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Academic Program For
Elementary Special Education Majors (K-6)

Description:	The elementary special education major is designed to prepare candidates to meet Nebraska requirements for an elementary special education mildly/moderately disabled as a stand alone endorsement.
Advising:	Information on the website is provided for your convenience; however it does not replace meeting with an academic advisor.
Field Experience:	All elementary special education candidates must meet the state licensure standard of a minimum of 100 hours of classroom experience prior to student teaching. Field experiences are embedded in identified professional courses.
Student Teaching:	The student teaching experience is an all day all semester experience in metropolitan area schools. Student teaching is the capstone experience. During this experience, candidates will complete the EECIA.
Course Requirements:	A minimum of 125 credit hours and a mimimum GPA of 2.5 is required to graduate from the College of Education. The required coursework for an elementary education major is divided into three areas: General Education, Professional Core, and Mildly/Moderately Disabled Professional Course Work.

General Education Requirements - 45 hours

Fundamental Academic Requirements (15 hours)

Course No.	Course Name	Credits	Grade	Date
ENGL 1150	English Composition I	3
ENGL 1160	English Composition II	3
MATH 1310 or test beyond	Algebra	3
MATH 2000	Number Sense for Elementary Teachers	3
MATH 2010	Geometry for Elementary Teachers	3
SPCH 1110	Public Speaking Fundamentals	3

Distribution Requirements (30 hours)

Course No.	Course Name	Credits	Grade	Date
Social Science (8 hours minimum / must include American Government, American History, and Geography)
GEOG 1000 or 1020	World Geography or Human Geography	3
HIST 1110 or 1120	American History	3
PSCI 1100	American Government	3
Natural Science (8 hours minimum / must include Lab and Biological and Physical Science)
Humanities and Fine Arts (8 hours minimum / must include Philosophy and ENGL 2300)
ENGL 2300	Introduction to Literature	3
Cultural Diversity (6 hours / may count in Distribution Requirements - see your academic advisor)
EDUC 2030	Human Relations	3
or
SPED 4550	Special Needs Students	3
Minority / Women's / International		3

Professional Core Requirements

Preprofessional Skills Test (PPST) is required for formal admission to teacher preparation.

Course No.	Course Name	Credits	Grade	Date
EDUC 2020	Foundations of Education	3
PPST and Admission to Teacher Preparation Required
EDUC 2010	Human Growth and Learning	3
EDUC 2510	Applied Special Education	3
EDUC 2520	Instructional Systems	3
EDUC 2514 / 2524	Orientation / Intermediate Field Experiences	0

Mildly Moderately Disabled Professional Requirements - 42 hours

Course No.	Course Name	Credits
SPED 1400	Intro to Communication Disorders	3
PSYC 3130	Statistics for Behavioral Sciences	3
PPST Required (for the following classes)
TED 3300	Intro to Teaching Reading	3
TED 4120	Reading Diagnosis / Remediation	3
TED 4330	Teaching Mathematics Elementary	3
TED 4340	Teaching Science Elementary	3
TED 4350	Teaching Reading & Lang Arts Elem	6
SPED 3020	Data Collection Techniques	3
SPED 4010	Child Abuse / Neglect	3
SPED 4230	Language Dev and Disorders for...	3
SPED 4400	Intro to Students with MM Disorders	3
SPED 4640	Methods and Materials in SPED	3
SPED 4710	Interactions with Parents of Indiv...	3
SPED 4800	Social and Emotional Development	3
SPED 4810	Classroom Tech in Behavior	3
SPED 4720	Level II Field Experience - Basic Student Teaching in SPED	12
SPED 4724	Student Teaching Orientation	0