Nov 08, 2024

Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog 2020-2021

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Special Education, Teacher of Students with Severe Disabilities (All Levels) Concentration, BSE

Learning Outcomes: CEC Standards and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standards

Grade Requirement

A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8 is required for acceptance into the professional education program, and it must be maintained throughout the program.

Admission Requirements

Students are enrolled in two majors, special education and an arts and sciences major
Students must meet the College of Education and Health Sciences Professional Education Program admission requirements that include, but are not limited to:
- passage of the Communication and Literacy portion of the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure^® (MTEL)
- a minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.8
- completion of ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a minimum grade of “C+” prior to enrolling in SPED 300- or 400-level course work

Program Requirements

Prior to the student teaching experience, students must submit evidence that they have passed the General Curriculum and Math subtest MTEL^®.

Licensure course requirements (33 credits)

COMD 290 - Language Acquisition and Development
SPED 202 - Introduction to Special Education *
SPED 203 - Cultural Diversity Issues in School and Society
SPED 204 - Children with Reading Disability: Diagnosis and Teaching Strategies
SPED 302 - Principles and Application of Behavioral Management for the Special Needs Learner
SPED 303 - Principles and Procedures of Assessment of Special Needs Learners
SPED 408 - Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement Course
SPED 410 - Instructional and Curricular Strategies for Learners with Intensive Special Needs I
SPED 411 - Instructional and Curricular Strategies for Learners with Intensive Special Needs II (CWRM)
SPED 433 - Student Teaching – Severe Disabilities (6 credits)
*To be completed prior to admission to professional education and enrollment in upper-division education courses.

Total minimum credits: 33

Core Curriculum Requirements

A minimum of 120 earned credit hours is required for graduation. These earned hours include the Core Curriculum Requirements as specified in the Core Curriculum section of this catalog and at the Core Curriculum website, www.bridgew.edu/corecurriculum. For additional graduation requirements, see the Undergraduate Academic Policies and Procedures section of this catalog.