Courses

• SED SE 615: Fieldwork in Special Education: Severe Disabilities
  Designed to provide opportunities for observation and participation with students having severe disabilities and enrolled in special education programs. 2cr, either sem.
• SED SE 650: Children at Risk
  Advances knowledge of theories, research, and practice about children and adolescents whose physical and psychological well being is at risk. Course literature will be drawn from research and theory on normal child and adolescent development, as well as from work on disorders in children and adolescents. Topics include: poverty, substance abuse, the institutionalization of children, adoption, mental illness, school dropouts, physical and emotional abuse, domestic violence, and children will special needs. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED SE 693: Practicum in Disabilities Studies
  Students are involved in practicum experiences in human services agencies serving individuals with disabilities. Concurrent seminars discuss the nature and processes of service provision, roles and responsibilities, and collaboration. Students work for a minimum of 150 hours in the agency for 4 credits and 300 hours for 8 credits.
• SED SE 700: Clinical Practice:Teacher of Students with Moderate Special Needs
  Required of students who wish to apply for standard certification as teachers of students with moderate disabilities. Integrates content area knowledge and pedagogical theory and practice. Involves responsibilities beyond the individual classroom which may include opportunities such as grade-level teamwork, curriculum development, and assessment projects. Minimum 400 hours required. 4-8cr, either sem.
• SED SE 701: Clinical Practice:Teacher of Students with Severe Disabilities
  Required of students who wish to apply for professional licensure as teachers of students with severe disabilities. Integrates content area knowledge and pedagogical theory and practice. Involves responsibilities beyond the individual classroom which may include opportunities such as grade-level teamwork, curriculum development, and assessment projects. Minimum 400 hours required. 4cr, either sem.
• SED SE 702: Clinical Practice:Special Education Administration
  Required of students who wish to apply for licensure as an Administrator of Special Education. Integrates content-area knowledge and pedagogical theory and practice. Builds upon the practicum experience. A minimum of 400 hours is required. Instructor permission required.
• SED SE 706: Introduction to Special Education
  Improves students' understanding of individuals with disabilities; traces the development of their programs and services; and analyzes and critiques key assumptions, attitudes, and beliefs about special education practices. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED SE 741: Emotional Disturbance
  Not offered 2001/2002.
• SED SE 744: School Administration and Special Needs
  Ways in which school cultures deal with disabilities and deviance. School structures and administration of special education programs as they affect individuals with special needs. Analysis of effective and ineffective school administration and classroom management. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED SE 751: Assessment in Special Education: Procedures
  Examines both alternative assessment and standardized test instruments. Assessment practices and critical issues are addressed, including the assessment of culturally and linguistically diverse pupils. Examples include math, literacy/reading, social/adaptive behaviors, cognitive aptitude, and career-vocational considerations. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED SE 760: Special Education: Cognition, Learning, and Behavior
  Examines the incidence, etiology, and characteristics of learning disabilities, emotional disturbance, mental retardation, speed and language disabilities, developmental disabilities, and attention deficit disorder. Major theoretical models associated with these characteristics and their relationship to learning are discussed. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED SE 805: Research Work in Special Education
  Graduate students work with faculty in carrying out a specific research project or investigating a specific research area. Students working on their master's or doctoral thesis may register for a minimum of 2 credits. Variable cr.
• SED SE 807: Field Experience
  Graduate students are involved in field experiences in schools, institutions, clinics, and other human services agencies. Concurrent seminars discuss strategies of intervention and/or curriculum planning or assessment procedures. Students must register for a minimum of 2 credits. 2cr, 1st sem.
• SED SE 810: Internship: Intensive Special Needs, Pre-K-12
  Prereq: 12 credits of coursework in content and curriculum and permission of instructor. Internships are in public and private schools and other agencies. If and internship is to used for licensure purposes, the student should consult with the instructor regarding relevant regulations. Students must register fro a minimum of 8 credits.
• SED SE 811: Internship: Young Children with Special Needs, Ages 3-7
  Prereq: 12 credits of coursework in content and curriculum and permission of instructor. Internships are in public and private schools and other agencies. If and internship is to used for licensure purposes, the student should consult with the instructor regarding relevant regulations. Students must register fro a minimum of 8 credits.
• SED SE 812: Internship: Administrator of Special Education
  Prereq: 12 credits of coursework in content and curriculum and permission of instructor. Internships are in public and private schools and other agencies. If and internship is to used for licensure purposes, the student should consult with the instructor regarding relevant regulations. Students must register fro a minimum of 8 credits.
• SED SE 813: Apprenticeship: Students with Moderate Disabilities, Pre-K-8
  A field-based experience of at least one semester in the role and at the level of the license sought in a classroom with a supervising classroom teacher (Practicum Equivalent) 4cr, either sem.
• SED SE 822: Special Graduate Topics
  Not offered 2001/2002.
• SED SE 900: Independent Study
  See SED AP 900 for description.
• SED SE 999: Dissertation Advisement
  See SED AP 999 for description.

Note that this information may change at any time.

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