BACHELOR OF SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION Major Course Descriptions
SLEARNDEVDIS: Learners with Developmental Disabilities Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Pre-requisite: EFSIEDUC
The course focuses on the definition, categories, identification, learning characteristics of learners with developmental disabilities; curricular priorities, educational placement and strategies for teaching learners with developmental disabilities.
SLEARNSENS: Learners with Sensory and Physical Disabilities Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Pre-requisite: EFSIEDUC
The course focuses on the definition, categories, identification, learning characteristics of learners with sensory and physical disabilities; curricular priorities, educational placement and strategies for teaching learners with sensory and physical disabilities.
SLEARNDISAB: Learners with Emotional, Behavioral, Language and Communication Disabilities
Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Pre-requisite: EFSIEDUC
The course focuses on the definition, categories, identification, learning characteristics of learners with emotional, behavioral, language and communication disabilities;
curricular priorities, educational placement and strategies for teaching learners with emotional, behavioral, language and communication disabilities.
SGIFTALENTED: Gifted and Talented Learners
Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Pre-requisite: EFSIEDUC
The course focuses on the definition, categories, identification, learning characteristics of gifted and talented learners; curricular priorities, educational placement and strategies for teaching gifted and talented learners.
SCURPEDINCED: Curriculum and Pedagogy in Inclusive Education Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Pre-requisite: EFSIEDUC
The course focuses on the general and regular basic education curriculum (K to 12) and general teaching and classroom management strategies to address diversity in the classroom.
SEASADNEEDS: Educational Assessment of Students with Additional Needs Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Pre-requisite: EFSIEDUC
The course focuses on formal and informal assessment tools and procedures for assessing the educational needs of learners; utilization of assessment results to inform educational programming.
SBEHVMGTMOD: Behavior Management and Modification
Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Pre-requisite: SEASADNEEDS, SCURPEDINCED The course explores positive behavior support for learners with additional needs.
SADAPTPERMH: Adapted Physical Education and Recreation, Music and Health Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Pre-requisite: SEASADNEEDS, SCURPEDINCED The course focuses on adapted physical education, movement, arts, music and health/safety education for learners with additional needs.
SIALANGLITRC: Instructional Adaptations in Language and Literacy Instruction Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Pre-requisite: SEASADNEEDS, SCURPEDINCED The course focuses on the K-12 general/regular basic education curriculum in language and literacy and adaptations for students with additional needs.
SIAMATHSCI: Instructional Adaptations in Mathematics and Science Instruction Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Pre-requisite: SEASADNEEDS, SCURPEDINCED The course focuses on the K-12 general/regular basic education curriculum in mathematics and science and adaptations for students with additional needs.
SIATCONAREAS: Instructional Adaptations in for Teaching the Content Areas (Social Sciences and Humanities)
Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Pre-requisite: SEASADNEEDS, SCURPEDINCED The course focuses on the K-12 general/regular basic education curriculum in social science and humanities and adaptations for students with additional needs.
SDEVIEDPLANS: Development of Individualized Education Plan
Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Pre-requisite: SEASADNEEDS, SCURPEDINCED The course focuses in developing individualized education programs, individualized family service plans, behavior intervention plans and individualized transition programs based on assessment results.
SEARLYCHILD: Early Childhood Inclusive Education
Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Pre-requisite: SEASADNEEDS, SCURPEDINCED The course focuses in addressing educational need of special learners from ages 0 to 9 years old with emphasis on early intervention and home-school partnership.
STRANSNEDUC: Transition Education
Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Pre-requisite: SEASADNEEDS, SCURPEDINCED The course focuses on independent living and transition planning for learners with exceptionalities using a strengths-based approach and developing comprehensive transition systems and supports.
SRESNEEDSED1: Research in Special Needs and Inclusive Education 1 Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Pre-requisite: THIRD YEAR STANDING
This course focuses on the critical review of research studies and other works on the end, content, pedagogy and philosophy of special and inclusive education. The requirements and vital components of scholarly research should be introduced to the students who may later work individually or groups of two or three. Under the close supervision of the teacher, the study of values education issues/ controversis, research problems and the manner by which they were addressed should enable students to determine the appropriate ways of anwering research questions. The course requires the stduents to write a scholarly review of literature (i.e. books, e-journals, etc.) on the planned research. The final output is a well-documented and tenable research proposal which will be defended orally before the end of the semester.
SRESNEEDSED2: Research in Special Needs and Inclusive 2 Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Pre-requisite: SRESNEEDSED1
This course is the continuation of Research in Values Education I. The students will be gathering data for their proposal and processing the data upon the help of a thesis adviser. The students will continue to consult their adviser until the study is concluded.
The final requirement for this coursed is a full research paper that must be defended orally in a panel, presented at a local or international conference or published in a research journal before submission of the students’ final grades.
STMULTIGRADE: Teaching Multi-Grade Classes
Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Pre-requisite: ETEACHSCURR
This course focuses on pedagogical approaches, strategies and contextualized learning environments for different grade and age levels grouped for instruction.
