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~Pre-Fall 2011 Admits~

Level 1 Coursework & Field Experience (59-Units plus up to possible 11-units Prerequisites)

Total Level I Core Units includes 18-units of student teaching experience; a candidate may meet some of these state field experience requirements in their own place of special education employment. Total program units may also be less based upon equivalencies granted by a departmental advisor per previous experiences, university courses, and credentials held by a candidate.

Candidates may attend the program full-time or part-time. The Moderate/Severe Educational Specialist Credential Program can be completed in four full-time semesters. Given that some courses are available during the summer a candidate can realistically attend full-time and complete Level I requirements in 1-1/2 to two-years.

 

Pre- or Co-Requisites

Course	Title	Units
EDS 100 A/B	Education of Exceptional Children and Youth	2 + 1
EDS 119	Legal and Social Foundations of Inclusive Education	3
EDS 130A/B	Typical & Atypical Development	2 + 1
HLSC 136	School Health Education	2
		11 units

 

Level 1 - Moderate/Severe Instructional Methods Core

(Must be admitted into program to take the below courses. RICA required by end of program unless Multiple Subject or Mild/Moderate credential already held)

Course	Title	Units
EDS 205	Inclusive Elementary Education: Moderate/Severe Disabilities	3
EDS 206	Collaborative Program Development Planning with Families, Professionals, and Communities	3
EDS 207	Secondary/Post-Secondary Methods, and Transition Planning: Moderate/Severe	3
EDS 208	Assessment Design and Systematic Instruction: Moderate/Severe Disabilities	3
EDS 209	Developing Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems : Assessment and Intervention	3
EDS 216A/B	Movement, Mobility, & Specialized Health Care	2 + 1
EDS 217	Positive Behavioral Supports: Effective Individual, Classwide, and Schoolwide Applications	3
EDS 218	Advanced Instructional Design for Students with Moderate/Severe Disabilities	3
EDS 220	Language and Literacy I	3
EDS 221	Language and Literacy II (EDS 220 Prerequisite)	3
EDS 235	Student Teaching Initial Seminar: Moderate/Severe Disabilities	1
EDS 236	Student Teaching Seminar II: Moderate/Severe Disabilities	1
EDS 291A/B	Technology in Special Education	2 + 1
EDS 292A/B	Teaching English Learners in General & Special Education	2+1
		38 units

 

Moderate/Severe Student Teaching

Course	Title	Units
EDS 413	Field Practicum : Moderate/Severe Disabilities	3
EDS 414	Phase I Field Experience: Moderate/Severe Disabilities	5
EDS 415	Phase II Field Experience: Moderate/Severe Disabilities	10
		18 units

Employment and CCTC Preliminary Level 1 Moderate/Severe Specialist Credential Achieved

 

LEVEL 2 Coursework and Field Experience

• Please note that Level II courses will not be offered on the Sac State campus as of Fall 2011.
If you need to complete this CCTC requirement, contact your district BTSA office or Ms. Darby Williams (dwilliams@scoe.net), BTSA Director for the Sacramento County Office of Education, for an alternate means of meeting this credential level. •

LEVEL 2 PROGRAM: Level 1 must be completed. Candidate must be in an approved Special Education situation.

Course	Title	Units
EDS 252A/B	Induction Seminar	2 + 1
EDS 267A/B	Advanced Studies in Collaboration & Teaming	3 + 3
EDS 268A/B	Advanced Studies in Curriculum, Assessment, & Behavior Management	3 + 3
ELECTIVE	(3 units may be district-based)	3
		18 units

(Culmination - Level II Portfolio/Competency Review by appointment)

 

M.A. Coursework and Culminating Requirements

Master's Core and Coursework (WPE,or equivalent, and Advancement to Candidacy)

Course	Title	Units
EDS 250	Educational Research	3
EDS 251	Education Pluralistic Democratic Society	3
EDS 297	Current Issues in Special Education	3
	Specialized Coursework (Advisor and Departmental Approval)	15-18
		24-27 units

 

Special Education Master's Culminating Requirement (Advisor and Departmental Approval)

Course	Title	Units
EDS 298	Master's Seminar in Special Education	3
OR
EDS 500/501	Thesis Project	3 + 3
		3-6 units