Special Education Minor
Lane W. Clarke, Ed.D.
Director, School of Education
lclarke1@une.edu
Mission
The mission of the School of Education is to prepare lifelong reflective educators who exhibit flexibility, compassion, collaboration, and student-centered pedagogy knowledge and skills.
The School of Education offers strong experiential, student-centered, and responsive program preparing students to develop:
- Knowledge of content and instructional practice
- Professional dispositions
- Pedagogical skills
Our vision is to prepare future educators to have an exponential impact on the lives of their students and the broader community.
The core values that drive the School of Education and guide our ethos, principles, and standards are:
- Knowledgeable Professionals
- Collaborative Practitioners
- Inclusive and Culturally Competent Educators
- Reflective Life-Long Learners
Program Description
The Special Education minor will help prepare students to support individuals of all abilities through hands-on experiences and up-to-date knowledge and instruction from the field of special education. Students will gain information on a wide variety of disabilities including high and low incidence disabilities. Students will be required to complete fieldwork hours in a classroom or other relevant setting in some courses and will be expected to apply the knowledge and skills they have learned to their real-world settings. Courses cover a wide breadth of knowledge including disabilities in the general education classroom, psychology, disability studies, and hands-on strategies to teach skills.
Curricular Requirements
| Program Required Courses | Credits |
|---|---|
| OS 432 – Disability Studies and Inclusive Communities or SPE 405 – Inclusive Methods and Data-Based Decision Marking | 3 |
| SPE 220 – Introduction to Special Education | 3 |
| Total Credits | 6 |
| Select Four (4) of the Following Courses: | Credits |
|---|---|
| Any Course with an SPE Prefix | 3 |
| ASL 101 – Introduction to American Sign Language | 3 |
| EDU 465 – Educational Studies Internship | 3 |
| EDU 486 – Site-Based Field Practicum | 3 |
| OS 432 – Disability Studies and Inclusive Communities | 3 |
| PSY 105 – Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| Total Credits | 12 |
| Minimum Total Required Credits | 18 |
|---|
Please note: While some courses can fulfill both core and program requirements, the credits earned do not count twice towards the minimum total required credits for the degree.