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

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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.}

English Composition (6-8 Credits)

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

Analytical Reasoning (3 Credits)

Natural Science (7 Credits)

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

ANTH 102 - Introduction to Physical Anthropology
or ANTH 110L - Physical Anthropology Lab
or any AST prefix course
or BIOL 101 - Biology for Non-Majors or above
or CHEM 105 - Chemistry, Man and Society or above
or any ENV prefix course
or GEOG 103 - Physical Geography
or GEOG 104 - Physical Geography Laboratory
or GEOG 117 - Meteorology/Climatology
or any GEOL prefix course
or any PHYS prefix course

Humanities (7 Credits)

COM 101 - Oral Communication
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)

any ANTH prefix course (except ANTH 102 and ANTH 110L)
or CRJ 104 - Introduction to Administration of Justice
or any ECON prefix course
or HHP 150 - Living Healthy and Well
or HHP 201 - Stress Management
or HHP 213 - Healthy Aging
or PHIL 135 - Introduction to Ethics
or PHIL 205 - Science and Religion
or PHIL 207 - Social and Political Philosophy
or PHIL 216 - Philosophy of Human Nature
or PHIL 244 - Bioethics
or PHIL 245 - Contemporary Moral Issues
or PHIL 246 - Philosophy of Law
or PHIL 249 - Environmental Ethics
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

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)

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)

any ART prefix course
or DAN 101 - Dance Appreciation
or any MUS prefix course (except MUS 100)
or PHO 101 - Beginning Photography
or any THTR prefix course (except THTR 275)

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

Four Credit Options
HIST 100 - Historical Issues and Contemporary Society
or PSC 101 - Introduction to American Politics
Six Credit Options
HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
and HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877
or
HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877
and HIST 111 - Survey of U.S. Constitutional History