ASSOCIATE OF ARTS IN
LIBERAL ARTS-SPECIAL EDUCATION
Program Learning Outcomes
In addition to meeting the program
learning outcomes for the AA in Teacher
Preparation, student completing the AA program in Liberal Arts-Special
Education will be expected to demonstrate the following competencies:
1. Demonstrate and use background knowledge in the following areas:
handicapping conditions, including aberrations in normal growth and
development; special education legal requirements – IDEA; FSM and State laws;
and the Special Education process (including the IEP process)
2. Demonstrate familiarity with a variety of instructional strategies
to meet needs of Students with disability
3. Implement remedial instructional strategies.
Program
Requirements
Preparatory Courses (by placement)
General Education Core
Requirements .......................................29 credits
English (9 credits)
EN 110
Advanced Reading (3)
EN
120a Expository Writing I (3)
EN
120b Expository Writing II (3)
Mathematics (3 credits)
Any
100 level or above mathematics course (3)
Natural Sciences (7 credits)
A
science course with Laboratory or AG 110 or AG 140
(4)
A non-lab
science or AG 101 (3)
Social Sciences (3 credits)
SS 150
History of
Computer Applications (3 credits)
CA 100
Computer Literacy (3)
Exercise Sports Science (1 credit)
Exercise
Sports Science course (1)
Humanities (3 credits)
Any
course in art, music, history, literature, philosophy, or language (3)
Major Requirements.............................................................................41 credits
EN/CO 205 Speech Communication (3)
A course designed to increase awareness of the role and contribution
of communication to human interaction while transmitting practical speaking
skills. Specific attention is given to models of human communication and their
effects and to an increasing message awareness. Public speaking skills within
this theoretical framework will be provided.
SS 120 Introduction to Geography (3)
Prerequisite: ESL 089
An introduction to physical and regional geography.
SS 170 World History I (3)
Prerequisite: ESL 089
A survey of world history from pre-history to 1500.
Science with lab (4)
EN 208 Introduction to Philosophy (3)
Prerequisite: EN 110
This course introduces students to the nature of philosophy and
philosophical thinking. Major areas of philosophical inquiry developed in the
Western tradition are considered.
Any
one from the following: EN 201 Introduction to Literature; EN 202 Narrative
Fiction; EN 203 Drama; EN 204 Poetry; EN 205 Literature of the Sea; EN 206
Mythology; EN 207 Comparative Mythology; or
EN/ED
233a General Nature and Use of Language (3)
EN 201 Introduction to Literature (3)
Prerequisites: EN 110, EN 120a
This course introduces students to various types
of literature, including fiction, drama, and
poetry. Its purpose is to familiarize students
with basic literary terminology and critical theories.
EN 202 Narrative Fiction (3)
Prerequisite: EN 110
This course takes a detailed look at the elements
of narrative fiction through readings of short stories and novels. It also
gives the student practical experience in writing short stories.
EN 203 Drama (3)
Prerequisite: EN 110
This course introduces students to various types
of dramatic literature, from the ancient Greek dramas to contemporary Eastern
and Western Theatre. Its purpose is to familiarize students with not only the
history and theoretical aspects of theatre, but also its practical
manifestations through playwriting, acting, directing, stage production and
theatre management.
EN 204 Poetry (3)
Prerequisite: EN 110
This course contains three major areas of
inquiry. First, there is a selected analysis and review of English poetry from
Chaucer to the present. Second, there is a practical study of how poetry uses
the sounds of language to convey meaning. Finally, the course contains a
workshop component that allows the student to experiment with various poetic
forms and concepts in their own writing.
EN 205 Literature of the Sea (3)
Prerequisite: EN 110
This course studies various forms of poetry,
short stories and novels with emphasis on the
EN 206 Mythology (3)
Prerequisites: EN 110, EN 120a
This course is a cross-cultural and historical
survey of some of the world’s mythology. It is
intended to familiarize the students with the
ways in which different cultures have interpreted the world in which they live
– how cultures created their own explanations for things they could not
understand. Myths from
EN 207 Introduction to Comparative Mythology
(3)
Prerequisite: EN 110
Compares selected myths with an emphasis on
SS/PY 101
General Psychology (3)
Prerequisites:
ESL 089
A survey of the
concepts, theories and research behind the study of human thought, emotion and
behavior.
ED 210 Introduction to Professional Teaching (4)
Prerequisites: EN 110 and EN 120a
This is the introductory course for those planning to enter the
teaching profession. The course introduces the basic education terminology,
basic teaching methods, basic principles of assessment, introduction to
classroom management, and lesson planning using student learning outcomes. A
brief lesson is prepared and taught by students in the final stages.
ED 215 Introduction to Exceptional Children (3)
Prerequisite: EN 110, EN 120a
Familiarizes students with categories of handicapping conditions
and causes, characteristics of various handicapping conditions, and issues
relating to special education.
ED 220 Education of Exceptional Children (3)
Prerequisite: ED 215
Analyzes conditions relative to exceptional individual cases with
major emphasis on individual differences and intervention strategies for
adapting educational programs.
ED/PY 201 Human Growth And Development (3)
Prerequisite: SS/PY 101
Introduces human growth and development with
special emphasis on the physical, cognitive, emotional and moral issues related
to the practical period through elementary school years. Covers the entire
human life cycle from the prenatal period through old age and death.
MS/ED 210a Math for Teachers (3)
The course is a first semester course designed to
provide the students with a broad
understanding of basic mathematic concepts. The
topics include: problem solving strategies, the numeration system and its
operations, number theory, integers, fractions, decimals, exponents, and real
numbers. This course places emphasizes on the use of models, diagrams,
manipulatives, applications, problem solving and reasoning. Through the use of
the hands-on activities in this course, students will gain and enhance their
conceptual knowledge of arithmetic from counting to algebra. These are
especially geared to provide ideas, models, knowledge, and standards that are
necessary for successful teaching of mathematics to elementary and middle school
children.
ED 292 Practicum and Seminar (3) (State Campuses Only)
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
Provides experience in teaching remedial math, reading and
behavior management
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS..............................................................70 credits