Special Education, Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities (PreK-8) Concentration, BSE

Learning Outcomes: CEC Standards and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standards

Admission Requirements

Students must meet the College of Education and Health Sciences Professional Education Program admission requirements prior to enrolling in SPED 300- or 400-level course work. Those requirements 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+”

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.

Course Requirements

Licensure course requirements (39 credits)

SPED 202 - Introduction to Special Education *
or SPED 211 - The Early Childhood Learner with Special Needs *
SPED 203 - Cultural Diversity Issues in School and Society
SPED 208 - Child and Adolescent Development and Special Education *
SPED 302 - Behavior Management and Interventions
SPED 303 - Principles and Procedures of Assessment of Students with Special Needs
SPED 304 - Children with Reading Disability: Diagnosis and Teaching Strategies
SPED 321 - Content Area Reading for Students with Special Needs
SPED 365 - Teaching Mathematics to Struggling Learners
SPED 401 - Professional Practices for Beginning Special Educators (CWRM)
SPED 403 - Curriculum Development and Implementation for Special Needs Learners
SPED 408 - Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement Course
SPED 431 - Student Teaching Practicum: Moderate Disabilities (PreK-8) **
*Must be completed prior to admission to professional education and enrollment in upper-division education courses.

**Prior to the student teaching experience, students must:
- have passed the General Curriculum and Math subtest MTEL^®
- have passed the Foundations of Reading MTEL^®

Cognate courses (9 credits)

Total minimum credits: 48

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.