Courses

The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular semester. Please refer to the published schedule of classes on the Student Link for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.

• SED SE 601: Parent and Professional Collaboration
  Designed to develop an understanding of the importance of collaboration with parents and professionals when working with children with disabilities. Focus on effective collaborative strategies, co-teaching models, service delivery models, and cultural responsiveness.
• SED SE 613: Field Work in Special Education: Moderate Disabilities
  Designed to develop skills to observe students with moderate disabilities and service delivery models, and assist with the planning and implementation of instructional and behavior management strategies. 50 hours of fieldwork plus seminar. Prereq: SE 706. 2 cr.
• SED SE 615: Fieldwork in Special Education: Severe Disabilities
  Designed to develop skills to observe students with moderate severe and service delivery models, and assist with the planning and implementation of instructional and behavior management strategies. 50 hours of fieldwork plus seminar. Prereq: SE 706. 2 cr.
• SED SE 650: Children at Risk
  Theories, research, and practice about children and adolescents whose physical/psychological well-being is at risk. Topics include: poverty, substance abuse, institutionalization of children, adoption, mental illness, school dropouts, physical/emotional abuse, domestic violence, and children will special needs. 4 cr
• SED SE 693: Practicum in Disabilities Studies
  Through fieldwork experience and accompanying seminar, students develop an understanding of human services agencies serving individuals with disabilities and the nature and processes of service provision, roles and responsibilities, and collaboration. Only open to matriculated graduate students who have completed prerequisites. Var cr.
• SED SE 702: Clinical Practice:Special Education Administration
  Practicum and Seminar: Special Education Administrator Requires 600 hours of a special education administrator (300 hours/4 credits per semester, for two semesters). Students will assume responsibility for both routine activities and special assignments encompassing the four Massachusetts administrative leadership standards: Instructional Leadership, Management and Operations, Family and Community Engagement, and Professional Culture. Open only to candidates for Massachusetts licensure as a special education administrator who have completed at least 16 credits of coursework for initial licensure. 4 cr.
• SED SE 706: Introduction to Special Education
  Students will examine how disabilities impact students, their families, and their educational/community participation; analyze the historical treatment of individuals with disabilities; discuss contemporary ethical issues; learn federal legislation; and develop a foundational understanding of supportive educational practices. 4 cr.
• SED SE 744: School Administration and Special Needs
  Designed to develop an understanding of administration of special education programs, federal and state legislation and local policies, administrative support for implementation of best practices for pre-referral processes and instructional/behavioral interventions, evaluation of program quality, and supervision/evaluation of staff.
• SED SE 751: Assessment in Special Education: Procedures
  Designed to develop the knowledge/skills related to the assessment of students who are in or being referred to special education. Includes legal requirements, culturally/linguistically-responsive practices, various assessments in multiple domains, and procedures for administering tests, scoring, interpreting, and reporting. Prereq: SE 706. 4 cr.
• SED SE 760: Special Education: Cognition, Learning, and Behavior
  Designed to develop an understanding of the theories of learning and how these theories have informed the development of instructional and behavior management strategies for students with disabilities. 2 cr
• SED SE 807: Field Experience
  Graduate students are involved in field experiences in schools, institutions, clinics, and other human services agencies serving students with disabilities. Students must register for a minimum of 2 credits. 2 cr.
• SED SE 808: Internship: Students with Special Needs, Pre-K-8
  
• SED SE 900: Independent Study
  See SED AP 900 for description. Prereq: Approval of advisor. Complete the online Directed study form. Wheelock Office of Records. Var cr.
• SED SE 999: Dissertation Advisement
  See SED AP 999 for description. Prereq: Approval of advisor. Complete the online Directed study form. Wheelock Office of Records. Var cr.
• SED SO 507: Practicum for Practicing Professionals: History and Social Science 5-8
  Open only to matriculated students who have completed prerequisites. Grades 5-8 student teaching experience for practicing professionals. Minimum 300 hours required. fldwk w/ seminar. Prereq: SEDSO566, SEDSO572. 4 cr.
• SED SO 508: Practicum for Practicing Professionals: History and Social Science 8-12
  Open only to matriculated students who have completed prerequisites. Grades 8-12 student teaching experience for practicing professionals. Minimum 300 hours required. fldwk w/ seminar. Prereq: SEDSO566, SEDSO572. 4cr.
• SED SO 509: Student-Teaching Practicum: History and Social Science 5-8
  Open only to matriculated students who have completed prerequisites. Grades 5-8 student teaching under joint supervision of supervising practitioner and university supervisor. Minimum 300 hours required. fldwk w/ seminar. Prereq: SEDSO566, SEDSO572. 8cr.
• SED SO 510: Student-Teaching Practicum: History and Social Science, 8-12
  Open only to matriculated students who have completed prerequisites. Grades 8-12 student teaching under joint supervision of supervising practitioner and university supervisor. Minimum 300 hours required. fldwk w/ seminar. Prereq: SEDSO566, SEDSO572. 8cr. Fall and spring.
• SED SO 520: Project Citizen: Promoting Civic Engagement
  The course examines how a model of citizen action (Project Citizen) can be used to promote active and informed citizenship among youth and adults. Students apply that model to analyze and influence a current public policy of their choice. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: The Individual in Community.
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  • The Individual in Community
• SED SO 566: Developing Historical Literacy, 5-12
  Students will investigate the history, subspecialties, pedagogy, and research in history education for middle and high school, as related to historical thinking, literacy, and problem solving. Students will develop an understanding of historical literacy, historical thinking, inquiry, and problem solving. Students will develop competencies in developing and presenting research-based history lessons. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry II, Oral and/or Signed Communication, Creativity/Innovation.
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  • Oral and/or Signed Communication
  • Social Inquiry II
  • Creativity/Innovation

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