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Early Childhood-12 Certification - Special Education (BS)

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

courses

credit hours (bS)

I. GENERAL STUDIES REQUIREMENTS

Developing A Christian Mind
DCM 2301 - 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
POLS 2301 - American National Government

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 PROFESIONAL 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.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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