Early Childhood-12 Certification - Special Education (BS)
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (bS) |
|---|---|
I. GENERAL STUDIES REQUIREMENTS | |
Developing A Christian Mind | 3 |
English | 9 |
ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II | |
ENGL 2301 - World Literature I or ENGL 2302 - World Literature II | |
Foundations for Excellence | 1 |
FOUN 1101 - Foundations for Excellence is required of all first-year and transfer students with fewer than 15 credit hours. (AP, CLEP, IB, or dual/concurrent credit earned while in high school does not count toward these 15 credit hours.) | |
History | 12 |
HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865 HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865 | |
HIST 2301 - World Civilization I or HIST 2302 - World Civilization II | |
HIST 4309 - Texas History | |
Kinesiology | 5 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living and one additional activity course (KNES 1102-1122) | |
KNES 2309 - Adapted Kinesiology (S-L) | |
Mathematics | 3 |
MATH 1303 - College Algebra | |
Natural Science | 12 |
BIOL 1401 - Principles of Biology GEOL 1401 - Meteorology and Space Science PHSC 1401 - Physical Science I | |
Religion | 9 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey and three additional credit hours depending on credit hours transferred at time of initial enrollment | |
Social Science | 3 |
TOTAL GENERAL STUDIES HOURS | 57 |
II. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY | |
ECHE 4360 - Foundations for Early Childhood Education* | 3 |
EDUC 1017 - Introduction to Teacher Certification* | 0 |
EDUC 3302 - Development of Infants, Children, and Adolescents* (S-L) | 3 |
EDUC 4021 - EC-12 Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities Seminar | 0 |
EDUC 4608 - Clinical Teaching* | 6 |
ESLS 4304 - Methods in Teaching ESL* | 3 |
READ 4330 - Recognizing and Instructing Struggling Readers | 3 |
READ 4333 - Clinical for Diagnosing and Correcting Reading Difficulties* (S-L) | 3 |
SPED 4010 - TExES Content EC-12 Special Education | 0 |
TOTAL PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS | 21 |
III. ACADEMIC MAJOR REQUIREMENTS | |
EDUC 4334 - Pedagogy of Fine Arts and Movement in the Elementary Classroom* | 3 |
READ 4335 - Pedagogy of Reading I (Phonics)* | 3 |
SPED 3311 - Behavior Management for the Inclusive Classroom | 3 |
SPED 3312 - Legal and Ethical Framework for Special Education | 3 |
SPED 3313 - Introduction to Special Education | 3 |
SPED 3314 - Math for Learners with Special Needs | 3 |
SPED 3315 - Literacy for Learners with Special Needs | 3 |
SPED 3320 - Classroom Assessment for Learners with Special Needs | 3 |
SPED 4311 - Instructional Technology for Students with Special Needs | 3 |
SPED 4312 - The Inclusive Classroom | 3 |
SPED 4313 - Severe Behavioral Challenges | 3 |
SPED 4314 - Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities | 3 |
SPED 4316 - Teaching Students with High-Incidence Disabilities | 3 |
SPED 4320 - Teaching the Underachiever | 3 |
TOTAL ACADEMIC MAJOR REQUIREMENTS | 42 |
IV. Electives | |
Upper-Level | 0 |
Lower or Upper-Level | 0 |
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED | 120 |
*Indicates Signature Course requiring download of Signature Assessments in TaskStream Reminder.
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 42 upper-level credit hours.
NOTE: Degree plan subject to adjustment as state policy changes.
Retention in the Educator Preparation Program:
Students must maintain and graduate with an overall institutional GPA of 3.0 and must maintain and graduate with an institutional GPA of 3.0 in their teaching fields/academic concentrations.
Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.
(S-L)=Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
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