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Catalog: 2021-2022 Catalog and Student Handbook Program: Special Education, AA [ECESPEC-AA, 60 Total Credits]

Special Education, AA [ECESPEC-AA, 60 Total Credits]

DESCRIPTION

This degree is designed to provide for the first two years of college preparation for students wanting to become special education teachers, and/or who plan to become a paraprofessional (Instructional Aide).

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

Apply the dimensions of multicultural education to support appropriate pedagogical practices for teaching diverse students in Special Education.
Select technology tools for integration across the curriculum in Special Education.
Synthesize the major theoretical perspectives and methods of educational psychology to teaching, learning, and schooling in Special Education.
Choose formative and summative techniques for evaluation and modification with group and individual instruction and learning strategies in Special Education.
Evaluate the historical, legal, and philosophical foundations and issues related to contemporary Special Education.

General Education Requirements (32 Credits)

Mathematics (3 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level MATH course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

MATH 120 - Fundamentals of College Mathematics
Credits: 3

or MATH 120E - Fundamentals of College Mathematics Expanded or above
Credits: 3

English Composition (6-8 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level ENG course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

ENG 100 - Composition Enhanced
Credits: 5

or ENG 101 - Composition I
Credits: 3

or ENG 110 - Composition I for International and Multilingual Students Expanded
Credits: 1-6

or ENG 113 - Composition I for International Students
Credits: 3

and

ENG 102 - Composition II
Credits: 3

or ENG 114 - Composition II for International Students
Credits: 3

Analytical Reasoning (3 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

PHIL 102 - Critical Thinking and Reasoning
Credits: 3

or PHIL 102H - Critical Thinking and Reasoning – Honors
Credits: 3

Natural Science (7 Credits)

Two courses from the following, one must include a lab.

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

ANTH 102 - Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Credits: 3

or ANTH 110L - Physical Anthropology Lab
Credits: 1

or any AST prefix course

or BIOL 101 - Biology for Non-Majors or above
Credits: 4

or CHEM 105 - Chemistry, Man and Society or above
Credits: 3

or any ENV prefix course

or GEOG 103 - Physical Geography
Credits: 3

or GEOG 104 - Physical Geography Laboratory
Credits: 1

or GEOG 117 - Meteorology/Climatology
Credits: 3

or any GEOL prefix course

or any PHYS prefix course

Humanities (7 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

COM 101 - Oral Communication
Credits: 3

and World Languages 111 or above (this includes the following course prefixes: ARA, ARM, CHI, FIL, FREN, GER, GRE, ITAL, JPN, KOR, LAT, PORT, RUS, SPAN, and THAI).

Social Science (6 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

any ANTH prefix course (except ANTH 102 and ANTH 110L)

or CRJ 104 - Introduction to Administration of Justice
Credits: 3

or any ECON prefix course

or HHP 150 - Living Healthy and Well
Credits: 3

or HHP 201 - Stress Management
Credits: 2

or HHP 213 - Healthy Aging
Credits: 3

or PHIL 135 - Introduction to Ethics
Credits: 3

or PHIL 205 - Science and Religion
Credits: 3

or PHIL 207 - Social and Political Philosophy
Credits: 3

or PHIL 216 - Philosophy of Human Nature
Credits: 3

or PHIL 244 - Bioethics
Credits: 3

or PHIL 245 - Contemporary Moral Issues
Credits: 3

or PHIL 246 - Philosophy of Law
Credits: 3

or PHIL 249 - Environmental Ethics
Credits: 3

or any PSC prefix course

or any PSY prefix course (except PSY 270)

or any SOC prefix course

or WMST 113 - Gender, Race, and Class
Credits: 3

Values and Diversity

All students MUST fulfill this requirement. Course chosen may also be used to fulfill the corresponding general education or special program requirements.

EDU 280 fulfills this requirement.

Special Program Requirements (28 Credits)

Core Requirements (12 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

EDU 203 - Introduction to Special Education
Credits: 3

and EDU 214 - Preparing Teachers to Use Technology
Credits: 3

and EDU 220 - Principles of Educational Psychology
Credits: 3

and EDU 280 - Valuing Cultural Diversity
Credits: 3

Major Elective Requirements (9 Credits)

Select courses appropriate to the Special Education Major in conjunction with transfer institution requirements. See an Academic Advisor or Counselor for course selection.

Recommended: EDU 201 or EDU 202 or ECE 250 (depending on intended level of eventual NV license) or ECE 260 ; World Languages 112 or higher (including the course prefixes: ARA, CHI, FIL, FREN, GER, ITAL, JPN, KOR, LAT, PORT, RUS, and SPAN).

Fine Arts (3 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

any ART prefix course

or DAN 101 - Dance Appreciation
Credits: 3

or any MUS prefix course (except MUS 100)

or PHO 101 - Beginning Photography
Credits: 3

or any THTR prefix course (except THTR 275)

U.S. and Nevada Constitutions (4-6 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

Four Credit Options

HIST 100 - Historical Issues and Contemporary Society
Credits: 4

or PSC 101 - Introduction to American Politics
Credits: 4

Six Credit Options

HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
Credits: 3

and HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877
Credits: 3

HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877

and HIST 111 - Survey of U.S. Constitutional History
Credits: 3

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