Retardation (3 credit hours) (OR)
- EDSE 547: Medical and Developmental Risk Factors for Children with Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 627: Psychoeducational Assessment (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 628: Elementary Reading, Curriculum and Strategies for Mild Disabilities (3 credit hours) (OR)
- EDSE 626: The Inclusive Classroom (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 629: Secondary Curriculum and Strategies for Mild Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 661: Curriculum and Methods: Severe Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 662: Consultation and Collaboration (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 792: Final Portfolio (1 credit hours)
- EDSE 790: Internship in Special Education (3-6 credit hours)
- EDSE 791: Midpoint Portfolio (1 credit hours)
Severe Disabilities (SD) K-12 (18 credits)
- EDSE 531: Transition and Community-Based Instruction (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 547: Medical and Developmental Risk Factors for Children with Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 557: Language Development and Emergent Literacy for Diverse Learners, Ages 3-5 (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 532: Positive Behavior Supports (3 credit hours) (OR)
- EDSE 502: Classroom Management and Applied Behavior Analysis (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 534: Communication and Severe Disabilities (3 credit hours) (OR)
- EDSE 622: Augmentative Communication (2 credit hours)
- EDSE 533: Curriculum and Assessment in Severe Disabilities (3 credit hours) (OR)
- EDSE 627: Psychoeducational Assessment (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 661: Curriculum and Methods: Severe Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 662: Consultation and Collaboration (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 669: Interdisciplinary Approach for Children with Sensory and Motor Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 791: Midpoint Portfolio (1 credit hours)
- EDSE 792: Final Portfolio (1 credit hours)
- EDSE 790: Internship in Special Education (3-6 credit hours)
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