2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

School of Special Education

EDSE 170 Introduction to Field Based Experience

Supervised teacher apprenticeship experiences (assessing, planning, teaching students with special needs in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members). School placements may be public or private, K-12. Repeatable

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EDSE 200 Human Exceptionalities

Provides historical perspective and current views of exceptionalities. Develops specific information regarding human exceptionalities while clarifying realistic attitudes towards persons with exceptionalities.

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EDSE 201 Culture of Special Education

Introduction to special education, including: historical and legal perspective, characteristics of individuals with exceptionalities, issues related to identification and services, role of professionals in special and general education.

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EDSE 203 The Individualized Education Program and the Collaborative Process

Prerequisites: EDSE 201 or concurrently. Addresses the development of the Individual Education Program through effective collaboration and consultation, including pre-referral through implementations, individualized planning, and student and family involvement.

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EDSE 308 Workshop in Special Education

For beginning teachers and clinicians. Topics will include observation, techniques, programming, community relations, child development as related to exceptional children and evaluation for placement. Repeatable, under different subtitles.

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EDSE 320 Assessment in Special Education

Prerequisites: EDSE 201, EDSE 203, or concurrently, EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Explore issues in assessment related to exceptional children. Emphasis placed on principles, purposes and processes of assessment related to programming in special education.

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EDSE 321 Advanced Assessment in Special Education

Prerequisite: EDSE 320. Take concurrently with EDSE 326, EDSE 443, and EDSE 328 or EDSE 329. Special education majors only. Applied experience in the administration and interpretation of formal and informal achievement tests used with exceptional individuals.

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EDSE 322 K-12 Methods in Special Education

Prerequisites: EDSE 201, EDSE 203, EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Take concurrently with EDSE 327, EDSE 442, and EDSE 328 or EDSE 329. Special education majors only. Instructional and methodological issues in the education of students with exceptionalities. Emphasis is on academic content areas across the curriculum and the development of positive learning environments.

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EDSE 325 Behavioral Dimensions of Students with Exceptionalities I

Prerequisites: EDSE 201, EDSE 203, EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. This course addresses behavioral theories and their application in creating effective environments and in assessing and managing classroom behavior.

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EDSE 326 Behavioral Dimensions of Students with Exceptionalities II

Prerequisites: EDSE 201, EDSE 320, EDSE 325, EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Take concurrently with EDSE 321, EDSE 443, and EDSE 328 or EDSE 329. Special Education majors only. Learners will apply the principles of classroom management, assess student behavior, and develop individualized behavior plans that promote positive affective/social/academic growth.

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EDSE 327 Methods for Teaching Mathematics: Students with Special Needs

Prerequisites: EDSE 201, EDSE 203, EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Take concurrently with EDSE 322, EDSE 442, and EDSE 328 or EDSE 329. Special Education majors only. Instructional and methodological issues in the education of students with exceptionalities, emphasizing academic content across the curriculum and in the development of positive learning environments.

3

EDSE 328 Field Experience in Special Education: Elementary

Prerequisites: EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Take concurrently with EDSE 321, EDSE 326, and EDSE 443 OR with EDSE 322, EDSE 327, and EDSE 442. Special Education majors only. Supervised practicum in assessing, planning, and teaching students with exceptional learning needs in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members. One hundred thirty (130) hours of field experiences required.

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EDSE 329 Field Experience in Special Education: Secondary

Prerequisites: EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Take concurrently with EDSE 321, EDSE 326, and EDSE 443 or with EDSE 322, EDSE 327, and EDSE 442. Special Education majors only. Supervised practicum in assessing, planning, and teaching students with exceptional learning needs in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members. One hundred thirty (130) hours of field experiences required.

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EDSE 360 Adaptation, Modification, and Integration of Curriculum for the Secondary Exceptional Learner

Prerequisites: STEP 161 and 2.5 GPA. Co-requisites: STEP 262 and PSY 349. Provides secondary classroom teacher information about special education, exceptional learners, and operational components in Special Education, and techniques for integration of special needs students including modification, adaptation, and specialized resources.

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EDSE 370 Advanced Field-Based Experience

Prerequisites: EDFE 110 and EDSE 170. Advanced supervised teacher apprenticeship experiences (assessing, planning, teaching students with special needs in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members). School placements may be public or private, K-12. Repeatable

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EDSE 380 Introduction to the Education of the Gifted and Talented

Definitions, characteristics, and needs of diverse groups of gifted/talented children/youth will be covered. Emphasis on identification of these children and the appropriate curriculum/programming options to facilitate their needs.

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EDSE 406 Behavior is Language: Special Education Strategies for Managing Disruptive Behavior

Designed to provide teachers with intervention strategies/behavior techniques to remediate disruptive behaviors and reduce power struggles while increasing classroom control.

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EDSE 422 Directed Studies

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

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EDSE 430 Exceptional Student in the Elementary Classroom

Prerequisite:  EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Provide elementary level licensure candidates current research/practices related to students with exceptionalities. Identify/adapt instruction for students with a wide range of disabilities. Field experience will be used extensively.

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EDSE 433 Exceptional Students in the Regular Classroom

Required of students majoring in Fine Arts, Physical Education, Music Education and Vocational Education. Provides information on handicapped and gifted students, identification procedures and teaching techniques.

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EDSE 440 Introduction to the Education of the Visually Handicapped

Non-majors only. Descriptions of visual disabilities, the history and background of formalized educational and rehabilitative services, basic medical and psychological aspects and an overview of the types of organizations serving the field.

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EDSE 442 Language and Literacy for Students with Severe Delays

Prerequisites: EDSE 201, EDSE 203, EDSE 320, EDRD 410, EDFE 120 or EDFE 125 and ASLS 266. Take concurrently with EDSE 322, EDSE 327 and EDSE 328 or EDSE 329. Special Education Majors only. Exploration of lifespan relationships between significant oral language delays, home/school dialectical mismatches, or language differences and the acquisition of literacy in both its oral and written dimensions.

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EDSE 443 Support Systems in Special Education

Prerequisites: EDSE 201, EDSE 203, EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Take concurrently with EDSE 322, EDSE 327 and EDSE 328 or EDSE 329. Special Education Majors only. Students will acquire skills in case management, facilitating support processes, and delivering direct support within general education settings for students receiving special education services.

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EDSE 444 Student Teaching in Special Education

Full Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP) Admission, all general education courses, all major courses, and all PTEP courses. EDRD 411 may be taken concurrently. Supervised practicum in assessing, planning, and teaching students with exceptional learning needs in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members. S/U graded.

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EDSE 460 Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Disabilities

Explores language and cultural variables that influence instruction and assessment practices for students with disabilities who come from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

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