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Requirements

 

Pre-Professional Core

2 - EDFN 338 Foundations of American Education
1 - EDFN 395 Practicum: Pre-Admission Teaching
3 - EDFN 475 Human Relations
3 - EPSY 302 Educational Psychology
3 - EPSY 327 Child Growth & Development
1 - HLTH 251 First Aid & CPR
3 - INED 411 South Dakota Indian Studies
3 - PSYC 101 General Psychology (gen ed)

Special Ed Core

3 - SPED 405 Educating Students with Disabilities
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3 - SPED 300 Students with Exceptionalities
3 - SPED 410 Behavior Management of Exceptional Children
3 - SPED 413 Students with MR, DD, and Severe Disabilities
3 - SPED 420 Curriculum & Instructional Strategies K-12
2 - SPED 431 Identification and Assessment in Special Ed
3 - SPED 432 Methods and Materials for Learning Disabilities K-12
3 - SPED 460 Family Systems and Professional Collaboration
2 - SPED 495 Practicum: Special Education

Take one course from the following:

2 - ELED 459 Diagnosis & Remediation of Reading Difficulties
2 - MUS 351 Music in the Elementary School II
2 - PE 352 Adapted Physical Education
2 - PSYC 451 Psychology of Abnormal Behavior

Teaching Core

3 - EDFN 365 Computer Based Technology & Learning
2 - MLED 480 Middle Level Methods
3 - SEED 408 The Professional Teacher
3 - SEED 450 7-12 Reading in the Content Area
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3 - ELED 315 Foundations & Theory of Reading
1 - SEED 495 Practicum: Pre-Student Teaching
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1 - ELED 495 Practicum: Pre-Student Teaching
12 - SPED 488 Student Teaching in Special Education

Gen Ed Requirements

3 - ENGL 101 Composition I
3 - ENGL 201 Composition II
3 - MATH Gen Ed - Mathematics
3 - SPCM Speech 101, 215, or 222
2 - WEL 100 Wellness for Life & 100L Lab
6 - Gen Ed - Social Science
12 - Gen Ed - Arts & Humanities
8 - Gen Ed - Natural Science & Lab

A minor is NOT required with this major but electives are required to total 128 hours, of which 36 hours must be 300-400 level courses.

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