University Catalog

Curriculum in Elementary Education and Special Education
Mild/Moderate Grades 1-5

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science

(see footnotes at bottom)

FIRST YEAR

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First Semester

ENGL 101G	Freshman Composition	3	hours
††MATH 105 or MATH 151/161G	Finite Mathematics College Algebra with Fundamentals / College Algebra	3	hours
GBIO 106G	Introduction to Biological Principles I	3	hours
ART 105 or MUS 151G	Survey of World Art History I Introduction to Music	3	hours
††GEOG 103G	Introduction to Geography	3	hours
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2	hours
	Total:	17	hours

 

Second Semester

††ENGL 102G	Critical Reading and Writing	3	hours
††MATH 241G	Elementary Statistics	3	hours
POLI 201G	American Politics	3	hours
GBIO 107G	Introduction to Biological Principles II	3	hours
HIST 202G	American History since 1877	3	hours
††COMM 210G	Communicating in the Classroom	3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

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First Semester

ENGL 230, or ENGL 231, or ENGL 232G	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3	hours
†††EDUC 202	Introduction to Education	3	hours
††EPSY 301	Educational Psychology of Children and Adolescents	3	hours
††SPED 200	Characteristics of Individuals with Exceptionalities	3	hours
ESSC 101 or ESSC 102G	Earth and Space Science I Earth and Space Science II	3	hours
††MATH 177	Mathematics for Elementary and Middle School Education I	3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

Second Semester

††EDUC 307	Instructional Planning and Assessment	3	hours
††EDUC 315	Classroom Management and Motivation for Beginning Teachers	3	hours
††EDUC 304	The Teaching of Reading in the Elementary School	3	hours
††MATH 287	Mathematics for Elementary and Middle School Education III	3	hours
††SPED 213	Technology for Inclusion	1	hour
ART 371	Art for the Elementary Teacher	3	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

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First Semester

††SPED 3661	Methods for Teaching Language Arts to Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities	3	hours
††SPED 3671	Methods for Teaching Mathematics and Other Content Areas to Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities	3	hours
††EDUC 309	Integrating Music into the Early Childhood and Elementary Classroom	3	hours
††EDUC 3202*	Foundations of PK-8 Mathematics Education	3	hours
††EDUC 3222*	Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††EDUC 324	Struggling Readers and Writers	3	hours
††EDUC 327	Teaching Science and Social Studies in Elementary School	6	hours
††EDUC 333	Elementary Curriculum and Instruction in Language Arts and Literacy	6	hours
††SPED 442	Developing Family and Professional Partnerships Through Collaboration	3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

 

SUMMER SEMESTER

††SPED 4413	Practicum in Assessment and Evaluation of Individuals with Exceptionalities	3	hours
††SPED 4653	Inclusion Practicum	3	hours
	Total:	6	hours

 

 
FOURTH YEAR

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First Semester

††EDUC 4494*	Mathematics Curriculum and Instruction in the Elementary Classroom	3	hours
††EDUC 4524	Elementary Curriculum and Instruction: Literacy	3	hours
††EDUC 4534**	Student Teaching I in the PK-12 Schools	6	hours
	Total:	12	hours

 

 

Second Semester

EDUC 450	Elementary and Mild/Moderate Disabilities Professional Semester	9	hours
	Total:	9	hours

 

Total semester hours required 128

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.

^GGeneral Education Courses

^†A major course.
^††A grade of “C” or better is required.       

^†††A grade of “B” or better is required

¹Take SPED 366 and SPED 367 concurrently.

²Take EDUC 320 and EDUC 322 concurrently.

³Take SPED 441 and SPED 465 concurrently.

⁴Take EDUC 449, EDUC 452, and EDUC 453 concurrently.

^*Completion of an approved Introductory Portfolio is a prerequisite for EDUC 320 and EDUC 322.

^**Completion of an approved Developing Portfolio is a prerequisite for EDUC 453.