Inclusive Special Education- Bachelor of Science in Education with Licensure

Many school-aged children in the United States need accommodations and modifications to fully benefit from the standard curriculum offered in schools. Because of physical, mental, behavioral, learning, or sensory differences, these students require special services to help them learn to their maximum capacity in inclusive environments. Inclusive special education is designed to recognize these differences and to implement elements of Universal Design for Learning and to develop individualized instructional plans. This program prepares you for licensure as a special education teacher, also known as Intervention Specialist, in Ohio Public Schools from kindergarten through grade 12.

This major leads to the Bachelor of Science in Education with Ohio residency licensure in Intervention Specialist - Mild-Moderate/Moderate-Intensive. Field and/or clinical experience is combined with academic coursework sophomore through senior years. In order to complete the degree requirements in four years, students are encouraged to select the major no later than the spring semester of the first year.

Program Requirements

Professional core
EDL 204Sociocultural Studies in Education3
EDL 318ATeacher Leadership and School Organization3
EDP 201Human Development and Learning in Social and Educational Contexts3
EDP 256Psychology of the Exceptional Learner3
EDP 279Technology + Media Literacy and Learning3
TCE 191Threshold Concepts of Teaching, Curriculum, and Educational Inquiry3
Reading core
EDP 471Literacy Seminar: Clinical3
or EDP 460 Action Research/Problem-Based Seminar in Exceptional Education/Developmental Differences
TCE 246AFoundations of Language and Critical Literacy3
TCE 346MReading Instruction for Middle Grades3
TCE 436Middle Childhood Language Arts3
TCE 442MPhonics and Reading Improvement for Middle Childhood3
Mild-Moderate/Moderate-Intensive Intervention Specialist (K-12)
EDP 220Field Experience in Special Education1
EDP 458Methods I: Learners with Moderate to Intensive Needs3
EDP 459GPracticum in Special Education: Moderate/Intensive3
EDP 459Practicum in Special Education: Mild/Moderate3
EDP 468Methods II for Learners with Moderate - Intensive Needs3
EDP 478Collaboration and the Law in Special Education3
EDP 486Methods I: Learners with Mild/Moderate Disabilities3
EDP 487Student-Centered Practices to Support Social and Emotional Needs3
EDP 491Methods II: Learners with Mild to Moderate Disabilities3
EDP 494Assessment, Evaluation, and Educational Planning for Learners with Exceptionalities3
MTH 115Mathematics for Teachers of Grades P-64
MTH 116Mathematics for Elementary Teachers4
SPA 127Introduction to Communication Disorders3
SPA 223Theories of Language Development3
SPA 427Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems for Individuals with Complex Communication Needs3
Supervised Student Teaching
EDP 419FSupervised Teaching for Mild/Moderate and Moderate/Intensive Intervention Specialist Licensure15
Total Credit Hours93