K-12 Special Education Major B.BSED.SPED

Pre-Professional Core -16 semester hours

• EDFN 295 - Practicum: Pre-Admission 1 semester hours
• EDFN 338 - Foundations of American Education 2 semester hours
• EPSY 302 - Educational Psychology 3 semester hours
• EPSY 428 - Child & Adolescent Development 3 semester hours
• HLTH 251 - First Aid & CPR 1 semester hours
• INED 411 - South Dakota Indian Studies 3 semester hours
• PSYC 101 - General Psychology 3 semester hours

Special Ed Core - 32 semester hours

• SPED 100 - Intro to Persons with Exceptionalities 3 semester hours
• SPED 406 - Introduction to Assistive Technology 2 semester hours
• SPED 410 - Behavior Management of Exceptional Children 3 semester hours
• SPED 413 - Serving Students with MR, DD, and Severe Disabilities 3 semester hours
• SPED 417 - Vocational-Transitional Programming 3 semester hours
• SPED 420 - Curriculum & Instructional Strategies K-12 3 semester hours
• SPED 431 - Identification and Assessment in Special Education 3 semester hours
• SPED 453 - Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders 3 semester hours
• SPED 460 - Family Systems and Professional Collaboration 3 semester hours
• SPED 495 - Practicum 1 to 2 semester hours

Teaching Core - 25 semester hours

• EDFN 365 - Computer-Based Technology & Learning 3 semester hours
• EDFN 375 - Methods of Technology Integration 1 semester hours
• EDFN 440 - Classroom Management 1 semester hours
• MLED 480 - Middle Level Methods 2 semester hours
• SEED 408 - Planning, Managing & Assessing the 7-12 Diverse Classroom 3 semester hours

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• SEED 450 - Reading and Content Literacy 3 semester hours

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• ELED 315 - Foundations & Theory of Reading 2 semester hours

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• ELED 495 - Practicum 1 to 12 semester hours

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• SEED 495 - Practicum 1 semester hours

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• EDFN 475 - Human Relations 3 semester hours
• SPED 488 - Student Teaching in Special Education 1 to 16 semester hours

System Gen Ed Requirements (SGRs) - 30 semester hours

• ENGL 101
• ENGL 201
• SPCM - Gen Ed - Speech (1 class) - 3 semester hours
• MATH - Gen Ed - Mathematics (1 class) - 3 semester hours
• Gen Ed - Social Science (2 classes from different subjects) - 6 semester hours
• Gen Ed - Arts & Humanities (2 classes from different subjects or a foreign language sequence) - 6 semester hours
• Gen Ed - Natural Sciences & Lab (2 classes/corresponding labs) - 6-8 semester hours

Electives required

A minor is NOT required with this major but electives are required to total 120 hours, of which 36 hours must be 300-400 level courses.