CHAIRPERSON: Thomas A. Wood
PROFESSORS: Wood
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: Combs, Gonzalez, Ingalls, Lloyd
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: Hammond, Johnson
Educational Psychology and Counseling (EDPC)
3300 Developmental Variations (3-0-2)
This course covers typical development (cognitive-language, physical-motor, and social-personality) from birth through young adulthood as well as variations of typical development and accommodations made within the education system to include federal, state, local, and school-based decisions in instruction, curriculum, and law. Field experience required. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education.
4350 Workshop in Educational Psychology and Counseling (3-0)
Studies in a designated area. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
Special Education (SPED)
3310 Introduction to Special Education (3-0)
Survey of the various exceptionalities, litigation, and laws pertaining to the handicapped
and definitions and characteristics of the various handicapping conditions. Emphasis on
the way behavior, learning problems, and physical disorders affect learning. Field
experience required. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education.
3325 The Learning Disabled Student (3-0)
This course is designed to acquaint students with cognitive and social-emotional
characteristics common to learning disabled students, and to explore factors that influence
the performance of these students in various settings. Includes definitions, characteristics,
and causes for learning disabilities. Prerequisites or corequisite:
SPED 3310 and
admission to Teacher Education.
3330 Students with Emotional Disturbance (3-0)
Study of school programs for emotionally disturbed youth. Overview of contemporary
theories and approaches to educating students with behavior disorders, emotional
disturbance, or autism. Prerequisites or corequisite:
SPED 3310 and admission to
Teacher Education.
3340 Students with Severe and Profound Disabilities (3-0)
Focuses on characteristics, history, and educational implications for students with severe
or profound disabilities. Includes various models of integration, transition, and community
based instruction. Specific field experience is required. Prerequisites or corequisite:
SPED 3310 and admission to Teacher Education.
3345 Language and Reading for Special Learners (3-0)
Designed to provide special education teachers with an understanding of concepts and
procedures for encouraging language development, and for teaching reading and other
major content areas to students with disabilities. Specific field experience is required.
Prerequisites:
SPED 3310 and admission to Teacher Education.
4250 Workshop in Special Education (2-0)
4350 Workshop in Special Education (3-0)
4450 Workshop in Special Education (4-0)
4550 Workshop in Special Education (5-0)
4650 Workshop in Special Education (6-0)
Area of study will be designated. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Prerequisites: Department approval and admission to Teacher Education.
4330 Diagnosis and Placement (3-0)
Referral, assessment, placement, and program processes for persons with exceptionalities,
including both formal and informal techniques, and implications for the use of this
assessment information. Prerequisites:
SPED 3310 and admission to Teacher Education. Course Fee required.
4340 Transitional Education for Special Learners (3-0)
Terms and concepts of vocational education and programming in habilitation for students
with moderate to severe intellectual difficulties. Will include information on sheltered and
non-sheltered employment for the handicapped. Prerequisites:
SPED 3310 and admission
to Teacher Education.
4365 Organization and Management in Special Education (3-0)
Includes general principles in the organization of all types and levels of special education
and inclusive classrooms as well as theories regarding the behavioral and social needs of
students in those classrooms. Specific field experience is required. Senior standing
suggested. Prerequisites:
SPED 3310, department approval, and admission to Teacher
Education.
4393 Internship in Special Education I (3-0-30)
One semester of teaching in the classroom. Observation by the university instructor of the candidate's classroom teaching and seminars designed to relate the classroom instructional situation to corresponding instructional theory. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of
Professional Studies, department approval, and admission to Teacher Education.
4394 Internship in Special Education II (3-0-30)
Continuation of SPED 4393. Prerequisites:
SPED 4393, department approval, and
admission to Teacher Education.
4691 Student Teaching in Special Education/Elementary (1-0-30)
Minimum of fifteen weeks all-day student teaching in special education and elementary
classroom plus fifteen hours of seminar. Special admission requirements for student
teaching. Prerequisites: All other professional studies courses,
RED 3340, and admission
to Teacher Education.
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