Severe Disabilities All Levels / Professional Licensure Concentration, EdS
Education Specialist, Special Education
The Severe Disabilities program is designed to prepare professionals in the field of developmental disabilities including Autism Spectrum Disorders. The program emphasizes modifications for the general education curriculum, applied academics, alternative assessments, transition and vocational strategies, and school and community inclusion. Threaded throughout the program are themes of diversity, community and family collaboration, and technology. This program includes a yearlong practicum.
Degree requirements for the Severe Disabilities All Levels/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 |