Special Education Major, BS in Education - Non-Licensure Concentration

Campus: Knoxville

uTrack Requirements

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

Term 1

• ² Arts and Humanities  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ³ Quantitative Reasoning  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁴ Natural Sciences (NS)  Elective w/Lab 4 Credit Hours *
• ⁵ Oral Communication (OC)  Elective (recommended: CMST 210 *, CMST 217 *, CMST 240 *, or CMST 247 *) 3 Credit Hours  *

• ¹  ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)

Term 2

• ³ Quantitative Reasoning  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁴ Natural Sciences  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁶ Social Sciences (SS)  Elective (recommended: PSYC 110 ) 3 Credit Hours  *
• ⁷ Global Citizenship - International  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ¹  ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)

Term 3

• ⁸ Global Citizenship - United States (GCUS)  Elective (Recommended: CSE 300 ) 3 Credit Hours  *
• ⁹ Expanded Perspectives  Elective (Recommended: EDPY 210 ) 3 Credit Hours  *
• ¹⁰ Engaged Inquiries (EI)  Elective (non-SPED course) 3 Credit Hours  *

• ETEC 386 - Integrating Technology into the Curriculum 3 Credit Hours *  

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• SPED 303 - Professional Studies for Special Education and Diverse Learners 3 Credit Hours

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• ¹¹  SPED 470 - Psychology of the Exceptional Child 3 Credit Hours

Term 4

• ¹⁰ Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ¹² Disability-related Elective (Recommended: SPED 415 ) 3 Credit Hours 
• ¹² Disability-related Elective (Recommended: PHIL 383 ) 3 Credit Hours 
• ¹³ Service Learning / Field Experience Elective+ (Recommended: RSM 326  or COUN 333 ) 3 Credit Hours 
• ¹⁴ Social Justice Elective 3 Credit Hours 

• EDPY 301 - Professional Studies: Applied Educational Psychology 3 Credit Hours

Term 5

• ¹ Written Communication (WC)  Elective (recommended: SPED 416  and co-enroll in SPED 320N ) 3 Credit Hours 
• ¹³ Service Learning / Field Experience Elective+ (recommended: SPED 320N ) or ¹¹ Disability-related Elective 3 Credit Hours 
• ¹² Disability-related Elective (recommended: SPED 413 ) 3 Credit Hours 
• ¹⁰ Engaged Inquiries (EI)  Elective (recommended: SPED 459 ) 3 Credit Hours 
• ⁹ Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours

Term 6

• ¹¹ Applied Oral Communication (AOC) 
• ¹² Disability-related Elective  3 Credit Hours 
• ¹³ Service Learning / Field Experience Elective+ or ¹¹ Disability-related Elective 3 Credit Hours 
• ¹⁴ Social Justice Elective  or ¹² Disability-related Elective 3 Credit Hours 
• ¹⁵  Family / Community Engagement Elective or ¹² Disability-related Elective

Term 7

• ¹³ Service Learning / Field Experience Elective+ or ¹² Disability-related Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ¹⁴ Social Justice Elective  or ¹² Disability-related Elective 3 Credit Hours 
• ¹⁵  Family / Community Engagement Elective or ¹² Disability-related Elective 3 Credit Hours 
• ¹⁶ Professional Support Elective 3 Credit Hours 
• Unrestricted elective  2 Credit Hours ​

Term 8

• ¹⁶ Professional Support Elective 3 Credit Hours

• ¹⁰  SPED 335 - Language and Literacy Development and Disorders 3 Credit Hours

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• ¹³  SPED 200S - Service Learning in Special Education 1-3 Credit Hours +

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• ¹³  SPED 321N - Field Experience in Special Education 1-3 Credit Hours +

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• SPED 490 - Applications of Assistive Technology 3 Credit Hours
• SPED 499 - Capstone in Special Education 3 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours 120

Footnotes

+Candidates must complete background checks and purchase professional liability insurance for all service-learning and field experiences. 

