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Special Education - Teacher of Students with Disabilities, B.A.: K-6/5-8 Option

General Education

Foundations Requirements 13

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1
OR
GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1
 
ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3
MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3
COMM 1402SPEECH COMM AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3
GE 2022RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more)

Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Requirements 32

Humanities (9 credits from three areas)

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3
AH 1700ART FROM PREHISTORY THROUGH MIDDLE AGE

3
 
MUS 1050MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS

3
OR
MUS 1000MUSIC SURVEY

3

MUS 1050: Recommended

Social/Behavioral Sciences (9 credits from 3 areas)

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3
PSY 1000GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

3
GEOG 2010WORLD GEOGRAPHY

3

Science and Mathematics 11

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3
OR
MATH 1016STATISTICS

3
OR
MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3
OR
MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3
 
BIO 1000PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY

4
Select One:
Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Geology, Meteorology, or Physics

4

Health and Physical Education 3

ID 1225CRITICAL ISSUES AND VALUES/CONTEMP HLTH CRITICAL ISSUES AND VALUES/CONTEMP HLTH

3

Additional Required Courses 21

Additional Requirements 21

PSY 2110PSYCHOLOGY OF ADOLESCENCE

3
PSY 3310PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING

3
PSY 2100CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

3
ID 2052HUMAN EXCEPTIONALITY

3
ID 3051COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IN TODAY'S SOCIETY

3
ID 3163CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS

3
HIST 2304UNITED STATES HISTORY 1877 TO PRESENT

3

Academic Major – Full Major 30 Credits or More) K-6, 5-8 Candidates Must Complete a Full Academic Major

A minimum of 30 S.H. in a liberal arts, math or science major as outlined in the Kean University Catalog. See academic advisor in that department for requirements. The 5-8 Endorsement is available to those whose academic major is: English, Mathematics, Chemistry/Physics, Biology, Earth Science, History or Spanish (students who wish to pursue the P-12 certificate in Spanish must take EMSE 3250). To be eligible for the elementary school with subject matter with specialization endorsement, the candidate must pass the Elementary Content Knowledge Praxis and the Praxis in the area of specialization.

Professional Education 35

Sophomore Level

SPED 2120INTRODUCTORY FIELD EXPERIENCE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

3
SPED 2200THE MULTICULTURAL LEARNER IN DIVERSE SETTINGS

3

Junior Level

SPED 3000PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR THE CONTEMPORARY EDUCATOR

3
SPED 3001PREPROFESSIONAL FIELD EXPERIENCE ACROSS SETTINGS

2
EMSE 3123MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

3
EDUC 3400LANGUAGE ARTS/READING IN THE PRESCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM

3
EMSE 3140SOCIAL STUDIES AND COMTEMPORARY ISSUES IN EDUCATION - WE

3
EMSE 3300MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND PHILOSOPHY

3

Senior Level

SPED 4135PROFESSIONAL FIELD EXPERINCE FOR EDUCATORS ACROSS SETTINGS

9

Capstone

SPED 4200PROF PRACTNER IN NJ'S SPECIAL ED SYSTEM

3

(SPED 4135 & SPED 4200 must be taken concurrently)

Total Credit Hours: 131