Special Education Major, B.A. or B.S.
The undergraduate Special Education program prepares teachers to teach students K-22 years of age in special education settings. Students completing the program will have satisfied Rockford University requirements and Illinois State Board of Education licensure requirements leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree or a Bachelor of Science degree in Special Education and a Professional Educator License (PEL) with a Learning Behavior Specialist I (LBS1) endorsement. LBS1 endorsement candidates are also eligible for early childhood special education approval upon completion of four additional courses.
Required Core Courses (60 credits)
| EDUC 300 | Introduction to Teaching and Learning | 3 |
| SPED 349 | Communication, Language, and Assistive Technology | 3 |
| EDUC 236 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| EDRD 302 | Literacy Methods and Beginning Reading: Primary | 3 |
| SPED 340 | Foun SPED: Overview Exceptional Children | 3 |
| SPED 350 | Diagnostic Assessment of Students with Disabilities | 3 |
| SPED 351 | Adolescent Lit: Students with Disabilities | 3 |
| SPED 352 | Methods of Social and Emotional Learning | 3 |
| SPED 357 | Math Methods: Students with Disabilities | 3 |
| SPED 358 | Characteristics & Methods of ID & MD | 3 |
| SPED 359 | Transition & Students with Disabilities | 3 |
| SPED 365 | Special Educator: Collaborative Processes | 3 |
| EDUC 351 | Writing and Research for Educators | 3 |
| EDSL 371 | Cross-Cultural Education | 3 |
| SPED 495 | Special Education Senior Seminar | 3 |
| SPED 406 | Student Teaching Seminar in Special Educ | 3 |
| SPED 409 | Student Teaching in Special Education I | 6 |
| SPED 410 | Student Teaching in Special Education II | 6 |