Bachelor of Science in Education/Special Education–TSAP

The Special Education BSED–TSAP program (60 credit hours at IU South Bend) is designed specifically for Ivy Tech graduates transferring to IU South Bend with an Associate of Science in Special Education TSAP degree (60 transfer credits).

The IU South Bend School of Education P-12 Bachelor of Science (BS) Education with a major in Special Education in Mild Intervention is designed to prepare teacher education candidates to work with students with special needs who participate in the general education setting and/or special education setting. The program emphasizes the knowledge, dispositions, and skills required of special education teachers, and incorporates the performance standards of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).

This degree is designed to prepare individuals seeking initial licensure in mild intervention and for careers teaching children with disabilities in P-12. The professional education sequence of educational programs include coursework in professional education and pedagogy, which includes a curriculum based on practice experience, and a curriculum based on scientifically-based reading instruction, differentiation of instruction and teaching methods, cultural competency, instructional technology, classroom and behavioral management, curriculum development, and the psychology of child development.

Elementary education and secondary education teacher candidates can simultaneously work toward special education licensure in developmental levels (K-6; 5-12 grades) by completing a concentration in mild intervention.

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Degree Requirements (120 cr.)

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Students receiving the Bachelor of Science in Education, Special Education must complete 120 total credit hours including:

• Associate of Science in Special Education from Ivy Tech (60 cr.)
• General Education Requirements for Transfer Students with ICC: One 300–Level Common Core Course
• Professional Education Requirements (48 cr.)
• Laboratory/Field Experience (6 cr.)
• Student Teaching (12 cr.)

• All required courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher.
• A minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.75 is required.
• All courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise stated.

Professional Education Requirements (30 cr.)

• EDUC-E 333 Inquiry in Mathematics and Science
• EDUC-E 370 Language Arts and Reading I
• EDUC-E 371 Language Arts and Reading II
• EDUC-K 306 Teaching Students with Special Needs in Secondary Classrooms
• EDUC-K 343 Behavioral and Classroom Management
• EDUC-K 345 Academic and Behavioral Assessment of the Mildly Handicapped Child
• EDUC-K 370 Language and Learning Characteristics of Students with Mild to Moderate Disabilities
• EDUC-K 452 Classroom Management
• EDUC-M 311 Creating Learning Environments
• EDUC-M 464 Methods of Teaching Reading

Content Requirements (12 cr.)

• EDUC-E 317 Practicum in Early Childhood Education
• EDUC-E 327 Social Studies Methods and the Family: Focus on Young Children
• EDUC-E 330 Infant Learning Environments
• EDUC-E 335 Introduction to Early Childhood Education

Laboratory and Field Experience (6 cr.)

• EDUC-M 101 Laboratory/Field Experience (0 cr.)
• EDUC-M 201 Laboratory/Field Experience (2 cr.)
• EDUC-M 301 Laboratory/Field Experience (2 cr.)
• EDUC-M 401 Laboratory/Field Experience (2 cr.)

Student Teaching (12 cr.)

• EDUC-K 480 Student Teaching in Special Education (5 cr.)
  Course taken 2 times
• EDUC-M 420 Student Teaching Seminar (2 cr.)