Department of Special Education

Integrated Elementary Education - Special Education Dual Certification Program (EESE)

The integrated elementary education-special education program (EESE) is a screened major.  All candidates must meet the following screening requirements:

1.  passing scores on PRAXIS I as established by MSDE

2.  a minimum of 2.75 on all prerequisite coursework required for the major

3.  the required speech and hearing screening.

Students are responsible for ensuring that they meet the prerequisite content and general education requirements of the University.  Transcripts will be evaluated for completion of required courses *.  The program is offered at Towson University (TU), Laurel College Center (LCC), and the Universities at Shady Grove (USG).  The program equals a minimum of 131 semester units of college credit. 

Academic Content
Courses taken before formal admission to the professional education sequence .

I.          ENGLISH  (6 units)
(I.A)       ENGL 102 Writing for a Liberal Education (3)
              ENGL  elective (literature course preferred)    (3)

II.        SOCIAL STUDIES (9 units)

(II.B.1)   HIST 145 Hist.of US to Mid-19th Century (3)  or
               HIST 146 Hist.of US since Mid-19th Cent. (3)
(II.D)      HIST elective (Non-western course recommended)   (3)
      

III.        SCIENCE  (8 units)
(II.A.1)   BIOL  115 Biological Science I (4)
(II.A.1)   PHSC 101 Physical Science I  (4)

IV.       MATHEMATICS (12 units)
             MATH 204  Math Concepts & Structures I (4)
(I.C)     MATH 205  Math Concepts & Structures II (4)
             MATH 251 Elements of Geometry  (4)

V.         FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS   (6 units)
(I.E)        ART (3)

(II.C.1)   MUSC 101  Music from Western Heritage (3)

VI.      PSYCHOLOGY  (6 units)
 (II.C.2)   PSYC 101 Introduction of Psychology (3)
                PSYC 201 Educational Psychology  (3)

VIII.     Additional Required Courses (22 units)
(I.B)        ISTC 201 Using Info Effec. in Educ  (3)
(II.B.3)   HLTH 101  Wellness Diverse Society (3)

(II.C.1)   DFST 107  DFST 107 American Sign Language I (3)

(II.C.2)   SOCI 101 Intro. to Sociology (3)

               SPED 301 Introduction to Special Education (3)

(II.C.3)   EDUC 203 Teach & Learn Diverse Society (3)

               EESE 468  EESE Field Experience (1)

               ELED 322 Foundations of Reading and Lang. Arts (3)

TOTAL Units = 66 units

Refer to the explanation of the General Education requirements in the university catalog.

          * An AAT may be presented at the time of application. 

To enter the program, students must apply by the date established and take speech and hearing screening; have a GPA of 2.75 or higher; completed ENGL 102 with a grade of 2.0 or higher; have completed 60 or more units; and have scores on the Praxis I at or above the level of standards established by the Maryland State Department of Education.

FIRST SEMESTER  - Fall (18 units)
ELED 363     Language & Literature Internship (3)

ELED 320 (I.D.) Foundations of Writing/Other Language Arts (3)

ECED 201     Intervention & Yound Child (3)

    OR

ELED 310     Child Development (3)

SPED 413     Assistive Technology (3)

EDUC 417    Children's Literature (3)

ELED 323     Principles/Pract Instructional Reading (3)

SECOND SEMESTER - Spring  (17 units)

MATH 323     Teaching Math in Elementary School (3)

MATH 324     Superv. Observation/Participation in Elementary School Math (2)

BIO 303         Life Sciences (3)

    OR

PHSC 303     Earth-Space Science (3)

SCIE 376       Teaching Science in Elementary School (3)

SPED 425      Formal Tests and Measurement (3)

SPED 441      Curriculum Methods of Instruction  (3)

THIRD SEMESTER - Fall (15 units)

EESE 475      EESE Internship I (3)

ELED 311      Child & the Elementary School Curriculum and Assessment (3)

ELED 429      Assessment of Reading and Language Arts (3)

SPED 429      Curric. Methods of Classroom Management (3)

SPED 469      Collaborating with Teachers in Elementary Schools (3)

FOURTH SEMESTER - Spring (15 units)

EESE 476      EESE Internship II (12)

EESE 485      EESE Seminar (3)

Minimum total of 131 units needed to graduate.  All academic content courses must be completed prior to student teaching.