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Dec 05, 2025
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2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Special Education Major, BS in Education – Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Concentration
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Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Education • Special Education Major • Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Concentration
| | | First Year | Hours Credit | | Arts and Humanities Elective* | 3 | | Cultures and Civilizations Electives* (non-US history) | 6 | | ENGL 101 *, ENGL 102 * | 6 | | General Elective | 3 | | Quantitative Reasoning Electives* | 6 | | Social Sciences Electives* | 6 | | | | Second Year | | | CMST 210 * or CMST 240 * or course with (OC) designation | 3 | | EI 223 , | 6 | | | 3 | | General Elective | 2-3 | | | 3 | | | 3 | | Natural Sciences Electives* | 7-8 | | *, *, *, or * | 3 | | | | Third Year | | | , | 7 | | , | 6 | | 1Educational Methods | 6 | | HLTH 305 or HLTH 306 or | 3 | | | 2 | | 2Professional Elective | 3 | | SPED 402 | 3 | | | | Fourth Year | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | EDDE 410 , EDDE 415 , EDDE 416 | 9 | | AUSP 303 , AUSP 494 | 6 | | 2Professional Electives | 9 | | | | | | Undergraduate Total 120-122 | | | | | The following courses are taken during the post-baccalaureate professional year. Students must apply to and be admitted by the Office of Graduate and International Admissions prior to registration. | | | | | | Hours Credit | | Education 574 | 2 | | Education 575 | 12 | | Education 591 | 4 | | Education of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing 528, 529 | 6 | | | | | | Graduate Total 24 | | | | | * Meets University General Education Requirement . | | 1 See educational methods section or course options. Students must select the appropriate methods courses that meet the requirements for elementary, middle grades or secondary licensure. See advisor. | | 2 See professional electives section for course options. (Note: All students will obtain a deaf education license, K-12. Students will also obtain a general education license in elementary, middle grades or secondary education. Professional elective options vary by level of licensure.) | Educational Methods ELED 422 ; ENED 459 , 507, 508, 509, 543, 590; MEDU 485 , 543; REED 461 , 540, 543; Science Education 543, 565, 596; SSCE 454 , 543; Theory and Practice in Teacher Education 542, 543. Professional Electives Students obtaining a secondary license in general education will choose 12 professional electives from a secondary education content area. (Note: Some content areas require more than 12 credits for completion. Refer to specific content area requirements below.) - English - 15 credits from English at the 300 level or above.
- Mathematics - MATH 241 or MATH 251 , MATH 300 , MATH 460 , MATH 423 or MATH 424 .
- Natural Sciences (Biology) - BIOL 140 , BIOL 240 , BIOL 250 , and 6 credits from biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology, ecology and evolutionary biology, or microbiology at the 300 level or above.
- Natural Sciences (Chemistry) - 15 credits of courses from chemistry at the 200 level or above, including CHEM 310 , CHEM 319 , and one course from CHEM 350 , CHEM 360 , CHEM 369 , CHEM 471 , CHEM 481 , CHEM 479 , CHEM 473 , and CHEM 483 .
- Natural Sciences (Physics) - PHYS 135 , PHYS 136 and 6 credits from physics or astronomy at the 300 level or above.
- Natural Sciences (Earth Science) - GEOL 101 , GEOL 102 or GEOL 103 , and 9 credits from geology at the 200 level or above.
- Social Science (Economics) - ECON 201 , ECON 311 , ECON 313 and 6 credits from economics at the 300 level or above.
- Social Science (Geography) - 15 credits from geography, including 9 credits at the 300 level or above.
- Social Science (Government) - POLS 101 , POLS 102 , and 12 credits from political science at the 300 level or above.
- Social Science (History) - HIST 221 , HIST 222 , HIST 241 , HIST 242 , and 6 credits from history at the 300 level or above to include a course in world history.
- Social Science (Psychology) - PSYC 110 and 15 credits from psychology at the 300 level or above.
- Social Science (Sociology) - SOCI 110 or SOCI 120 , SOCI 321 , SOCI 331 , and 9 credits from sociology at the 300 level or above.
Students obtaining a middle grades 4-8 license in general education will choose 12 upper division (300-400) credits from a middle grades education content area. Content areas include: - English - Choose English courses.
- Mathematics - Choose mathematics courses.
- Science - Choose courses from astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, and physics.
- Social Science - Choose courses from history, geography, political science, and economics.
Students obtaining an elementary K-6 license in general education will choose a collateral area and complete a total of 12 credit hours. Collateral areas are listed below. Check the Course Descriptions for any prerequisites required for these courses. - Audiology and Speech Pathology - AUSP 300 , AUSP 302 , AUSP 305 , AUSP 306 , AUSP 435 .
- Child and Family Studies - CFS 106 , CFS 211 , CFS 350 , CFS 351 , CFS 353 .
- Educational Interpreting - EI 335 , EI 340 , EI 350 , EI 355 , EI 435 .
- English as a Second Language - ENGL 474 , ENGL 476 , ENGL 477 ; Foreign Language/ ESL Education FLED 466 /566, FLED 476 /576, FLED 489 /588.
- Linguistics - LING 400 ; ENGL 471 , ENGL 472 , ENGL 474 , ENGL 476 , ENGL 477 , ENGL 485 ; EI 435 .
- Reading and Language Arts - Reading Education REED 461 , 519, 529, 530, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 543; Elementary Education 528, 550.
- Special Education - SPED 410 , SPED 419 , SPED 420 , SPED 456 , SPED 459 , SPED 471 .
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