Moderate Disabilities Levels PreK-8/Professional Licensure Concentration, EdS
Education Specialist, Special Education
Coursework for the Moderate Disabilities program provides practitioners with age-appropriate strategies for education students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment. The program focuses on current issues in special education, best practices for inclusive education, including law nondiscriminatory assessment, issues of cultural and linguistic diversity, classroom and behavioral adaptations, integration of new technologies and collaboration with families and service providers. This program includes a yearlong practicum.
Degree requirements for the Moderate Disabilities Levels PreK-8/Professional Licensure concentration are as follows:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SPE 540 | Research in Education | 3 |
| Edu Prof Lic Elec | Electives | 12 |
| Edu Prof Lic Elec II | Electives 1 | 24 |
| Total Credits Required: | 39 | |
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Students must select 24 credits of graduate coursework with an EDU, ESL, RDG, SEA, or SPE prefix.
Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| RDG 530 | Reading Research | 3 |
| RDG 532 | Methods and Strategies for Comp of Narrative and Non-Fiction Text | 3 |
| RDG 534 | Reading and Writing Assessment | 3 |
| RDG 538 | Language Disorders and Literacy | 3 |
| RDG 548 | Structures of Language and Lit Part 2: Consolidation of Lit Acquisition | 3 |
| SPE 543 | Teaching of Writing | 3 |
| SPE 547 | Structure of Language Part l: Phonology, Orthography, Morphology | 3 |