Education
Professor Fuchs, Chair
Professor Warfield
Assistant Professors Seidenstricker and Himmele
Lecturers Barnshaw, DeLuca, Forrer, Gourley, Professor Jogan, Jones, Kemmerer, Martin, Yarworth, and Zerr.

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Special Education
Secondary Education
Courses

Special Education - General - K-12

At Albright College, students do not earn a degree in education. Candidates for the Special Education certificate have two degree options:

Option One – Completion of full concentration for degree with addition of courses required for certification.

Courses in concentration area	10-12 units
Courses in certification	14 units
General Studies	11-15 units
Total course units	35-41 units

Option Two – Combined program for degree - Co-concentration in Special Education and degree concentration of the candidate’s choice:

Courses in Co-concentration	7 units
Courses in Special Education Co-concentration	7 units
Remaining course requirements for certification	7 units
General Studies	11-15 units
Electives	0-2 units
Total course units	32-38 units

Listed below are the academic requirements within and beyond the College General Education Program required for certification in Special Education.

1. Completion of Co-Concentration: (7-10 units) A liberal arts degree concentration
   area of the candidate’s choice.
   
   
2. Specific Units for Special Education Teacher Candidates
   
   
   1. English (2 units)
      
      1. Literature Elective
         
      2. English 230 - Communications Skills
         
         
   2. History (1 unit)
      Choose from any of the United States History Courses
      
      
   3. Mathematics (1 unit)
      
      
   4. Natural Science (1 unit)
      Choose from any of the Biology courses
      
      
   5. Social Sciences (1 unit) Psychology 100 - General Psychology
      
      
   6. Special Education Co-Concentration Courses
      
      
      1. EDU 201 Foundation of the American Education System
         
      2. EDU 301 Educational Psychology
         
      3. PSY 240 Child Psychology
         
      4. PSY 380 Psychology of Personality Infant to Adult
      5. SPE 215 Introduction to Special Education and Lab
         
      6. SPE 320 Assessment I and Lab
         
      7. SPE 321 Assessment II and Lab
         
         
   7. Teacher Certification Requirements
      
      In addition to the required courses in the co-concentration sequence Special Education certificate candidates are required to take the following courses to meet the Pennsylvania State Certification Requirements.
      
      EDU 249 Elementary Language Arts
      EDU 350 N-12 N-6 Microcomputer Applications
      EDU 375 N-6 Developmental Reading
      EDU 395 N-6 Methods and Instruction
      EDU 396 N-6 Content and Curriculum
      SPE 420 Special Education Student Teaching - Elementary level
      SPE 421 Special Education Student Teaching - Secondary level
      SPE 422 Special Education Seminar

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