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2021-2022 EIU Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 EIU Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]


Department of Special Education

Special Education: Standard Special Option (B.S. in Education)



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Total Semester Hours Required for the Degree: 123 semester hours

Semester Hours Required for the Special Education: Standard Special Option: 78 semester hours

Professional Course Work


(78 semester hours)

Other Requirements:


(14 semester hours)

  • PLS 1153G or HIS 3600G or an equivalent US Constitution course
  • Senior Seminar

Footnotes:


1 Minimum of eight (8) semester hours experience in a high school setting and eight (8) semester hours experience in an elementary/middle grade setting.  One of the assignments must be with a “resource” teacher.

One lab science is required with a minimum of 7 semester hours in Science coursework

Successful completion of two courses in a single foreign language is a graduation requirement; 2 years in foreign language in high school with a “C” or better each semester may be substituted for requirement.

A three-semester hour diversity course and a non-western course are required. One course may satisfy both requirements and may be a Humanities or Social Science course.

Current CPR Card prior to Student Teaching.

Departmental Approval to Student Teach must be granted prior to Student Teaching.

The State of Illinois requires that the Special Education LBS I Test and the Special Education General Curriculum Test be passed prior to commencement of student teaching.

Students must pass edTPA (teacher performance assessment) before they can receive their teaching license from Illinois or any other state. Students will make their edTPA submission during student teaching.

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