Required Courses for Early Childhood Special Education

Semester Offered

Certification

Masters Degree

Add-On Certification

EPY 2050 Human Growth and Development

Any

X

X

EXC 4020 Characteristics and Instructional Strategies for Students with Disabilities

Any

X

X

EDRD 6600 Intro. To Materials and Methods in Reading Instruction (3) - take before EDRD 7550 or 7650

Any

X

X

EDRD 7550 Linking Literacy Assessment and Classroom Instruction (3) or EDRD 7650 Individualized Assessment and Instruction for At-risk Readers (3)

Any

X

X

EXC 7030 Applied Behavior Analysis (3)

Any

X

X

EDMT 7400 Mathematics Concepts for Special Learners (3)

Summer

X

X

EXC 7929 Initial Practicum in ECSE (3)

Fall, Spring

X

X

EXC 7000 Collaboration with Parents and Professionals (3)

Spring

X

X

EXC 7010 Language Development and Language Disabilities (3)

Summer

X

X

X

EXC 7190 Alternative Approaches to Literacy Instruction for Students with Disabilities (3)

Any

X

X

EXC 7300 Assistive Technology: Reading and Academics (3)

Spring

X

X

EXC 7320 Methods for Teaching Students with Autism (3)

Fall

X

X

EXC 7330 Physical and Health Management of Students with Disabilities (3)

Fall

X

X

EXC 7650 Characteristics of Young Children with Disabilities (3) – prereq: EXC 4020; must take before EXC 7660

Fall

X

X

X

EXC 7660 Methods of Teaching Young Children with Disabilities (3)

Spring

X

X

X

EPY 7080 The Psychology of the Learner

Any

X

EPSF 7100 Critical Pedagogy (3) or EPSF 7110 Multicultural Education (3) or EPSF 7120 Social and Cultural Foundations of Education (3)

Any

X

EPRS 7900 Methods of Research in Education (3) or EPRS 7910 Action Research (3) or EPRS 7920 Educational Measurement

Any

X

EXC 7939 Final Practicum in ECSE (3)

Fall, Spring

X

X