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Department of Special Education

Dual Certification Programs


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Early Childhood Special Education/Early Childhood Education, Special Education/Elementary Education, and Special Education/Secondary Education 

Early Childhood Special Education and Early Childhood Education

A student desiring dual endorsements on a State of Illinois Early Childhood certificate may do so by supplementing the Early Childhood Handicapped Special Education Option with the aid of an academic advisor in the Department of Special Education. Essentially, the dual endorsements may be accomplished as follows: In addition to all courses in the Early Childhood Handicapped Option, successfully complete:

  • Complete 8 s.h. student teaching in an inclusive Early Childhood setting
  • 8 s.h. in Special Education, LBS I, with primary age learners.

Footnote:

1 Take ELE 40001 with Block I and ELE 40002 with Block II.

Special Education and Elementary Education

Any student desiring to earn the Elementary (K-9 Illinois) certificate in addition to the Standard Special (K-12 Illinois) certificate may do so by supplementing the Standard Special option with the aid of an academic advisor in the Department of Special Education.

Essentially the multiple certification may be accomplished as follows:

  • Delete ELE 2000.
  • Successfully complete a 15-semester-hour concentration from English, Fine Arts, Foreign Language, General Science, Mathematics, or Social Science. Six (6) sem. hrs. of upper-division work must be included.
  • Successfully complete the following courses:

Footnote:

1 Take ELE 40002 with Block II.

Special Education and Secondary Education

Any student desiring to earn the High School (6-12 Illinois) certificate in addition to the Standard Special (K-12 Illinois) certificate may do so by supplementing the Standard Special option with the aid of an academic advisor in the Department of Special Education.

Essentially the multiple certification may be accomplished as follows:

  • Delete HST 3000, PED 3000, CDS 2200, ELE 2320 and ELE 2000.
  • Successfully complete 32 sem. hrs. in an Academic Area from the list of Academic Areas which follows: Art, Health Studies; Mathematics, Music Education, Spanish, Career and Technical Education: Business Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, or Technology Education.
  • Methods courses, while required for certification, cannot be included in the 32 semester hours.
  • Successfully complete the following courses:

Footnote:

1 Take MLE 40001 with Block I or MLE 40002 with Block II.

Academic Areas

(All Areas Must Total 32 Semester Hours) - Methods courses cannot be used to meet the 32 semester hour requirement.

Art

(Special K-12 Certificate)

Methods Courses:

AND

And electives from the following Art courses to total a minimum of 32 semester hours.

Career and Technical Education

Business Education

(High School 6-12 Certificate)
Students are required to take the following:
Methods Courses:
AND
AND
OR
AND

Electives from Business, Career and Technical Education, or Management Information Systems to total a minimum of 32 semester hours.

Family and Consumer Sciences

(High School 6-12 Certificate)
Methods Courses:
AND
AND

Electives from Family and Consumer Sciences to total a minimum of 32 semester hours.

Technology Education

(High School 6-12 Certificate)

Methods Courses:
AND

nine semester hours in a single technical area
(see footnote **)

AND
AND

Electives from Applied Engineering & Technology to total a minimum of 32 semester hours.

Health Studies

(High School 6-12 Certificate)

Methods Course:

AND

AND

Electives from at least two of the component areas designated in this catalog under the Health Studies Minor to total a minimum of 32 semester hours.

Mathematics

(High School 6-12 Certificate)

Method Course:

AND

AND

Electives from Mathematics above 3000, if needed to total a minimum of 32 semester hours.
(see footnote **)

Music Education

(Special K-12 Certificate)

Methods Courses:

AND

AND

AND

3 credit hours from:

Two semester hours from the following courses:

(determined by advisement and auditions)

2 semesters of Major Ensembles:

Applied Study for four semesters

AND

Electives from Music to total a minimum of 32 semester hours

(MUS 3440 and MUS 3400 are in addition to the 32 s.h. required.)

Spanish

(Special K-12 Certificate)

Methods Courses:

AND

AND

Electives from Spanish to total a minimum of 32 semester hours
(See footnote ***)

Footnotes:

**Appropriate electives should be chosen in consultation with an advisor in the academic department.

***Student must consult with advisor in foreign languages to determine starting level and optional course work.

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