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KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY Department of Special Education

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Mentally Physically Handicapped

Speech Language Pathology

Visually Impairment

 

Mentally Physically Handicapped

Courses effective Fall 2002 128 credits

Students entering any Special Education degree program prior to Fall 2002 may have a different program of study. If you have any questions, contact your advisor.

First Semester

+ # ENG 001

English Composition I

Composition Requirement

Prerequisite for all ENG courses

Elective Humanities Elective (Art History, Music, Speech  or Theater)
+ # MAT 101

Fundamentals of Mathematics I 

(Prerequisite for MAT 102 and ELU 308)

* # SPU 100

Introduction to Special Education

(Prerequisite for SPU 220, SPU 222, SPU 322, SPU 326, SPU 328, and SPU 330)

* # EDU 100 Perspectives on American Education

 + These courses must be completed with a "C" grade or better by 48 credits.

# These courses must be completed with a "C" grade or better.

* These courses must be completed prior to student teaching. Courses required for student teaching must be completed by the end of the academic semester (fall or spring) prior to student teaching, i.e., these courses may not be completed during the winter or summer sessions immediately preceding the student teaching semester.

Second Semester

+ # SPE 010

Fundamentals of Speech 

Oral Communication Requirement

PSY 011 General Psychology
+ # MAT 102

Fundamentals of Mathematics II 

(Prerequisite:  MAT 101; Prerequisite for ELU 308)

+ # Elective

Humanities Elective (Literature)

(Prerequisite: ENG 001)

Elective Social Science Elective (Geography, Economics)

Third Semester

* # SPU 220 Special Class Methods
* PSY 110 Child Psychology ( Prerequisite: PSY 011)
* # ELU 120  Music for the Elementary Classroom Teacher
* # ITC 125 Microcomputers in Education (Prerequisite for ITC 331)
Elective

Natural Science and Math Elective (Biological Science/Lab)

(Prerequisite for ELU 205)

HPD 110 

Personal Health Management 

Health requirement

HPD 011-095 

Physical Education/Dance

Requirement

Fourth Semester

HIS 025 or HIS 026 History of the United States: The Formative Years and the Federal Republic (HIS 025) or History of the United States: The Emergence of Modern America (HIS 026)
* PSY 140 

Educational Psychology

(Prerequisite: PSY 011)

* # ELU 201

Fundamentals of Reading Instruction I

(Prerequisite for ELU 301)

* # ELU 110 The Visual Arts Experience in Elementary Education
* # SPU 222

Reading and Other Language Arts for Exceptional Children

(Prerequisite: SPU 100)

Elective

Natural Science and Math Elective (Physical Science, Earth Space Science/Lab)

 (Prerequisite for ELU 205)

Fifth/Sixth Semester

* # ITC 331

Media and Technology in Education

(Prerequisite: ITC 125)

* # ELU 205 Science for the Elementary and Middle Schools
* # ELU 207 Health and Physical Education for Elementary Schools
* # SPU 320

Curriculum Development for Mentally and Physically Handicapped

(Prerequisite: SPU 220)

* # Elective

Special Education Elective

Choose one of the following courses:

SPU 322 Learning Disabilities

SPU 326 Mental Retardation

SPU 328 Behavior Disorders

SPU 330 Physically/Multiply Handicapping Conditions

Students whose last name begins with A-K will schedule their professional semester block during the fall semester of their junior year. Student whose last name begins with L-Z will schedule their professional semester block during the spring semester of their junior year. 

Fifth/Sixth Semester                           Professional Semester website

* # ELU 301

Fundamentals of Reading Instruction I

(Prerequisite: ELU 201)

* # ELU 302 Children's Literature
* # ELU 303 Language Arts
* # ELU 304 Social Studies for Elementary Schools
* # ELU 306 Materials and Methods of Instruction
* # ELU 308

Mathematics for Elementary Schools

(Prerequisite: MAT 101and MAT 102)

Students whose last name begins with A-K will schedule their professional semester block during the fall semester of their junior year. Student whose last name begins with L-Z will schedule their professional semester block during the spring semester of their junior year. 

