Dual-Degree BA/MAT or BS/MAT in Special Education
The special education program is designed to prepare the teacher candidate with in-depth content knowledge across the special education curriculum and exemplary skills in teaching and classroom management. Students interested in teaching special education may major in any discipline or have an interdisciplinary major.
Central to candidates’ professional studies are undergraduate service-based courses (ED 341L, ED 436L and ED 409L and SPED 566L)in which candidates gain 80 hours of hands-on experience, and the full-year graduate internship/residency experience in partner schools.
General Requirements
The following courses meet the Connecticut State Department of Education’s general education requirements. A grade of "C" or better is required in these courses (except as noted).
Code | Title | Credits |
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EN 101 | Introduction to Academic Reading and Writing 1 | 3 |
MA 110 | Contemporary Mathematics 2 | 3 |
or | ||
Pre-Calculus | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
U.S. History to 1877 | ||
U.S. History Since Reconstruction | ||
Contemporary America (World Language 101) | ||
PS 101 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
PS 236 | Child and Adolescent Development | 3 |
Fine Arts | 3 | |
Science | 3-4 |
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MA 140 is required if student tests out of MA 110. Student must receive a grade of B or better in either MA 110 or MA 140.
Professional Component
Code | Title | Credits |
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ED 140 | Introduction to Public Education and the Teaching Profession | 1 |
ED 250 | Diversity, Dispositions and Multiculturalism | 3 |
SPED 245 | Introduction to the Exceptional Child | 3 |
ED 341 | Learning and Teaching the Developing Child | 3 |
ED 341L | Learning and Teaching: Pedagogy Field Lab I | 1 |
SPED 365 | Specific Learning Disabilities: Identification, Instruction and Assessment (LD) | 3 |
ED 436 | Teaching Literacy in the Primary Grades | 3 |
ED 436L | English Language Arts Integration Field Lab IV | 1 |
SPED 464 | Teaching Students With Reading and Math Disorders | 3 |
ED 477 | Teaching English Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom | 3 |
ED 409L | English Language Arts Field Lab III | 1 |
SPED 570 | Special Education Law | 3 |
SPED 566 | Autism Spectrum Disorders | 3 |
SPED 566L | Autism Spectrum Disorders Field Study Lab | 1 |
SPED 576 | Designing and Utilizing Assistive Learning Technologies | 3 |
SPED 573 | Reading Disorders: Assessment, Planning and Instruction | 3 |
SPED 571 | Emotional and Behavioral Disorder Identification, Management, and Assessment | 3 |
SPED 572 | Educating Young Children with Special Needs | 3 |
SPED 650 | Student Teaching I/Special Education | 3 |
SPED 568 | Assessment/Program Planning and Evaluation of Children with Special Needs | 3 |
ED 556 | Teaching Literacy in Grades 4-6 | 3 |
ED 554 | Internship and Seminar I | 2 |
SPED 651 | Student Teaching II/Special Education | 3 |
Working with Gifted and Talented Students (optional) | ||
SPED 651 Student Teaching II | 3 | |
SPED 574 | Understanding and Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities | 3 |
SPED 582 | Research in Special Education | 2 |
ED 555 | Internship and Career Development Seminar | 1 |