Apr 02, 2025

2024-2025 General Catalog

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Special Education - AS

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Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling

About This Degrees

This degree accomplishes two purposes. First, as a stand-alone degree, it will prepare individuals to work as teacher’s aides, special education paraprofessionals, and direct support professionals providing support to special education and general education teachers through the delivery of specialized curriculum, behavior interventions, and a variety of support activities related to the education and care of students with disabilities. Second, this degree provides a foundation for continued study toward a bachelor’s degree in Special Education, Elementary Education or Secondary Education. Individuals pursuing general education degrees would benefit from instructional and behavioral strategies to meet the needs of students with disabilities in the general education classroom.

Required Courses

ENGL 1010 - Writing as Inquiry (CL1) 3 credit(s)
ENGL 2010 - Research and Argument Across Perspectives (CL2) 3 credit(s) or
ENGL 2020 - Professional Communication (CL2) 3 credit(s)
HDFS 1500 - Human Development Across the Lifespan (BSS) 3 credit(s)
MATH 1050 - College Algebra (QL) 4 credit(s) or
MATH 1051 - Classical Algebra for Teachers (QL) 4 credit(s)
REH 1010 - Disability and Society (BSS) 3 credit(s) or
SPED 1010 - Disability and Society (BSS) 3 credit(s)
REH 2010 - Neurodiversity and Society 3 credit(s)
REH 2060 - Health Promotion for Individuals with Chronic Illness and Disability 3 credit(s)
SPED 2910 - Early Field Experience in Special Education 3 credit(s) 6 credits required
Breadth American Institutions (BAI)
Breadth Life Sciences (BLS)
Breadth Physical Sciences (BPS)
Breadth Creative Arts (BCA)
Breadth Humanities (BHU)

Elective Courses

Choose 17 credits from the courses below

COMD 4880 - The Socio-Cultural Context of Deaf Community and Education 4 credit(s)
ELED 1010 - Orientation to Elementary Education 3 credit(s) or
TEAL 1010 - Introduction to Education 3 credit(s)
ELED 2480 - Early Childhood Education Kindergarten Through Grade 3 3 credit(s)
HDFS 2520 - Home Visiting and Early Childhood 3 credit(s)
HDFS 2660 - Parenting and Child Guidance (HR) 3 credit(s)
MATH 2010 - Algebraic Thinking & Number Sense for Elementary Education School Teachers (QI) 3 credit(s)
MATH 2020 - Euclidean Geometry and Statistics for Elementary Education School Teachers (QI) 3 credit(s)
PSY 1010 - General Psychology (BSS) 3 credit(s)
PSY 1400 - Analysis of Behavior: Basic Principles 3 credit(s)
PSY 1410 - Analysis of Behavior: Basic Principles Lab 1 credit(s)
PSY 2100 - Developmental Psychology: Adolescence 3 credit(s)
TEAL 2660 - Educational Psychology for Teachers 2 credit(s)
SPED 1000 - Principles of Effective Peer Teaching 2 credit(s)

Total Credits (60 credits)

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