Graduate Catalog: 2012-2013 - Alabama A&M University

SED 530 The Secondary School Curriculum –Three semester hours. Principles of curriculumconstruction as they apply to the secondary schooland the various subject areas; will be a critical studyof recent efforts to combine fields of subjectmatters.SED 552 Independent Research – One, two orthree semester hours. This course is designed forand restricted to graduate students seeking themaster’s degree in Secondary Education and/orcertification. The content of the course is drawnfrom current research data. The students have anopportunity to identify and analyze areas of interest,study issues, trends, problems, procedures,implications, and innovative programs identified inresearch data. The course cannot be substituted forrequired courses.SED 699 Thesis – One, three, or six semester hours.Please consult the Teacher Service Center for a listof courses approved for the followingteaching fields (Approved Program Checklist):• Agriscience• Biology• Business/Marketing Education• Chemistry• English Language Arts• Family and Consumer Sciences• General Science• General Social Science• Mathematics• Physics• Technical Education• Career TechnologiesSPECIAL EDUATIONSPE 500:Teaching Secondary Students withDisabilities in General Classrooms – Threesemester hours. This course is designed to introducethe graduate level teacher to principles useful forworking with secondary students demonstrating avariety of academic, behavioral, and social needs.SPE 501: Introduction to the Study ofExceptional Learners – Three semester hours. Thiscourse provides an overview of the variousexceptionalities and an introduction to basic specialeducation services and procedures.SPE 515: Language Development – Threesemester hours. This course involves the study ofnormal language development, with emphasis on thedevelopment of the phonological, syntactic, andsemantic systems in children with disabilities.SPE 516: Collaborative Consultation – Threesemester hours. This course is designed to provideteachers with knowledgeable skills required tosuccessfully facilitate intervention strategies withgeneral education classroom teachers and othereducation support personnel in meeting the needs ofchildren with disabilities in an inclusive educationalsetting. Additional skills are designed to facilitateefforts of special education teaching personnel infacilitating intervention strategies with parents andcommunity agencies in assisting students withdisabilities to make a successful transition from theschool to employment and community livingactivitiesSPE 518: Application of Child Development toSpecial Education – Three semester hours. An indepth study of the principles and theories of childdevelopment from early childhood throughadulthood. Specific emphasis is upon theimplications of child development theory onteaching exceptional students.SPE 520: Learning Strategies for Adolescents –Three semester hours. This course is designed toprovide teachers of children with disabilities ingrades 6-12 with current strategies for assessingstudent learning styles and modifying instructionalmethods for optimal student learning.SPE 522: Learning Strategies for ElementarySchools – Three semester hours. This course isdesigned to provide teachers of children withdisabilities in grades K-6 with validated, researchbasedapproaches to plan for and incorporate studentlearning styles in inclusive classrooms to for optimalstudent learning.SPE 524: Sign Language – Three Semester hours.American Sign Language and Finger spelling willbe taught with opportunities for group practice,opportunities with children and adults who are deafand/or hard of hearing.SPE 525: Transitioning Students with Disabilities(Secondary) – Three semester hours. This coursethe historical development of career education,model programs for individuals with disabilities,techniques for developing and implementing acareer education program, and instructionalstrategies for providing career education toindividual students with disabilities.161