The Minor in Special Education is an opportunity for any undergraduate student (from any major) to better understand and support the needs of individuals with disabilities and/ or an education major who wishes to test the likelihood of continuing in the Masters Degree in Education with Special Education licensure graduate program. There are 5 courses required in the minor. Students pursuing the minor will in all likelihood take at least one graduate level course to earn the minor, but it is not required.

Students must have completed a minimum of 64 undergraduate credits or at the discretion of the director to enroll in a cross- listed graduate course. Students must register with the coordinator of the Special Education minor, ordinarily by the end of the add/ drop period in the fall of their junior year. Students must have a minimum GPA of 2.00 at the time they register.

Courses:

a. Required:

1. ED240 Principles of Teaching and Learning, ED255 Multicultural Education, or ED311 Getting Schooled: Politics and Promise of American Education

• take any of the preceding courses as a sophomore and

2. ED322 Inclusion, Equity, & Diversity in Education

• offered fall or spring
• ED240, 255 or 311, is a pre or co-requisite

b. Select 3 electives:

• ED270 Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • asynchronous online summer course
  • take any summer - no pre-requisites
• ED350 Special Topics: Intervention Strategies for Literacy Challenges
  • Offered intermittently
  • no pre-requisites
• ED483 ST: Internship in Special Education
  • Junior or Senior year
  • ED322 is pre-requisite
• ED471/510 Ethical & Legal Influence on Educational Practices of Students with Diverse Abilities
  • asynchronous online summer course
  • take summer after sophomore or junior year
• ED472/520 Differentiated Curriculum and Targeted Instruction
  • asynchronous online summer course
  • take summer after sophomore or junior year
  • ED471/510 is a pre-requisite
• ED473/530 Positive Behavior Supports
  • asynchronous online summer course
  • ED322 is pre-requisite
• ED474/540 Consultation and Collaboration with Families, Schools, and Communities
  • offered in Fall only
  • ED322 is pre-requisite