FGCU College of Education

BA Special Education

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Course List

The following is a general overview of requirements for this program. It is provided for informational purposes only, and interested individuals should contact appropriate university personnel for details and recent updates. (Note: Credit hours associated with specific courses are listed in parenthesis following the course title.)

Upper division coursework (66 hours):

For full time students, a block is a semester. A part time student schedule is also available.

Block 1
IDS 3920 Colloquium (3)
EDF 3201 Diversity of Human Experience (6)
EDG 3201 Professional Studies (6)

Block 2
EED 4011 Theories & Practices in Behavior Disorders (3)
ELD 4011 Theories & Practices in Specific Learning Disabilities (3)
EMR 4011 Theories & Practices in Mental Retardation (3)

One of the following (these courses are offered once per year in the Spring):
EDG 3266* Emerging Literacy, Communication & Culture (6)
RED 4350 Literacy Content & Processes (3)
MAE 4310 Math Content & Processes (3)

Block 3
SSE 4343 Social Studies & Humanities (3)
SCE 4310 Science Methods (3)
EEX 4846 Teaching Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities (3)

Block 4
TSL 4344 Methods, Curriculum & Instructional Effectiveness (3)
EDF 4430 Assessment & Action Research (3)
EEX 4942 Integrated Field Experience: Special Ed (3)
EEX 4930 Special Topics in Special Education (3)
EEX 4255 Teaching Students with Moderate/Severe Disabilities (3)

Block 5
EEX 4936 Senior Seminar: Special Education (3)
EEX 4940 Internship: Special Education (9)

*In place of EGE 3266 students may complete RED 4310 Early Learning Literacy (3) and TSL 4xxx Second Language Acquisition, Communication & Culture (3).



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