Bachelor of Science in Education - Secondary Education - Mental Retardation

Area A Essential Skills
Req. Hours: 9
ENGL 1101 (with a grade of "C" or better)
ENGL 1102 (with a grade of "C" or better)
Select one of the following courses:
MATH 1101/1111/1112/1113/1125/1131

Area B Institutional Options
Req. Hours: 5
COMM 1110
Select two of the following courses:
CSUS 1106/ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2745/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS 2755/ LEAD 1705/LEAD 1706/LEAD 2705/LEAD 2706/LIBR 1105/UNIV 1105

Area C Humanities/Fine Arts
Req. Hours: 6
Select one of the following humanities courses:
ENGL 2111/ENGL 2112/ITDS 1145*/ITDS 1155/ PHIL 1105
Select one of the following fine arts courses:
ARTH 1100/ITDS 1145*/MUSC 1100/THEA 1100
*ITDS 1145, though listed under both human-ities and fine arts, may be taken only once.

Area D Science/Math/Technology
Req. Hours: 10
Select one science course with a lab; the other course may be lab or non-lab:
ANTH 1145 (no lab); ASTR 1105/1305 (lab optional); ASTR 1106/1305; BIOL 1215 (lab included); BIOL 1125 (no lab); BIOL 1225 (lab included); CHEM 1151/1151L; CHEM 1152/1152L; CHEM 1211/1211L; CHEM 1212/1212L ; ENVS 1105 (no lab); GEOL 1121 (lab included); GEOL 1122 (no lab); ITDS 1215 (lab included); PHYS 1111/1311; PHYS 1112/1312; PHYS 1125/1325 (lab optional)
Select one of the following courses or a science course from above:
CPSC 1105/MATH 1112/MATH 1113/MATH 1125/MATH 1131/MATH 1132/MATH 1127/MATH 1165/PHIL 2105

Area E Social Sciences
Req. Hours: 12
HIST 2110
POLS 1101
Select one behavioral science course from the following courses:
ECON 2105/ECON 2106/PHIL 2135/PSYC 1101/SOCI 1101
Select one world cultures course from the following courses:
ANTH 1105/ANTH1106/ANTH2105/ENGL 2136/ENGL 2137/GEOG 1101/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/HIST 2116/ITDS 1146/ITDS 1156

Wellness Requirement
Req. Hours: 3
PELM 1205
Select any one PED course.

Area F Courses Rel. to Major
Req. Hours: 18
EDUF 2116 Human Dev, Motivation, Learning
EDUF 2215 The American Educ Experience
PSYC 1101 Introduction to General Psychology
ITDS 1146 Intro to African/African-Amer Cult
SPED 2255 Communication Arts/Language Development for Children with Disabilities
Select one semester hour of advisor approved electives.

Area G Prog. Requirement
Req. Hours: 59-60
EDCI 5000 Field Experiences
EDRG 3115 Basic Prep. For Teaching Reading
SPED 3155 Learning/Behavioral Char of MR
SPED 3215 Tests/Meas. in Special Education
SPED 3225 Teaching Math in Special Educ
SPED 3235 Practica and Curricula in Spec Educ
SPED 3255 Learn/Beh Char of Child/Youth with Disabilities, Gifts, and Talents
SPED 3275 Behav Modification/Management of Students with Disabilities
SPED 4000 Prof. Studies in Special Education
SPED 4215 Teaching Children with MR
SPED 4225 School-Based Collaboration
SPED 4235 Princ of Curr/Prog Iss in Transition
SPED 5225U Autism/Developmental Dis
Student Teaching Experience:
SPED 4485 Student Teaching in Special Ed.
EDCI 4795 Student Teaching Seminar
EDUF 4115 Classroom Management
SPED 4255 Instruc. Strat for Teaching Children/Youth w/Disabilities/Gifts

Select from one of the following concentrations:

Interdisciplinary: (9 hrs)
SPED 5236U Understanding/Teaching Students with Mild Emotional & Behavioral Disorders
SPED 5237U Understanding and Teaching Students with Mild Specific Learning Disabilities
Select one of the follow courses:
SPED 4356 Pract in Mild Emotional/Beh Dis
SPED 4355 Practicum in Mild Learning Dis

Preschool: (8 hrs)
SPED 5285U Characteristics of Preschool Children w/Disabilities
SPED 5286U Teaching the Preschool Child w/Disabilities

Reading/Math: (9 hrs)
MATH 2131 Nature/Use of Numbers 1
EDRG 4219 Diag/Prescrip Read Instruc
Select one of the following courses:
MATH 3137 Investigative Geom/Meas
MATH 3131 Nature/Use of Numbers 2

Area H General Electives
Req. Hours: 0-1
Advisor Approved Electives

Total Hours Required: 123

Also see the program requirements listed on the College of Education page.