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Course of Study

Program 2: 33-39 credits only 

Course No. Title Credits Field Exp.

Cross-Categorical Core Courses (12 cr)

SPED 700 Issues and Practices in the Education of Students with Disabilities 3 5 hrs
SPED 701 Assessment of Students with Disabilities 3 10 hrs
SPED 702 Classroom Management in Special Education and Inclusive Setting 3 15 hrs
SPED 707
Research Seminar: Issues in Special Education 3





Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Specialization (21*-27 cr) 3
SPED 720 American Sign Language I 3 10 hrs
SPED 721 American Sign Language II
3 10 hrs
SPED 722 The Study of ASL Linguistics 2
SPED 730 Education of Students Who Are Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing 3 10 hrs
SPED 731 Reading and Writing Development for Students Who Are Deaf
and Hard-of-Hearing: Methods 1		 3 15 hrs
SPED 733 Math and Across-the-Curriculum Adaptations for Students
Who Are Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing: Methods 2		 3 15 hrs
SPED 735 Speech Development and Remediation of Students Who Are
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
 3 5 hrs
SPED 736 Aural Rehabilitation of Students Who Are Deaf and
Hard-of-Hearing
3 5 hrs





Take Either

SPED 737 Student Teaching: Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, Preschool-
Grade 12 (30 hrs seminar, plus conferences, plus 40 days
student teaching at two grade levels)
 4





Or two of the following (must include two different grade levels)

SPED 737.60
 Supervised Practicum: Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing, Preschool-2nd grade
 2
SPED 737.61 Supervised Practicum: Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing, Grades 1-6 2
SPED 737.62 Supervised Practicum: Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing, Grades 5-9 2
SPED 737.63 Supervised Practicum: Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing, Grades 7-12 2


Additional Course Requirements for Program 1 only:

Program 1: 40-58 Credits

Students must take between 7-19 credits of childhood education credits in addition to the special education courses required for their degrees. Students can be exempted from up to 12 credits of the general education requirements listed below on the basis of equivalent courses taken at either the graduate or undergraduate level. However, students may not be exempted from CEDC 729 (Fieldwork in Childhood Education for Special Educators (1 credit).

Course No. Title Credits Field Exp.
CEDF 706.50 Social Historical, Philosophical Foundations of Education:
The American School		 3 cr
CEDF 709 Child Development, including 3 hours of fieldwork 3 cr 5 hrs
CEDC 722.50 Social Studies Curriculum and Instruction: Integrating Literature,
the Arts, and Technology		 2 cr
CEDC 703.50 Teaching Science in the Elementary School 3 cr 10 hrs
CEDC 704.50
Teaching Developmental Reading, including 10 hours of fieldwork 3 cr
CEDC 705.50 Mathematics Curriculum and Methods 3 cr
CEDC 729
Fieldwork in Childhood Education for Special Educators, including
50 hours of fieldwork plus 15 hours of seminar		 1 cr 50 hrs
HED 715 Health Education for Special Educators 1 cr

*Note: Students entering program with ASL proficiency may be exempted from either or both of the ASL courses, without being required to replace those credits with other course work. Such students would complete the specialization sequence with either 24 or 21 credits.