1. Three courses from the Written Communication (WC) , First-year composition sequence (2 courses, 3 credit hours each) and one additional Written Communication (WC)  course (Recommended: SPED 416 *).
2. One course from approved Arts and Humanities (AH)  courses.
3. Two 3-hour courses from approved Quantitative Reasoning (QR)  courses. Please note that students must select a math and/or statistics course.
4. Two courses (minimum 3 hours each) from approved Natural Sciences (NS)  courses, one must have a laboratory. 
5. One course (minimum 1 hour) from approved Oral Communication (OC)  courses. Recommended: CMST 210 *, CMST 217 *, CMST 240 *, CMST 247 *.
6. One course (minimum 3 hours) from approved Social Sciences (SS)  courses. Recommended EDPY 201 or PSYC 110  if wanting to take upper level PSYC courses for professional electives. 
7. One course (minimum 3 hours) from approved Global Citizenship - International (GCI)  courses (CSE 200 * recommended).
8. One course (minimum 3 hours) from approved Global Citizenship - United States (GCUS)  courses.
9. Two courses (at least 6 credit hours) from Expanded Perspectives  Electives (select from Arts and Humanities (AH) *, Social Sciences (SS) *, Global Citizenship - International (GCI) *, Global Citizenship - United States (GCUS) *, or Applied Arts and Humanities (AAH)  Courses*).
10. At least 9 credit hours (minimum 2 courses; at least two different subject areas) from Engaged Inquiries (EI)  courses.
11. One course from approved Applied Oral Communication (AOC)  courses.
12. Disability-related electives chosen from AUSP 320 , ASL 111 , ASL 112 , ASL 211 , ASL 212 , ASL 421 , EDDE 415 , EDDE 416 , EDDE 419 , EDDE 425 , EDDE 426 , EDDE 429 , HDFS 385 , IEC 335 , IEC 430 , PHIL 383 , PSYC 432 , PYED 270 , PYED 271 , SPED 300N , SPED 321N , SPED 413 , SPED 414  + SPED 322N  (322N practicum required with 414), SPED 416  + SPED 320N  (320N practicum required with 416), SPED 321N , SPED 335 , SPED 442 , SPED 452 , SPED 453 , SPED 456, SPED 495 , SPED 474  + SPED 422N  (field experience required with 474), SPED 496  + SPED 420N  (field experience required with 496), SPED 479  + SPED 321N  or SPED 420N  or SPED 422N  (field experience required with 479) or other courses approved by program faculty. Students transferring from UTHSC programs also can use AUSP 303 , AUSP 305 , AUSP 306 , AUSP 320 , AUSP 433 , AUSP 455 .
13. Service Learning / Field Experience Electives chosen from COUN 333  (up to 9 hours), EDUC 100S , ENT 410S , GEOG 216S , GEOG 420 , HBS 101 , INTE 250 , PHIL 255S , PHIL 256S , PSYC 373 , RSM 326 , SPAN 495S  (up to 15 hours), SPED 200S  (up to 6 hours), SPED 300N , SPED 320N , SPED 321N , SPED 322N , SPED 420N , SPED 422N  or other courses approved by program faculty.
14. Social Justice Electives chosen from ANTH 425 , CMST 235  or PSYC 235 , CSE 300 , EDDE 425 , ELPS 211 , GEOG 421 , IAC 405 , IEC 106 , PHIL 256 , GLBS 441  or PHIL 441 , PSYC 235 , PSYC 434 , PSYC 435 , PSYC 471 , NUTR 100 , SOCI 110 , SOCI 341 , SOCI 343 , SOCI 344 , SOCI 345 , SOCI 363 , SOCI 375 , SOCI 442 , SOCI 456 , SOCI 461 , SOCI 472 , SOCI 495 , SOWK 200 , SOWK 250 , SOWK 314 , SOWK 316 , SOWK 416 , WGS 383 . NOTE: upper-level PSYCH courses often have a prerequisite of PSYC 110 .  
15. Family / Community Engagement electives chosen from ALEC 421 , COUN 212 , COUN 220 , COUN 310 , COUN 480 , HDFS 210 *, HDFS 211 , HDFS 213 , HDFS 220 *, HDFS 320 *, HDFS 345 , HDFS 360 , IEC 430 , LING 200 , LING 372 , PSYC 235 , PSYC 335 , PSYC 461 , PSYC 472 , PSYC 475 ; PUBH 201 *, PUBH 315 , PUBH 401 , or PUBH 430 ; SOCI 311 , SOCI 342 , SOCI 360 *, SOCI 363 *. NOTE: upper-level PSYC courses often have a prerequisite of PSYC 110 .  
16. Professional Support Electives chosen from COUN 480 , IEC 205 , IEC 353 , MEDU 430 , REED 230 , REED 428 , REED 430 , REED 434 , REED 461 , SCED 430 , SSCE 421 ,  or courses listed under Service-Learning electives, Family / Community Engagement electives, Disability-Related electives, Social Justice electives, or courses toward a minor in Social Entrepreneurship, Social Justice, Leadership Studies, American Sign Language, or other minor as approved by faculty. ​​​​​​​

* Meets Volunteer Core  Requirement.