Oct 10, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Early Childhood Special Ed Major BBSED.ECS


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Admission to Professional Teacher Preparation Program  

This composite major has an emphasis on special education in an early childhood classroom and prepares students for state certification to work with children from birth to age 8. Because course requirements include field experiences in a childcare setting, the Department of Social Services requires a central registry check. Students must apply for admission and be admitted into the Early Childhood Special Education Program.

Required Gen Ed - 6 semester hours


System Gen Ed Requirements (SGRs) - 30 semester hours


  • ENGL 101
  • ENGL 201
  • CMST- 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.

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