Seventh/Eighth Semester

# Elective

Special Education Elective

Choose one of the following courses:

SPU 322 Learning Disabilities

SPU 326 Mental Retardation

SPU 328 Behavior Disorders

SPU 330 Physically/Multiply Handicapping Conditions

# Elective

Special Education Elective

Choose one of the following courses:

SPU 322 Learning Disabilities

SPU 326 Mental Retardation

SPU 328 Behavior Disorders

SPU 330 Physically/Multiply Handicapping Conditions

Elective Social Science Elective
Elective Humanities Elective (Literature, Foreign Language, Philosophy)
Elective Humanities Elective

Seventh/Eighth Semester

# ELU 390

or 

# ELU 391

Student Teaching and Practicum (Elementary Education)

# SPU 392

or 

# SPU 393

Student Teaching and Practicum (Mentally/Physically Handicapped)

Students whose last name begins with A-K will schedule their student teaching semester  during the fall semester of their senior year. Student whose last name begins with L-Z will schedule their student teaching semester  during the spring semester of their senior year.

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Speech Language Pathology

Courses effective Fall 2002 122 credits

First Semester

+ # ENG 001

English Composition I

Composition Requirement

Prerequisite for all ENG courses

* # SPU 040 Survey of Speech Problems
* # EDU 100  Perspectives on American Education
+ # Elective Natural Science and Math Elective (Math) 
PSY 011 General Psychology

+ These courses must be completed with a "C" grade or better by 48 credits.

# These courses must be completed with a "C" grade or better.

* These courses must be completed prior to student teaching. Courses required for student teaching must be completed by the end of the academic semester (fall or spring) prior to student teaching, i.e., these courses may not be completed during the winter or summer sessions immediately preceding the student teaching semester.

Second Semester

+ # SPE 010

Fundamentals of Speech 

Oral Communication Requirement

* # SPU 140 Phonetics
* # SPU 142

Normal Speech and Language Development 

(Prerequisite for SPU 240, SPU 246, and SPU 248)

+ # Elective

Humanities Elective (Literature)

(Prerequisite: ENG 001) 

+ # Elective Natural Science and Math Elective (Math) 

Third Semester

 

* # SPU 144

Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism

(Prerequisite for SPU 246 and SPU 248)

* # SPU 240

Language Disorders

(Prerequisite:  SPU 142; Prerequisite for SPU 340 and SPU 342)

* # SPU 100 Introduction to Special Education
Elective General Education Elective
* PSY 110 Child Psychology ( Prerequisite: PSY 011)

Fourth Semester

* # SPU 242

Hearing Problems and Audiometry

(Prerequisite for SPU 244 )

* # SPU 246

Articulation and Stuttering

(Prerequisite:  SPU 142 and SPU 144)

(Prerequisite for SPU 342 )

* # SPU 247

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

(Prerequisite:  SPU 240 or permission of instructor)

* # ELU 201 Fundamentals of Reading Instruction I
* PSY 120 Adolescent Psychology ( Prerequisite: PSY 011)
Elective Natural Science and Math Elective (Biological Science/Lab)

Fifth Semester

* # SPU 244 Aural Rehabilitation (Prerequisite:  SPU 242)
* # SPU 248 Organic Disorders  (Prerequisite:  SPU 142 and SPU 144)
* # SPU 350 Clinic and Practicum I (Prerequisite:  permission of the instructor)
* # SPU 342 Clinical Methods and Materials (Prerequisite:  SPU 242 and SPU 246)
HPD 110 

Personal Health Management 

Health requirement

HPD 011-095 

Physical Education/Dance

Requirement

Sixth Semester

* # SPU 352 Clinic and Advanced Practicum II (Prerequisite: SPU 350)
# SPU 340 Psychology of Speech and Hearing (Prerequisite:  SPU 240)
HIS 025 or HIS 026 History of the United States: The Formative Years and the Federal Republic (HIS 025) or History of the United States: The Emergence of Modern America (HIS 026)
Elective Humanities Elective (Art History, Music, Speech  or Theater)
Elective Natural Science and Math Elective (Physical Science, Earth Space Science/Lab)

Seventh/Eighth Semester

Elective Humanities Elective (Literature, Foreign Language, Philosophy)
Elective Humanities Elective 
Elective Social Science Elective (Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology)
Elective Social Science Elective (Geography, Economics)
Elective Social Science Elective 

Seventh/Eighth Semester

# SPU 394 Student Teaching and Practicum
# SPU 395 Student Teaching and Practicum

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Visually Impairment

Courses effective Fall 2002 128 credits

First Semester

+ # ENG 001

English Composition I

Composition Requirement

Prerequisite for all ENG courses

PSY 011 General Psychology
+ # MAT 101

Fundamentals of Mathematics I 

(Prerequisite for MAT 102 and ELU 308)

* # SPU 100

Introduction to Special Education

(Prerequisite for SPU 322, SPU 326, SPU 328, and SPU 330)

* # EDU 100 Perspectives on American Education

+ These courses must be completed with a "C" grade or better by 48 credits.

