Dual Elementary Education/Special Educator Licensure
with Master’s Degree
The Graduate School of Education offers a dual licensure program in early childhood and elementary general and special education that also includes a master’s degree. This full-time program of integrated coursework and field experiences is completed over six terms. Students are licensed to teach early childhood and elementary (pre-K to grade 8) and special education (also pre-K to grade 8). Faculty from both curriculum and instruction and special education are instructors in this program. This program reflects the rapidly changing nature of America’s schools, where a wide range of diverse learners can be found in most classrooms.
Requirements
Courses
| Ed 533 | Literacy Methods for the Inclusive Classroom: I | 3 |
| ITP 535 | Cultivating Responsive Elementary Classrooms | 1 |
| Ed 530 | Introduction to Inclusion and Special Education | 2 |
| Ed 532 | Human Development and Learning | 3 |
| Ed 509 | Practicum of Children/Youth | 1-9 |
| Ed 534 | Literacy Methods for the Inclusive Classroom | 3 |
| SpEd 521 | Behavior Management in the Classroom | 3 |
| ITP 539 | Elementary Mathematics Methods | 3 |
| Ed 535 | Classroom Based Assessment for the Inclusive Educator | 2 |
| Ed 531 | Planning and Instruction for Students with Special Needs | 3 |
| Ed 509 | Practicum of Children/Youth | 1-9 |
| ITP 514 | Educating for Equity and Social Justice | 3 |
| ITP 542 | Integrated Elementary Science Methods | 2 |
| ITP 538 | Integrated Methods and Curriculum Design | 2-6 |
| Ed 525 | Student Teaching | 6-15 |
| Ed 536 | Educational Research and Inclusive Education | 3 |
| Ed 537 | Professional Seminar I: Law and Ethics | 1 |
| Ed 525 | Student Teaching | 6-15 |
| SpEd 512 | Diagnostic Assessment | 3 |
| Ed 538 | Professional Seminar II: Philosophy | 1 |
| SpEd 525 | Student Teaching | 6-15 |
| Ed 540 | Functional Assessment for the Inclusive Elementary Educator | 3 |
| Ed 541 | Functional Curriculum for the Inclusive Elementary Educator | 3 |
| Ed 542 | Collaboration for the Inclusive Elementary Educator | 2 |
| Ed 543 | Specialized Techniques for the Inclusive Elementary Educator | 1 |
| Ed 539 | Professional Seminar III: Reflection and Job Search | 1 |
| SpEd 506 | Special Problems | 1-6 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 95 |