2025-2026 Graduate Catalog | 20263
Special Education Courses
SPED 5105 Professional Practice in Special Education I
(1 credits)
SPED 5400 Instructional Decision Making
(3 credits)
SPED 5450 ABS Educational Psychology
(3 credits)
SPED 5566 Survey of Mild Disabilities
(3 credits)
SPED 5570 Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Cognitive Disability Methods
(3 credits)
SPED 5600 Foundations of Special Education
(3 credits)
SPED 5620 Specific Learning Disabilities Methods
(3 credits)
SPED 5650 Collaboration: Practitioners, Professional Partnerships, and Parents
(3 credits)
SPED 5655 Due Process Foundations
(3 credits)
SPED 5665 Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
(3 credits)
SPED 5715 Foundations of Instruction for Special Educators
(3 credits)
SPED 5750 Applied Behavior Analysis for Teachers
(3 credits)
SPED 5840 Student Teaching - Special Education
(6 credits)
SPED 5917 DIS Tchg Assoc |
(1-2 credits)
SPED 6170 Student Teaching Workshop
(1 credits)
SPED 6180 Graduate Student Teaching Seminar
(2 credits)
SPED 6530 Emotional Behavioral Disorders Methods
(3 credits)
SPED 6560 Autism Spectrum Disorders Methods
(3 credits)
SPED 6603 Math Difficulties: Assessment and Intervention
(3 credits)
SPED 6605 Advanced Due Process
(3 credits)
SPED 6608 Reading Difficulties: Assessment and Intervention
(3 credits)
SPED 6610 Applying Special Education Research
(3 credits)
SPED 6620 Advanced Specific Learning Disabilities Methods
(3 credits)
SPED 6630 Advanced Emotional Behavioral Disorders Methods
(3 credits)
SPED 6640 Advanced Strategies with Special Populations
(3 credits)
SPED 6650 Practicum Strategies with Special Populations
(2 credits)
SPED 6660 Advanced Autism Spectrum Disorders Methods
(3 credits)
SPED 6680 Single Subject Research in Special Education
(3 credits)
SPED 6690 Summative Applications in Special Education
(3 credits)
SPED 6800 Special Education Comprehensive Examination
(0 credits)
SPED 6910 Directed Independent Study
(3 credits)
SPED 6920 Directed Group Study
(3 credits)
SPED 6170 Student Teaching Workshop (1 credits)
The Graduate Student Teaching Workshop (8-week) is one of the final courses in the SPED licensure program and is taken 1 semester before student teaching. This course will outline the major tasks and responsibilities of student teaching as well as discuss the agencies, laws, and resources candidates will need prior to and during student teaching.
Common Course Outline