# These courses must be completed with a "C" grade or better.

* These courses must be completed prior to student teaching. Courses required for student teaching must be completed by the end of the academic semester (fall or spring) prior to student teaching, i.e., these courses may not be completed during the winter or summer sessions immediately preceding the student teaching semester.

Second Semester

+ # SPE 010

Fundamentals of Speech 

Oral Communication Requirement

+ # Elective

Humanities Elective (Literature)

(Prerequisite: ENG 001)

+ # MAT 102

Fundamentals of Mathematics II 

(Prerequisite:  MAT 101; Prerequisite for ELU 308)

* # SPU 110 Early Intervention for Students with Visual Impairments, Including Deafblindness
HPD 110

Personal Health Management 

Health requirement

HPD 011-095

Physical Education /Dance

Requirement

Third Semester

 
* # ELU 120 Music for the Elementary Classroom Teacher
* PSY 140

Educational Psychology

(Prerequisite: PSY 011)

Elective Natural Science and Math Elective (Biological Science/Lab)
* # ITC 125 Microcomputers in Education (Prerequisite for ITC 331)
* # SPU 200

Reading, Writing, and Teaching Literary Braille 

( Prerequisite for SPU 300)

* # SPU 202 Orientation and Mobility for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments, Including Deafblindness

Fourth Semester

* # ELU 110 The Visual Arts Experience in Elementary Education
* # ELU 201

Fundamentals of Reading Instruction I

(Prerequisite for ELU 301)

* PSY 110

Child Psychology

(Prerequisite: PSY 011)

Elective

Natural Science and Math Elective (Physical Science, Earth Space Science/Lab)

 (Prerequisite for ELU 205)

* # SPU 204 Anatomy of the Eye and Related Assessment of Students with Visual Impairments
* # SPU 300

Reading, Writing, and Teaching Literary Braille, Nemeth Mathematics Coed and Other Braille Codes 

( Prerequisite: SPU 200)

Fifth Semester

 

* # ELU 205 Science for the Elementary and Middle Schools
* # ELU 207 Health and Physical Education for Elementary Schools
* # SPU 302

Adapting Materials and Methods of Instruction and Evaluation for Teaching Students with Visual Impairments

 (Prerequisite: SPU 110, SPU 200, SPU 204, and SPU 300)

* # ITC 331

Media and Technology in Education

(Prerequisite: ITC 125)

Elective Social Science Elective (Geography, Economics)

Sixth Semester                      Professional Semester website

The Professional Semester must be scheduled as a block
* # ELU 301

Fundamentals of Reading Instruction I

(Prerequisite: ELU 201)

* # ELU 302 Children's Literature
* # ELU 303 Language Arts
* # ELU 304 Social Studies for Elementary Schools
* # ELU 306 Materials and Methods of Instruction

Special Education Visually Impaired majors should schedule their professional semester during the spring of their junior year.

Seventh/Eighth Semester

HIS 025 or HIS 026 History of the United States: The Formative Years and the Federal Republic (HIS 025) or History of the United States: The Emergence of Modern America (HIS 026)
Elective Humanities Elective (Literature, Foreign Language, Philosophy)
Elective Humanities Elective (Art History, Music, Speech  or Theater)
Elective Humanities Elective 
Elective Social Science Elective 

Seventh/Eighth Semester

# ELU 390

or 

# ELU 391

Student Teaching and Practicum (Elementary Education)

# SPU 390

or 

# SPU 391

Student Teaching and Practicum (Visually Impaired)

Students whose last name begins with A-K will schedule their student teaching semester  during the fall semester of their senior year. Student whose last name begins with L-Z will schedule their student teaching semester  during the spring semester of their senior year.

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